BSD105 The Future Enterprise
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| Unit code: | BSD105 |
|---|---|
| Equivalent(s): | BSB105 |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
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| CSP student contribution | $2,040 |
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| Domestic tuition unit fee | $3,024 |
| International unit fee | $4,176 |
Unit Outline: College 1 2024, Kelvin Grove, Internal
| Unit code: | BSD105 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Equivalent: | BSB105 |
| Coordinator: | Michael Klaehn | m.klaehn@qut.edu.au |
Overview
This introductory business core unit provides insights on how to predict emerging futures in the contemporary workplace and how to tailor individual response strategies to future business scenarios. Grounded in an integrated mix of real-world case studies from corporate, non-profit and entrepreneurial sectors, this unit will help you to develop the mindset and skill set required to approach the future world of work equipped to succeed. You will practise environmental sensing, scenario planning and managing strategic alternatives, and will be introduced to megatrends defining the contemporary work landscape, along with opportunities, threats and “black swan” events disrupting it. You will build your capability to be resilient and agile in the workplace. This unit is relevant to students of all business disciplines, preparing you for the future of work and introducing you to business capabilities to ignite your career.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Demonstrate an understanding of strategies for predicting and responding to future business scenarios across a variety of real-world business contexts. [KS 1.1]Relates to: Diploma Business Capabilities: KS (1.1)
- Analyse a corporate, non-profit or entrepreneurial market to identify emerging business opportunities and threats using a variety of processes and approaches. [KS 1.2, HO 2.1, SE 5.2]
- Using a range of environment sensing tools and approaches, construct business recommendations and evaluate them according to their strategic alignment, feasibility, viability and desirability. [KS 1.1, HO 2.1, HO 2.2, SE 5.2]
- Report on industry trends, developments and possible scenarios using professional communication skills. [HO 2.1, PC 3.1]
- Employ strategies for resilience and agility in a range of professional contexts. [TS 4.1, SE 5.2]
Content
In this unit, you will learn about:
Awareness: The predictable environmental trends and developments, and how we prepare an organisation to deal with significant, unpredictable events (so called “black swans”).
Acceptance: Assess possible future contexts in light of their relevance and severity of impact on an organisation.
Action: Develop appropriate response and preparation strategies, build resilience and agility where required, identify opportunities and threats, and conduct an informed selection according to strategic alignment, feasibility, viability and desirability.
You will be guided through the unit by the following principles:
- Better to prevent a problem than solve it.
- Best to have alternative strategies than one strategy.
- Be either resilient or agile.
- Distinguish between what you could do and what you should.
- Ensure that future actions are feasible, desired and viable.
QUT Business Capabilities (Diploma)
The content and assessment in this unit are aligned to a selection of the following set of QUT Business Capabilities, also known as Assurance of Learning Goals (AoLs). Developing these capabilities will assist you to meet the desired graduate outcomes set at QUT and equip you with the knowledge and skills to succeed in your chosen career.
Knowledge and Technological Skills (KS)
1.1 Demonstrate and apply foundational theoretical and technical knowledge across the broad field of business.
1.2 Apply technical and technological skills to real world business purposes and contexts.
Higher Order Thinking (HO)
2.1 Investigate real world business problems, situations and requirements through the effective analysis, evaluation and synthesis of theoretical and practical knowledge and information.
2.2 Apply cognitive, technical and creative skills to develop and evaluate approaches and perform business operations that effectively respond to a diverse range of real world business problems and needs.
Professional Communication (PC)
3.1 Apply professional communication and academic literacy knowledge and skills to communicate effectively in written forms appropriate for diverse business and academic literacy purposes and contexts.
3.2 Apply professional communication and academic literacy knowledge and skills to communicate effectively in oral forms appropriate for diverse business and academic literacy purposes and contexts.
Teamwork and Self (TS)
4.1 Exercise initiative and judgement and personal responsibility to enhance organization and performance of own work and demonstrate self reflection in relation to own learning and practice.
4.2 Exercise initiative and judgement in planning, organising and evaluating teamwork.
Social, Ethical and Global Understanding (SE)
5.1 Apply knowledge of ethical and legal perspectives in analyzing and addressing business issues.
5.2 Apply knowledge of socially responsible behaviour in analysing and addressing business issues across business contexts
Learning Approaches
In this unit, you will learn by engaging in case-based activities designed to develop your skills in analysis and decision-making. You will explore contemporary global issues and learn about future challenges and opportunities for business enterprises. In workshops, you will practice how to sense the environment, how to prepare for the next black swan event and how to conduct scenario planning to develop alternative business strategies. Beyond such toolsets, you will learn how to develop a mindset that allows you as a future leader to approach emerging scenarios prepared and with confidence in various sectorial settings.
