| Effective Term: | 2025/14 |
| Institute / School : | Institute of Innovation, Science & Sustainability |
| Unit Title: | Work Futures |
| Unit ID: | BUMGT2622 |
| Credit Points: | 15.00 |
| Prerequisite(s): | Nil |
| Co-requisite(s): | Nil |
| Exclusion(s): | Nil |
| ASCED: | 080301 |
| Other Change: | |
| Brief description of the Unit |
This course introduces students to the concept of work and how this is changing in the modern economy. The course will equip students to understand the labour market and how to function within it both as a manager and in terms of planning their own career. Using a blend of text, audio, video and interactive online activities, you will develop vital skills for study and for work in a range of settings. |
| 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. | Demonstrate an understanding of the forces that shape the business and economic structure in contemporary society. |
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| K2. | Synthesise knowledge from alternative perspectives and generate critical thinking and problem-solving solutions. |
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| K3. | Acquire knowledge and understanding of an emerging/contemporary business issue through examination of theory and practice. |
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| Skills: |
| S1. | Develop argumentation skills within current debates in contemporary society, such as quality work. |
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| S2. | Integrate discipline-specific knowledge and skills and apply subject knowledge critically, analytically and creatively to different bodies of knowledge or practice. |
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| S3. | Cultivate professional written and interpersonal competencies, including critical reflection on personal, social and practical issues in a team environment. |
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| Application of knowledge and skills: |
| A1. | Identify and evaluate the applicability of an emerging/contemporary business issue to a variety of contemporary business contexts. |
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| A2. | Apply problem-solving skills by addressing relevant managerial problems. |
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| Unit Content: |
•What work is and why do we do it?
•Who works and how do they do it?
•How work is changing.
•Working in the digital economy.
•Skills requirements in the future economy.
•The employee lifecycle.
•Quality work.
•The diverse workforce.
•The institutions of work.
•The practice of human resource management in the new economy.
•What the new world of work will mean for managers – the future of human resource management.
•Navigating the new world of work – designing your career. |
| Graduate Attributes: |
| Federation University recognises that students require key transferable employability skills to prepare them for their future workplace and society. FEDTASKS (Transferable Attributes Skills and Knowledge) provide a targeted focus on five key transferable Attributes, Skills, and Knowledge that are be embedded within curriculum, developed gradually towards successful measures and interlinked with cross-discipline and Co-operative Learning opportunities. One or more FEDTASK, transferable Attributes, Skills or Knowledge must be evident in the specified learning outcomes and assessment for each FedUni Unit, and all must be directly assessed in each Course.
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| FED TASK and descriptor | Development and acquisition of FEDTASKS in the Unit | | Level | FEDTASK 1
Interpersonal | Students will demonstrate the ability to effectively communicate, inter-act and work with others both individually and in groups. Students will be required to display skills in-person and/or online in: • Using effective verbal and non-verbal communication • Listening for meaning and influencing via active listening • Showing empathy for others • Negotiating and demonstrating conflict resolution skills • Working respectfully in cross-cultural and diverse teams. | Level 2 - Student demonstrates some independence within provided guidelines | FEDTASK 2
Leadership | Students will demonstrate the ability to apply professional skills and behaviours in leading others. Students will be required to display skills in: • Creating a collegial environment • Showing self -awareness and the ability to self-reflect • Inspiring and convincing others • Making informed decisions • Displaying initiative | N/A - Not Applicable | FEDTASK 3
Critical Thinking and Creativity | Students will demonstrate an ability to work in complexity and ambiguity using the imagination to create new ideas. Students will be required to display skills in: • Reflecting critically • Evaluating ideas, concepts and information • Considering alternative perspectives to refine ideas • Challenging conventional thinking to clarify concepts • Forming creative solutions in problem solving. | N/A - Not Applicable | FEDTASK 4
Digital Literacy | Students will demonstrate the ability to work fluently across a range of tools, platforms and applications to achieve a range of tasks. Students will be required to display skills in: • Finding, evaluating, managing, curating, organising and sharing digital information • Collating, managing, accessing and using digital data securely • Receiving and responding to messages in a range of digital media • Contributing actively to digital teams and working groups • Participating in and benefiting from digital learning opportunities. | Level 2 - Student demonstrates some independence within provided guidelines | FEDTASK 5
Sustainable and Ethical Mindset | Students will demonstrate the ability to consider and assess the consequences and impact of ideas and actions in enacting ethical and sustainable decisions. Students will be required to display skills in: • Making informed judgments that consider the impact of devising solutions in global economic environmental and societal contexts • Committing to social responsibility as a professional and a citizen • Evaluating ethical, socially responsible and/or sustainable challenges and generating and articulating responses • Embracing lifelong, life-wide and life-deep learning to be open to diverse others • Implementing required actions to foster sustainability in their professional and personal life. | N/A - Not Applicable |
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| | Learning Outcomes Assessed | Assessment Tasks | Assessment Type | Weighting | | 1. | K1, K2, K3, S2, S3, A1 | Folio | Folio task | 20%-30% | | 2. | K2, K3, S1, S2, S3, A1, A2 | Research task on contemporary labour market issues | Report | 30%-40% | | 3. | K1, K2, K3, S1, S2, S3, A1 | Presentation on research task | Presentation | 30%-40% |
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