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Unit of Study MNG93003 - Industry Research Project (2014)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Pre-requisites

    • MNG00785 - Project Management
      • AND Student enrolled in the MBA course: plus 48 credit points from any other 4 units in Part A of the MBA schedule of units. OR Students enrolled in the MHROD course: plus 60 credit points from any 5 units in Part A of the MHROD schedule of units. OR Students enrolled in the MPA course: plus 36 Credit points from Part B of the MPA schedule of units

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
Gold Coast Session 1,  2,  3 Session 1,  2,  3
Malaysia - Sarawak INTI N/A Session 2
New Zealand - MIT Session 1,  2,  3 Session 1,  2,  3
Online Session 1,  2,  3 Session 1,  2,  2,  3
Papua New Guinea - Air Niugini N/A Session 2
Singapore - MDIS N/A Session 2,  3
Sydney N/A Session 2,  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. 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:

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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
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    • GA5:
  2. produce and present proposals outlining research project plans for critical review
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    • GA5:
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  3. critically review a peer project / research proposals and make constructive suggestions
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    • GA6:
  4. critically review literature with regard to relevant organisational problems
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    • GA2:
    • GA5:
  5. analyse organisational problems and provide recommendations that are evidence-based
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    • GA2:
  6. provide a professional documented report relevant to selected stakeholders.
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