TFCBUS 92F : Foundation Business
Business and Economics
2024 Semester Two (1245) (15 POINTS)
Course Prescription
Course Overview
Capabilities Developed in this Course
| Capability 1: | People and Place |
| Capability 3: | Knowledge and Practice |
| Capability 4: | Critical Thinking |
| Capability 5: | Solution Seeking |
| Capability 6: | Communication |
| Capability 7: | Collaboration |
| Capability 8: | Ethics and Professionalism |
Learning Outcomes
- Outline the professional and ethical behaviours and attitudes that business employers are seeking. (Capability 3 and 8)
- Communicate key organisational and business ideas in a range of contexts to enable action. (Capability 3 and 6)
- Apply academic and information literacy, and time and self-management to produce academic writing in a range of contexts. (Capability 4, 6 and 8)
- Actively contribute to a team to produce digital artefacts that show knowledge and skills learned in the course. (Capability 6, 7 and 8)
- Identify, discuss and problem solve organisational issues with awareness of how mātauranga Māori, kaupapa Māori and Te Tiriti o Waitangi shape New Zealand’s unique worldview. (Capability 1, 4, 5 and 6)
Assessments
| Assessment Type | Percentage | Classification |
|---|---|---|
| Weekly Quizzes (Best 8 x 1.25%) | 10% | Individual Coursework |
| Mid-Term Test | 15% | Individual Coursework |
| Team Performance (best 8 from 10 weekly team tasks) | 15% | Group Coursework |
| Digital Artefact | 20% | Group & Individual Coursework |
| Final Examination | 40% | Individual Examination |
| 5 types | 100% |
| Assessment Type | Learning Outcome Addressed | |||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||||
| Weekly Quizzes (Best 8 x 1.25%) | ||||||||||
| Mid-Term Test | ||||||||||
| Team Performance (best 8 from 10 weekly team tasks) | ||||||||||
| Digital Artefact | ||||||||||
| Final Examination | ||||||||||
Workload Expectations
The TFCBUS 92F approach to learning is purposefully modelled to complement the design of courses found in Stage one of the University of Auckland business degree that uses the principles of flipped classroom and team learning. This approach emphasises both individual and team capabilities.
Similar to what students find in first-year business papers, this course also has an online component, called Workshop Preparation that guides students to complete tasks in preparation for their weekly workshop. Using a similar model ensures that you can be introduced to and build capability and confidence in the academic systems and programmes in the Business School.
Typically, each week you will attend an online Lecture, an on-campus Weekly Workshop, and an on-campus tutorial. All classes require your attendance. Weekly workshops require teamwork to develop solutions to relevant problems in different business contexts. These learning activities provide you opportunities to co-create knowledge with your peers. In the modern workplace different groups of people work together with a mix of perspectives and skills to work on a project before disbanding. Similarly, your team formation follows will mirror what you will encounter in the workplace. Each week for the first four weeks of the course you will be allowed to choose the team of people you will work with that week to answer your team assessment task. This might or might not be the same group of people from week to week. Each team normally comprises five to six students. However, From week six you will work with the same team until week 12. Every workshop session has an associated team assessment which is compulsory. When our learning is based on campus, there is no requirement for you to meet or work as a team outside of the scheduled weekly workshop times apart from in the later stages of the course when your team prepares a digital artefact. If learning is mostly or all online (because of the University response to lockdown levels in society), then students often appreciate greater flexibility in choosing when to meet to work on their assessments in addition to the time provided in class time.
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, you can expect 1 hour of lectures, 2 hours of workshops, a 1-hour tutorial, 3 hours of reading and thinking about the content, and 3 hours of work on assignments and/or test preparation.
Delivery Mode
Campus Experience
Attendance is required at scheduled activities including lectures, workshops, and tutorials to complete components of the course.
Lectures are taught live (either in person or via zoom) with a recording made available on Canvas as soon as practical thereafter. Other learning activities including workshops and tutorials will not be recorded.
The course may include live online events for teaching and learning components of the course. Depending on University policy at the time, this can include: Lectures, workshops, tutorials, seminars, group discussions.
Attendance on campus for the final exam is dependent on University Policy and requirements. Your exam will likely be written using Inspera exam technology. There may also be provision for you do complete the examination onsite at the University.
The activities for the course are scheduled as a standard weekly timetable.
Learning 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.
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.
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 for potential plagiarism or other forms of academic misconduct, using computerised detection mechanisms.
Class Representatives
Class representatives are students tasked with representing student issues to departments, faculties, and the wider university. If you have a complaint about this course, please contact your class rep who will know how to raise it in the right channels. See your departmental noticeboard for contact details for your class reps.
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 course assessment continues to meet the principles of the University’s assessment policy. Some adjustments may need to be made in emergencies. You will be kept fully informed by your course co-ordinator/director, 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 students may be asked to submit 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. In exceptional circumstances changes to elements of this course may be necessary at short notice. Students enrolled in this course will be informed of any such changes and the reasons for them, as soon as possible, through Canvas.