About the author: Stephen Chapman is an active teacher, author and consultant, with over 28 years experience in high schools as a classroom teacher and coordinator. He undertakes part-time teaching in the TAFE system, specialising in the subjects of Business Management and Human Resource Management, and has been a marker in the external examinations system for a number of years. Stephen has been writing educational textbooks for 17 years, and is the author or co-author of 16 textbooks in the areas of business management and economics. He has received awards for teaching excellence and his writings on pedagogy, and was awarded a Commonwealth Parliamentary Teaching Fellowship to pursue studies of civics and citizenship. Stephen has also been involved in resource development and consulting for a number of government organisations, including Austrade. As a consultant, heworks with schools in developing teaching programs and educational resources. Anthony Arthurson is teaching at Marcellin College in Bulleen and has taught in both government and independent schools. He co-authored Success in business management, published in 1993. Anthony was involved in consultations when the original Business Management course was introduced in Victoria in the early 1990s. He was also a chairperson for one of the panels assessing students' work when the course was introduced, and has continued to be a VBOS/VCAA assessor.
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