Course Title: Manage personal work priorities and professional development

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term2 2019

Course Code: EMPL7076C

Course Title: Manage personal work priorities and professional development

Important Information:

None

School: 650T Vocational Business Education

Campus: City Campus

Program: C5375 - Diploma of Business Administration

Course Contact: Allna Maree

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 1601

Course Contact Email: allan.maree@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 create systems and process to organise information and prioritise tasks.

It applies to individuals working in managerial positions who have excellent organisational skills. The work ethic of individuals in this role has a significant impact on the work culture and patterns of behaviour of others as managers at this level are role models in their work environment.

National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:	BSBWOR501 Manage personal work priorities and professional development
Element:	1. Establish personal work goals
Performance Criteria:	1.1 Serve as a positive role model in the workplace through personal work planning 1.2 Ensure personal work goals, plans and activities reflect the organisation’s plans, and own responsibilities and accountabilities  1.3 Measure and maintain personal performance in varying work conditions, work contexts and when contingencies occur
Element:	2. Set and meet own work priorities
Performance Criteria:	2.1 Take initiative to prioritise and facilitate competing demands to achieve personal, team and organisational goals and objectives  2.2 Use technology efficiently and effectively to manage work priorities and commitments  2.3 Maintain appropriate work-life balance, and ensure stress is effectively managed and health is attended to
Element:	3. Develop and maintain professional competence
Performance Criteria:	3.1 Assess personal knowledge and skills against competency standards to determine development needs, priorities and plans  3.2 Seek feedback from employees, clients and colleagues and use this feedback to identify and develop ways to improve competence  3.3 Identify, evaluate, select and use development opportunities suitable to personal learning style/s to develop competence  3.4 Participate in networks to enhance personal knowledge, skills and work relationships  3.5 Identify and develop new skills to achieve and maintain a competitive edge

Learning Outcomes

See Canvas for more information

Details of Learning Activities

Learning activities will involve classroom discussions, industry/career guest speakers and discussions based on textbook topics, internet research, and through reflective learning practice. 

In this course students will be given the opportunity to undertake a work placement. It is for two full working days (7.5 hours each day) per week for five weeks, commencing in week 9 and concluding in week 13. This office based administrative experience allows the student to apply their skills and knowledge in a real workplace context. This work integrated learning experience requires the student to demonstrate that they are "work ready" prior to participating in work placement activities, so an interview, with a panel interviewing the student, will be conducted.  The Work Logbook must be completed prior to placement.Students who are not ready or who choose not to participate in placement, will be given an alternative project-based activity within a simulated workplace setting.

The nominal hours associated with this course are a guide only and represent the total teaching time and student effort required to successfully complete the course.  This may include not only scheduled classes but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

 

Teaching Schedule

This is a summary of the learning structure which will help you check that you are on-track. 

 

