325-330 Management Practicum

• Students cannot gain credit for both 325-330 and 175-300 Managing Work and Projects.

• A quota applies to this subject. Selection is based on grade average for all subjects taken in the Faculty of Economics and Commerce and available at the selection date. Apply online through the Department of Management http://www.management.unimelb.edu.au/. Please note, strict deadlines apply; contact the Department or refer to the web page for further information.

• BCom (Hons) students intending to complete this subject must seek permission to do so from their Honours Convenor.

50 points of level-2 Faculty of Economics and Commerce subjects.

Students will be assigned to a Practicum Organisation. Working in teams, they will undertake a structured business planning or business development exercise. This will be supported by class work providing tools, techniques and reporting formats, and by in-depth work at the Practicum Organisation identifying the scope, opportunities, constraints and recommendations of the exercise. Students will learn to work with unstructured and incomplete information, to develop research and networks to support their inquiry, to work successfully in teams, and to present their findings and seek and receive constructive feedback in a range of settings. Students will also be encouraged to plan, reflect on and modify their approaches to improve the outcomes of their efforts in managing their business project.

• High level of development: oral communication; written communication; collaborative learning; problem solving; team work; application of theory to practice; interpretation and analysis; critical thinking; synthesis of data and other information; evaluation of data and other information; accessing data and other information from a range of sources; receptiveness to alternative ideas.

• Moderate level of development: statistical reasoning; use of computer software.

Individual written assignments (6%), and participation, team contribution and ambassadorship (15%). Group collaboration (9%) and presentations (10%). Group report with accompanying file of resources. This is assessed as a group assignment in groups of four individuals (60%). The report part is 20000 words in length. Each individual in the group contributes 5,000 words.