791-305 Industry Study

Credit Points

HECS Band

Coordinator

Prerequisites

Major Study Program Planning.

Corequisites

Organisations and Management II.

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

The objective of this subject is to enable students to:

• gain first hand appreciation of how an industry functions;

• develop both managerial perspective and specific practical occupational skills; and

• gain experience and encouragement to engender and promote professionalism.

The content includes development of a mutual understanding about the expectations of the Institute, the host industry and the student during placement; assignment of a task to the student; undertaking of an analysis of the host industry by the student; and integration of the student into the workforce. The student is expected to arrange the placement and submit the contract and industry placement outline which must be approved by the subject coordinator prior to the commencement of industry placement. The student is also required to submit a report on the specific task performed during industry placement. The host industry will provide a report on the performance of the student.

Assessment

Task report of 2000 words (40%); industry placement outline (20%), host report (40%).