Professional Business Practice
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2013
Weekend intensive class
Course Identification
Faculty: Business
School or Department: School of Business IT and Logistics
Campus: City Campus
Course Name: Professional Business Practice
Course Code: ISYS 2412
Career: Postgraduate
Credit Points: 12
Teacher guided hours (per semester): 36
Learner directed hours (per semester): 72
Duration: 1 semester
Mode of delivery: Face to Face
Semester Offered: Semester 2, 2012
Course Leader Dr Paul R Cerotti Email: paul.cerotti@rmit.edu.au
Lecturer Dr Claire Davison Email: claire.davison@rmit.edu.au
MBTI Consultant Sandra Smith Email: sandra.smith@rmit.edu.au
Pre-requisite: Nil
Co-requisite: Nil
Course Description
This course consists of three parts. One is a WIL component about industry, the second is about personal and professional development and the final is a global citizenship component.
All students undertaking this course will be involved in a Work Integrated Learning project, in that students either individually or in a group will conduct research into a business issue as defined in class.
Topic areas will draw from accounting, business information technology, economics, finance, financial planning, supply chain logistics, marketing, international marketing, international business, management, human resource management and knowledge management and outcomes explored in various organizations.
Research of an organization is designed to engage students with appropriate knowledge and skills in exploring and understanding business issues, challenges and problems in organizations. Students undertaking this course will receive research training that enables them to critically review, analyse, evaluate and provide suggestions and solutions that respond to