Course Title: Write complex documents
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2011
Course Code: OFFC5208C
Course Title: Write complex documents
School: 650T TAFE Business
Campus: City Campus
Program: C4223 - Certificate IV in Business Administration
Course Contact : Sylvia Baroutis
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 5469
Course Contact Email:sylvia.baroutis@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Nominal Hours: 50
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 course covers the skills and knowledge required to plan documents, draft text and prepare final text and produce documents of some complexity.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
BSBWRT401A Write complex documents |
Element: |
4. Produce document |
Performance Criteria: |
4.1 Choose basic design elements for documents appropriate to audience and purpose. 4.2 Use word processing software to apply basic design elements to text. 4.3 Check documents to ensure all requirements are met. |
Element: |
1. Plan documents |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Determine the purposes of documents. 1.2 Choose appropriate formats for documents. 1.3 Establish means of communication. 1.4 Determine requirements of documents. 1.5 Determine categories and logical sequences of data, information and knowledge to achieve document objectives. 1.6 Develop overview of structure and content of documents. |
Element: |
2. Draft text |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Review and organise available data, information and knowledge according to proposed structure and content. 2.2 Ensure data, information and knowledge is aggregated, interpreted and summarised to prepare text that satisfies document pruposes and objectives. 2.3 Include graphics as appropriate. 2.4 Identify gaps in required data and information, and collect additional material from relevant enterprise personnel. 2.5 Draft text according to document requirements and genre. 2.6 Use language appropriate to the audience. |
Element: |
3. Prepare final text |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Review draft text to ensure document objectives are achieved and requirements are met. 3.2 Check grammar, spelling and style for accuracy and punctuation. 3.3 Ensure draft text is approved by relevant enterprise personnel. 3.4 Process text amendments as required. |
Learning Outcomes
Details of Learning Activities
Learning activities for full-time students will include "hands-on" participation in a Virtual Enterprise a simulated business environment (VE) with theory classes in a classroom/lab. This is a holistic delivery method using the VE together with courses "Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices" and "Organise meetings".
Some learning activities will include a self-directed learning approach. Self-directed learning refers to organised activities that you will undertake independently, either as individuals or with other students, that are supervised by a teacher. This may include workplace research, library assignments, fieldwork and work placements. Learning activities are problem based and text book sourced. The VE/Workplace assessment requires the learner to consolidate their knowledge and skills, to produce a detailed Business Proposal as a report using the VE/Workplace Style Guide.
Online activities using self-paced resources on myRMIT Studies will be used by students in order to develop the necessary underpinning skills and knowledge for this unit. These activities may include, direct questioning combined with review of portfolios of evidence and oral or written questioning to assess knowledge of word processing software functions.
Teaching Schedule
| Elements from the three units addressed each week | |||||
| WEEK | CONTENT | BSBWRT401A Write complex documents |
BSBSUS301A Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices | BSBADM405B Organise meetings |
BSBWRT401A Write complex documents ASSESSMENT |
| 1 |
Overview of Courses Business Writing |
1, 2 |
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| 2 | Business Writing |
1, 2 | 1.1 |
1.1 - 1.5 2.1 |
Submit: Portfolio 1 |
| 3 | Writing a Business Letter |
1, 2, 3 | 1.2 |
1.1 - 1.5 | Submit: Portfolio 2 |
| 4 | Writing for different business scenarios | 1 - 4 | 1.3, 1.4 |
All | Submit: |
| 5 | Writing Long Reports |
1, 2 | 1.5, 1.6 | 2.1 - 2.4 | Submit: Portfolio 4 |
| 6 | Writing Long Reports |
3, 4 | 1.6, 1.7 | 1.1 - 1.5 2.1 - 2.4 3.1 - 3.4 |
Submit: Portfolio 5 |
| 7 | Writing Technical Documents |
1, 4 | 2.1, 2.2 | 3.1 - 3.4 | Submit: Portfolio 6 |
| 8 |
Writing Technical Documents Types, proposals & tenders Editing common writing errors |
3, 4 | 2.3, 2.4 | 1.1 - 1.5 2.1 - 2.4 3.1 - 3.4 |
Submit: Portfolio 7 |
| 9 |
