Sustainable Business Practice
Overview
This unit aims for students to use a range of models and frameworks to facilitate a comprehensive understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing todays business. Through this holistic application students will analyse and evaluate business problems in order to offer practical, innovative and creative solutions which display awareness of the impact of such decisions on the organisations triple bottom line, that is, people, planet and profit. Advanced Innovative Business Practice is the first of the two mandatory capstone units of the Bachelor of Business.
Requisites
Rule
400 cps Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Business degree and Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)/ Bachelor of Business degree
OR
300 cps in any UG business double degree
OR
175 cps in any UG business single degree or BA-ACC
01-June-2025
08-June-2025
02-November-2025
08-February-2026
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Undertake and evaluate research, integrating business and innovation frameworks to solve business problems in local and global contexts in a holistic manner
- Develop analytical, critical, ethical, sustainable and creative thinking and problem solving
- Communicate both verbally and in writing in an appropriate business manner
- Work collaboratively in teams demonstrating cultural sensitivity
- Self-evaluate through reflection and interaction with others and evaluate the performance of group members
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
| Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-campus Class |
2.00 | 12 weeks | 24 |
| On-campus Lecture |
1.00 | 1 week | 1 |
| Online Lecture (asynchronous) |
1.00 | 11 weeks | 11 |
| Unspecified Activities Independent Learning |
9.50 | 12 weeks | 114 |
| TOTAL | 150 |
Swinburne Online
| Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning | 12.50 | 12 weeks | 150 |
| TOTAL | 150 |
Assessment
| Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assignment | Group | 30 - 50% | 1,2,3,4 |
| Assignment | Individual | 15 - 25% | 1,2,3 |
| Reflection | Individual | 35 - 45% | 3,4,5 |
Content
- Contemporary innovation frameworks and business models to facilitate creative problem solving
- Practical application of disciplinary knowledge to business contexts
- Ethical business practices
- Stakeholder considerations
- Integrated reporting factors
- Cultural diversity and sensitivity
- Professional team dynamics and team performance
- Advanced presentation and communication skills
- Reflective examination of personal learning
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.