Program Overview

Unit of Study MNG93004 - Business Professional Practice

Unit Snapshot

• Unit type: PG Coursework Unit
• Credit points: 12
• AQF level: 9
• Level of learning: Advanced
• Former School/College: Former School of Business and Tourism
• Pre-requisites: Students must be admitted to course - Master of Business Administration OR - Master of Professional Accounting AND have 96 credit points in any SCU postgraduate coursework units including the unit MNG03236 - Business Professional Development OR be admitted to - Master of Information Technology
• Anti-requisites: Students must not have completed MNG03237 Tourism and Hotel Internship
• Enrolment information: The purpose of work integrated learning is to apply knowledge and skills from the current degree to the work placement. As such advanced standing for prior work experience will not be considered for this unit.

Unit Description

Completing this Work Integrated Learning unit (WIL) unit requires 150 hours of work in an organisation over ten weeks. Students will apply, analyse and evaluate the knowledge gained throughout their degree and demonstrate this in a series of structured assessments. Outcomes will include enhanced business communication skills and an understanding of the skills and attributes required for career success.

Unit Content

Students have the opportunity to complete an internship by undertaking productive work at an operational or supervisory level, dependent on their experience and career goals, within a business or organisation relevant to their major. The internship may be completed in Australia or overseas in a country where the student is entitled to work.

• Students are responsible for finding their own internship placement, with advice and support available from their Work Integrated Learning (WIL) lecturer.
• On finding a position, students must submit a Notice of Placement form for approval.
• This document is the contract between the student and the internship host, and provides important information regarding the proposed position that is used to assess its suitability for an internship.
• The internship cannot commence until such time as a letter of confirmation has been received from the WIL Coordinator.

The study guide for this unit is structured according to the five stages of internship proposed by Swietzer & King (1999):

1. Anticipation
2. Disillusionment
3. Confrontation
4. Competence
5. Culmination

Availabilities

• Location: Gold Coast
• Domestic: Session 3
• International: Session 3

Learning Outcomes and Graduate Attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

1. Explain the nature, scope, breadth and variety of employment in your chosen sector
   • GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
2. Undertake a range of duties required for employment in business settings
   • GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
   • GA5: Lifelong learning
3. Communicate effectively with others orally, in writing, and via the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs)
   • GA6: Communication and social skills
4. Analyse and apply concepts and principles of business management appropriate to the work environment
   • GA1: Intellectual rigour
   • GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
5. Appraise the ethical implications of your own and other's workplace decisions and actions
   • GA1: Intellectual rigour
   • GA3: Ethical practice
6. Critically evaluate the skills and attitudes required for success as a manager or supervisor in your industry sector.
   • GA5: Lifelong learning

Prescribed Learning Resources

Session 3

• Prescribed Texts: No prescribed texts.
• Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.

Graduate Attributes

• GA1: Intellectual rigour - A commitment to excellence in all scholarly and intellectual activities, including critical judgement.
• GA2: Creativity - An ability to develop creative and effective responses to intellectual, professional and social challenges.
• GA3: Ethical practice - A commitment to sustainability and high ethical standards in social and professional practices.
• GA4: Knowledge of a discipline - Command of a discipline to enable a smooth transition and contribution to professional and community settings.
• GA5: Lifelong learning - The ability to be responsive to change, to be inquiring and reflective in practice, through information literacy and autonomous, self-managed learning.
• GA6: Communication and social skills - The ability to communicate and collaborate with individuals, and within teams, in professional and community settings.
• GA7: Cultural competence - An ability to engage with diverse cultural and Indigenous perspectives in both global and local settings.