Course Title: Manage personal work priorities and professional development

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C5225

Course Title: Manage personal work priorities and professional development

Portfolio: BUS

Nominal Hours: 60.0

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.

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

EMPL5878C

City Campus

TAFE

650T Vocational Business Education

Distance / Correspondence or Face-to-Face or Internet or Workplace

Term2 2013,
Term2 2014,
Term2 2015

Course Contact: Sylvia Baroutis

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 5469

Course Contact Email: sylvia.baroutis@rmit.edu.au


Course Description

This course focuses on the skills and knowledge required to manage one’s own work performance and professional development.  Particular emphasis is on setting and meeting priorities, analysing information and using a range of strategies to develop further competence.


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None



National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

BSBWOR501B Manage personal work priorities and professional development

Elements:

1. Establish personal work goals

2. Set and meet own work priorities

3. Develop and maintain professional competence


Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course students will be able to use systems and processes to organise and prioritise tasks and manage their workload effectively.  They will also be able to plan their personal development including career objectives and action plans to achieve these.


Overview of Assessment

Assessment may incorporate a variety of methods including in-class exercises, problem-solving exercises, assignments, group or individual projects, presentations and written or practical tests, as well as homework activities.

Other activities may be workplace-based or simulate work practices. These may include the production of technical requirements documents, direct observation of workplace practices and the presentation of a portfolio of evidence. This portfolio may include documents, photographs, video and/or audio files.

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.