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BUSN11021 Business Automation and Improvement Processes

Business Automation and Improvement Processes

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Overview

This unit aims to cultivate your expertise in automating industrial and business processes. It blends theoretical knowledge, research, and hands-on experience in various areas, including project management, process improvement, innovation frameworks, expert systems, document and process automation, data testing from prior units to validate your solutions, machine learning, and blockchain technologies. During this unit, you will delve into software systems that empower consumers, encompassing internet-based platforms offering interactive documents, intelligent customer service, and business management assistance. You will also identify and explore these advancements' challenges, threats, opportunities, and ethical considerations. Ultimately, you will apply your knowledge to devise a practical solution addressing a real-world business challenge, enhancing overall business operations. You will write a report and presentation that proposes a solution to the workplace problem encompassing a plan to move from a traditional business to an automated business and a stakeholder engagement plan.

Details

Career Level: Undergraduate

Unit Level: Level 1

Credit Points: 12

Student Contribution Band: 8

Fraction of Full-Time Student Load: 0.25

Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Pre-requisite - BUSN11018 Business Improvement Pre-requisite - BUSN11019 Business Systems and Technology Co-requisite - BUSN11020 Business Data and Ethics

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).

Offerings For Term 2 - 2025

Online

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).