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Ten skills, four units, one program
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Ten skills, four units, one program
ECU Business Edge is based on a framework which captures and reflects current employer preferences and priorities ensuring that ECU Business graduates meet the expectations of today's employers.Employability skills and behaviours
- Working effectively with others
Task collaboration, team working, social intelligence, cultural & diversity awareness, influencing others and conflict resolution. - Communicating effectively
Verbal communication, giving and receiving feedback, public speaking, meeting participation and written communication. - Self-awareness
Meta-cognition, lifelong learning and career management. - Thinking critically
Conceptualisation and evaluation. - Analysing data and using technology
Numeracy, technology and information management. - Problem solving
Reasoning, analysing, diagnosing and decision making. - Developing initiative & enterprise
Entrepreneurship & intrapreneurship, lateral thinking, creativity, initiative and change management. - Self-management
Self-efficiency, stress tolerance, work/life balance, and self-regulation. - Social responsibility & accountability
Social responsibility, accountability, personal ethics and organisational awareness. - Developing professionalism
Efficiency, multi-tasking, autonomy, time management, drive, and goal & task management.
Key employability skill development
ECU Business Edge is a unique program of four sequential units that are core to the Bachelor of Business degree. They are treated as an integrated whole, so that employability skills can be taught, developed and refined along the entire length of the program.
The program responds to the voice of the employer through relevant content and innovative facilitation styles, which support and further develop the identified and employability skills. Student-centred and team-based learning are integral to the program, as is emulating a business environment within the classroom. The ECU Business Edge team continually strive to enhance the relevance of the program by consultation and interaction with the local business community.
ECU Business Edge units
There are four units in the Business Edge program. Refer to the ECU Handbook for further information on each unit.
BES1100 Foundations of Business Knowledge
- Communicating effectively
- Working effectively with others
- Self-awareness
BES1200 Business Knowledge Development
- Thinking critically
- Analysing data & using technology
- Developing initiative & enterprise
- Working effectively with others
BES2100 Foundations of Business Leadership
- Social responsibility & accountability
- Working effectively with others
- Developing initiative & enterprise
- Problem solving
- Self-management
BES3100 Business Career Development
- Developing professionalism
- Social responsibility & accountability
- Self-awareness