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Unit Summary
Unit type
UG Coursework Unit
Credit points
12
AQF level
Level of learning
Introductory
Former School/College
Unit aim
Supports students in the development of learning and technology skills and concepts underpinning the preparation and management of a variety of business reports and documents. Students use technology tools to explore case studies, develop a range of templates for reports suitable for different stakeholders and undertake other active learning tasks to acquire key academic and business skills.
Unit content
Topic 1: Unit introduction
Topic 2: The nature of business and knowledge development
Topic 3: Analysis of business information in a range of forms
Topic 4: Technology tools for academic and business study
Topic 5: Report types and structures
Topic 6: Spreadsheet use and applications
Topic 7: Using technologies to construct presentations and reports
Topic 8: Technology and e-Business
Topic 9: Document management in a digital age
Topic 10: E-Commerce: Business Strategies, Security and Ethics
Learning outcomes
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 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
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| 1 | analyse information from business operating in a local and global context | |||||||
| 2 | use both local and global perspectives to explore and critically analyse diverse business-focused reports | |||||||
| 3 | select from a range of technology tools to develop outputs tailored for specific stakeholders | |||||||
| 4 | construct a report from specified case study material. | |||||||
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
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analyse information from business operating in a local and global context
- GA1:
- GA4:
- GA6:
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use both local and global perspectives to explore and critically analyse diverse business-focused reports
- GA1:
- GA4:
- GA6:
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select from a range of technology tools to develop outputs tailored for specific stakeholders
- GA1:
- GA4:
- GA6:
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construct a report from specified case study material.
- GA1:
- GA4:
- GA6:
Prescribed texts
- No prescribed texts.
- No prescribed texts.