BUSINESS 102 : Business and Enterprise 2

Business and Economics

2021 Summer School (1210) (15 POINTS)

Course Prescription

Explores and applies fundamental concepts, frameworks, and theories in entrepreneurship, marketing, and management. Emphasises the development of professional skills and capabilities by engaging students in assessing situations, proposing solutions and communicating recommendations.

Course Overview

BUSINESS 102 is an entry level course to all BCom students. This course builds on the knowledge gained in BUSINESS 101 by asking students to consider the process of building a business from start-up/venture creation to international entity. This is an interdisciplinary course integrating topics from management, marketing, entrepreneurship, innovation and international business. Throughout this course, students will continue to develop individual entrepreneurial thinking, management skills and professional capabilities needed for business success. The course position students to undertake disciplinary specialisations, informed by an understanding of the context and cross-functional nature of business. 

The BUSINESS 102 approach to learning is designed on the principles of both flipped classroom and team learning. This approach emphasises both individual and team capabilities. The course also has an online component, called Workshop Preparation, that guides students, each week, to complete tasks in preparation for their weekly workshop.

Course Requirements

Prerequisite: BUSINESS 101 Restriction: BUSINESS 103, MGMT 101

Capabilities Developed in this Course

Capability 1: Disciplinary Knowledge and Practice
Capability 2: Critical Thinking
Capability 3: Solution Seeking
Capability 4: Communication and Engagement
Capability 5: Independence and Integrity
Graduate Profile: Bachelor of Commerce

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:
  1. Apply disciplinary knowledge and practice to independently describe the process of building a business from start-up to international success. (Capability 1 and 5.1)
  2. Develop and demonstrate critical thinking and make reasoned decisions and recommend well reasoned solutions to common business problems using given theoretical frameworks. (Capability 2 and 3)
  3. Demonstrate skills in academic and information literacy (in particular with respect to academic writing), and in time and self-management. (Capability 4.2 and 5.2)
  4. Demonstrate skills in working effectively as a team member (Capability 4.1 and 4.3)

Assessments

Assessment Type Percentage Classification
Quizzes 10% Individual Coursework
Written Assessment 20% Individual Coursework
Team Performance 20% Group Coursework
Final Exam 50% Individual Examination
Assessment Type Learning Outcome Addressed
1 2 3 4
Quizzes
Written Assessment
Team Performance
Final Exam

You have 8 quizzes in total that will be sat within canvas. Each quiz is worth 1.25% each.  Quizzes assess your knowledge and understanding of set course readings.

The individual written assessment will be an open book test essay that can be worked on outside of class and submitted online. This assessment will  be open for three days. 

Your team performance consists of 5 team assessments  worth 4% each. Students gain a team mark for each assessment but only if they actively participate and contribute. Any team assessments where you do not actively contribute to the team assessment you will be awarded a zero grade on that assessment. 

Students MUST pass the final exam to be eligible to pass the course.

Workload Expectations

This course is a standard 15 point course and students are expected to spend 10 hours per week involved in each 15 point course that they are enrolled in. However, please remember Summer school runs with a condensed timetable (6 weeks instead of 12) so the normal workload is doubled to reflect that condensed time frame. 

For this course, students can expect to spend: 

• Up to 6-8 hours each week on online Workshop Preparation.  

• 4 hours in Weekly Workshops.   

• For those who are invited or chosen to attend academic skills tutorials, up to 4 hours will be spent each week attending tutorials. 

 • The remaining time, on average about 4-8 hours for a typical student, will be used for individual study e.g. consolidating notes, preparing for assignments, etc.

Delivery Mode

Campus Experience or Online

This course is offered in two delivery modes:

Campus Experience

Attendance is required at scheduled activities including workshops to undertake learning activities and to complete teamwork components of the course. 

Workshop content will be supported by additional video packages. This is not a real life recording.  Other learning activities including teamwork exercises will not be available  as recordings.

The course may include live online events including group discussions.
Attendance on campus is required for the exam.
The activities for the course are scheduled as a standard weekly timetable.

Online

Attendance is required at scheduled online activities including teamwork sessions and learning support activities to work on components of the course.

Workshop content will be supported by additional video packages. This is not a real life recording.  Other learning activities including teamwork exercises will not be available  as recordings.

