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Sustainability & Analytics as a Comp Adv (BUSA90559)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Not available in 2024
Overview
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Sustainability and analytics are dramatically affecting how organisations operate and interact with their stakeholders. This subject provides students with a foundation in sustainability, addressing what it is, its different components and why an organisation’s long-term viability requires incorporating sustainability into its strategy. This subject also addresses the many ways that organisations can benefit from analytics. It also provides a foundation for helping non-technical individuals develop the skills and confidence to interact with and manage analytics staff.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Articulate and critically analyse the effect of sustainability on an organisation's competitive environment, business model, operations and competitive advantage
- Identify key internal and external factors that organisations need to manage to successfully address sustainability in the current environment
- Critically assess the potential benefits of analytics on an organisation's operations and competitive advantage
Generic skills
- Critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills
- Communication skills
- Effective evidence-based decision-making skills
- Organisational skills
- Team working skills
- Commercial awareness and business acumen
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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BUSA90556 | Business Foundations for Managers |
September (Online)
March (Online)
October (Online)
May (Online)
July (Online)
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12.5 |
BUSA90557 | Leadership in a Changing World | July (Online) |
6.25 |
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
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: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Contribution to class learning
| Throughout the teaching period | 15% |
Quizzes
| From Week 2 to Week 4 | 15% |
2 x Individual Assessments
| During the teaching period | 30% |
Individual assessment
| End of the teaching period | 40% |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
Not available in 2024
What do these dates mean
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- Your tuition fees, academic transcript and statements.
- And for Commonwealth Supported students, your:
- Student Learning Entitlement. This applies to all students enrolled in a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP).
Subjects withdrawn after the census date (including up to the ‘last day to withdraw without fail’) count toward the Student Learning Entitlement.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
Last updated: 31 January 2024