Course Guide for: BSBWOR501 Manage Personal Work Priorities and Professional Development Semester 2, 2019
Week	Week commencing	Topic	Reading and Activities	Assessments
		Orientation Session
Prior to training commencement a program level orientation session will be conducted that comprises the following: • Program overview and requirements • Overview of assessment requirements • Recognition of Prior Learning and Credit Transfers • Competency Criteria • Plagiarism • Appeals • Extensions • Feedback • Privacy • Submission requirements • Re-submission policy • Where to get support • Student Responsibilities
1	8 July 2019	Introduction to the course including: • Course requirements • Course support documents • Course Blackboard access • Accuracy of enrolment • Assessment requirements/cover sheets • Reminder re Plagiarism • Reminder re Appeals • Extensions/Resubmissions • Feedback in this course • Reminder re submission requirements • Getting help   All documents for WIL all located in Canvas.		Assessment Overview   TASK 1:WIL logbook and journal   Legal requirements and documents for WIL   Workplace readiness checklist   WIL observation checklist
2	15 July 2019	Topics:  Establish personal work goals and priorities. Student to make a list of industries and organisations they would like to work for.	Reading: Chapter 1: Managing your work priorities Logbook activity	Use Careers Toolkit: http://emedia.rmit.edu.au/careerstoolkit/welcome?destination=node/1
3	22 July 2019	Topics: Establish personal work goals and priorities. Work readiness Observation form   Guest speaker from RMIT Careers.	Reading: Chapter 1: Managing your work priorities Logbook activity
4	29 July 2019	Topics: Establish personal work goals and priorities.   How to complete the WIL Agreement.	Reading: Chapter 1: Managing your work priorities Logbook activity
5	5 August 2019	INDUSTRY DAY The Flight Centre project outline. Work industry/Work Ready Interviews for WIL. Conduct of Work Ready Interviews with panel.	Reading: Chapter 3: Developing, maintaining and projecting professional competence Logbook activity
6	12 August 2019	Topics: Set and meet own work priorities. Understanding of learning styles: complete questionnaire to discover your activist, reflector, theorist and pragmatist preferences.	Reading: Chapter 3: Developing, maintaining and projecting professional competence   Logbook activity
7	19 August 2019	Topics: Set and meet own work priorities, develop and maintain professional competence How to give and how to receive feedback. The differences between being effective and efficient. How to identify a learning culture in an organisation.	Reading: Chapter 3: Developing, maintaining and projecting professional competence   Logbook activity
8	26 August 2019	Topics: Develop and maintain professional competence Understanding learning styles. Complete learning styles questionnaire. The differences between leading and managing. Theory X and Theory Y leadership.	Reading: Chapter 7: Building individual and team performance and productivity     Logbook activity	Work logbook compliance due.
	2-8 September	Mid-semester break
9	9 September 2019	Topics: Develop and maintain professional competence What it means to be a lifelong learner. Why Johari? WIL placement begins in Week 9 and concludes in Week 13.	Reading: Chapter 7: Building individual and team performance and productivity   Logbook activity
10	16 September 2019	Work on logbook
11	23 September 2019	Topics: Develop and maintain professional competence The four D's What is the significance of the hot-stove principle? Giving you the tools: Unlocking the five keys to achieve high performance.	Reading: Chapter 7: Building individual and team performance and productivity	Work Logbook due.
12	30 September 2019	Topics: Organisation’s policies, plans and procedures, types of work methods and practices that can improve personal performance, personal development plan Workshop how to write a reflective journal. Feedback on WIL.
13	7 October 2019	WIL placement concludes in Week 13. Topics: communication skills to receive, analyse and report on feedback, literacy skills to interpret written and verbal information about workplace requirements, organisational skills to set and achieve priorities. The WIL Journal.
14	14 October 2019	The WIL Journal.
15	21 October 2019	Develop and maintain professional competence.		WIL Journal due.
16	28 October 2019	Feedback and review.
17	4 November 2019	Tuesday 5 November Melbourne Cup Day public Holiday  Interviews and re-submissions if required.

 

Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts

References

Other Resources

WIL host organisation.

Overview of Assessment

In order to achieve competency in this unit, you must provide:

Performance Evidence
Evidence of the ability to:
 use business technology to create and use systems and processes to organise and prioritise tasks and commitments
 measure and maintain personal work performance including assessing competency against competency standards and seeking feedback
 maintain an appropriate work-life balance to manage personal health and stress
 participate in networks
 develop a personal development plan which includes career objectives and an action plan
 develop new skills.
Note: if a specific volume or frequency is not stated, then evidence must be provided at least once.

Knowledge Evidence
To complete the unit requirements safely and effectively, the individual must:
 explain principles and techniques involved in the management and organisation of:
 performance measurement
 personal behaviour, self-awareness and personality traits identification
 a personal development plan
 personal goal setting
 time
 discuss management development opportunities and options for self
 describe methods for achieving a healthy work-life balance
 outline organisation’s policies, plans and procedures
 explain types of learning style/s and how they relate to the individual
 describe types of work methods and practices that can improve personal performance.

Feedback
Feedback will be provided throughout the semester in class and/or online discussions.  You are encouraged to ask and answer questions during class time and online sessions so that you can obtain feedback on your understanding of the concepts and issues being discussed.  Finally, you can email or arrange an appointment with your teacher to gain more feedback on your progress.

