| Effective Term: | 2024/05 |
| Institute / School : | Institute of Innovation, Science & Sustainability |
| Unit Title: | Principles of Performance and Professional Development |
| Unit ID: | BSMAN2004 |
| Credit Points: | 15.00 |
| Prerequisite(s): | Nil |
| Co-requisite(s): | Nil |
| Exclusion(s): | Nil |
| ASCED: | 080305 |
| Other Change: | |
| Brief description of the Unit |
This course is designed to introduce students to the principles of personal performance and professional development. It will examine setting and meeting priorities; analysing information; utilising a range of strategies to develop further professional competence; measuring performance in an organisational context. Students will examine their personal career development requirements and the professional performance requirements of organisations. They will identify their own personal learning style, behavioural traits, and awareness of self through referencing emotional quotient skills and well known personality type profiling tools. Students will evaluate development opportunities available in the workplace and develop personal skills for participation in mentoring and coaching opportunities. Students will construct personal development plans with performance indicators to support personal and professional goals. |
| Grade Scheme: | Graded (HD, D, C, P, MF, F, XF) |
| Work Experience Indicator: |
| No work experience |
| Placement Component: No |
| Supplementary Assessment:Yes |
| Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment |
| Course Level: |
| Level of Unit in Course | AQF Level(s) of Course | | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | | Introductory | | | | | | | | Intermediate | | |  | | | | | Advanced | | | | | | |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
| Knowledge: |
| K1. | Recognise the responsibilities, accountabilities and expectations of workplace performance |
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| K2. | Relate the concept of professional competence with its impact on workplace performance |
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| K3. | Interpret the impact of different learning styles and personality traits on workplace performance |
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| K4. | Identify the strengths and weaknesses of a range of professional development opportunities |
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| Skills: |
| S1. | Create a definition of responsibilities, accountabilities and expectations of performance, in the workplace |
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| S2. | Develop a performance and professional development plan. |
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| S3. | Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of a range of professional development opportunities. |
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| Application of knowledge and skills: |
| A1. | Apply initiative and judgement in the analysis of personal style, traits, learning style, and skills. |
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| A2. | Plan and develop a personal and professional development plan in collaboration with others. |
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| A3. | Implement and evaluate professional performance measures, using initiative and judgement in planning, problem solving and decision making in professional practice. |
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| Unit Content: |
This course is designed to introduce students to the principles of personal performance and professional development. It will examine setting and meeting priorities; analysing information; utilising a range of strategies to develop further professional competence; measuring performance in an organisational context. Students will examine their personal career development requirements and the professional performance requirements of organisations. They will identify their own personal learning style, behavioural traits, and awareness of self through referencing emotional quotient skills. Students will evaluate development opportunities available in the workplace and develop personal skills for participation in mentoring and coaching opportunities. Students will construct personal development plans with performance indicators to support personal and professional goals. |
| Graduate Attributes: |
| | Learning Outcomes Assessed | Assessment Tasks | Assessment Type | Weighting | | 1. | K1, K4, S1, S2, S3, A1, A2 | Research and develop a personal performance and professional development plan. | Assignment / Report / Portfolio | 10-30% | | 2. | K1, K2, K4, S1, S2, A3 | Research and critically analyse the strengths and weaknesses of a range of professional development activities, with consideration to individual learning styles. | Essay / Report / Presentation | 30-50% | | 3. | K1, K2, K3, K4, S3, A3 | Demonstrate an applied understanding of the fundamentals and theories of individual performance and professional development knowledge learnt through workshops, online discussions, readings and assessments. | Case Study / Presentation/ Examination | 40-60% |
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