INTBUS 7509 - International Management Internship
North Terrace Campus - Semester 2 - 2022
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General Course Information
Course Details
Course Code INTBUS 7509 Course International Management Internship Coordinating Unit Management Term Semester 2 Level Postgraduate Coursework Location/s North Terrace Campus Units 3 Contact Independent Study Available for Study Abroad and Exchange Y Prerequisites INTBUS 7500 AND INTBUS 7015 plus courses to the value of 6 units from INTBUS 7506, INTBUS 7501, INTBUS 7016, INTBUS 7503 OR TRADE 5001 Quota Subject to availability of suitable sponsors. Placements will be offered to students on academic and professional merit Assessment Online modules, reflective journal, report and host organisations supervisor feedback Course Staff
Course Coordinator: Dr Olga Muzychenko
Course Timetable
The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from Course Planner.
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Learning Outcomes
Course Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
1. Identify international management profesisonal skills and capabilities that meet the needs of industry
2. Demonstrate heightened self-awareness of one's cultural values, attitudes and comminication style
3. Reflect on and critically evaulte experiences to gain heightened awareness of one's cultural intelligence, identify areas for development and devise developmental strategies
4. Devise and implement effective and appropriate communication and behavioural responses in the cross-cultural profesisonal context
5. Intergrate knowledge, skills and experiences to think critically and creatively to solve international management problems & contribute meaningfully to the work place.University Graduate Attributes
This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attribute(s) specified below:
University Graduate Attribute Course Learning Outcome(s) Attribute 1: Deep discipline knowledge and intellectual breadth
Graduates have comprehensive knowledge and understanding of their subject area, the ability to engage with different traditions of thought, and the ability to apply their knowledge in practice including in multi-disciplinary or multi-professional contexts.
1-5 Attribute 2: Creative and critical thinking, and problem solving
Graduates are effective problems-solvers, able to apply critical, creative and evidence-based thinking to conceive innovative responses to future challenges.
4,5 Attribute 3: Teamwork and communication skills
Graduates convey ideas and information effectively to a range of audiences for a variety of purposes and contribute in a positive and collaborative manner to achieving common goals.
1-5 Attribute 4: Professionalism and leadership readiness
Graduates engage in professional behaviour and have the potential to be entrepreneurial and take leadership roles in their chosen occupations or careers and communities.
1-5 Attribute 5: Intercultural and ethical competency
Graduates are responsible and effective global citizens whose personal values and practices are consistent with their roles as responsible members of society.
1-5 Attribute 8: Self-awareness and emotional intelligence
Graduates are self-aware and reflective; they are flexible and resilient and have the capacity to accept and give constructive feedback; they act with integrity and take responsibility for their actions.
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Learning & Teaching Activities
Learning & Teaching Modes
This course is based on the principles of experiential learning and requires you to be places in the a face-to-face or virtual business environment with workplace supervision and mentoring.
You will also be expected to meet one-on-one with an Academic Supevisor to discuss the nature of the academic project for assessment.Workload
The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.
The University expects full-time students (i.e those taking 12 units per semester) to devote a total of 48 hours per week to their studies. This means that you are expected to commit approximately 12 hours per week for a 3 unit course (150 hours)
Although for this course some time will be spent in the workplace environment, there is still an expectation for the students to be completing individual study nd meeting with the Academic Supervisor outside of this.Learning Activities Summary
As well as regularly attending the workplace or participating in virtual work-related activities, you must meet with the Academic Supervisor to discuss assessment requirements and tasks.
The academic staff member will be available throughout the duration of the Internship to advise or assist you with academic issues and issues you may face on the workplace.Specific Course Requirements
Students need to work with a host organisation in a formal and structured industry managed work experience program, with a registered organisation. Approval must have been granted from the Faculty of Professions for this work placement to be counted as experiential learning towards their degree.
