Course Title: Business in Society (Diploma/Associate Degree)
Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Business in Society (Diploma/Associate Degree)
Credit Points: 12.00
Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
BUSM2642 |
City Campus |
Undergraduate |
525T Business & Enterprise |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 2 2023, Sem 1 2024 |
Flexible Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
BUSM2642 |
City Campus |
Undergraduate |
525T Business & Enterprise |
Face-to-Face |
UGRDFlex24 (ZZZZ) |
BUSM2643 |
Shanghai Uni of Int Bus & Econ |
Undergraduate |
525T Business & Enterprise |
Face-to-Face |
OFFSe22023 (CA1) |
Course Coordinator: Zlatko Muhvic
Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 99255440
Course Coordinator Email: zlatko.muhvic@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Location: Melbourne
Course Coordinator Availability: email
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
None
Course Description
Business has an urgent need to reconsider the way it interacts with and contributes to society. In this course you will identify and evaluate major contemporary global challenges and trends impacting society and explore business opportunities for driving sustainable innovation. A major focus will be critical appreciation of stakeholder theory and how this theory frames integrative thinking across a range of business disciplines, including strategic management, finance, accounting, human resource management, marketing, law, economics and public policy. You will also cover two important areas that stakeholder theory has helped to shape and define business ethics and corporate social responsibility.
In addition, the course invites you to reflect on your strengths, talents and what success mean to you. You will conduct an environmental scan of professional worlds and engage with various reflection and feedback methods to situate yourself within these worlds. As a result, you will begin to develop your professional sense that can contribute to positive changes in the world. This will be structured in the context of a reflective portfolio that communicates your vision and emerging professional self to various audiences. As a future business professional, this will equip you to deal with the unexpected, shape your own life and contribute to the well-being of others.
This course incorporates the development of graduate skills for future-ready business professionals, including social and cultural awareness, integrating multiple perspectives and ways of knowing, awareness of self, personal and professional effectiveness and learning how to learn.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
This course contributes to the following Program Learning Outcomes for the DP020 Diploma of Commerce
PLO1: Identify your role as a local, national and global citizen and outline how these perspectives apply in given business contexts.
PLO2: Apply business knowledge, social intelligence and ethical decision-making in ways that are inclusive and culturally-appropriate to produce outcomes that are, sustainable and fair.
PLO3: Assess challenges and formulate solutions in real-world contexts.
PLO4: Reflect on and continuously progress your own professional development, enhancing your intellectual agility and adaptability as tools for success in ever-changing business contexts.
PLO5: Identify and explain technical and conceptual business knowledge that is both contemporary and interdisciplinary.
This course contributes to the following Program Learning Outcomes for the AD029 Associate Degree in Business
PLO1: Explain your role as a local, national and global citizen and be able to apply these perspectives in a range of business contexts.
PLO2: Incorporate business knowledge, social intelligence and ethical decision-making in ways that are inclusive and culturally-appropriate to produce outcomes that are sustainable and fair.
PLO3: Assess challenges and formulate innovative solutions in real-world contexts.
PLO4: Reflect on and continuously progress your own professional development, enhancing your intellectual agility and adaptability as tools for success in ever-changing business contexts.
PLO5: Interpret and articulate technical and conceptual business knowledge that is both contemporary and interdisciplinary.
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
CLO1: Analyse and question major global or national social, political, environmental, or environmental issues facing the world today in the context of business citizenship.
CLO2: Understand how businesses can develop solutions to respond to increasing demand for sustainability, transparency and good governance
CLO3: Articulate perspectives on the future of business and the implications for various industries
CLO4: Self-reflect and begin to identify personal strengths, cultivate ethical behaviours and a global mindset to develop a professional identity
CLO5: Examine diverse world views, histories, and experiences, to elicit insights for professional practice and reflect on the relationships between business, society, and the environment.
Overview of Learning Activities
In this course you will be encouraged to be an active learner. Your learning will be supported through various in-class and online activities comprising individual and group work. These may include assignments; prescribed readings; sourcing, researching, and analysing specific information; solving problems; producing written work and collaborating with peers on set research tasks or projects.
Overview of Learning Resources
Various learning resources are available online through MyRMIT Studies\Canvas. The lecture notes and workshop notes are posted on Canvas.
Resources are also available online through RMIT Library databases and other facilities. Visit the RMIT library website for further details. Assistance is available online via our chat and email services, face to face at our campus libraries or via the telephone on (03) 9925 2020.
Additional resources and/or sources to assist your learning will be identified by your course coordinator and will be made available to you as required during the teaching period.
Overview of Assessment
The assessment tasks, their weighting, and the course learning outcomes to which they are aligned are as follows:
Assessment Task 1: Critical analysis essay
30% - Individual
Linked CLOs: 1, 2, 5
Assessment Task 2: Case study report
30% - Individual
Linked CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 5
Assessment Task 3: Professional identity reflective journal
40% - Individual
Linked CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Feedback will be provided throughout the semester in class and/or in online forums through individual and group feedback on practical exercises and by individual consultation.