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 Reflection on Student Performance Data

Students who complete the unit in online mode are struggling to achieve high marks

Monitor the delivery of the unit in T3 2024 to ensure that students are getting the same level of support and are able to engage with the unit in the same way as on campus students.

Feedback from Unit Coordinator Reflection

The UN SDGs form a major part of the unit focus, but these SDGs will be reaching the end of their timeframe in 2030. The unit should be prepared well ahead of that time to shift to a different focus.

Begin the process of considering alternative measures of impact that may be useful to incorporate into the unit over the next few years as the UN SDGs approach the end of their timeframe.