The course will include live online events including group discussions.
Attendance on campus is not required exam.
Where possible, study material will be available at course commencement and then will be released progressively throughout the course.
This course runs to the University semester/quarter timetable and all the associated completion dates and deadlines will apply.

Learning Resources

Using the University’s learning management system, Canvas, students can log into the course site for BUSINESS 102. Students will be able to access all official course information and course policies from here, follow their week-by-week Workshop Preparation tasks, and link to the Piazza online platform that we use for course communication. 

The Workshop Preparation learning resources, accessible online, each week, through Canvas, will include readings on the course Talis reading list, video clips, quizzes and an online weekly quizzes that count towards the final grade. There is no assigned textbook for this course.

Student Feedback

At the end of every semester students will be invited to give feedback on the course and teaching through a tool called SET or Qualtrics. The lecturers and course co-ordinators will consider all feedback and respond with summaries and actions.

Your feedback helps teachers to improve the course and its delivery for future students.

Class Representatives in each class can take feedback to the department and faculty staff-student consultative committees.

Changes to the team assessment structure and number and when assessment is due has changed based on feedback and student experiences in 2020. 

Other Information

Each week students will attend two Workshops that lasts for two hours  each. This takes place in a specially designed team learning laboratory. 
A team of workshop facilitators is involved in BUSINESS 102. Two facilitators will be managing each stream of up to around 100 students. Students will be introduced to their facilitators during the first weekly workshop. Those two facilitators will then be your first and primary contact point for course support throughout the semester. Each of your facilitators will hold office hours each week for students in your particular stream so that you can go to them with questions or concerns.

Digital Resources

Course materials are made available in a learning and collaboration tool called Canvas which also includes reading lists and lecture recordings (where available).

Please remember that the recording of any class on a personal device requires the permission of the instructor.

Academic Integrity

The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework as a serious academic offence. The work that a student submits for grading must be the student's own work, reflecting their learning. Where work from other sources is used, it must be properly acknowledged and referenced. This requirement also applies to sources on the internet. A student's assessed work may be reviewed against online source material using computerised detection mechanisms.

Inclusive Learning

All students are asked to discuss any impairment related requirements privately, face to face and/or in written form with the course coordinator, lecturer or tutor.

Student Disability Services also provides support for students with a wide range of impairments, both visible and invisible, to succeed and excel at the University. For more information and contact details, please visit the Student Disability Services’ website http://disability.auckland.ac.nz

Special Circumstances

If your ability to complete assessed coursework is affected by illness or other personal circumstances outside of your control, contact a member of teaching staff as soon as possible before the assessment is due.

If your personal circumstances significantly affect your performance, or preparation, for an exam or eligible written test, refer to the University’s aegrotat or compassionate consideration page https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/academic-information/exams-and-final-results/during-exams/aegrotat-and-compassionate-consideration.html.

This should be done as soon as possible and no later than seven days after the affected test or exam date.

Learning Continuity

In the event of an unexpected disruption we undertake to maintain the continuity and standard of teaching and learning in all your courses throughout the year. If there are unexpected disruptions the University has contingency plans to ensure that access to your course continues and your assessment is fair, and not compromised. Some adjustments may need to be made in emergencies. You will be kept fully informed by your course co-ordinator, and if disruption occurs you should refer to the University Website for information about how to proceed.

Student Charter and Responsibilities

The Student Charter assumes and acknowledges that students are active participants in the learning process and that they have responsibilities to the institution and the international community of scholars. The University expects that students will act at all times in a way that demonstrates respect for the rights of other students and staff so that the learning environment is both safe and productive. For further information visit Student Charter https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/forms-policies-and-guidelines/student-policies-and-guidelines/student-charter.html.

Disclaimer

Elements of this outline may be subject to change. The latest information about the course will be available for enrolled students in Canvas.

In this course you may be asked to submit your coursework assessments digitally. The University reserves the right to conduct scheduled tests and examinations for this course online or through the use of computers or other electronic devices. Where tests or examinations are conducted online remote invigilation arrangements may be used. The final decision on the completion mode for a test or examination, and remote invigilation arrangements where applicable, will be advised to students at least 10 days prior to the scheduled date of the assessment, or in the case of an examination when the examination timetable is published.

Published on 01/12/2020 01:03 p.m.