CSE5806
Telecommunications Management
Lecturer: Ken Fletcher
Subject Administration
Copyright Ken Fletcher 2004
Australian Computer Security Pty Ltd
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Prepared for: Monash University
Subj: CSE5806 Telecommunications Management
Administration Details
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Tape recorders are welcome
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• I suggest that you sit near the front of the room
Lectures and Tutorials will normally be in this room starting at
17:00 on Wednesdays (5:00 PM)
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Courseware available on web page
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/courseware/cse5806
• ‘News’ section on index page will be updated regularly
• Lecture presentations are available on the web - I suggest
students print these and mark them up during lectures
It is each student’s responsibility to frequently review
the subject web pages.
Copyright Ken Fletcher 2004
Australian Computer Security Pty Ltd
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Contact Points
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I only teach at Monash 2nd semester each year
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I can be contacted as follows (preferred method at top):
• Bldg 75 Room 155 for Consultations
2:00PM to 4:00PM Wednesdays (1400 to 1600)
• email to Ken.Fletcher@csse.monash.edu.au
(I will see this within about two days, normally)
• leave a written message at the general office
(could take a week to reach me)
• fax to the general office (03) 9905 5146
(could take a week to reach me)
• telephone: leave a message with the general office on
(03) 9905 5200. The staff will quickly pass the message to me.
Copyright Ken Fletcher 2004
Australian Computer Security Pty Ltd
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Topics and References
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Schedule of Topics
• See the handout and courseware pages
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References
• NO text books are required as handouts will cover the details,
but additional reading is highly desirable
• USE the library and the Internet extensively
• If you feel that you must buy a text book
– consider it very carefully, as good text books are very expensive
– accept that you will need different textbooks for different aspects - do not
look for the one book that addresses all issues involved.
– be prepared to keep updating textbooks as improved communications
techniques become adopted by industry
– see if you can get your employer to buy it.
Copyright Ken Fletcher 2004
Australian Computer Security Pty Ltd
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Subj: CSE5806 Telecommunications Management
Teaching Methods
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Lectures and Tutorials
– Approx. two hours ‘chalk & talk’ lecture
– Break approx. 20 minutes
– Approx. 1.5 hours of
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tutorial and discussions, or
discussions or private work on the assignments, or
presentations of Group Assignments
revision/repeat of previous lectures, or
a guest lecturer
Private time and syndicate work:
• This subject involves considerable time and effort by students:
– reading (at least perusing) the books on the reading list or their
equivalents, and
– researching the assignments on the Internet, and on the telephone to
embassies and trade consulates etc.
Copyright Ken Fletcher 2004
Australian Computer Security Pty Ltd
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Subj: CSE5806 Telecommunications Management
Special Circumstances
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If you are
– missing lectures, or
– expecting to be late submitting your assignment work, or
– unable to sit the class test
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out-of-town travel (eg overseas business trip)
illness or disability
personnel or family crises, or
similar situations beyond your reasonable control,
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Then see me as soon as possible
– Something can usually be arranged
Copyright Ken Fletcher 2004
Australian Computer Security Pty Ltd
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Subj: CSE5806 Telecommunications Management
Assessments
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30% Syndicate Group assignment
(Approx 10 to 20 hours work required)
– NOTE - Severe penalty for late submission (3 marks/day)
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30% Individual Essay assignment
(Approx 10 to 20 hours work required)
– NOTE - Severe penalty for late submission (3 marks/day)
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40% class test
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Comments on marking:
– Repeating back lecture material and handouts etc is worth about half of
the possible marks – to do better you need to show that you have
worked for it by using library, Internet, and other references
• Basically –
the more that you put in, the better you will achieve
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Australian Computer Security Pty Ltd
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Assignments
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Two assignments have been set.
Briefs for both are available via the web pages.
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Each is worth 30 marks towards the final assessment for this
subject.
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Severe penalties will be enforced for late submissions.
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Suggestion
– Start preparatory work now
– By next week you should have formed into a team for the syndicate work
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Australian Computer Security Pty Ltd
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Group Assignment
“International Telecommunications Structures & Regulation”
• Students will form into Syndicate Groups of 4 to 8 people
• Six syndicate groups preferred - 9 or 10 maximum
• Each syndicate needs to select a region named in the Assignment Brief
• Teams and regions will be finalised at lecture 2
• This assignment has three outputs for each team,
all of which must be delivered on time to avoid penalties for late submission:
– Hardcopy of report due 1700 on 15 September 2004,
• with submission sheets signed by all members of the group
– Softcopy of report due 1700 15 September 2004
• This will be entered into the subject web pages
– Presentation by one or more syndicate group members
• Presentations start 15 September and run until 13 October
• Softcopy of presentations due at time of presentation
Copyright Ken Fletcher 2004
Australian Computer Security Pty Ltd
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Subj: CSE5806 Telecommunications Management
Individual Essay Assignment
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Individual Essay Assignment
“Proposal to establish a
Telecommunications Management Unit”
• Hardcopy and softcopy to be submitted to the general office by
end of tutorial (9:00PM) on Wednesday 6 October 2004.
• Assignments submitted after that time will incur a penalty of 3
marks lost per day that they are late.
Copyright Ken Fletcher 2004
Australian Computer Security Pty Ltd
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Prepared for: Monash University
Subj: CSE5806 Telecommunications Management