You will be expected to attend and contribute regularly to workshops and tutorials, and work through content and self-directed formative learning activities presented on the unit’s Canvas site before and after class to supplement your learning.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
You will receive feedback in various forms throughout the semester which may include:
- Informal: worked examples, such as verbal feedback in class, personal consultation
- Formal: in writing, such as checklists (e.g. criteria sheets), written commentary
- Direct: to individual students, either in written form or in consultation
- Indirect: to the whole class
Assessment
Overview
The assessment tasks in this unit provide you with opportunities to practise and develop higher order thinking skills such as scenario planning, environmental sensing and strategy development. The assessment is framed around the Awareness, Acceptance, Action framework for predicting the future of work.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Business context report
You will research the internal and external environment of a provided business.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Formative or Summative: Formative and Summative
Business Capabilities (AoL goals): KS (1.1)
Assessment: Scenario Planning Outline
You will develop possible future business environment scenarios for the provided case study using a set scenario planning process.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Formative or Summative: Formative and Summative
Business Capabilities (AoL goals): KS (1.2), HO (2.1), PC (3.1)
Assessment: Strategic Response Presentation and Reflection
You will select one of the scenarios developed in Assessment Task 2 and provide strategic recommendations, considering the feasibility, viability and desirability of your strategic response for the business. You will present your response in a recorded presentation with supporting notes. You will also provide a written reflection, considering what you have learned about your values and ethical decision making and how that informs your understanding of socially responsible behaviour.
Formative or Summative: Summative
Business Capabilities (AoL goals): KS (1.2), HO (2.1, 2.2), PC (3.1), SE (5.2), TS (4.1)
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.
Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Weekly resources will be available on the unit Canvas site.
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out-of-the ordinary risks associated with this unit. You should, however, familiarise yourself with evacuation procedures operating in the buildings in which you attend classes and take the time to view the Emergency video.
Standards/Competencies
This unit is designed to support your development of the following standards\competencies.
QUT Business Capabilities (Diploma)
HO (2.1): Critical Analysis
Relates to: ULO2, ULO3, ULO4, Business context report , Scenario Planning Outline, Strategic Response Presentation and Reflection
HO (2.2): Independent Judgement and Decision-Making
Relates to: ULO3, Scenario Planning Outline, Strategic Response Presentation and Reflection
KS (1.1): Discipline Knowledge
Relates to: ULO1, Business context report , Scenario Planning Outline
KS (1.2): Technical and Technological Skills
Relates to: ULO2, Scenario Planning Outline, Strategic Response Presentation and Reflection
PC (3.1): Professional Communication (Written)
Relates to: ULO4, Business context report , Scenario Planning Outline, Strategic Response Presentation and Reflection
SE (5.2): Global Social Responsibility
Relates to: ULO2, ULO3, ULO5, Strategic Response Presentation and Reflection
TS (4.1): Self-Reflection and Accountability
Relates to: ULO5, Scenario Planning Outline
TS (4.2): Teamwork Knowledge and Skills
Relates to: ULO4
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.BS40 Diploma in Business
- Demonstrate and apply foundational theoretical and technical knowledge across the broad field of business.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO3, Business context report , Scenario Planning Outline - Apply knowledge of social responsibility perspectives in analysing and addressing business issues.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO3, ULO5, Scenario Planning Outline, Strategic Response Presentation and Reflection - Use technical and technological skills to understand real world business operations.
Relates to: ULO2, Scenario Planning Outline, Strategic Response Presentation and Reflection - Investigate real world business problems and situations through the effective analysis and evaluation of foundational theoretical and practical knowledge.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO3, ULO4, Scenario Planning Outline - Apply independent judgement and initiative in adapting and applying knowledge and skills to address real world business problems.
Relates to: ULO3, Strategic Response Presentation and Reflection - Communicate effectively using academic language and literacy skills appropriate to purpose and context across a range of written genres.
