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2024 unit information
Trimester 2: Placement
Trimester 3: Placement
Enrolment by application only. Refer to note below.
Completion of 4 credit points prior to enrolling in this unit.
Contact hours will vary based on experience.
All offerings will comprise of WIL experience related contact (approximately 80-160 hours) plus approximately 20-40 hours for individual reflection and assessment. Some experiences may require additional compulsory orientation events.
Students must attend and participate in experience-based activities on the scheduled days, as detailed in their agreement/experience outline.
All students will be required to have completed specific WIL pre-placement modules (approximately 2 hours) prior to commencing their first WIL experience.
This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.
Business & Law Work Integrated Learning (WIL) units are by application only and quotas may apply.
Please visit the website for further information and how to apply.
Please contact the Faculty WIL team at bl-wil@deakin.edu.au for any enquiries. Please use your Deakin email and state your student ID in all correspondence.
This unit aims to provide students with an authentic experience of working as a consultant with an international organisation. In an increasingly global commercial environment, the ability to work with clients and teams situated across the world is an important and desirable graduate attribute. Students will develop their skills in liaising with external stakeholders in order to identify, understand and attempt to resolve real-world business problems, and develop an understanding of the processes and skills required to be a consultant in a global business environment. By undertaking this unit, students will practise ethical behaviour and develop their problem solving, self-management and interpersonal skills.
Students will critically reflect upon their experience, relevant graduate attributes and employability competencies through a progressive assessment process.
Interpret a client’s needs, develop strategies for addressing those needs and evaluate and justify solutions and contingencies.
GLO5: Problem solving
GLO6: Self-management
GLO2: Communication
GLO7: Teamwork
(Portfolio) Learning Portfolio designed around the WIL experience. A learning portfolio is comprised of a range of different assessment tasks. In this unit the portfolio consists of 4 assessment tasks, a team report and presentation to the client, an individual supervisor’s evaluation and an individual post placement skills and employability development report.
The group-based tasks do not constitute more than 50% of the overall assessment for the unit.
Students work in groups to complete an authentic consulting project for an external organisation. The Portfolio assessment includes marks for a supervisors’ evaluation,
the response to the project, including team presentation (group) and reflective tasks
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Hurdle requirement:
1. Students must successfully complete the WIL pre-placement modules before they can attain access to the unit dropboxes.
2. Achieve at least 50% of the marks available on the submission task that requires reflection on the ULOs to evidence a minimum proficiency.
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library at the link here: MWL719 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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