Illustrating Data - Graphic Communication Major types |
4 | 3.1, 3.2 | All | Submit: Portfolio 8 |
| 10 |
Constructing Graphics Design & selection |
4 | 3.3, 3.4 | All | Submit: |
| 11 | Editing Workshop | 3, 4 | 3.5, 3.6 | All | Submit: Portfolio 10 |
| 12 | Overall Course Review | 1 - 4 | 4.1 | All | |
| 13 | Virtual Enterprise |
Theory class online 1 - 4 |
4.2 | All | Submit collated Portfolio of Documents |
| 14 |
Attend Diploma of Business Administration Conference meeting Virtual Enterprise |
Theory class online |
4.3 |
All No theory class attendance. |
Observation Employability Skills Online Review |
| 15 | Virtual Enterprise |
Theory class online |
4.4 | Observation Employability Skills Online Review | |
| 16 |
Virtual Enterprise Business Proposal |
Theory class online 1 - 4 |
4.5 | Feedback & Review |
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
Dwyer, J. The Business Commuinication Handbook, Pearson Education Australia, 2009 (Chapters 14, 15, 18, 19 and 20) |
978144250666 |
References
Other Resources
Overview of Assessment
Assessment may incorporate a variety of methods including technical requirements documentation, homework, assignments, group and/or individual projects, in class exercises, written and practical assessments, problem solving exercises, presentations, direct observation of actual and simulated work practice, presentation of a portfolio of evidence which may comprise documents, and/or photographs and/or video and audio files, review of products produced through work-based or course activities.
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. Students will be provided with feedback throughout the course to check their progress.
Assessment Tasks
Refer to the relevant marking criteria forms on myRMIT Studies
Please note: You must achieve competence in all elements before a pass grade can be achieved for this course. Due to the complex nature of this unit, you may be required to demonstrate competency more than once.
Assessments submitted late will attract a DNS/NYC grade. Refer to Student Diary for Special Consideration/Extension of Time procedure. If an Extension of Time is granted note that the grade given will be either NYC/CA.
Portfolio of Documents
Full Time and Flexible Delivery (part-time) students will complete a portfolio of documents each week for assessment . Each document is to be submitted in the week allocated to allow for progressive feedback from your teacher. Full Time students will submit the portfolio documents in the weeks due to the class theory teacher. Part Time students will submit the portfolio documents in the weeks due via the electronic journal through myRMIT Studies as instructed. NB: In week 12 all students will collate all completed portfolio items and submit to the Assignment Box on Level 13.
VE/Workplace Assignment
Virtual World Application:
Students will participate in the Virtual Enterprise as their simulated work environment for one day a week. The students manage the business known as Reflective Records VE. This business practice gives students first-hand experience in applying theory to practice while undertaking assessments grouped around the following courses:
Sustainability project:
BSBWRT401A/OFFC5208C Write complex documents
BSBSUS301A/EASC5040C Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices
BSBADM405B/OFFC5201C Organise meetings
N.B: Students, who have been granted special consideration or are required to resubmit, will be able to submit/sit their assessment by arrangement with the class teacher during the scheduled class time in weeks 17 or 18.
Assessment Matrix
| BSBWRT401A Write complex documents | Portfolio of Documents | VE/Workplace Assignment |
| Critical aspects | ||
| Plan documents to determine the purpose, appropriate format and means of communication. The requirements of the document and organisation are determined in a logical sequence. | X | X |
| Draft text to review and organise available data, information and knowledge according to proposed structure and content. Graphics are included as appropriate and text is drafted according to document requirements and genre in a language suitable to the audience. | X | X |
| Prepare final text to ensure document objectives are achieved and requirements met. | X | X |
| Produce documents using basic design elements appropriate to the audience and purpose, using word processing software and checking documents to ensure requirements are met. | X | X |
Grading
Portfolio of Documents: CA (Competency Achieved) or NYC (Not Yet Competent)
VE/Workplace Assignment:
| CHD | CD | CC | CA | DNS/NYC |
| Competent with High Distinction | Competent with Distinction | Competent with Credit | Competency Achieved - Graded | Did Not Submit/Not Yet Competent |
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