Relates to: ULO4, Business context report , Strategic Response Presentation and Reflection - Exercise initiative, judgement and personal responsibility to enhance organisation and performance of own work and demonstrate self reflection in relation to own learning and practice.
Relates to: ULO5, Scenario Planning Outline - Apply teamwork knowledge and skills for effective collaboration.
Relates to: ULO4
Unit Outline: College 2 2024, Kelvin Grove, Internal
| Unit code: | BSD105 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Equivalent: | BSB105 |
Overview
This introductory business core unit provides insights on how to predict emerging futures in the contemporary workplace and how to tailor individual response strategies to future business scenarios. Grounded in an integrated mix of real-world case studies from corporate, non-profit and entrepreneurial sectors, this unit will help you to develop the mindset and skill set required to approach the future world of work equipped to succeed. You will practise environmental sensing, scenario planning and managing strategic alternatives, and will be introduced to megatrends defining the contemporary work landscape, along with opportunities, threats and “black swan” events disrupting it. You will build your capability to be resilient and agile in the workplace. This unit is relevant to students of all business disciplines, preparing you for the future of work and introducing you to business capabilities to ignite your career.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Demonstrate an understanding of strategies for predicting and responding to future business scenarios across a variety of real-world business contexts. [KS 1.1]Relates to: Diploma Business Capabilities: KS (1.1)
- Analyse a corporate, non-profit or entrepreneurial market to identify emerging business opportunities and threats using a variety of processes and approaches. [KS 1.2, HO 2.1, SE 5.2]
- Using a range of environment sensing tools and approaches, construct business recommendations and evaluate them according to their strategic alignment, feasibility, viability and desirability. [KS 1.1, HO 2.1, HO 2.2, SE 5.2]
- Report on industry trends, developments and possible scenarios using professional communication skills. [HO 2.1, PC 3.1]
- Employ strategies for resilience and agility in a range of professional contexts. [TS 4.1, SE 5.2]
Content
In this unit, you will learn about:
Awareness: The predictable environmental trends and developments, and how we prepare an organisation to deal with significant, unpredictable events (so called “black swans”).
Acceptance: Assess possible future contexts in light of their relevance and severity of impact on an organisation.
Action: Develop appropriate response and preparation strategies, build resilience and agility where required, identify opportunities and threats, and conduct an informed selection according to strategic alignment, feasibility, viability and desirability.
You will be guided through the unit by the following principles:
- Better to prevent a problem than solve it.
- Best to have alternative strategies than one strategy.
- Be either resilient or agile.
- Distinguish between what you could do and what you should.
- Ensure that future actions are feasible, desired and viable.
QUT Business Capabilities (Diploma)
The content and assessment in this unit are aligned to a selection of the following set of QUT Business Capabilities, also known as Assurance of Learning Goals (AoLs). Developing these capabilities will assist you to meet the desired graduate outcomes set at QUT and equip you with the knowledge and skills to succeed in your chosen career.
Knowledge and Technological Skills (KS)
1.1 Demonstrate and apply foundational theoretical and technical knowledge across the broad field of business.
1.2 Apply technical and technological skills to real world business purposes and contexts.
Higher Order Thinking (HO)
2.1 Investigate real world business problems, situations and requirements through the effective analysis, evaluation and synthesis of theoretical and practical knowledge and information.
2.2 Apply cognitive, technical and creative skills to develop and evaluate approaches and perform business operations that effectively respond to a diverse range of real world business problems and needs.
Professional Communication (PC)
3.1 Apply professional communication and academic literacy knowledge and skills to communicate effectively in written forms appropriate for diverse business and academic literacy purposes and contexts.
3.2 Apply professional communication and academic literacy knowledge and skills to communicate effectively in oral forms appropriate for diverse business and academic literacy purposes and contexts.
Teamwork and Self (TS)
4.1 Exercise initiative and judgement and personal responsibility to enhance organization and performance of own work and demonstrate self reflection in relation to own learning and practice.
4.2 Exercise initiative and judgement in planning, organising and evaluating teamwork.
Social, Ethical and Global Understanding (SE)
5.1 Apply knowledge of ethical and legal perspectives in analyzing and addressing business issues.
5.2 Apply knowledge of socially responsible behaviour in analysing and addressing business issues across business contexts
Learning Approaches
In this unit, you will learn by engaging in case-based activities designed to develop your skills in analysis and decision-making. You will explore contemporary global issues and learn about future challenges and opportunities for business enterprises. In workshops, you will practice how to sense the environment, how to prepare for the next black swan event and how to conduct scenario planning to develop alternative business strategies. Beyond such toolsets, you will learn how to develop a mindset that allows you as a future leader to approach emerging scenarios prepared and with confidence in various sectorial settings.
