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Unit of Study MNG93003 - Industry Research Project (2015)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Pre-requisites

    96 credit points from program units

  • Enrolment information

    N/A

Unit description

Allows student to complete a substantial independently directed industry project using evidence-based research and present a well documented business report in a form suitable for presentation to a business board or industry panel. This unit is an opportunity to undertake real world business related study and investigation with application and relevance to the workplace under the supervision of a staff member. Students need to complete this unit with a focus on the area of specialisation they have chosen, unless they have not chosen to complete a specialisation.

Unit content

  • Identifying and qualifying problems worthy of further investigation
  • Writing a project proposal
  • Approaches to solving business problems
  • Overview of research methods
  • Reviewing literature and prior research
  • Data gathering and analysis for Industry Research Project
  • Preparing a final report.

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Coffs Harbour Session 1 Session 1
Gold Coast Session 1,  2,  3 Session 1,  2,  3
New Zealand - MIT Session 1,  2,  3 Session 1,  2,  3
Online Session 1,  2,  3 Session 1,  1,  2,  2,  3
Papua New Guinea - Air Niugini N/A Session 2,  3
Singapore - MDIS N/A Session 1,  2,  3
Sydney N/A Session 3
Sydney - The Hotel School Session 1 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 independently identify and justify business / industry related problems or issues worthy of investigation
2 produce and present proposals outlining research project plans for critical review
3 critically review a peer project / research proposals and make constructive suggestions
4 critically review literature with regard to relevant organisational problems
5 analyse organisational problems and provide recommendations that are evidence-based
6 provide a professional documented report relevant to selected stakeholders.

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

  1. independently identify and justify business / industry related problems or issues worthy of investigation
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
    • GA5:
  2. produce and present proposals outlining research project plans for critical review
    • GA1:
    • GA5:
    • GA6:
  3. critically review a peer project / research proposals and make constructive suggestions
    • GA2:
    • GA6:
  4. critically review literature with regard to relevant organisational problems
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
    • GA5:
  5. analyse organisational problems and provide recommendations that are evidence-based
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
  6. provide a professional documented report relevant to selected stakeholders.
    • GA5:

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