Professional Business Project

Unit code: BSK3000 | Study level: Undergraduate
Credit points
12
(Generally, 1 credit = 10 hours of classes and independent study.)
Location
City Campus
India Online
Online Real Time
VU Brisbane
VU Online
VU Sydney
Prerequisites
BMO2005 - Innovation and Entrepreneurship (applicable for BBNS students ONLY); or
BPD2100 - International Business Challenge (applicable for BBNS students ONLY)
BAO1001 - Accounting Process and Systems (applicable for BBAQ students ONLY)
Students must also have successfully completed a minimum of 16 units.
(Or equivalent to be determined by unit coordinator)
Overview
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Overview

Demonstrate and develop your professional skills with a Professional Business Project.

In this capstone unit, you will focus on continued development, demonstrating and applying your professional and practical skills in an industry-immersive project. The project may be in a community or workplace setting such as a:

  • for-profit business
  • not-for-profit or charitable organisation
  • charity/social enterprise
  • local community
  • Business Planning competitions.

You will work to professional standards, demonstrating your abilities in:

  • managing projects and your own time
  • thinking within, against and across disciplines
  • interacting in cross-cultural and interprofessional environments
  • exercising critical judgement
  • operating effectively across academic and industry environments
  • behaving with a high level of personal autonomy and accountability.

By the end of the unit and the degree, you will be well prepared with practical experience to launch your career.

Learning Outcomes

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

  1. Recommend a problem solving framework to scope, design, manage and realise an industry project/entrepreneurial proposal;
  2. Collaborate to undertake ethical interdisciplinary research and problem solving to achieve solutions to complex, contemporary and emerging problems;
  3. Exhibit ethical and professional conduct, interpersonal skills and an ability to communicate effectively with project stakeholders, via digital and other platforms;
  4. Devise, recommend and advocate for business decisions through pitch and other business presentations, discussions and reports; and
  5. Critique, evaluate and respond to their own performance and that of others.

Assessment

For Melbourne campuses

Assessment type: Report
|
Grade: 10%
Draft project scope outline (Group)
Assessment type: Journal
|
Grade: 40%
Reflection - evaluation of team progress
Assessment type: Presentation
|
Grade: 20%
Pitch (Group)
Assessment type: Report
|
Grade: 30%
Final project report (Group)

Other locations

For students studying at Central University of Finance and Economics, Henan University, Liaoning University
Assessment type: Report
|
Grade: 10%
Draft project scope outline (Group)
Assessment type: Journal
|
Grade: 40%
Reflection - evaluation of team progress
Assessment type: Presentation
|
Grade: 20%
Pitch (Group)
Assessment type: Project
|
Grade: 30%
Final project (Group)

Required reading

Students will have access to required readings via VU Collaborate and are not required to purchase the listed textbook.

Strategies for creative problem solving
Fogler, HS, LeBlanc, SE, & Rizzo, B, (2014)| Prentice-Hall Ed., New Jersey

As part of a course

This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):

Bachelor of Legal Services
LBLS | Bachelor degree | Duration: 3 years

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