Course Title: Manage personal work priorities and professional development
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2010
Course Code: EMPL5626C
Course Title: Manage personal work priorities and professional development
School: 650T Vocational Business Education
Campus: City Campus
Program: C5225 - Diploma of Management
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
Course Coordinator
Name: Zlatko Muhvic
Phone: 9925 5440
Email: zlatko.muhvic@rmit.edu.au
Teachers:
Janice Simpson
janice.simpson@rmit.edu.au
Laval Michel Jean-Francois Bosquet
michael.bosquet@rmit.edu.au
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 applies to managers and emphasises the need for managers to be organised, focussed and skilled, in order to effectively manage the work of others. As such it is an important unit for most managers, particularly as managers serve as role models and have a significant influence on the work culture and patterns of behaviour.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
BSBWOR501A Manage personal work priorities and professional development |
Element: |
BSBWOR501A/01 1.1 Serve as a positive role model in the workplace through personal work planning and organisation |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Serve as a positive role model in the workplace through personal work planning and organisation |
Element: |
BSBWOR501A/02 2.1 Take initiative to prioritise and facilitate competing demands to achieve personal, team and organisational goals and objectives |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Take initiative to prioritise and facilitate competing demands to achieve personal, team and organisational goals and objectives |
Element: |
BSBWOR501A/03 3.1 Assess personal knowledge and skills against competency standards to determine development needs, priorities and plans |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Assess personal knowledge and skills against competency standards to determine development needs, priorities and plans |
Learning Outcomes
Students demonstrate an ability to manage own performance and professional development. Particular emphasis is on setting and meeting priorities, analysing information and using strategies to develop further competence.
Details of Learning Activities
Students are required to attend all classes to participate in class activities. The class activities provide an opportunity to develop skills and apply theory to real life situations. The learning activities students will take a role in are:
• Case studies
• Project work
• Collaborative classroom activities
• Team activities
• Peer interaction
• Games and simulations
• Reflection and discussion and debating
• Reading the text book
• Accessing materials on line
Teaching Schedule
| Week beginning | Weekly Schedule | Competency/References |
| Week 1 08 Feb |
Introduction and Course Overview RMIT |
Learning LAB http://www.dlsweb.rmit.edu.au/lsu/ BSBWOR501A /03 Develop and maintain professional competence (3.5) http://www.rmit.edu.au/library Introducing Assessment 3 Learning contract |
| Week 2 15 Feb |
Networking | BSBWOR501A /03 Develop and maintain professional competence (3.4) Cole: Chapter 7 |
| Week 3 22 Feb |
Personality and Learning Profiling | BSBWOR501A /03 Develop and maintain professional competence (3.3) Cole: Chapter 7 Handouts, Learning LAB http://www.dlsweb.rmit.edu.au/lsu/ |
| Week 4 01 Mar |
Critical and Lateral Thinking | BSBWOR501A /03 Develop and maintain professional competence (3.5) |
| Week 5 08 Mar |
Study skills Reading, note-taking, plagiarism, Summarising, Synthesising, Paraphrasing, Linking Words |
BSBWOR501A /03 Develop and maintain professional competence (3.5) Learning LAB http://www.dlsweb.rmit.edu.au/lsu/ |
| Week 6 15 Mar |
Assessment Tasks Reports, Essays, Reflective Journals, Referencing, Oral Presentations |
BSBWOR501A /03 Develop and maintain professional competence (3.5) Learning LAB http://www.dlsweb.rmit.edu.au/lsu/ |
| Week 7 22 Mar |
Managing Personal Work Priorities | BSBWOR501A /02 Set and meet own work priorities (2.1, 2.2) Cole: Chapter 8 |
| Week 8 29 Mar |
Stress Management | BSBWOR501A /02 Set and meet own work priorities (2.1, 2.3) Cole: Chapter 6 Handouts |
| Mid Semester Break (Student Vacation) | From the 1st April to 7th April (inclusive) | |
| Week 8 05 Apr |
Stress Management | BSBWOR501A /02 Set and meet own work priorities (2.1, 2.3) Cole: Chapter 6 Handouts |
| Week 9 12 Apr |
Workplace Learning | BSBWOR501A /03 Develop and maintain professional competence (3.1) Cole: Chapter 26 Introducing Assessment 2 Assessment 1 Reflective Journal Entry DUE COB class day |
| Week 10 19 Apr |
Planning and Goals Setting | BSBWOR501A /01 Establish personal work goals (1.2) Cole: Chapter 17 |
| Week 11 26 Apr |
Leading by Example | BSBWOR501A /01 Establish personal work goals (1.1) Cole Chapter: 7 |
| Week 12 03 May |
Promote peak performance | BSBWOR501A /01 Establish personal work goals (1.3) Cole Chapter: 11 |
| Week 13 10 May |
Personal and Professional Development Plan | BSBWOR501A /01 Establish personal work goals (1.2, 1.3) BSBWOR501A /03 Develop and maintain professional competence (3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5) Cole: Chapter 8 Handouts |
| Week 14 17 May |
Personal and Professional Development Plan – student self centred learning, research, consultation | BSBWOR501A /01 Establish personal work goals (1.2, 1.3) BSBWOR501A /03 Develop and maintain professional competence (3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5) |
