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Global Management Consulting (MGMT30017)
Undergraduate level 3Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
January
November
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Overview
Availability(Quotas apply) | January November |
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Fees | Look up fees |
Bachelor of Commerce students will be assigned in small groups to a host organisation in the respective country. Collaborating in teams, they will undertake a structured business planning or business development exercise. This will be supported by seminar work providing approaches, tools, techniques and reporting format.
During the Industry Project, student teams will undertake in-depth project work in identifying the scope, opportunities, constraints and recommendations of the exercise.
Students will learn to operatein an international context with unstructured and incomplete information in real business settings, to develop research and networks to support their enquiry, to work successfully in teams, to present their findings and seek and received constructive feedback in a range of settings. Students will also be encouraged to plan, reflect upon and modify their approaches to improve the outcomes of their efforts in managing the business project.
Note: Travel and accommodation costs will be borne by the student. Students must be eligible to obtain visitor visas in the country where the subject is conducted.
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Apply theory and practice of undergraduate level studies in commerce to resolving real-world business issues.
- Research, analyse, evaluate and propose practical business solutions within the bounds of the exercise.
- Identify key strategic questions, assess options related to the exercise, communicate progress and check direction with team members and mentors.
- Demonstrate key employability attributes sought by employers including cross-cultural communication skills, interpersonal skills, time management, commercial acumen, initiative, independent learning and team skills.
Generic skills
On successful completion of this subject, students should have improved the following generic skills:
- Verbal and written communication skills through discussion and assigned tasks;
- Project management, including accurate scoping of project, development of approaches, timelines, execution and timely completion;
- Teamwork demonstrated by good communication within the group, understanding of skills brought by individual members, organising for achievement and presenting group report;
- Communication skills in an international business context;
- Research, problem solving and critical thinking;
- Documentation preparation and presentation skills through assigned tasks and the practicum exercise;
- Interpersonal skills through the practicum exercise and assigned tasks.
Last updated: 9 April 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
A minimum of 175 points total accumulated at the commencement of the subject including MGMT20001 Organisational Behaviour, AND permission from the Subject Coordinator via a selection process.
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
- Students can gain credit for only one of: MGMT30017 Global Management Consulting or MGMT30012 Management Consulting
- BCom (Hons) students intending to complete this subject must seek permission to do so from their Honours Convenor
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 9 April 2024
Assessment
Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Team presentation including brief report or supplementary materials at the conclusion of the structured business planning or business development exercise (to be assessed by the Subject Coordinator)
| End of the teaching period | 40% |
Full team report on project (with accompanying file of resources) to be submitted 3 weeks after the structured business planning or business development exercise has concluded
| During the assessment period | 30% |
Peer review assessment (10%) and reflective individual essay (20%) to be submitted four weeks after the structured business planning or business development exercise has concluded
| End of the assessment period | 30% |
Attendance Hurdle requirement: Attendance will be required for 100% of the pre-project and project activities unless there are extenuating circumstances that have been discussed and agreed with the Subject Coordinator. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Last updated: 9 April 2024
Quotas apply to this subject
Dates & times
- January
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 8 hours of seminars pre-departure (1 day of 9am-5pm); full-day attendance for 10 days at the host company internationally (70 hours); 2-hour de-briefing session. Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 23 November 2019 Pre teaching requirements 8 hours of seminars pre-departure (1 day of 9am-5pm). Teaching period 14 January 2020 to 29 January 2020 Last self-enrol date 3 December 2019 Census date 17 January 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 24 January 2020 Assessment period ends 2 March 2020 January contact information
- November
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total time commitment of 170 hours, including about 10 hours of pre-project work and a minimum 100 hours project teamwork. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 28 November 2020 to 18 December 2020 Last self-enrol date 2 December 2020 Census date 11 December 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 8 January 2021 Assessment period ends 24 January 2021 November contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
Additional delivery details
This subject has quotas; January: 25 students and November: 25 students. Entry into the subject is competitive. Selection is determined via an application process and is contingent on permission from the Subject Coordinator.
Please note this subject has special entry requirements including strict application deadlines. See https://fbe.unimelb.edu.au/bcom/career/apply-your-learning/global-management-consulting for further information.
Last updated: 9 April 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Subject notes
This subject has quotas; January: 20 students and November: 40 students. Entry into the subject is competitive. Selection is determined via an application process and is contingent on permission from the Subject Coordinator.
Please note this subject has special entry requirements including strict application deadlines. See the Global Management Consulting webpage for further information.
Last updated: 9 April 2024