BLAR13042 - Building Sector Management

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit comprises seven key topics covering the development of Australia's design and construction industry, Government and private sector roles in managing Australian construction industry and emerging trends applied to the construction industry.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 3
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites There are no pre-requisites for the unit.

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).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2025

Term 3 - 2025 Profile
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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).

Assessment Overview

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. Research Proposal 5%
2. Written Assessment 45%
3. Report 35%
4. Presentation 15%

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%).

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Previous Feedback

Term 3 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 23.81% response rate.

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: Student Unit Teaching Evaluations (SUTE)
Feedback
The unit is well structured and delivered in a great manner.
Recommendation
It is recommended to adopt the same delivery strategy. Furthermore, the unit will provide more useful learning materials in the context of high-level planning aspects of Australian building and construction industry as well as research focused.
Action Taken
The teaching team implemented the same strategy as recommended. Students were given additional learning materials of industry and research focused. Students were given flexibility of choosing a research topic of industry focused on their own. This flexibility approach seemed to be admired by many students as evidenced by the feedback received in the class and through the responses to University surveys.
Source: Student Unit Teaching Evaluations (SUTE)
Feedback
Students require assistance in selecting a research topic.
Recommendation
The unit requires students to choose a topic relating to the building and construction sector. So far, the unit has not been restricted to one problem area or topic but is open to problems students are passionate about solving in their current workplace or the construction industry. It is recommended to explain further selecting a research topic related to the context of the research focus.
Action Taken
While the lecturer encouraged students to come up with their research topic, he also provided a list of more than twenty examples of relevant research topics in Moodle. A couple of students informed the lecturer that they struggled to create a topic at the beginning; however, they could create an effective topic on their own by referring to the examples provided by the lecturer.
Source: SUTE Unit Comments Report- T3- 2023 SUTE Teacher Evaluations- T3- 2023.
Feedback
Students found they gained an improved learning experience in the context of high-level planning aspects of Australian building and construction industry as well as research focused.
Recommendation
It is recommended to adopt the same teaching strategy delivering learning materials of high-level planning aspects of Australian building and construction industry as well as research focused.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: SUTE and Teaching Team Feedback
Feedback
Learning area of 'Assessment Feedback' is 80 in the current year. This is around 10% drop from the last year.
Recommendation
It is recommended to revisit and improve marking rubrics of each assessment of the unit. At least two peer reviewers from the BE team will be assisted to review assessment questions and the marking rubric prior to the upload of the assessment tasks to improve the clarity of the questions and effectiveness of the marking rubrics.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: SUTE Unit Comments Report- T3- 2023
Feedback
Students admired the flexibility given to chose an industry relevant topic of their own interest. They have found it is a stimulus to continue researching future into the topic of interest in further studies.
Recommendation
It is recommended to adopted the same delivery strategy in future.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Evaluate the development of Australia's Design and Construction industry
  2. Review and analyze the importance of Australian government and private sector roles to manage Australian construction industry
  3. Analyze and discuss emerging trends in areas of best industry practices, including innovation/ cutting edge technology, information technology, business improvement, networks and alliances, procurement, asset management, the environment, regulatory reform and intellectual improvement
  4. Research critical industry problems and find solutions to fix them.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4
1 - Research Proposal •
2 - Written Assessment • • •
3 - Report •
4 - Presentation •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4
2 - Problem Solving •
3 - Critical Thinking •
4 - Information Literacy • • •
6 - Information Technology Competence •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10