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Industry Consulting Project
Undergraduate | SWI-BUS30009 | 2023
Course information for 2023 intake
Flex your skills by consulting on a project for an industry partner.
Team up with fellow students and get guidance from a project coach. Test principles you've encountered during your studies, and present your findings at the end of the semester.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Prior study needed
- Duration
- 13 weeks
HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Industry Consulting Project
About this subject
After successfully completing this subject, you will be able to:
- Apply business principles, overviews, discipline issues and knowledge to a real-world context and develop the intellectual independence to be reflective learners
- Undertake and evaluate research from a variety of sources in order to make judgements to solve a range of problems that arise in business contexts
- Communicate a range of business arguments appropriate to the audience, through a variety of communication media
- Work collaboratively in diverse groups and generate creative solutions that are fit for purpose and be cognisant of the impact of business decisions.
- Applying discipline knowledge to a real-world context
- Principles, overviews and discipline issues that relate to the project context
- Interpreting and responding to project briefs
- Team dynamics, management tools and processes
- Communications issues and stakeholder expectations
- Research methods
- Critical and reflective practices
- Documenting project developments and recommendations
The subject provides an opportunity for students to apply skills and engage in a consulting project for an industry partner. Multidisciplinary teams will work on a live problem solving project from profit or not-for-profit enterprises. Teams will work under the guidance of a coach with project specific inputs from the industry client briefs. In the final week, teams will deliver their findings and recommendations to industry partner through an oral presentation and a written report. The subject aims at facilitating a successful transition from academic learning environment to work environment.
- Assignment 1 — Individual (15-25%)
- Assign and Presentations — Group (40-60%)
- Peer Evaluation — Individual (10-15%)
- Reflective Task — Individual (15-25%)
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Entry requirements
Prior study
You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:
one of
SWI-BUS30010 (Not currently available)
SWI-BUS30024-Advanced Innovation Business Practice (no longer available)
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.
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Student feedback
5 student respondents between 17 July - 17 July 2023.
100%of students felt the study load was manageable
100%of students felt this subject helped them gain relevant skills
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