Should the host organisaton be dissatisfied with the student's performace this will be addressed by the Host and the Faculty giving the student a chance to recitfy their behaviour. Should the unsatisfactory performance continue and The Host decides to terminate the placement before the end date, the student will recieve a Fail grade for this course. -
Assessment
The University's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:
- Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
- Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
- Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
- Assessment must maintain academic standards.
Assessment Summary
Assessment Task Task Type Weighting Word Count/ Time Learning Outcome Due Online Modules x3 Individual 10%
10-15 minutes each 1,3 Week 1 of Internship and last week of Internship Assignment 1:
Reflective JournalIndividual 30% 2500 1-5 One week after completion of Internship Assignment 2:
International Management ReporIndividual 50% 4000 1-5 Last week of the teaching period in which Internship was undertaken Host Organisation Supervisor Feedback Individual 10% n/a 4-5 Two weeks after completion of Internship Total 100% Assessment Detail
1. Online Modules
You are required to complete three online modules to demonstrate understanding of industry expectations about professional skills and capabilities and practice of reflection on and critical evalution of one's experience to identify development needs and opportunities.
2. Reflective Journal
Reflective journal will document the activities you have undertaken during the internship, preferably on a weekly basis, as well as key insights and evaluation of your experience in light of international management knowledge and skills. You must identify your cultural values, attitudes and communication style and evaluate how they support or hinder your performance in the workplace; assess your cultural intelligence across its three clusters, identify areas for improvement and devise improvement strategies; discuss critical international management issues or tasks that you faced and how you responded to those; and articulate lessons learned as a result of reflection. You should take weekley notes and use these as a basis for a discussion with the course coordinator during the semester to get feedback and enable you to act on that feedback to prepare your final submission.
3. International Management Report
The topic of the report must be negotiated with the academic supervisor. The topic must provide an opportunity to intergrated knowledge, skills and experiences to think critically and creatively to solve international management problems and contribute meaningfully to the workplace in the context of the Project negotiated with the Host organisation. Reflect on your international management professional skills and capabilities and how they need the needs of the workplace and articulate lessons learned as a result of reflection.
The Project may or may not be directly relevant to international management. Examples of the project directly relevant to international management may include, but are not limited to, export plan, foreign market analysis, international expansion strategy for the organisation, or foreign market entry strategy. Where the project is not directly relevant to international management, the students home country must be different from the host organisation is located. (e.g the international student placed in the Host Organisation in Australia)
In the latter case, the topic of the report may focus, for example, on the evaluation and analysis of the host organisation's management practices and their cross-cultural effectiveness.
4. Host Organisational Supervisor Feedback
The host organisation supervisor will provide feedback/mark no later than two weeks after the completion of the work experience program.Submission
- Please retain a copy of all assignments submitted
- All assignments must be attached to an Assignment Cover Sheet which must be signed and dated before submission. Markers can refuse to accept assignments that do not have a signed acknowledgement of the University's Academic Honesty Policy
- It is the student's responsibility to ensure that copies of assignments have been received by the academic supervisor
- Academic supervisors retain the right to request assignments to be submitted electronically via Turnitin external tool.
Course Grading
Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:
M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme) Grade Mark Description FNS Fail No Submission F 1-49 Fail P 50-64 Pass C 65-74 Credit D 75-84 Distinction HD 85-100 High Distinction CN Continuing NFE No Formal Examination RP Result Pending Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.
Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.
Final results for this course will be made available through Access Adelaide.
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Student Feedback
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SELTs are an important source of information to inform individual teaching practice, decisions about teaching duties, and course and program curriculum design. They enable the University to assess how effectively its learning environments and teaching practices facilitate student engagement and learning outcomes. Under the current SELT Policy (http://www.adelaide.edu.au/policies/101/) course SELTs are mandated and must be conducted at the conclusion of each term/semester/trimester for every course offering. Feedback on issues raised through course SELT surveys is made available to enrolled students through various resources (e.g. MyUni). In addition aggregated course SELT data is available.
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