| Week 15 24 May |
Personal and Professional Development Plan – student self centred learning, research, consultation | BSBWOR501A /01 Establish personal work goals (1.2, 1.3) BSBWOR501A /03 Develop and maintain professional competence (3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5) |
| Week 16 31 May |
Course Review | Assessment 2 Due on a class day |
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
Cole, K. 2010, Management: The Theory and Practice, 4th edn, Pearson Education Australia, Frenchs Forest, NSW |
References
Covey, R S 2004,The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Powerful Lessons in Personal Change, Free Press, New York, USA |
Other Resources
Overview of Assessment
Refer to Part B
Assessment Tasks
Assessment 1 Reflective e-journal Value 30%
Competences assessed: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
Due Week 9
Students will apply throughout three consecutive weeks at least five (5) different time or stress management tools covered in weeks 7 & 8 and observe their implementation. Students should:
• Describe, interpret and evaluate their implementation providing a personal response by demonstrated an ability to maintain appropriate work-life balance
• Relate to theory, prescribed reading and class activities
• Relate topics’ relevance to own personal and professional life
• Evaluate possibilities for doing it differently or taking a different angle
• Elaborate learning outcome
• Write and online Reflective journal entry summarising learning experience.
The reflective journal should be app. 1000 words.
Assessment 2 Development plan Value 50%
Competences assessed: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5
Due Week 16
Students will develop their personal and professional development plan especially addressing performance criteria and following guidelines provided by a teacher by utilising knowledge, skills and planning tools obtained during the class and by individual learning and research. The format of the Development Plan MUST be a business report format.
There is no word limit. Students can take as many or as few words to express themselves without being penalised. However, just as a guide, expectation is it to be within 1500-2000 words range.
Assessment 3 Learning contract Value 20%
Competences assessed: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
At the beginning of the semester students will negotiate and sign a learning contract. The learning contract will address students’ attitude, participation, commitment, and reliability towards learning experience in this course. Students’ performance against the contract obligations fulfilment will be assessed and evaluated.
Assessment Matrix
| Element | Task1 | Task2 | Task3 |
| Establish personal work goals | x | x | |
| Set and meet own work priorities | x | x | |
| Develop and maintain professional competence | x | x |
Other Information
Teacher Contact
Out of class communication to all students will occur using the RMIT student email and/or the Blackboard. It is essential that you check your email or the Blackboard prior to attending each class.
Consultation times will be made available to you in the first week of classes. Consultations may also be arranged via email.
Self Managed Learning
Students will be required to undertake research and assessment practice outside of regular class times. Exercises are provided to students to facilitate their learning in a self-paced manner and form part of the overall achievement of the competencies in this course. Students are reminded that they are expected to spend an equal amount of time outside of class, furthering their understanding of the concepts being taught, as they do in class to be deemed competent in this course.
Academic Administration Procedures
Students who require general assistance should, in the first instance, approach their class teacher. Secondly, students should contact the course coordinator and lastly, the program coordinator.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is the presentation of the work, idea or creation of another person as though it is your own. It is a form of cheating and is a very serious academic offence that may lead to expulsion from the University. Plagiarised material can be drawn from, and presented in, written, graphic and visual form, including electronic data and oral presentation. Plagiarism occurs when the origin of the material used is not appropriately cited. It also occurs through enabling plagiarism, which is the act of assisting or allowing another person to plagiarise or to copy your own work. Please make sure you consider this carefully in completing all your work and assessments in this course and if you are unsure about whether you might have plagiarised, seek help from your teacher.
Examples of plagiarism include:
• Copying sentences or paragraphs word-for-word from one or more sources, whether published or unpublished, which could include but is not limited to books, journals, reports, theses, websites, conference papers, course notes, etc. without proper citation;
• Piecing together text from one or more sources and adding only linking sentences;
• Copying or submitting whole or parts of computer files without acknowledging their source;
• Copying a whole or any part of another student’s work; and
• Submitting work as your own that someone else has done for you.
