BUSN11018 - Business Improvement Principles

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit is designed to introduce you to the facilitating role of entrepreneurship and innovation in successful business transitions and improvement processes. You will build an understanding of the flow-on effects of these practices on business strategy, structures, employees, organisational design, and business operations. Business plays a significant role in society that is dependent on the acquisition and application of management skills that ensure the business is fit for the future. In this unit, you will reflect on your role in this process as an agent of positive change.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 1
Credit Points 12
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.25
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Co-requisite - BUSN11019 Business Systems and Technology 

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2024

Term 1 - 2024 Profile
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Term 1 - 2025 Profile
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Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 12-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 25 hours of study per week, making a total of 300 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Portfolio 0%
2. Reflective Practice Assignment 50%
3. Report 50%

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2024 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 17.65% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

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.

Source: student feedback
Feedback
volume of content
Recommendation
To provide clarity about what is core work and what is optional. There will be clear reference to this in the weekly workshops.
Action Taken
There was more explicit discussion of expectations in workshops
Source: student feedback
Feedback
Real world problems
Recommendation
Provide exemplars of workplace problems that previous students have completed.
Action Taken
Having the first cohort completed, has enabled examples to be used in the workshops.
Source: Student feedback
Feedback
Clarity of unit objectives
Recommendation
Review communication strategy to student.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Student discussions in workshops
Feedback
Authentic assessments
Recommendation
Continue to ensure that the most up to date information is being used to address issues faced by workplaces to enhance a digital environment.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Define the critical role of workplace behaviour in achieving organisational outcomes
  2. Discuss the dynamic interplay of factors that influence the direction and success of contemporary business
  3. Explain the importance of best practice in Business Process Management
  4. Discuss the usefulness of accounting information to management
  5. Describe marketing principles that drive business profitability and their application to customer acquisition and retention
  6. Identify a variety of computational techniques and/or methods to evaluate and analyse business processes
  7. Assess the consequential impacts of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Sustainability (EIS) on business strategy and the structure, people, and organisational design of business operations.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
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1 - Portfolio • • • •
2 - Reflective Practice Assignment • • • •
3 - Report • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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1 - Communication • • • •
2 - Problem Solving • • •
3 - Critical Thinking • •
4 - Information Literacy •
5 - Team Work •
6 - Information Technology Competence • •
7 - Cross Cultural Competence • •
9 - Social Innovation • •
10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
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