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Unit of Study MKT01224 - Intern Study IV (2017)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Pre-requisites

    228 credit points in any SCU units

  • Enrolment information

    All international students are required to enrol internally for Intern Study units. All other students are required to enrol externally.

Unit description

Provides practical workplace experience within a student's chosen field. Students can undertake a placement in any appropriate industry sector relevant to their degree (ie. tourism, hospitality, events, clubs, human resource management, finance, marketing, accounting and information technology) in Australia or overseas. These units provide an opportunity for students to apply concepts and principles of business management to a relevant workplace setting and better appreciate the nature of employment in their chosen industry sector.

Unit content

Topic 1: Introduction and setting the scene
Topic 2: Establishing a learning plan
Topic 3: Why reflection?
Topic 4: Evaluating and enhancing the business operations of your organisation
Topic 5: Organisational structure and culture
Topic 6: Focusing on managerial skills and qualities
Topic 7: Towards mastery and excellence
Topic 8: Reviewing the personal & professional impact of your placement
Topic 9: Wrapping up

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Singapore - MDIS N/A Session 1

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. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

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

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 effectively meet the requirements of the employment selection process
2 explain the nature, scope, breadth and variety of employment in your chosen sector
3 demonstrate capability and willingness to undertake a range of duties required for employment in your selected industry sector/s
4 apply concepts and principles of business management appropriate to the requirements of the work environment
5 critically evaluate the skills and qualities required for success as a manager or supervisor in an industry setting
6 demonstrate a growth in transferable employment skills and professionalism.

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

  1. effectively meet the requirements of the employment selection process
    • GA6:
  2. explain the nature, scope, breadth and variety of employment in your chosen sector
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
  3. demonstrate capability and willingness to undertake a range of duties required for employment in your selected industry sector/s
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  4. apply concepts and principles of business management appropriate to the requirements of the work environment
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  5. critically evaluate the skills and qualities required for success as a manager or supervisor in an industry setting
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
    • GA6:
  6. demonstrate a growth in transferable employment skills and professionalism.
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
    • GA6:

Prescribed learning resources

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