BTF5118 Regulatory compliance in practice
Faculty of Business and Economics
BTF5118 Regulatory compliance in practice is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Business and Economics, offered in 2025 in Semester 2 at Caulfield. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2025
- Semester 2
- Caulfield
- Assessment
- No exam
- 1 task
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before BTF5118
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After BTF5118
No unit lists BTF5118 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.
Enrolment rules
You must be enrolled in course B6020, B6037, B6044 or B6050 to undertake this unit.
Overview
The practical aspects of managing for regulatory compliance (and beyond) is a complex but important aspect of managing any business. Boards want to ensure that compliance practices are managing risks within their appetite. Executives need to manage the often competing priorities of compliance management and operational efficiencies, and recognise when moving beyond compliance and embracing leading practice can offer strategic advantages. Managers and compliance professionals need practical tools to support them and their businesses to navigate these challenges.
With a strong emphasis on those practical tools and guidance, this unit explores the compliance function from an ethical and practical organisational governance perspective, examining the multifaceted nature of regulatory compliance, including local and global considerations. Topics include: measuring organisational maturity; balancing compliance, risk and competitive advantage; building and managing cultures of ethical behaviour; and ensuring accountability and integrity.
Offerings in 2025
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Caulfield | On ev |
Assessment
- Project100%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
understand the role of ethics, integrity and conduct in compliance matters and help organisations navigate these challenges locally and internationally
- 2
independently and collaboratively evaluate an enterprise's compliance function using maturity and benchmarking tools, and formulate a business case that is fit for purpose for an organisation balancing compliance and leading practice with operational resourcing priorities
- 3
identify and appraise local and global regulatory and non-regulatory compliance requirements and recognise the importance of the relationship between compliance, risk and assurance
- 4
understand how to develop, implement, monitor and continuously improve a compliance management system to ensure the organisation meets its obligations and the Board, Officers and others with direct legal obligations can demonstrate that they are compliant.
Workload and teaching
- Seminars24 hours
- Teaching approachActive learning
- Teaching approachProblem-based learning
- Teaching approachCase-based teaching
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. You are expected to complete all pre-class activities prior to your scheduled class, and post-class activities should be completed after your scheduled class. Learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed, peer directed and online engagement activities.
This unit engages you in actively applying your knowledge, skills and attributes in interactive, collaborative and reflective activities.
This unit includes problem-based learning approaches, where you engage in research, integrate theory and practice and apply knowledge and skills to develop viable solutions in response to a problem or set of problems.
This unit includes case-based teaching, where you apply your knowledge and engage in analytical and reflective thinking to solve complex contextual scenarios. Activities are often designed so that there is not one clear answer, but you need to work together to examine, analyse and make decisions to resolve the situation.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Catrina Denvir
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for BTF5118?
BTF5118 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is BTF5118 offered?
In 2025, BTF5118 runs in Semester 2 at Caulfield.
How much work is BTF5118?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does BTF5118 have an exam?
No. BTF5118 has 1 assessment task and no exam.