BUSN11024 - Entrepreneurial Life Design

General Information

Unit Synopsis

In this unit, you will explore integrating business principles into personal development strategies to achieve career and life goals. This unit equips you with the tools to manage your aspirations, time, and resources, mirroring the skills required for successful business leadership. Key topics include goal setting through the lens of project management, adopting entrepreneurial approaches to personal challenges, and maintaining work-life balance with joy and efficiency. The unit also emphasises the importance of learning from failures, encouraging a mindset of resilience and continuous improvement. You will develop the skill for making informed decisions that align with their long-term visions, ensuring a well-rounded approach to personal and professional fulfilment.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 1
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band 10
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites There are no pre-requisites for the unit.

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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Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Learning logs / diaries / Journal / log books 30%
2. Creative work 40%
3. Presentation 30%

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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Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Interpret and apply decision-making frameworks aligned to personal goals and businesses goals
  2. Identify and evaluate practical techniques for managing cultural and business commitments
  3. Analyse and apply time management approaches that reflect successful business and leadership practices
  4. Evaluate resilience-building strategies applied to personal and professional setbacks.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4
1 - Learning logs / diaries / Journal / log books • • •
2 - Creative work • • •
3 - Presentation • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4
1 - Communication • • •
2 - Problem Solving •
3 - Critical Thinking • •
4 - Information Literacy •
5 - Team Work • •
6 - Information Technology Competence •
7 - Cross Cultural Competence •
8 - Ethical practice •
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
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10