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MIT634602 COMMUNICATIONS

MIT634602Communications

UNIT DESCRIPTION




Welcome to MN501 – Network

Management in OrganisationsLecturer: Barry Atkinson

Room: L806

Email: [email protected]

Semester: Semester 3, 2011




Timetable

Lecture: Friday 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Room: L2.05

Tutorial: Friday 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM

Room: L2.05




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Unit Outline

This unit introduces:

• fundamental communication skills

• contemporary businesscommunications tasks

• analysis of the communication

process




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Major Topics

• Formal communication

• Oral presentation skills

• Critical thinking skills

• Report writing




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Unit Objectives

On successful completion of this unitstudents should:• be able to describe and recognise effective

communication strategies

• be able to apply strong research andreferencing skills within a professionalenvironment

• develop effective written and analytical skills

• develop effective oral presentation skills




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Unit program - subject to change

Week 1 Introduction to communicationsCritical Thinking

Week 2 Communication in business todayDescriptive writing & Critical Reading

Week 3 How we communicate: express, report, argue,

persuade and inform.Note Taking & Planning a Presentation

Week 4 Formal communicationBusiness Letters, Citations & References

Week 5 Research ReportsOral Presentation

Week 6 Customer relations and Public RelationsResearch Report writing




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Unit program

Christmas New Year Break week

Week 7 No MIT634602 Classes this week

Week 8 Knowledge workerseMail practice, Assignment preparation

Week 9 Conflict & Negotiation in a business context

Assignment preparation

Week 10 Interview skillsAssignment preparation

Week 11 Current Trends

Assignment preparationWeek 12 Unit review

Resumés




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Unit programIndividual

Assignment 1 Descriptive writing - due Week 5

Oral Presentations Weeks 5-7

Individual

Assignment 2Research Report – due Week 11

Practical

Exercises

Every Week (Week 1 to Week 11) –

to be completed before following week’s classes Exam Final Exam (Exam Period)

All assignments MUST be submitted at Assessment Collection

Centre on Level 7 388 Lonsdale Street Melbourne.

All weekly exercises MUST be submitted to tutor via email

before the commencement of the following weeks lecture.




Assignment tasksAssessment 1 – Descr iptive Writing – short report

due Week 5 of the Trimester.Assessment 1 will require students to write a

description of 4 familiar objects or events.

Assessment 2 – Oral Presentation

– short report

due in class between Weeks 5 and 7 of the

Trimester.

Assessment 2 will require students to present one subject selected from their Assignment 1 report to

the class in a 5 minute presentation.




Assignment tasksAssessment 3 – Research Report – formal business

report due Weeks 11 of the Trimester.Assessment 3 will require students to research a

contemporary problem facing business organisations,

which they must illustrate with two (2) recent case

studies. Topics will be selected in conjunction with

tutors.




Assignment tasks

Assessment 4 –

Weekly tutor ial exercises –

shortexercises (requiring two pages of written response)

will be set in class each week.

Assessment 4 will require students to regularly

respond to topics and discussion covered in weekly

classes before the following week’s class. The best

6 pieces of work by each student will be used to

assess the assignment mark.




General

Enrolment in the units of a course of studies and/orthe payment of unit fees to MIT allows students to

avail themselves of the opportunity to study at MIT

but does not in any way guarantee that the students

will pass the units needed to obtain the course

qualification. Passing a unit requires that enrolled

student pay their unit fees and show they are

reasonably competent in the unit material




General

While student attendance in lectures and tutorials does notguarantee a good mark, failure to attend is usually associated

with:

Poor performance,

May influence the decision to grant or withhold specialconsideration, or

Increases the likelihood for foreign students, who are

performing poorly, that the government of Australia will

withdraw their right to study in Australia.




General

Students who have enrolled in a unit may not be allowed towrite that unit’s final exam if they have not reasonably

prepared themselves by performing and submitting

substantially all of the unit assessment tasks during the

semester.




Other mattersExtensions

• Not given

• Practice for the real world where tasks areexpected to be completed on time and withinbudget

• Penalties applied (10% per day-late)

Special consideration

• illness, loss, hardship, bereavement

• notify MIT officially as soon as possible

• proof if it is available




MIT Resource DrivesI:drive• Lecture, workshop & tutorial notes

• Unit Description

• Notes and recommended readings

• Sample Exams• Assignment specifications

H:drive• Your personal space for storing files and

assignment work

MIT email/AMS• Class announcements, news




Your Responsibilities

Students are expected to:• punctually attend all scheduled lectures andtutorials – lock out

• Return from breaks punctually – lock out

• complete all tutorial exercises and prescribedwork by the due date

• read all prescribed lecture and lab notes, textreferences and other material referred to

throughout the course




Your Responsibilities

Students are expected to:

• complete prescribed course work• identify areas requiring clarification

• ask questions in tutorials to gain clarification

• consistently apply themselves to the course

throughout the semester.




Attendance

• Attendance is mandatory in lecture and tutorials

• Attendance will be taken within the first 10

minutes of the scheduled class

• Attendance will be taken in the last ten minutes

of the scheduled class

• your responsibility to get to class on time




Unable to attend• read through the seminar/workshop/lab

material

• complete any exercises set in your absence

• read any set text book/recommended reading

• Don’t expect the lecturer/tutor to go throughthe material with you privately if you don’t

bother to attend class – this appliesparticularly to tutorial work




Local Standards• getting a job locally requires achieving the local

standard of language and expression– don’t confine yourself by constantly talking in another

language, push yourself to learn

– diction is a bigger problem than language according tomany employers, listen to how others talk

• writing skills as vital as oral skills– extend your experience and practice

– comprehension (reading good English) helps people writebetter, read a local newspaper




Time management• forward planning

– diary, what is due and when

– see the busy time before it happens

– each task within an assignment project considered

carefully, how, where, when– sequence of tasks, what must be done first, second …

– what resources do I need to get this done, investigate,read, get information, write up

– don’t miss a class just to catch up with assessment tasks

Australian employers often see project management as acritical skill in prospective employees




Plagiarism• What is plagiarism?

– copying from internet sources

– copying from other student’s assignments

– cut-and-paste and paraphrasing without

acknowledgement– consequences can be serious

• How to prevent plagiarism– always acknowledge sources of data and

ideas– place quotation marks around direct quotes

and use reference details




Information resources• Textbooks, Journals and other books

– popularly used because they have tested opinions

• Wikipedia etc.– overview only

– basis for further research

– facts & opinion found here must be checked

• Google search– only as good as the choice of key words

– be specific• Translation tools

– automatic/ incomprehensible for long texts




Study Time• Prepare for Classes

– read lecture notes/ textbooks IN ADVANCE

• Contact Hours

– lecture 2 hours + tutorial 2 hours +preparation & revision (4 hours)

• Assignment preparation– work in lab and between classes

– group meetings, rehearsal for presentation




Assistance at MIT

• Study skills assistance: available freeof charge at MIT administration office

– language problems–writing assignments

– study skills

• Student support:–personal and life circumstances



Readings

• Dwyer, Judith (2009). Communicationin Business: strategies and skills.Frenchs Forest, NSW: PearsonEducation Australia.

• Eunson, B. (2005). Communicating inthe 21st Century. Milton, Qld.: John

Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd

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