Course Title: Implement a business-like approach

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term1 2008

Course Code: BUSM9887C

Course Title: Implement a business-like approach

School: 155T Vocational Health and Sciences

Campus: City Campus

Program: C6068 - Advanced Diploma of Computer Science

Course Contact: Fiona Campbell Hicks

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4536

Course Contact Email: fiona.campbellhicks@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Nominal Hours: 30

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Pre-requisites and Co-requisites

None

Course Description

This unit covers adopting a business-like manner in all aspects of operations.


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

BSBATSIM412A Implement a business-like approach

Element:

Identify business-like attitudes

Performance Criteria:

   

Element:

Implement business-like practices

Performance Criteria:

 

Element:

Review operations regularly

Performance Criteria:

 


Learning Outcomes



Details of Learning Activities

PART 1 TEAM PROJECT
Course participants will be asked to form teams of four students each. Each student will receive the same graded mark as the other students.

Initially, students will meet together to come up with a fully documented formal proposal for a potential team project

PART 2 MINUTES OF MEETINGS
Students will participate in a team project and contribute to the development of a professional Business and Marketing Plan attending all meetings and carrying out all planned activities.

Students will work together to in formal meetings, documenting each meeting with formal agenda and minutes of meetings.

PART 3 BUSINESS AND MARKETING PLAN &
PRESENTATION DOCUMENTATION
Students will work towards the Development of a fully documented Marketing & Business Plan for their group business.

The students in each team of four will be asked to complete a joint task – to be negotiated with their course facilitator. This joint task is to collect information about a local company, for inclusion in a single three-page report. Aspects of the company, to be investigated with that company’ s permission, could include aspects such as: legal structure; number of employees; location(s); corporate goals statement; list of products/service; promotions/advertising; and other organisational structure or occupational health and safety issues

The last paragraph of the report should focus on you, the team members. It should describe the separate roles taken by each of the team members, including division of the themes into allocated task-investigation areas for each student.

Participants are to note who played such roles as secretary; team-spokesman; report typist; IT assistant; report editor; etc.

PART 4 GROUP PRESENTATION
Students are to present their Business and Marketing Plan as a group presentation of at least 10 minutes.

PART 5 PERSONAL REFLECTION
Having completed two semesters of Workplace communication, students are to write up a reflection on the years work. Questions to answer include:
Are you fully prepared to enter the workforce and what will be the skills that you will need to ensure your place in that industry?

PART 6 BUSINESS OPERATIONS MANUAL
Students will complete the unit booklets and class exercises given in the Unit Resource Guides for assessment during the course of the four units as indicated and then at the end of the semester with the Operations Manual


Teaching Schedule


WEEK 1
Course Information
ASSESSMENT PART 1 - Team Report due week 6

WEEK 2
Roles of team participants
ASSESSMENT PART 6 - Class exercises and booklet entries due wk 6
ASSESSMENT PART 2 - Meeting No 1

WEEK 3
Working in teams
ASSESSMENT PART 2 -Meeting No 2

WEEK 4
Implementing a business like approach
ASSESSMENT PART 1 – INITIAL TEAM PROJECT DUE
ASSESSMENT PART 2 - Meeting No 3 -

WEEK 5
ASSESSMENT PART 6 - Class exercises and booklet entries due wk 6
ASSESSMENT PART 2 - Meeting No 4

WEEK 6
ASSESSMENT PART 6 - DUE
ASSESSMENT PART 2 - Meeting No 5

WEEK 7
ASSESSMENT PART 2 - Meeting No 6

WEEK 8
ASSESSMENT PART 2 - Meeting No 7
EMPL 9672C UNIT RESOURCE GUIDE

WEEK 9
ASSESSMENT PART 2 - Meeting No 8

WEEK 10
ASSESSMENT PART 2 - Meeting No 9

WEEK 11
ASSESSMENT PART 2 - Meeting No 10


WEEK 12
ASSESSMENT PART 2 - Meeting No 11

WEEK 13
ASSESSMENT PART 2 - Meeting No 12

WEEK 14
ASSESSMENT PART 2 – DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE OF ALL12 MEETINGS DUE


WEEK 15
ASSESSMENT PART 3 - Presentation of Business/ Marketing Plan INTEGRATED PROJECT PRESENTATIONS DUE

WEEK 16
ASSESSEMENT PART 3 - Presentation of Business/ Marketing Plan INTEGRATED PROJECT PRESENTATIONS DUE
ASSESSMENT PART 5 – Personal Reflection due
ASSESSMENT PART 6 – BUSINESS OPERATIONS MANUAL DUE


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts


References


Other Resources


Overview of Assessment

The student must demonstrate an understanding of all elements of a particular competency to be deemed competent. Assessment methods have been designed to measure achievement of each competency in a flexible manner over a range of assessment tasks.
Assessment will incorporate a variety of methods including technical requirements documentation, homework and in class exercises, written tests, a practical problem solving exercises, presentations and practical tests. Students are advised that they are likely to be asked to personally demonstrate their assessment work to their teacher to ensure that the relevant competency standards are being met.


Assessment Tasks

PART 1 TEAM PROJECT
Proposal 10% due Week 4

PART 2 MINUTES OF MEETINGS
Documentary evidence of all meetings 10% due Week 14

PART 3 BUSINESS AND MARKETING PLAN &
PRESENTATION DOCUMENTATION
Documentation of Plan 25% due Week 16

PART 4 GROUP PRESENTATION
Students are to present their Business and Marketing Plan as a group presentation of at least 10 minutes. 25% due Week 14-16

PART 5 PERSONAL REFLECTION
Having completed two semesters, you are to write up a reflection on your findings.
Are you fully prepared to enter the workforce and what will be the skills that you will need to ensure your place in that industry? 10% due week 16


PART 6 BUSINESS OPERATIONS MANUAL
Students will complete the unit booklets and class exercises given in the Unit Resource Guides for assessment during the course of the four units as indicated and then at the end of the semester with the Operations Manual. 20% due week 16


Assessment Matrix


PART 1 –  TEAM PROJECT PROPOSAL DUE WEEK 4    MARK 10%

PART 2 -   MINUTES OF MEETINGS  DUE WEEK 14    MARK 10%

PART 3 -   BUSINESS AND MARKETING PLAN & PRESENTATION DOCUMENTATION DUE WEEK 16  MARK 25%

PART 4 -   GROUP PRESENTATION OF BUSINESS AND MARKETING PLAN DUE WEEK 14 - 16  MARK 25%

PART 5 –  PERSONAL REFLECTION DUE WEEK 16   MARK 10%

PART 6 – BUSINESS OPERATIONS MANUAL DUE WEEK 16  MARK 20%

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