BUSINESS 111 Understanding Business - Course Outlines

Course Prescription

Business involves creating and capturing value through innovation and entrepreneurship. Develops an understanding of customers and markets, and the legal, economic and social environment within which business operates, nationally and globally. Develops personal and professional capabilities needed in business, including strategies to manage self and work effectively with others.

Course Overview

BUSINESS 111 is one of the first courses students complete in their Bachelor of Commerce and/or Bachelor of Property degree. BUSINESS 111 helps to transition students to tertiary business studies as students explore their own individual business skill sets, and consider how these might complement those of their team members.

Students taking BUSINESS 111 consider the question of ‘What is a business?’ through a multidisciplinary lens, as they learn how businesses create and capture different forms of value for diverse stakeholders. Students also explore the challenges and opportunities that organisations face from the broader external and market environments in which they operate. Students also consider the influences of internal factors within a business including their product offerings and designs; the transformation process; the marshaling and managing organisational resources; and the interests of different organisational actors. Finally, students consider what future business organisations might look like and the kind of organisations they themselves might like to work in or create.

The BUSINESS 111 approach to learning is designed on the principles of both flipped classroom and team learning. This approach emphasizes both individual and team capabilities. The course also has an online preparatory component, called Workshop Preparation, that guides students, each week, to complete tasks in preparation for application of their learning in the Weekly Workshop.

Course Requirements

Restriction: BUSINESS 101, MGMT 101

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

Apply business knowledge and practice to describe perspectives on the purpose of a business, and independently identify the internal influencing factors in businesses and the challenges and opportunities provided by external factors (Capability 1 and 5.1)
Apply an understanding of business knowledge by thinking critically and making reasoned decisions to solve business problems both individually and in team settings. (Capability 2 and 3)
Demonstrate skills in academic and information literacy, and academic integrity, (in particular with respect to academic writing), and in time and self-management (Capability 4.2, 5.1 and 5.2)
Demonstrate skills in working and communicating effectively as a team member. (Capability 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3)
Use business knowledge and practice to identify and discuss business challenges, including social and environmental. (Capability 1 and 6)

Assessments

Assessment Type	Percentage	Classification
Quizzes	9%	Individual Coursework
Written Assignment	20%	Individual Coursework
Group Assessment	21%	Group Coursework
Final Exam	50%	Individual Examination
4 types	100%

Assessment Type	Learning Outcome Addressed
	1	2	3	4	5
Quizzes
Written Assignment
Group Assessment
Final Exam

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.

For this course, students can expect to spend:

 Up to 3-4 hours each week on online Workshop Preparation.
 2 hours in Weekly Workshops.
 Up to 2 hours maybe be spent each week attending optional supporting tutorials and services.

The remaining time, on average about 2-4 hours for a typical student, will be used for individual study e.g. consolidating notes, preparing for assignments, etc.

Delivery Mode

Online

Attendance is required at scheduled online activities including weekly workshops to complete components of the course.

The course will include live online events including group discussions and these will be not recorded.

Further instructions about the final examination will be provided closer to the time.
Where possible, Workshop Preparation study material will be released progressively throughout the course.
This course runs to the University semester 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 111. Students will access all official course information and course policies from here, follow their session-by-session 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, video clips, quizzes and an online weekly quiz that counts towards the final grade. There is no assigned textbook for this course.

Rather, the course reading list within Canvas provides links to a range of readings that collectively aim to cover all of the topics in this course. This approach reflects the multidisciplinary nature of BUSINESS 111. Some of the readings in the course will be selections that have been digitised from a range of current textbooks in business, management and marketing. Other readings will include case studies, as well as articles that have been selected to develop our first year students’ appreciation for the difference between academic journals and the popular business press.

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.

Other Information

Each week, students in BUSINESS 111 attend an online Weekly Workshop that lasts for two hours. A team of workshop facilitators is involved in BUSINESS 111. Two facilitators will be managing each stream of approximately 70-100 students. Students will be introduced to their facilitators during the first online weekly workshop. The two facilitators for each stream will then be a student's 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.

Capability 1:	Disciplinary Knowledge and Practice
Capability 2:	Critical Thinking
Capability 3:	Solution Seeking
Capability 4:	Communication and Engagement
Capability 5:	Independence and Integrity
Capability 6:	Social and Environmental Responsibilities

BUSINESS 111 : Understanding Business

Business and Economics

2021 Academic Year Term (1211) (15 POINTS)