You will be expected to attend and contribute regularly to workshops and tutorials, and work through content and self-directed formative learning activities presented on the unit’s Canvas site before and after class to supplement your learning.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
You will receive feedback in various forms throughout the semester which may include:
- Informal: worked examples, such as verbal feedback in class, personal consultation
- Formal: in writing, such as checklists (e.g. criteria sheets), written commentary
- Direct: to individual students, either in written form or in consultation
- Indirect: to the whole class
Assessment
Overview
The assessment tasks in this unit provide you with opportunities to practise and develop higher order thinking skills such as scenario planning, environmental sensing and strategy development. The assessment is framed around the Awareness, Acceptance, Action framework for predicting the future of work.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Business context report
You will research the internal and external environment of a provided business.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Formative or Summative: Formative and Summative
Business Capabilities (AoL goals): KS (1.1)
Assessment: Scenario Planning Outline
You will develop possible future business environment scenarios for the provided case study using a set scenario planning process.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Formative or Summative: Formative and Summative
Business Capabilities (AoL goals): KS (1.2), HO (2.1), PC (3.1)
Assessment: Strategic Response Presentation and Reflection
You will select one of the scenarios developed in Assessment Task 2 and provide strategic recommendations, considering the feasibility, viability and desirability of your strategic response for the business. You will present your response in a recorded presentation with supporting notes. You will also provide a written reflection, considering what you have learned about your values and ethical decision making and how that informs your understanding of socially responsible behaviour.
Formative or Summative: Summative
Business Capabilities (AoL goals): KS (1.2), HO (2.1, 2.2), PC (3.1), SE (5.2), TS (4.1)
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.
Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Weekly resources will be available on the unit Canvas site.
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out-of-the ordinary risks associated with this unit. You should, however, familiarise yourself with evacuation procedures operating in the buildings in which you attend classes and take the time to view the Emergency video.
Standards/Competencies
This unit is designed to support your development of the following standards\competencies.
QUT Business Capabilities (Diploma)
HO (2.1): Critical Analysis
Relates to: ULO2, ULO3, ULO4, Business context report , Scenario Planning Outline, Strategic Response Presentation and Reflection
HO (2.2): Independent Judgement and Decision-Making
Relates to: ULO3, Scenario Planning Outline, Strategic Response Presentation and Reflection
KS (1.1): Discipline Knowledge
Relates to: ULO1, Business context report , Scenario Planning Outline
KS (1.2): Technical and Technological Skills
Relates to: ULO2, Scenario Planning Outline, Strategic Response Presentation and Reflection
PC (3.1): Professional Communication (Written)
Relates to: ULO4, Business context report , Scenario Planning Outline, Strategic Response Presentation and Reflection
SE (5.2): Global Social Responsibility
Relates to: ULO2, ULO3, ULO5, Strategic Response Presentation and Reflection
TS (4.1): Self-Reflection and Accountability
Relates to: ULO5, Scenario Planning Outline
TS (4.2): Teamwork Knowledge and Skills
Relates to: ULO4
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.BS40 Diploma in Business
- Demonstrate and apply foundational theoretical and technical knowledge across the broad field of business.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO3, Business context report , Scenario Planning Outline - Apply knowledge of social responsibility perspectives in analysing and addressing business issues.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO3, ULO5, Scenario Planning Outline, Strategic Response Presentation and Reflection - Use technical and technological skills to understand real world business operations.
Relates to: ULO2, Scenario Planning Outline, Strategic Response Presentation and Reflection - Investigate real world business problems and situations through the effective analysis and evaluation of foundational theoretical and practical knowledge.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO3, ULO4, Scenario Planning Outline - Apply independent judgement and initiative in adapting and applying knowledge and skills to address real world business problems.
Relates to: ULO3, Strategic Response Presentation and Reflection - Communicate effectively using academic language and literacy skills appropriate to purpose and context across a range of written genres.
Relates to: ULO4, Business context report , Strategic Response Presentation and Reflection - Exercise initiative, judgement and personal responsibility to enhance organisation and performance of own work and demonstrate self reflection in relation to own learning and practice.
