Professional Business Project
Credit points
(Generally, 1 credit = 10 hours of classes and independent study.)
Location
Online Real Time
VU Brisbane
VU Online
VU Sydney
Prerequisites
BSK2001 - My Professional Brand (applicable for BBNS students ONLY); or
BPD2100 - International Business Challenge (applicable for BBNS students ONLY)
BAO1001 - Accounting Process and Systems (applicable for BBAQ students ONLY)
Students must also have successfully completed a minimum of 16 units.
(Or equivalent to be determined by unit coordinator)
Co-requisites
(Corequisite units must be studied concurrently with this unit)
Overview
Demonstrate and develop your professional skills with a Professional Business Project.
In this capstone unit, you will focus on continued development, demonstrating and applying your professional and practical skills in an industry-immersive project. The project may be in a community or workplace setting such as a:
- for-profit business
- not-for-profit or charitable organisation
- charity/social enterprise
- local community
- Business Planning competitions.
You will work to professional standards, demonstrating your abilities in:
- managing projects and your own time
- thinking within, against and across disciplines
- interacting in cross-cultural and interprofessional environments
- exercising critical judgement
- operating effectively across academic and industry environments
- behaving with a high level of personal autonomy and accountability.
By the end of the unit and the degree, you will be well prepared with practical experience to launch your career.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
- Recommend a problem solving framework to scope, design, manage and realise an industry project/entrepreneurial proposal;
- Collaborate to undertake ethical interdisciplinary research and problem solving to achieve solutions to complex, contemporary and emerging problems;
- Exhibit ethical and professional conduct, interpersonal skills and an ability to communicate effectively with project stakeholders, via digital and other platforms;
- Devise, recommend and advocate for business decisions through pitch and other business presentations, discussions and reports; and
- Critique, evaluate and respond to their own performance and that of others.
Assessment
For Melbourne campuses
Assessment type: Report | Grade: 10%
Draft project scope outline (Group)
Assessment type: Journal | Grade: 40%
Reflection - evaluation of team progress
Assessment type: Presentation | Grade: 20%
Pitch (Group)
Assessment type: Report | Grade: 30%
Final project report (Group)
Other locations
Assessment type: Report | Grade: 10%
Draft project scope outline (Group)
Assessment type: Journal | Grade: 40%
Reflection - evaluation of team progress
Assessment type: Presentation | Grade: 20%
Pitch (Group)
Assessment type: Project | Grade: 30%
Final project (Group)
Assessment type: Report | Grade: 30%
Draft project scope outline (Group)
Assessment type: Presentation | Grade: 30%
Pitch
Assessment type: Report | Grade: 40%
Final project report
Required reading
Students will have access to required readings and live project briefs via VU Collaborate.
As part of a course
This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):