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Unit Synopsis
This unit will provide you with foundational skills and knowledge covering contemporary business issues, organisational and business practices. You will have the opportunity to develop essential business skills, gain knowledge across various business contexts, and examine the functions of diverse organisational types. We will assess the impacts of environmental forces on organisations, examine the risks confronting businesses, and discuss practices adopted to mitigate these risks, including innovation, e-commerce, knowledge management, and cross-cultural management. Throughout the unit, we will utilize illustrative real-world examples, and case studies to provide tangible insights into the course concepts. This unit will enable you to engage in robust discussions regarding governance options for different organisations and examine contemporary processes like regionalisation, emerging world markets, global governance and globalisation. This unit will cultivate transferable business skills for potential future consulting roles, and management skills for organisational leadership positions.
Details
| Level | Postgraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 8 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 4 |
| 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). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 3 - 2026
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).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Postgraduate 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 |
Part Weighting
(% of assessment) |
Assessment Security Level | Gen AI Guidance Levels |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Assessment 1 ( 30% of unit • 1 part ) | |||
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Part 1
– Case Study
|
100% of 30% | Low | AI-Assisted (Guided Collaboration) |
| 2. Assessment 2 ( 30% of unit • 1 part ) | |||
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Part 1
– Presentation
|
100% of 30% | Medium | AI-Assisted (Guided Collaboration) |
| 3. Assessment 3 ( 40% of unit • 1 part ) | |||
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Part 1
– Reflective Practice Assignment
|
100% of 40% | Low | AI Integration (Authentic Professional Use) |
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%).
Past Exams
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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's comment
Real world examples
Develop more problem-based workshop activities using real-world examples and use role plays to better engage students.
Real world examples have been included across multiple topics
Source: Unit coordinator reflection
Reading and lecture contents
Update a few lectures to make them more contemporary
A new topic on AI, Governance and Decision Making was introduced, and several lectures and workshop activities were updated to ensure the unit content remains contemporary and relevant to current organisational practices.
Source: SUTE data
Clearer Unit Requirements
Continue to review and simplify assessment instructions, marking criteria, and weekly guidance so that expectations are clear, consistent, and easy for students to understand across all campuses and teaching staff. Ensure that all relevant assessment resources, guidance recordings, examples, and support materials are clearly communicated to help students understand assessment requirements and expectations.
In Progress
Source: SUTE data
Variation in Student Satisfaction Across Campuses
Continue to monitor campus-level student feedback and work with teaching staff to strengthen consistency in teaching quality, assessment support, and the overall student learning experience across campuses.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Critically analyse the impact of a range of internal and external contextual factors on the performance and decision making of organisations
- Synthesise and utilise key theories, concepts and terms relevant to internal and external contextual factors to examine organisational environments
- Communicate an understanding of contemporary internal and external contextual factors affecting organisations
- Evaluate complex problems relevant to internal and external contextual factors in organisational environments
- Recommend creative solutions to contemporary challenges facing businesses to a variety of audiences and stakeholders.
This is not applicable.
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
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1.
Assessment 1
Part 1 -
Case Study
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2.
Assessment 2
Part 1 -
Presentation
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3.
Assessment 3
Part 1 -
Reflective Practice Assignment
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| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Knowledge | • | • | |||
| 2 - Communication | • | ||||
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | • | • | • | • | |
| 4 - Research | • | • | • | • | |
| 5 - Self-management | • | • | |||
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | • | • | |||
| 7 - Leadership | • | • | |||
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | ||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | |