Course Title: Marketing Business Design Project 1

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Marketing Business Design Project 1

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

BUSM4377

City Campus

Undergraduate

625H Economics, Finance and Marketing

Face-to-Face

Sem 1 2013,
Sem 2 2013,
Sem 1 2014,
Sem 2 2014,
Sem 1 2015,
Sem 2 2015,
Sem 2 2017,
Sem 1 2018,
Sem 2 2018,
Sem 1 2019,
Sem 2 2019,
Sem 1 2020,
Sem 2 2020,
Sem 1 2021,
Sem 2 2021,
Sem 1 2022,
Sem 2 2022,
Sem 1 2023,
Sem 2 2023,
Sem 1 2024

Course Coordinator: Victor Borg

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 (3) 99255700

Course Coordinator Email: victor.borg@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: Building 80

Course Coordinator Availability: by appointment


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Enforced pre-requisites:

  • 037096 - MKTG1242 - Marketing - Work Integrated Learning (WIL) 1
  • 037097 - MKTG1243 - Marketing - Work Integrated Learning (WIL) 2
  • 037099 - MKTG1244 - Marketing - Work Experience in Industry (WEI) 1
  • 037100 - MKTG1245 - Marketing - Work Experience in Industry (WEI) 2

048056 - BUSM4377 - Marketing Business Design Project 1 should normally be taken in the semester following your work placement.


Course Description

This course integrates your academic and work-based learning. In this course, you will apply design thinking principles and techniques to produce a project proposal that addresses a contemporary business issue or opportunity. You will engage with the creation, development and pitching of a proposal, which will form the foundation for its creative execution in Business Design Project 2.

This course provides you with a capstone experience, which will give you the opportunity to integrate, critically reflect on and consolidate what you have learnt in your program.


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

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On successful completion of this course  you will be able to:

  1. Apply design thinking principles and techniques to explore and critically review a contemporary business issue or opportunity
  2. Produce a project proposal to address a business issue or opportunity.
  3. Collaboratively review and assess a project and propose future directions.
  4. Communicate or pitch a project proposal to key stakeholders to gain support for adoption and implementation.


Overview of Learning Activities

Learning activities in this course are focused on the preparation of a project brief and may include the following:

  • Negotiating a work- related issue in consultation with your course coordinator/academic
  • Using online and other sources to obtain information about the issue and to explore different perspectives
  • Preparing a written draft and a final version of the project brief

This project may be undertaken as an individual or in a small group.


Overview of Learning Resources

Various learning resources are available online through myRMIT/Canvas. In addition to topic notes; assessment details and a study schedule you may also be provided with links to relevant online information; readings; audio and video clips and communication tools to facilitate collaboration with your peers and to share information.

Resources are also available online through RMIT Library databases and other facilities. If you require assistance with the RMIT library facilities contact the Business Liaison Librarian for your school. Contact details for Business Liaison Librarians are located online on the RMIT Library website.

Additional resources and/or sources to assist your learning will be identified by your course coordinator will be made available to you as required during the teaching period.

Depending on the nature of your project brief additional industry-based resources, and/or sources identified by your course coordinator may be available to you.

Framework
An important learning resource for this course is a framework for the development of a project brief that addresses a business issue and outlines its implementation. While there are many examples of project briefs, this course requires all students to apply an agreed framework.


Overview of Assessment

The assessment alignment list below shows the assessment tasks against the learning outcomes they develop.

Assessment Task 1: 30%
Linked CLOs: 1, 4

Assessment Task 2: 20%
Linked CLOs: 1

Assessment Task 3: 50%
Linked CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4

Feedback will be provided throughout the semester in class and/or in online forums through individual and group feedback on practical exercises and by individual consultation.