ENG 384: ENGINEERING LAW AND MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS

Transcript:ENG 384: ENGINEERING LAW AND MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS:
ENG 384: ENGINEERING LAW AND MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS Engr. O. J. OYEBODE BEng, MSc, MASCE, MNIM, MARSCP, MNICE, MNSE, MSN, R.Eng. (COREN) Lecturer in the Civil Engineering Department, COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, AFE BABALOLA UNIVERSITY , ADO-EKITI (ABUAD) 20th January 2020 Engr. OYEBODE, Oluwadare Joshua - Coordinator Engr. Dr. Bello, Kareem Aderemi Engr. Dr. Udeagbara Stephen Gekwu Engr. (Mrs). IKPEZE, Onyinye Florence LECTURERS FOR ENG 384 2 ENG 384: COURSE OUTLINE Law for Engineering Practice: Its history, definition, nature and division. Source of Law; Legislation, case-law and custom. Distinction between criminal and civil law, organization of the courts, doctrine and binding precedent. Legislation codification interpretation. Equity: Definition and its main spheres. Law of contracts for Engineers: offer, acceptance, communication termination. General principles of criminal law. Law of torts: definition, classification and liabilities. Patents: requirements, application, and infringement. Registered designs: application, requirements, types and infringement. Company law. Labour law and Industrial Law Formation of contract, contractual capacity, misrepresentation, discharge and remedies, agency sale of goods; conditions and warranties, transfer of property title, risk breaches of contract wrongfully injury to third party, apportionment of damages between employer and employee. Industrial accidents; duties of employer to employees and others on industrial premises, as imposed by case-law acts e.g. Mines and quarries, Factories, Office, shops and railway premises (of Nigeria) extent of action arising from such acts. Labour Organization law in Nigeria-Union Membership, closed shop agency shops, sole bargaining agencies. Contract Procedure: Parties to a contract and their function: contract documents and their purpose: General conditions of contracts specifications, drawing up bills of quantities, forms of tenders; acceptance of tender. Types of contract: fixed-price, cost-plus, semi-contracts. Financial arrangements, board relations, money measurement for interim certificate. ENG 384: COURSE OUTLINE Managerial Economics: Managerial theories of firm behaviours, price competition in various market structure, non-price competitions and quality optimization. Efficiency and performance evaluation. Demand estimating and forecasting. Managerial Accounting and Control: Financial goals and objectives. Analysis of cost behaviour standards for manufacturing and non-manufacturing costs. Absorption versus marginal costing. And large companies including consideration of centralize versus decentralized financial controls transfer, pricing etc. Control over capital projects, integrating project financial analysis with corporate strategy. LECTURERS/FACILITATORS/ INSTRUCTORS: Engr. OYEBODE, Oluwadare Joshua 08032151833, 08057932144, oyebodedare@yahoo.com Office F32, College of Engineering Building COURSE EVALUATION The marks awarded for this subject are assigned as follows: Continuous Assessment (40%) Attendance Term Paper / case study / presentation on topical issues on Engineering law