For further information including “Plagiarism (and how to avoid it): Resources for Students” please refer to the Plagiarism section of the RMIT Policies, available at http://www.rmit.edu.au/policies. in the Plagiarism section.
For information relating to the penalties for plagiarism and cheating, please refer to Regulation 6.1.1 Student Discipline, available at http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=1db54sd7vspz;STATUS=A;SECTION=2;PAGE_AUTHOR=Andrea%20Syers
Penalties include official reprimand, recording of a failure result or expulsion from the University.
The originality verification software Turnitin (see http://www.turnitin.com), may be used on assessments in this course.
Note, if requested by your teacher, you must complete a hardcopy of the RMIT coversheet with your assessment submissions: http://mams.rmit.edu.au/rbkf8knmzbla1.doc
To support you with issues associated with the honesty and full referencing of external work presented in assignments, please visit the University website for Academic Integrity: http://www.rmit.edu.au/academicintegrity
Specifically, support resources for yourself as a student to ensure that your submitted assessment accurately represents your work are provided at: http://www.rmit.edu.au/academicintegrity/students
Submission of written work/assessment
All of your written work must conform with RMIT’s guidelines “Written Reports And Essays: Guidelines For Referencing And Presentation In RMIT Business” which can be found at: http://mams.rmit.edu.au/s9sx559hurvc.rtf
All of your written assessment must be lodged by the due date in the format specified for the particular assessment task. Written assessment must have a footer containing: student number, student name, course code, title of assessment and teacher’s name.
Staple your assignment. Please do not place in plastic binders or plastic pockets.
Attach a signed Assignment Cover Sheet to each submission of written work or assessment. Cover Sheets are available near the lifts on Level 13 or from http://mams.rmit.edu.au/7ksj9bbov094.doc
You must keep a copy of your assignment/written work, which can be produced if the original is lost or damaged.
Supervised Assessment
Unless otherwise instructed by your class teacher, course coordinator or invigilator, the following conditions apply to your supervised assessments:
• All answers are written in blue or black pen only. Answers written in other colours or pencil will not be marked, excluding diagrams.
• The only materials which may be brought into the assessment room are blue or black pens, pencil, eraser and correction fluid. Items such as electronic dictionaries, mobile phones, electronic devices, written material and paper are not to be brought into the assessment room. It is a breach of assessment conditions to have any unauthorized materials or equipment in the assessment room.
• Assessment papers, questions and other material provided by the University are not to be removed from the assessment room.
• There is no communication of any kind with any person either inside or outside the assessment venue, apart from the assessment supervisor/invigilator or course teachers.
Special Consideration
Special Consideration is a process that enables the University to take account of unexpected circumstances such as illness, injury or bereavement that affect a student’s performance in assessment. Special Consideration can be applied for to obtain a classroom-based deferred assessment, eg: test or a role play.
You may apply for special consideration up to and no later than 48 hours (2 working days) after the date of the classroom based assessment. Forms are available from BTS Reception on Level 13 or from http://www.rmit.edu.au/students/forms
Grounds for special Consideration may include illness, accident, bereavement, hardship/trauma. All supporting documentation must be included with your application. Completed forms must be addressed submitted to the Hub on Level 4 Building 108. Further information can be accessed from http://www.rmit.edu.au/students/specialconsideration
Special Consideration for extension of time for submittable tasks can be submitted to Program Coordinator, Seymour Jacobson, up to 7 days from the due date of the assessment. After 7 days, the application must go to the Special Consideration Committee. The criteria for this special consideration are no different to those for classroom-based applications. These applications are to be submitted on an Application for Extension of Submittable Work form.
Non and Late Submission of Work
If you do not attempt an assessment or meet an assessment deadline and have not been granted Special Consideration, you will not receive a mark for the assessment and be deemed NYC (Not Yet Competent).
Appealing Assessment
You are entitled to appeal assessment results. Any appeal should be submitted to the Course Co-ordinator Student Liaison, Seymour Jacobson not more than 10 days after receiving notice of the result for the assessment. Please refer to RMIT Policy – Appeal Against Assessment Result available at http://www.rmit.edu.au/policies.in the Teaching and Learning Policy area.
Sustainability Policy
“In adherence with RMIT’s commitment to sustainability, course teachers will seek to incorporate environmental concerns in the facilitation of this course. This includes, but is not limited to:
• Conserving natural resources
• Using recycled materials wherever possible
• Minimising pollution
• Applying energy savings measures
• Reducing waste
Students are encouraged to identify and follow environmental and resource efficient ways of working whilst studying this course.”
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