Australian Business Case Studies launches Edition Two

Australian Business Case Studies Pty Ltd is pleased to announce the launch of Edition Two of its exciting project Australian Business Case Studies with Business News.

What is Australian Business Case Studies with Business News?

Australian Business Case Studies Pty Ltd provides FREE Business Case Studies Kits for 3000 secondary schools. Edition Two was sent to schools in July 2006

The kit features Australian Business Case Studies on leading businesses and organisations and has already become a valuable source of curriculum-aligned, up-to-date reference material. Students and teachers can also access the website, www.afrbiz.com.au which is regularly updated with business news and lists all Australian Business Case studies featured in the binder as well as additional, web-only Australian Business Case Studies.

The website has been fully revamped for Edition Two of Australian Business Case Studies and now features sections containing lesson plans, company information and Teacher and Student Zones.

How do you use Australian Business Case Studies?

Australian Business Case Studies can be used as a learning tool in a classroom environment, for individual or group activities, or form the basis for research projects or homework assignments. Hints and strategies on using the kit, as well as Learning Activities on featured case studies, can be found in the Lesson Plan section of the Australian Business Case Studies website.

Terry Hughes, Managing Director of Australian Business Case Studies, said in Sydney:
"We are delighted to be able to present up-to-date information on leading Australian business to the young people of Australia. Our thanks to the forward-thinking companies who took part in this exciting publication."

The kit is sent out to schools yearly. Edition Three of Australian Business Case Studies will be available in June 2007. Australian Business Case Studies Pty Ltd welcomes expressions of interest from organisations wishing to be featured.

Contact: Australian Business Case Studies Pty Ltd
Phone: (02) 4991 2089 Fax: (02) 4991 3089

www.afrbiz.com.au

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Are you looking for a way for your company to talk to 580,000 students throughout Australia and New Zealand? If you would like more information about how your business can participate in Australian and New Zealand Case Studies with Business News, please click here For Businesses.

What is Australian and New Zealand Case Studies with Business News?

This project is an online educational resource of corporate, industry and Government Case Studies, learning activities, teaching strategies and news developed specifically to help students better understand Australian and New Zealand business by using real examples to illustrate parts of the Business Studies/Business Management/Commerce curriculum. A print copy of the case studies is supplied annually free of charge to over 4,200 secondary schools, colleges and universities throughout Australia and New Zealand.

Why is Australian and New Zealand Case Studies with Business News so valuable in the classroom?

• The Case Studies are published annually and are completely up-to-date

• Real life examples from well-known companies engage and enthuse students about the dynamic world of business.

• Each Case Study is supported by questions, learning activities and teaching strategies to allow teachers to develop students' understanding of the concepts discussed in the Case Studies

• Regularly updated news on each featured company allows students and teachers to follow an organisation's business throughout the year

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WorleyParsons is a dynamic company whose success has resulted from outstanding project delivery for customers around the world.

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Woodside is Australia's largest publicly traded oil and gas exploration and production company with a market capitalisation of more than A$29 billion (as at 30 June 2006).  

The company has interests in Australia, Africa, the United States and the Middle East and major customer centres in Japan, Korea, China and Singapore.   It has offices in the United Kingdom, Japan, Korea, Libya, the United States, Mauritania, China and Kenya. Its head office is in Perth, Australia.   Woodside's major business is centred on the North West Shelf Venture, Australia's largest resource project, and the country's first and largest liquefied natural gas plant. Through this venture and others around the world, Woodside operates yearly production of more than 200 million barrels of oil equivalent or about 600,000 barrels a day. Woodside's share of this is about 155,000 barrels a day.   Production growth is projected to grow to more than 100 million barrels a year by 2008.    Company activities include:

• Exploration - seismic acquisition and drilling for oil and gas discoveries
   
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Westpac began trading on 8 April, 1817 as the Bank of New South Wales and was the first company and first bank to be established in Australia.

BT Financial Group has been helping Australians create and manage wealth since 1969 and has been part of the Westpac Group since 2002.

Westpac is one of the major banking organisations throughout Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific region, with offices in New York, London and Asia. We provide a broad range of banking and financial services in these markets.

As at 30 September 2006 the Westpac Group employed about 27,000 people (full time equivalents) in Australia, New Zealand and around the world.

About 290,000 people and institutions in Australia and overseas are shareholders in Westpac and we service more than 7 million customers.

Our focus on achieving best performance, by keeping things simple and doing them well, has not wavered. But responsible banking is about the confidence to walk in the shoes of our customers and to respond to their needs and concerns for the future.

We may be 189 years old and Australia's oldest company, but we've always known that our task has been to build value today so that every generation can live better than the last.

We have been voted the world’s most sustainable bank for five consecutive years and we’re not going to ease up on driving better, more responsive service and performance.

As a bank, we're underpinning a higher growth orientation by being the best bank we can be today, while keeping our eyes firmly fixed on the future for our customers and the whole community.

For a more complete overview of Westpac Banking Corporation

• Visit www.westpac.com.au
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