INTBUS 7509 - International Management Internship

North Terrace Campus - Trimester 1 - 2020

International Management Internship involves an Internship with an Australian or overseas business, not-for-profit organisation or government department. It may take place in a face-to-face or virtual context. The course provides the student with an opportunity to experience a hands-on business environment in which to observe and apply their international management knowledge and skills. Experiential learning provides opportunities for students to apply theoretical knowledge, develop and consolidate skills, reflect on practice, and develop an understanding of international management from the practical perspective. Projects are negotiated between the Faculty and the sponsor within the host organisation, and may include a marketing plan, organisational development plans or activities, social and economic development plans, research, business development, customer relations, events management and market entry strategies, or any other negotiated project. As well as undertaking an agreed project, students may be involved in observations, meetings, clerical work and administration, to gain a clearer insight into the day-to-day functioning of the business. Students must complete the program to the satisfaction of their host organisation as well as an academic supervisor qualified in International Management to be eligible to pass this course. Internships will be offered to students on merit through a competitive application and interview process. Students must seek approval from Master of International Management Program Coordinator and Internships Team for a formal and structured work placement, which is relevant to their studies before undertaking the placement, including participation in pre-placement activities.

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Course Details

Course Code	INTBUS 7509
Course	International Management Internship
Coordinating Unit	Adelaide Business School
Term	Trimester 1
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 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)
Deep discipline knowledge informed and infused by cutting edge research, scaffolded throughout their program of studies acquired from personal interaction with research active educators, from year 1 accredited or validated against national or international standards (for relevant programs)	1-5
Critical thinking and problem solving steeped in research methods and rigor based on empirical evidence and the scientific approach to knowledge development demonstrated through appropriate and relevant assessment	4,5
Teamwork and communication skills developed from, with, and via the SGDE honed through assessment and practice throughout the program of studies encouraged and valued in all aspects of learning	1-5
Career and leadership readiness technology savvy professional and, where relevant, fully accredited forward thinking and well informed tested and validated by work based experiences	1-5
Intercultural and ethical competency adept at operating in other cultures comfortable with different nationalities and social contexts able to determine and contribute to desirable social outcomes demonstrated by study abroad or with an understanding of indigenous knowledges	1-5
Self-awareness and emotional intelligence a capacity for self-reflection and a willingness to engage in self-appraisal open to objective and constructive feedback from supervisors and peers able to negotiate difficult social situations, defuse conflict and engage positively in purposeful debate	1-4

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 mist 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.

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 Journal	Individual	30%	2500	1-5	One week after completion of Internship
Assignment 2: International Management Repor	Individual	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 experince 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 reflectio. You should take weekley notes and use these as a basis for a discussion with the course cooridinator 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 experinces to think critically and creatively to solve international management problems and contribute meaninfully 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 articilate lessons learned as a result of reflection.

The Project may or may not be directly relevant to international management. Examples of the projoect 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 evaulation 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 experince program.

Submission

Please retin 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 which do not have a signed acknowledgement of University's Academic Honesty Policy
It is the student's responsibility to ensure that copies of assignments have recieved by the academic supervisor
Academic supervisor retains 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 .

Student Feedback

The University places a high priority on approaches to learning and teaching that enhance the student experience. Feedback is sought from students in a variety of ways including on-going engagement with staff, the use of online discussion boards and the use of Student Experience of Learning and Teaching (SELT) surveys as well as GOS surveys and Program reviews.

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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