Researching strategically relevant business problems is an important part of professional practice and being a successful manager and leader. This is a capstone unit that draws upon your area of specialisation and your wider knowledge of business environments both globally and locally. The unit focuses on developing your ability to undertake independent research that focuses on and contributes to strategic decision making and sustainability in organisations. The unit will improve your skills in synthesising information and developing solutions to improve the long-term effectiveness and sustainability of organisations. You will use research skills to analyse a management problem in your chosen business discipline, identifying strategic challenges, and developing recommendations aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These recommendations will be based on systematic and rigorous analysis of relevant academic literature, professional business information, and publicly available secondary data.

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Feedback from Unit coordinator reflection

There is a bit too much overlap between the content discussed in lectures and the content discussed in workshops.

Efforts should be made to draw a clearer distinction between lectures and workshops, with lectures focused a bit more on the underlying theories and concepts, and workshops being devoted to working with students on their specific projects.

Feedback from Student feedback and unit coordinator reflection

Some students did not fully understand the purpose of the unit and what the main project involved until several weeks into the term

Ensure that a clear overview of the requirements of the project is provided early in the term.