Course Title: Apply advanced critical thinking to work processes
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2024
Course Code: BUSM8883C
Course Title: Apply advanced critical thinking to work processes
Important Information:
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School: 520T Future Technologies
Campus: City Campus
Program: C4410 - Certificate IV in Information Technology
Course Contact: Trevor Stone
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4381
Course Contact Email: trevor.stone@rmit.edu.au
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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
In this course you will gain the skills and knowledge required to use advanced-level critical thinking skills in a professional context. This includes using methods of analysis, synthesis and evaluation.
This course is clustered for delivery and assessment with ICTICT426 - Identify and evaluate emerging technologies and practices
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
BSBCRT404 Apply advanced critical thinking to work processes |
Element: |
1. Understand critical thinking in a workplace context |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Identify key characteristics of concepts in a critical thinking protocol or process 1.2 Explore situations in which critical thinking concepts may be applied in the workplace 1.3 Reflect on benefits of adopting a critical thinking mindset and risks associated with failing to do so |
Element: |
2. Apply a systematic approach to decision making |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Analyse and understand key elements of workplace processes, products or services 2.2 Identify limitations in existing or proposed workplace processes, products or services by applying critical thinking protocols or processes 2.3 Source information from a variety of different and verified sources 2.4 Compare and contrast alternative critical thinking concepts in a workplace decision making process 2.5 Apply a decision making framework to reach a defensible conclusion in a workplace context in accordance with organisational policies and procedure 2.6 Articulate and justify decision making process |
Element: |
3. Develop critical thinking mindset |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Conduct review of effectiveness of decision making, including critical self-reflection 3.2 Seek meaningful feedback from organisational management 3.3 Identify areas for self-development 3.4 Develop plan for future process evaluations |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this course you will have developed and applied the skills and knowledge required to demonstrate competency in the above elements.
Details of Learning Activities
In this course you will gain the skills and knowledge required to use advanced-level critical thinking skills in a professional context. This includes using methods of analysis, synthesis and evaluation.
You will be engaged in developing work processes, products and services that may be proposed or already existing the ICT sector .
Teaching Schedule
| Week | Topic |
| 1 | Identify key characteristics of concepts in a critical thinking protocol or process [Standing Up for your point of View] |
| 2 | Explore situations in which critical thinking concepts may be applied in the workplace [Communicating an argument] |
| 3 |
Reflect on benefits of adopting a critical thinking mindset and risks associated with failing to do so [Clash] Assessment 2 released |
| 4 | Assessment 1 Review and Release [Claims] |
| 5 | Identify limitations in existing or proposed workplace processes, products or services by applying critical thinking protocols or processes [Building your case] |
| 6 | Assessment 1 Submission [Evidence] |
| 7 | Source information from a variety of different and verified sources [Reasoning] |
Mid-semester Break |
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| 8 | Compare and contrast alternative critical thinking concepts in a workplace decision making process [Validity ot truth] |
| 9 | Apply a decision making framework to reach a defensible conclusion in a workplace context in accordance with organisational policies and procedure [Changing beliefs, attitude and behaviour] |
| 10 | Assessment 2 Submission [Decision making - Judging an argument] |
| 11 |
Articulate and justify decision making process [Discovering, examining and improving our reality] Assessment 3 released |
| 12 | Conduct review of effectiveness of decision making, including critical self-reflection [The foundations of critical thinking] |
| 13 | Seek meaningful feedback from organisational management [The foundations of critical thinking] |
| 14 | Identify areas for self-development [The foundations of critical thinking] |
| 15 | Develop plan for future process evaluations |
| 16 | Assessment 3 task 2 and 3 Submission |
| 17 | Assessment revision and resubmissions |
| 18 | Assessment revision and resubmissions |
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
All resources are provided within your RMIT Canvas Course shell including Reading Materials and various weekly activities.
All email communications will be sent to your RMIT email address and you must regularly check your RMIT emails. ( Please note, only use your Student Outlook Email account when communicating with RMIT Staff*)
Overview of Assessment
Assessment for this course is ongoing throughout the semester. Your knowledge and understanding of course content is assessed through participation in class exercises, oral presentations and through the application of learned skills and insights to your written tasks. Full assessment briefs will be provided and can be found on CANVAS.
Assessment Tasks
The 3 Assessment task details are populated in the assignments area of Canvas and published as per the Course Syllabus schedule.
Assessment 1. Knowledge Assessment Quiz
Assessment 2. Product Assessment Task
Assessment 3 Project
Assessment Matrix
| ELEMENT | PERFORMANCE CRITERIA | Assessment Task 1 | Assessment Task 2 | Assessment Task 3 |
| 1. Understand critical thinking in a workplace context | 1.1 Identify key characteristics of concepts in a critical thinking protocol or process | Q1 | ||
| 1.2 Explore situations in which critical thinking concepts may be applied in the workplace | Q3 a,b | |||
| 1.3 Reflect on benefits of adopting a critical thinking mindset and risks associated with failing to do so | Q3 b, c | |||
| 2. Apply a systematic approach to decision making | 2.1 Analyse and understand key elements of workplace processes, products or services | Task 1 | ||
| 2.2 Identify limitations in existing or proposed workplace processes, products or services by applying critical thinking protocols or processes | Task 1 | |||
| 2.3 Source information from a variety of different and verified sources | Task 2 | |||
| 2.4 Compare and contrast alternative critical thinking concepts in a workplace decision making process | Task 4 | |||
| 2.5 Apply a decision making framework to reach a defensible conclusion in a workplace context in accordance with organisational policies and procedure | Task 8 | |||
| 2.6 Articulate and justify decision making process | Task 1, Task 2 | |||
| 3. Develop critical thinking mindset | 3.1 Conduct review of effectiveness of decision making, including critical self-reflection | Task 6 | ||
| 3.2 Seek meaningful feedback from organisational management | Task 3, Task 4, Task 5 | |||
| 3.3 Identify areas for self-development | Task 3, Task 4, Task 5 | |||
| 3.4 Develop plan for future process evaluations | Task 5 |
| Knowledge Evidence | Assessment Task 1 | Assessment Task 2 |
| The candidate must be able to demonstrate the following knowledge to effectively complete the tasks outlined in the elements and performance criteria of this unit, and to manage tasks and reasonably foreseeable contingencies in the context of the work role: | ||
| key features and characteristics of critical thinking concepts and approaches | Q 2, 3,5 | |
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key features and limitations of workplace procedures |
Task 2 | |
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key legislative requirements relating to workplace procedures |
Q 8 | |
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key sources of reliable information relevant to workplace procedures. |
Q 4, 6 | Task 1, Task 3 |
Other Information
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Late submission:
If you require an Extension of Submittable Work (assignments, reports or project work etc.) for 7 calendar days or less (from the original due date) and have valid reasons, you must complete and lodge an Application for Extension of Submittable Work (7 Calendar Days or less) form and lodge it with the Senior Educator/ Program Manager.
The application must be lodged no later than one working day before the official due date. You will be notified within no more than 2 working days of the date of lodgement as to whether the extension has been granted.
If you seek an Extension of Submittable Work for more than 7 calendar days (from the original due date) must lodge an Application for Special Consideration form under the provisions of the Special Consideration Policy, preferably prior to, but no later than 2 working days after the official due date.
Submittable Work (assignments, reports or project work etc.) submitted late without approval of an extension will not be accepted or marked.
Special consideration:
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