Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Lurion De Mello
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
(Admission to MCom or MCyberGovMgnt and 40cp at 8000 level) or (admission to MBioBus or MCyberSec and 80cp at 8000 level)
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This is a course-wide capstone unit that is intended to be taken by students in their final session of study. The unit is designed to broaden students' understanding of the importance of strategic business matters in the areas of an organisation's planning, operations, leadership, ethics and broader sustainability, economic and global developments. Through the unit's real world experience opportunities and engagement in business challenges requiring cross-disciplinary insights and knowledge, students are not only required to develop their reflective and integrative thinking but also engage in the development of their future-focused, strategic thinking. Students are exposed to contemporaneous business intelligence devised to give them the opportunity to consider practical implications of business issues and challenges and to investigate strategic business matters within the context of a business environment. Students work in self-managing teams to prepare group reports, complete practice-based tasks and conduct a session long research-based project. |
Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Late Assessment Submission Penalty (written assessments)
Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark) will be applied each day a written assessment is not submitted, up until the 7th day (including weekends). After the 7th day, a grade of ‘0’ will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. Submission time for all written assessments is set at 11.55pm. A 1-hour grace period is provided to students who experience a technical concern.
For any late submissions of time-sensitive tasks, such as scheduled tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, and/or scheduled practical assessments/labs, students need to submit an application for Special Consideration.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Practice-based tasks | 45% | No | Week 2 to Week 10 |
Project | 40% | No | Week 12 and Week 13 |
Reflection | 15% | No | Week 13 |
Assessment Type 1: Practice-based task
Indicative Time on Task 2: 25 hours
Due: Week 2 to Week 10
Weighting: 45%
Practice-based assessment tasks are given throughout the session. Some of these are take-home tasks, others are to be completed during the workshops. Students must submit a total of three (3) tasks for grading. Each task is worth 15%.
Assessment Type 1: Project
Indicative Time on Task 2: 25 hours
Due: Week 12 and Week 13
Weighting: 40%
This assessment has two components. One component is a 2,000-3,000 word group report worth 20% (assessed as a group). The other component is a group presentation of 3-4 minutes per group member worth 20% (assessed individually).
Assessment Type 1: Reflective Writing
Indicative Time on Task 2: 10 hours
Due: Week 13
Weighting: 15%
Students will be required to submit one 1000 word reflection essay (worth 15%).
1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:
2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation
Delivery:
Resources:
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Date | Description |
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25/07/2023 | There are no changes from the previous version that is already published. I wanted to change the number of words for the Capstone projects but was informed by Kevin Yuen that it is too late. Apologies for the inconvenience. |
Unit information based on version 2023.01 of the Handbook