Relates to: ULO5, Scenario Planning Outline - Apply teamwork knowledge and skills for effective collaboration.
Relates to: ULO4
Unit Outline: College Summer 2024, Kelvin Grove, Internal
| Unit code: | BSD105 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Equivalent: | BSB105 |
Overview
This introductory business core unit provides insights on how to predict emerging futures in the contemporary workplace and how to tailor individual response strategies to future business scenarios. Grounded in an integrated mix of real-world case studies from corporate, non-profit and entrepreneurial sectors, this unit will help you to develop the mindset and skill set required to approach the future world of work equipped to succeed. You will practise environmental sensing, scenario planning and managing strategic alternatives, and will be introduced to megatrends defining the contemporary work landscape, along with opportunities, threats and “black swan” events disrupting it. You will build your capability to be resilient and agile in the workplace. This unit is relevant to students of all business disciplines, preparing you for the future of work and introducing you to business capabilities to ignite your career.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Demonstrate an understanding of strategies for predicting and responding to future business scenarios across a variety of real-world business contexts. [KS 1.1]Relates to: Diploma Business Capabilities: KS (1.1)
- Analyse a corporate, non-profit or entrepreneurial market to identify emerging business opportunities and threats using a variety of processes and approaches. [KS 1.2, HO 2.1, SE 5.2]
- Using a range of environment sensing tools and approaches, construct business recommendations and evaluate them according to their strategic alignment, feasibility, viability and desirability. [KS 1.1, HO 2.1, HO 2.2, SE 5.2]
- Report on industry trends, developments and possible scenarios in teams using professional communication and collaboration skills. [HO 2.1, PC 3.1, TS 4.2]
- Employ strategies for resilience and agility in a range of professional contexts. [TS 4.1, SE 5.2]
Content
In this unit, you will learn about:
Awareness: The predictable environmental trends and developments, and how we prepare an organisation to deal with significant, unpredictable events (so called “black swans”).
Acceptance: Assess possible future contexts in light of their relevance and severity of impact on an organisation.
Action: Develop appropriate response and preparation strategies, build resilience and agility where required, identify opportunities and threats, and conduct an informed selection according to strategic alignment, feasibility, viability and desirability.
You will be guided through the unit by the following principles:
- Better to prevent a problem than solve it.
- Best to have alternative strategies than one strategy.
- Be either resilient or agile.
- Distinguish between what you could do and what you should.
- Ensure that future actions are feasible, desired and viable.
QUT Business Capabilities (Diploma)
The content and assessment in this unit are aligned to a selection of the following set of QUT Business Capabilities, also known as Assurance of Learning Goals (AoLs). Developing these capabilities will assist you to meet the desired graduate outcomes set at QUT and equip you with the knowledge and skills to succeed in your chosen career.
Knowledge and Technological Skills (KS)
1.1 Demonstrate and apply foundational theoretical and technical knowledge across the broad field of business.
1.2 Apply technical and technological skills to real world business purposes and contexts.
Higher Order Thinking (HO)
2.1 Investigate real world business problems, situations and requirements through the effective analysis, evaluation and synthesis of theoretical and practical knowledge and information.
2.2 Apply cognitive, technical and creative skills to develop and evaluate approaches and perform business operations that effectively respond to a diverse range of real world business problems and needs.
Professional Communication (PC)
3.1 Apply professional communication and academic literacy knowledge and skills to communicate effectively in written forms appropriate for diverse business and academic literacy purposes and contexts.
3.2 Apply professional communication and academic literacy knowledge and skills to communicate effectively in oral forms appropriate for diverse business and academic literacy purposes and contexts.
Teamwork and Self (TS)
4.1 Exercise initiative and judgement and personal responsibility to enhance organization and performance of own work and demonstrate self reflection in relation to own learning and practice.
4.2 Exercise initiative and judgement in planning, organizing and evaluating teamwork.
Social, Ethical and Global Understanding (SE)
5.1 Apply knowledge of ethical and legal perspectives in analyzing and addressing business issues.
5.2 Apply knowledge of socially responsible behaviour in analysing and addressing business issues across business contexts
Learning Approaches
In this unit, you will learn by engaging in case-based activities designed to develop your skills in analysis and decision-making. You will explore contemporary global issues and learn about future challenges and opportunities for business enterprises. In workshops, you will practice how to sense the environment, how to prepare for the next black swan event and how to conduct scenario planning to develop alternative business strategies. Beyond such toolsets, you will learn how to develop a mindset that allows you as a future leader to approach emerging scenarios prepared and with confidence in various sectorial settings.
