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BUS506 - Global Megatrends

2023

Sector

Higher Education

Discipline

Business

Unit Description

In the dynamic global business environment, megatrend analysis is critical for organisations to drive sustainable growth and to remain relevant as competition evolves and innovations disrupt entire industries. This postgraduate unit focuses on the events and trends that are currently affecting, or have the potential to affect, business and society on a global scale. These include significant shifts in economic, environmental, sociocultural and technological forces, which represent both management opportunities and challenges. The unit provides students with key models and techniques to identify major issues and megatrends in global business. Informed by the need for sustainable business practices, students will critically examine these trends and develop responsive plans.

Unit Learning Outcomes

1.	Identify major trends in global business.
2.	Apply advanced business skills to analyse the impacts that changes to the business environments and key trends might have on the organisation.
3.	Engage with uncertainty by developing alternative scenarios based on contemporary market and business trends
4.	Develop responsive plans to leverage opportunities and address challenges associated with emerging events and trends
5.	Identify how new technologies might impact the organisation and develop appropriate organisational responses.

Assessment Overview

	Assessment Task	Value (of total mark)	Related Learning Outcome/s
1.	Written Assessment (225 Words)	5%	1 - Identify major trends in global business. 2 - Apply advanced business skills to analyse the impacts that changes to the business environments and key trends might have on the organisation.
2.	Written Assessment (1,500-2,000 Words)	40%	1 - Identify major trends in global business. 2 - Apply advanced business skills to analyse the impacts that changes to the business environments and key trends might have on the organisation. 3 - Engage with uncertainty by developing alternative scenarios based on contemporary market and business trends 4 - Develop responsive plans to leverage opportunities and address challenges associated with emerging events and trends 5 - Identify how new technologies might impact the organisation and develop appropriate organisational responses.
3.	Written Assessment (2,000-2,500 Words)	50%	3 - Engage with uncertainty by developing alternative scenarios based on contemporary market and business trends 4 - Develop responsive plans to leverage opportunities and address challenges associated with emerging events and trends 5 - Identify how new technologies might impact the organisation and develop appropriate organisational responses.
4.	Written Assessment (150 Words)	5%	5 - Identify how new technologies might impact the organisation and develop appropriate organisational responses.

Unit Availability

Year	Semester	Att Mode	Location	Learning Method
2023	Semester 1	Internal	CDU Waterfront Darwin	OLR
2023	Semester 1	External	External Studies	OLR
2023	INT-5	Internal	Alice Springs Campus	ITV,OLR
2023	INT-5	Internal	Katherine (Town Centre)	ITV,OLR

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ITV: This unit will be delivered/part-delivered intensively in this teaching period rather than over the full semester.

OLR: Internet access is required for this unit as students are required to access study materials provided on-line through Learnline. Please log into Learnline on the first day of each teaching period. For more information about Learnline, please click here.

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