Course Title: Manage creative and professional self

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term2 2012

Course Code: BUSM6274

Course Title: Manage creative and professional self

School: 320T Design (TAFE)

Campus: City Campus

Program: C5233 - Diploma of Product Design

Course Contact : Julian Pratt

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4820

Course Contact Email:design.tafe@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Nominal Hours: 60

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 describes the skills and knowledge required to manage self and includes understanding and applying ethical practices to 
creative and business activities, setting and meeting priorities and developing and maintaining artistic and professional competence.


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

VPAU014 Manage creative and professional self

Element:

1.  Apply ethical standards

Performance Criteria:

1.1 Personal work and business practices comply with ethical
standards, regulations and/or guidelines as appropriate
1.2 Identify and address conflicts of interest as required
1.3 Comply with business ethical standards, regulations and
guidelines (as appropriate) in all business relationships
1.4 Situations which pose ethical problems are resolved or
referred as appropriate

Element:

2.  Set and meet own work priorities

Performance Criteria:

2.1 Competing demands are prioritised to achieve personal goals
and objectives
2.2 Technology is used efficiently and effectively to manage work
priorities and commitments

Element:

3.  Develop and maintain artistic and professional competence

Performance Criteria:

3.1 Personal knowledge, skills and own work are assessed to determine development needs and priorities to improve own art practice and professional competence
3.2 Feedback from clients and colleagues is used to identify and develop ways to improve own art practice and professional competence
3.3 Participation in creative relationships and networks enhance personal knowledge, skills, relationships and own work
3.4 Identify networks and promotional opportunities which may be helpful in developing
career opportunities
3.5 Identify and follow up on sources or information relating to work opportunities


Learning Outcomes


The application of this unit in the workplace sees an individual artist or designer managing their own creative and professional
development.


Details of Learning Activities

Learning activities will include demonstrations, supervised classes, self-directed learning, site visits and planned industry experiences.


Teaching Schedule

WEEK ELEMENT / Note/Activity
1                        1. Apply ethical standards  Course and assessment overview
2                        1.1 Personal work and business practices comply with ethical- visit exhibition site/ discussion, planning./ Assessment- Journal and industry research folder
3                        1.2 Identify and address conflicts of interest as required standards, regulations and/or guidelines as appropriate
4                        1.3 Comply with business ethical standards, regulations and guidelines as appropriate / Visiting speaker
5                        1.4 Situations which pose ethical problems are resolved or referred as appropriate/ Assessment of diary use, time management and goals each week
6                         2. Set and meet own deadlines and work priorities / Student Presentation
7                         2.1 Competing demands are prioritised to achieve personal goals and objectives- research influential designers/ Assessment- industry engagement
8                         2.2 Technology is used efficiently and effectively to manage work priorities and commitments / pc lab presentations
9                         3. Edit work- resumes, letters and emails / Assessment
10                       3.1 Personal knowledge, skills and own work are assessed to determine development needs and priorities to improve own art / Site visit to Catalyst
11                       3.2 Feedback from clients and colleagues is used to identify and develop ways to improve own art practice and professional / Outerspace visit
12                       3.3 Participation in creative relationships and networks enhance personal knowledge, skills, relationships and own work / DIA visit
13                       3.4 Identify networks and promotional opportunities which may be helpful in developing career opportunities- exhibition planning / Assessment due
14                       3.5 Identify and follow up on sources or information relating to work opportunities The Loop Oomf , Seek, Aquent- recruitment agencies / Interview skills
15 and 16            Revision- exhibition and work placement / Assessment 1-3.5
 
 


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts


References


Other Resources


Overview of Assessment

A person who demonstrates competency in this unit will be able to realise the outcomes described in the Elements to the required level detailed in the Performance criteria.
The demonstrated ability to manage creative and professional by:
   • Applying ethical standards
   • Setting and meeting own work priorities
   • Developing and maintaining artistic and professional competence


Assessment Tasks

Students will be asssesed through observation done by teacher, in conjunction with industry

Students will also provide a journal in which they document and comment on assessable activities

In addition, students will assist in the mounting of the graduate exhibition
 


Assessment Matrix

 ELEMENTS

                                                                                                 OBSERVATION ON WORKPLACE ACTIVITIES        JOURNAL      OBSERVATION ON PARTICIPATION IN GRADUATE EXHIBITION
1. Apply ethical standards                                                                                        X                                                      X                                          X
2. Set and meet own work priorities                                                                           X                                                                                                  X                        
3. Develop and maintain artistic and professional
competence                                                                                                            X                                                      X                                          X
 

KNOWLEDGE
• business ethics                                                                                                     X                                                      X
• time management and task prioritisation strategies                                                  X                                                      X                                           X
• Ability to select and appropriately apply technology, information systems and procedures to
achieve goals and objectives                                                                                    X                                                       X                                          X 
 

SKILLS
• literacy skills sufficient to identify sourcesor information                                           X                                                       X                                           X
• numeracy skills sufficient to use technology and/or software to set and meet priorities                                                        X                                           X
• problem solving sufficient to resolve conflicts of interest                                           X                                                       X                                           X
•communication skills                                                                                             X                                                       X                                           X
• technological skills                                                                                               X                                                       X
• time management skills                                                                                        X                                                       X                                           X
 

Other Information

This unit will only be assessed using competency based assessment. There will be no additional grading.
 

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