Creating Better Business
UndergraduateGRF-GBS3132027
Course information for 2027 intake View information for 2026 course intake
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 21 Feb 2027
- Entry requirements
- Prior study needed
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Price from
- $2,318
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Creating Better Business
About this subject
After successfully completing this subject you should be able to:
- Critically and respectfully engage diverse stakeholder groups while designing innovative business solutions.
- Identify and apply relevant theoretical frameworks in the creation and evaluation of innovative business solutions.
- Communicate innovative businesses solutions across diverse communities.
- Critically reflect on professional performance, feedback, and consulting experiences to identify strategies for ongoing learning and professional development.
Assurance of Learning:
This course evaluates student performance for Assurance of Learning purposes for the program learning objectives (PLOs):
- Effectively communicate with diverse audiences through a variety of modes and media
- Critically analyse local and global business issues to apply inclusive, socially responsible and sustainable practices
- Discuss how to integrate Australia's First Peoples' perspectives in contemporary business contexts
- Develop and apply knowledge and skills which enhance employability and career paths
- Develop and apply interdisciplinary perspectives to contemporary business practices
- Identify and critically analyse sources of data to inform evidence based decision making.
- Introduction to consulting
- Building consulting teams
- Understanding client needs and project briefs
- Defining and reframing business problems
- Client engagement and contracting
- Coaching for solution development
- Giving and receiving feedback
- Managing conflict within teams
- Presentation and communication skills
- Developing professional client recommendations
- Practice presentations
- Industry client presentations
By completing this subject, you'll be able to:
- Collaborate with diverse stakeholders to understand business challenges and develop innovative solutions.
- Apply consulting, innovation and business frameworks to analyse complex organisational issues.
- Evaluate solutions through social, commercial and sustainability perspectives.
- Communicate recommendations effectively to clients, industry partners and professional audiences.
- Work within multidisciplinary teams to manage projects, navigate differing viewpoints and achieve shared outcomes.
- Reflect on and demonstrate professional skills that enhance employability and career readiness.
Put your business knowledge into practice by working on a real industry project. Designed as a capstone experience, this subject brings together the skills, knowledge and perspectives you've developed throughout your studies and challenges you to apply them in a professional consulting environment.
Working in multidisciplinary teams, you'll partner with an industry client to investigate a genuine business challenge and develop recommendations that create value for their organisation.
Projects may involve a diverse range of organisations, from major corporations and government agencies to start-ups, social enterprises and not-for-profit organisations. As part of the consulting process, you'll engage with stakeholders, analyse information, evaluate opportunities and develop innovative solutions that respond to client needs while considering broader social, environmental and business outcomes.
You'll be supported by academic coaches and industry mentors who will guide you through the consulting lifecycle. You'll gain practical experience in client engagement, teamwork, problem-solving, professional communication and project delivery while building confidence in your ability to operate in complex business environments.
Reflecting Griffith Business School's strong focus on industry engagement, responsible leadership and employability, this subject provides an opportunity to demonstrate the capabilities expected of contemporary business professionals. You’ll develop practical experience working with an external client and a portfolio of skills that can help differentiate you in the graduate employment market.
Prerequisite: Single degree students must have completed at least 16 units (typically within their final two trimesters of study). Double degree students must have completed at least 24 units of study and are ideally in their fourth year (full-time equivalent) before enrolling.
Note: You should not enrol in this subject if you have previously completed 3103GBS Creating Better Business at Griffith University.
This course has strict conditions regarding the use of Artificial Intelligence in assessment. To find out more, please visit Griffith University’s Academic Integrity page for further information.
- Presentation - oral (20%)
- Written assignment (15%)
- Written assignment (25%)
- Written assignment (20%)
- Presentation - oral (20%)
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Entry requirements
Others
Single degree students must have completed at least 16 units (i.e. you are in your final two trimesters of study) before enrolling in this subject.
Double degree students must have completed at least 24 units (and preferably you are in your fourth year [full-time equivalent] of study) before enrolling in this subject.
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
Find out more information on Commonwealth Loans to understand what this means to your eligibility for financial support.
What to study next?
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
UndergraduateGRF-BUS-DEG
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