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Last updated: 4 June 2021
For students in X755M: Nil
All other students: Must have passed 7 units including MPA701, MPE781/MPT781, MPF753/MPT753, MPM701, MPM731
Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.
1 x 3 hour workshop per week
3 x 1 hour class per week (recordings provided) plus 3 x 1 hour online seminars
Integrated and linked with core units, the capstone unit provides students with the opportunity to scope a business challenge, and through considered research, provide a solid foundation to identify priorities for growing an established small to medium enterprise (SME). Along the way, students will be able to demonstrate their ability to research the issue at hand, identify different solutions, taking into account personal, team and societal issues/challenges so that a recommendation/solution can be proposed. This will require students to utilise their skills in accounting, economics, finance, business process management, and business communication to develop a coherent and aligned business plan and resourcing strategies that contributes to business success in a dynamic, global business environment. Students will be required to explain and justify their decisions. Business decision-making is underpinned by ethics and cultural understanding, and students will identify and reflect on their approach to decision-making and how they perceive business success in this context.
ULO
These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can:
Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1
Synthesise a broad base of critical commercial knowledge with specialised discipline knowledge and conduct independent research on a (chosen) commerce related issue.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO3: Digital literacy
ULO2
Develop and present a business proposal backed with underpinning research to convey complex business concepts issues and findings and a set of recommendations to a mixed (specialist and non-specialist) audience.
GLO2: Communication
ULO3
Critically analyse complex factors that lead to business success to justify options, identify limitations and inform business decisions on appropriate courses of action.
GLO4: Critical thinking
ULO4
Conceptualise, construct and recommend solutions to a real world commerce-related problem.
GLO5: Problem solving
ULO5
Demonstrate self-awareness and an ability to take responsibility for working and learning in a cross-disciplinary team.
GLO6: Self-managementGLO7: Teamwork
ULO6
Interpret and reflect on the critical impacts of ethics and cultural factors in the context of an emerging business opportunity.
GLO8: Global citizenship
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
From Trimester 2 2021:
Synthesise information from independent research and professional, commercial and scholarly sources.
Develop and present a business plan for a Small-Medium Enterprise (SME) including recommendations for growth.
Critically analyse the complex interrelated factors impacting business decisions and apply them in simulated scenarios.
Recommend and justify solutions to SME-related growth issues.
Reflect on your personal learning journey and professional skills developed from working in a cross-disciplinary team with a business owner/manager.
Identify and reflect on approaches to decision-making and how successful business growth is undertaken in a global context.
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: MPM755 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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