You should take note of all feedback received and use this information to improve your learning outcomes and final performance in the course.

Assessment Tasks

TASK 1 of 1 WIL logbook and journal

The student has 15 weeks to produce the assessment. It is submitted in three stages. Logbook in weeks 8, 11 and WIL journal in week 15.

Summary and Purpose of Assessment

The purpose of this assessment is for the student to show that they can manage their work position showing their organisational skills. There is a work ethic required of the student in their work integrated learning project (WIL) role and this has a significant impact on the work culture and patterns of behaviour of others as workers at this level are role models in their work environment.  For this reason, the student will undertake a WIL placement with an employer.

There are a number of compliance documents that the student needs to complete with the assistance of others, so that they are ready for their WIL placement. The Logbook component is a collection of portfolio documents and answers to questions.  

Assessment Instructions

Logbook

All documents necessary for completion in the logbook assessment are available on Canvas. 

A pre-WIL interview will be held and the student should make themselves aware of all documents relating to their WIL placement. The placement is held during weeks 9-13 for two days per week.  This unpaid placement consists of 10 full work days (7.5 hours per day). The student may nominate their own placement or the WIL placement coordinator will find one.  The student may choose to have a simulated work placement, and this provides a safe environment where evidence gathered demonstrates consistent performance of typical activities experienced in industry. 

The student will answer the logbook questions based on their knowledge and experience and interactions during class time. Students will be interviewed before the WIL placement and they are held by the Program Manager and teacher. 

Journal

The student should prepare as much as possible the tasks required for this reflective journal in class before the placement starts.   The student should prepare how they will record their time and tasks using Excel or similar which show their daily entries of tasks performed at the placement.  As a recommendation take a note pad and pen and or portable device to make quick records of your daily activities, discoveries and observations each day for better recall.

The student should use an academic reflective journal writing style See https://emedia.rmit.edu.au/learninglab/content/reflective-writing-1 which demonstrates how the student managed your own personal work priorities using time management skills and techniques in order to meet your own goals and objectives as well as those of your WIL organisation.  This journal should be no more than 1,500 words. Include the employer feedback in your journal and write a response to it.

 

Assessment Matrix

See Canvas

Other Information

Submission Requirements

You should:

     • Ensure that you submit assessments on or before the due date via Canvas. 
     • Always retain a copy of your assessment tasks. (hard copy and soft copy)
     • When you submit work for assessment at RMIT University you need to use the Assessment task document that includes a declaration and statement of authorship.
     • Each page of your assessment should include a footer with your name, student number, the title of the assessment, unit code and title and page numbers.

Late Submission Procedures

You are required to submit assessment items and/or ensure performance based assessment is completed by the due dates.

Extension of Time.  If you are prevented from submitting an assessment item on time by circumstances outside your control, you may apply in advance to your teacher for an extension to the due date of up to seven calendar days.

More information: https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/student-essentials/assessment-and-exams/assessment/extensions-of-time-for-submission-of-assessable-work
Form to use is found in the section "How to apply."

Special Consideration. Where more than seven days is needed, you must apply for Special Consideration.  Applications for special consideration must be submitted no later than two working days after the assessment task deadline or scheduled examination.

More information: https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/student-essentials/assessment-and-exams/assessment/special-consideration

Resubmission (VE Programs)

If you are found to be Not Yet Competent in a course assessment task (or you do not submit the assessment tasks/attend the assessment) you will be allowed one resubmission.  Your teacher will provide feedback regarding what you need to do to improve and will set a new deadline for the resubmission in Canvas. 

If you are still not meeting the assessment requirements you must apply to your Program Manager in writing outlining the steps you will take to demonstrate competence in your course. Your submission will be considered by the Program Team and you will be advised of the outcome as soon as possible.

Adjustments to Assessment

In certain circumstances students may be eligible for an assessment adjustment. 

More information: https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/student-essentials/assessment-and-exams/assessment/adjustments-to-assessment

Marking Guide (Competency):

You must demonstrate that you have all the required skills/knowledge/elements in the unit of competency you are studying.  You will receive feedback on each assessment task that will inform you about your progress and how well you are performing. 

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