Course Title: Manage personal work priorities and professional development

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term2 2019

Course Code: EMPL7120C

Course Title: Manage personal work priorities and professional development

School: 320T Architecture & Urban Design

Campus: City Campus

Program: C5382 - Diploma of Product Design

Course Contact: Robin Blood

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4683

Course Contact Email: robin.blood@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

In this course you will be required to manage your own work priorities and professional development. Particular emphasis is on setting and meeting priorities, analysing information and using a range of strategies to develop further your skills and knowledge in the photography industry.

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  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

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to Demonstrate skills and knowledge required to manage your own performance and professional development. Particular emphasis is on setting and meeting priorities, analysing information and using a range of strategies to develop further competence.

Details of Learning Activities

The students will learn the skills and knowledge required to create systems and process to organise information and prioritise tasks.

Teaching Schedule

Week	Topics	Assessment
1	No Class
2	Self Assessment of own goals and skills
3	Introduction to course structure   Align with organisation Goal Setting
4	Track Progress Measure Performance
5	Prioritise Competing Demands Use of Technology Tools
6	Time Management Self Care and Management
7	Homework Assignment and Research
8	Feedback and Self Assessment Tools
9	Identify & Evaluate Professional Development Opportunities
10	Break
11	Networking
12	Quiz - Definitions	Quiz
13	Homework Assignment and Research
14	No Class
15	Consultation
16	Assignment Subimssions

Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts

References

Other Resources

Overview of Assessment

Assessment is on-going throughout the course. Assessment will incorporate a range of methods to assess performance and the application of knowledge and skills and will include:

EXAMPLES
- Practical tasks, a major project
- direct observation including exploration of and experimentation with techniques
- written and/or oral questioning and discussion to assess knowledge and understanding
- completion of a journal and/or portfolio including personal reflection and feedback
- direct questioning combined with review of portfolios of evidence

The RMIT student charter summarises your responsibilities as a student as well as those of your teachers. http://mams.rmit.edu.au/kh6a3ly2wi2h1.pdf
 

Assessment Tasks

Task 1
Gantt Chart

 

Task 2
Public Speaking

Assessment Matrix

Marking will be Satisfactory or Not Satisfactory with the following marking criteria

Task 1

• Clearly established goals - prioritization, research, achieveability, plans to overcome potential obstacles.
• Setting and meeting own work priorities - taking initiative to prioritize and facilitate competing demands to achieve objectives. Use of technology. Demonstrating an appropriate work/ life balance
• Developing and maintaining professional competence - seeking feedback, personal reflection, identifying growth opportunities, networking to achieve new industry relationships, demonstrating updated skills to achieve a competitive edge.

 

Task 2

• • Clearly established goals - prioritization, research, achievability, plans to overcome potential obstacles.
• • Setting and meeting own work priorities - taking initiative to prioritize and facilitate competing demands to achieve objectives. Use of technology. Demonstrating an appropriate work/ life balance
• • Developing and maintaining professional competence - seeking feedback, personal reflection, identifying growth opportunities, networking to achieve new industry relationships, demonstrating updated skills to achieve a competitive edge.

Other Information

Teaching schedule may vary according to students and task requirements

Information is correct at time of publishing.

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