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Unit Synopsis
Businesses are increasingly expanding their global reach with increased numbers of companies operating in Asia. Many Australian companies are engaged in outsourcing activities and other forms of collaborations. Asia is an important part of the global economy with more than 60% of the world’s population. The collaboration of Australia and Asia requires graduates and professionals to develop an appreciation of how businesses operate across different boundaries and the role of Asia in the world. This unit provides you with the practical experience of an international study tour in Asia or a Pacific Island interpreted in the light of ethical business principles including, where appropriate, the application of Social Innovation and enterprise in practice. The unit will develop your knowledge and skills in cross cultural and business values, business trends, foreign markets, and social, economic and health and wellbeing issues at the micro level in Asia. The unit includes seminars and a supervised study tour.
Details
| Level | Undergraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 2 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 4 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
Students will be expected to have completed 48 cp prior to undertaking the International Study Tour and enrolment in this unit requires approval of the unit coordinator. 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). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2019
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).
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. Written Assessment | 20% |
| 2. Case Study | 50% |
| 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%).
Past Exams
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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: CQUGlobal Self-reflection
Lack of student enrolments is a critical issue.
It is recommended to focus this unit as a term 3 offering to capture students who are not taking studies over the term 3 period. This would also enable students from other universities to engage with the unit. This is a condition of the NCP funding for CQU as a member of the consortium of universities participating in this program.
This unit has now been discontinued. Global Experience options have been transferred to the new unit BUSN13004 Professional practice and experience.
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Justify and communicate a project plan for analysing business in a country other than Australia in order to manage business in the global environment
- Investigate and compare the business environment and characteristics of international businesses in contrast with those in Australia
- Assess social, economic and innovation trends relevant to the host nation, demonstrating your understanding of differences in business approaches and attitudes
- Consider workplace cross cultural issues and values, and explain ways businesses could adapt to different cultures
- Appropriately and respectfully engage with people from different cultures, working professionallly and cooperatively as part of the study tour team and as a respresentative of an organisation.
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment | • | • | |||
| 2 - Case Study | • | • | • | • | |
| 3 - Presentation | • | • | • | ||
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 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 | • | • | |||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||
| 2 - Case Study | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||
| 3 - Presentation | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||