Postgraduate - UnitMBA5400 - MBA corporate project 1

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2012 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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12 points, SCA Band 3, 0.250 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2012 (On-campus block of classes) Caulfield Winter semester 2012 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Associate Professor Vivek Chaudhri

Synopsis

Students will work closely with an academic staff member assisted by a company staff member. They will be guided through the processes of -- proposal preparation; data collection and analysis; project implementation; business planning and project reporting.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

demonstrate an ability to apply a broad range of knowledge and understanding of key business theories, concepts, tools and techniques in a practical context
demonstrate an ability to analyse, synthesise and evaluate a business situation and to develop appropriate recommendations in the form of a consulting report
further enhance communication, inter-personal, problem solving and critical thinking capabilities
develop student capabilities to be future generators of sustainable economic, social and environmental value for business.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 100%.

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Amanda Pyman

Contact hours

24 hours per week including two 3-hour lectures

Prerequisites

Completion of MBA core units

Co-requisites

Students must be enrolled in one of the following courses to undertake this unit: 3183, 3184, 3185, 3189, 3190, 3191, 3195, 3196, 3197, 3198, 3837, 3839, 3849 or 0028