You will be expected to attend and contribute regularly to workshops and tutorials, and work through content and self-directed formative learning activities presented on the unit’s Blackboard site before and after class to supplement your learning.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
You will receive feedback in various forms throughout the semester which may include:
- Informal: worked examples, such as verbal feedback in class, personal consultation
- Formal: in writing, such as checklists (e.g. criteria sheets), written commentary
- Direct: to individual students, either in written form or in consultation
- Indirect: to the whole class
Assessment
Overview
The assessment tasks in this unit provide you with opportunities to practise and develop higher order thinking skills such as scenario planning, environmental sensing and strategy development. The assessment is framed around the Awareness, Acceptance, Action framework for predicting the future of work.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Scenario Planning Report
You will work in a group to develop possible future business environment scenarios for the provided case study using a set scenario planning process. You will show effective teamwork skills in the group and reflect on performance.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Formative or Summative: Formative and Summative
Business Capabilities (AoL goals): KS (1.2), HO (2.1), PC (3.1), TS (4.1), TS (4.2)
Assessment: Strategic Response Report
You will select one of the scenarios developed in Assessment Task 1 and provide a strategic response. You will consider the feasibility, viability and desirability of your strategic response for the business.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Formative or Summative: Summative
Business Capabilities (AoL goals): KS (1.2), HO (2.1, 2.2), PC (3.1), SE (5.2)
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.
Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Weekly resources will be available on the unit Blackboard site.
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out-of-the ordinary risks associated with this unit. You should, however, familiarise yourself with evacuation procedures operating in the buildings in which you attend classes and take the time to view the Emergency video.
Standards/Competencies
This unit is designed to support your development of the following standards\competencies.
QUT Business Capabilities (Diploma)
HO (2.1): Critical Analysis
Relates to: ULO2, ULO3, ULO4, Scenario Planning Report, Strategic Response Report
HO (2.2): Independent Judgement and Decision-Making
Relates to: ULO3, Scenario Planning Report, Strategic Response Report
KS (1.1): Discipline Knowledge
Relates to: ULO1, Scenario Planning Report
KS (1.2): Technical and Technological Skills
Relates to: ULO2, Scenario Planning Report, Strategic Response Report
PC (3.1): Professional Communication (Written)
Relates to: ULO4, Scenario Planning Report, Strategic Response Report
SE (5.2): Global Social Responsibility
Relates to: ULO2, ULO3, ULO5, Strategic Response Report
TS (4.1): Self-Reflection and Accountability
Relates to: ULO5, Scenario Planning Report
TS (4.2): Teamwork Knowledge and Skills
Relates to: ULO4, Scenario Planning Report
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.BS40 Diploma in Business
- Demonstrate and apply foundational theoretical and technical knowledge across the broad field of business.
Relates to: ULO1, ULO3, Scenario Planning Report - Apply knowledge of social responsibility perspectives in analysing and addressing business issues.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO3, ULO5, Scenario Planning Report, Strategic Response Report - Use technical and technological skills to understand real world business operations.
Relates to: ULO2, Scenario Planning Report, Strategic Response Report - Investigate real world business problems and situations through the effective analysis and evaluation of foundational theoretical and practical knowledge.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO3, ULO4, Scenario Planning Report - Apply independent judgement and initiative in adapting and applying knowledge and skills to address real world business problems.
Relates to: ULO3, Strategic Response Report - Communicate effectively using academic language and literacy skills appropriate to purpose and context across a range of written genres.
Relates to: ULO4, Strategic Response Report - Exercise initiative, judgement and personal responsibility to enhance organisation and performance of own work and demonstrate self reflection in relation to own learning and practice.
Relates to: ULO5, Scenario Planning Report - Apply teamwork knowledge and skills for effective collaboration.
Relates to: ULO4, Scenario Planning Report
ES21 Diploma in Esports
- Apply critical thinking and problem solving skills.
Relates to: Scenario Planning Report, Strategic Response Report - Communicate effectively in an academic and professional manner through written and oral genres integrating digital tools.
Relates to: Strategic Response Report - Apply teamwork knowledge and skills for effective collaboration.
Relates to: Scenario Planning Report