VICTORIA UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT UNIT
YEAR
2013
SEMESTER Two
UNIT TITLE
Professional Development 1 – Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
UNIT CODE
BFP1100
PRE-REQUISITES
CREDIT POINTS
12 points
MODE OF DELIVERY
On-campus
UNIT COORDINATORS
NAME Raquel Licciardi
EMAIL Raquel.Licciardi@vu.edu.au
NAME Andrew Stein
EMAIL Andrew.Stein@vu.edu.au
SUNWAY LECTURERS:
NAME Soon Pei Shan
EMAIL peishans@sunway.edu.my
TEL 03-74918622 ext 3660
NAME Joanna Claire Miranda
EMAIL joannam@sunway.edu.my
TEL 03-74918622 ext 3606
NAME Teh Ya Yee
EMAIL yayeet@sunway.edu.my
TEL 03-74918622 ext 3206
DESCRIPTOR
Professional Development 1 will develop students’ skills in critical thinking, problem solving and collaborative working necessary for professional and academic learning through group and teamwork, interactive class-based activities, team-based projects and a case study approach to business issues.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
On completion of the unit, students should be able to:
1. Appreciate the social, cultural, political, economic & legal dimensions of the business environment
2. Identify aspects of social and cultural diversity
3. Identify, appreciate and use own skills, interests and motivations in individual and team settings
4. Develop information & business literacy
5. Use a variety of information gathering & analysis methods
6. Contextualise information and problem definition
7. Define business problems within a problem solving framework
8. Apply problem-solving strategies to business issues
9. Understand the cognitive & dispositional dimension of critical thinking
LEARNING IN THE WORK PLACE
25% of the assessment in this Unit of Study will relate to learning in the workplace. Learning in the workplace activities that will be included in this Unit of Study are:
1. Business and Climate Change –