BUSINESS FOUNDATIONS
BUS1BUF
Not currently offered
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
In this subject you will look at how businesses operate today in local, regional and global environments and how they may need to operate into the future. You will engage actively with current business issues, focusing particularly on the impact of external and internal environments on businesses and individuals. In addition, this subject is designed to develop your critical thinking and creative problem-solving with a particular focus on management, marketing and human resource practices. You will also examine and address contemporary business social issues drawn from various organisational and cultural contexts.
SchoolLa Trobe Business School
Credit points15
Subject Co-ordinatorShalinka Jayatilleke
Available to Study Abroad/Exchange StudentsYes
Subject year levelYear Level 1 - UG
Available as ElectiveYes
Learning ActivitiesWritten report, group evidence based action plan, group activities and in-class discussion and case studies and online quizzes.
Capstone subjectNo
Subject particulars
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PrerequisitesN/A
Co-requisitesN/A
Incompatible subjectsBUS1BIB
Equivalent subjectsBUS1BIB
Quota Management StrategyN/A
Quota-conditions or rulesN/A
Special conditionsN/A
Minimum credit point requirementN/A
Assumed knowledgeN/A
Learning resources
Business Foundations
Resource TypeBook
Resource RequirementPrescribed
AuthorCompiled by La Trobe Business School
Year2016
Edition/Volume2nd Edition
PublisherCengage Learning
ISBN9780170381413
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Source locationN/A
Career Ready
Career-focusedNo
Work-based learningNo
Self sourced or Uni sourcedN/A
Entire subject or partial subjectN/A
Total hours/days requiredN/A
Location of WBL activity (region)N/A
WBL addtional requirementsN/A
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