Overview
This unit prepares you for an industry placement in an Agricultural Service Industry (for example rural finance consultancy). You will build on your existing theoretical knowledge from units already completed in the Bachelor of Agriculture course to conduct a business strategy assessment relevant to your host enterprise.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Corequisite AGRI12011 Developing Emerging Business Opportunities Prerequisite AGRI11005 Agricultural Business Planning
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 1 - 2020
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback – Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
- Communicate appropriately within the agricultural service industry.
- Analyse workforce planning and performance in an agricultural service industry.
- Prepare a workforce management plan.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Practical Assessment - 10% | |||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 30% | |||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 60% | |||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Communication | |||
| 2 - Problem Solving | |||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | |||
| 4 - Information Literacy | |||
| 5 - Team Work | |||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | |||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | |||
| 8 - Ethical practice | |||
| 9 - Social Innovation | |||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Practical Assessment - 10% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Written Assessment - 60% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
t.trotter@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Introduction to the unit
Chapter
Readings will be provided on the Moodle site throughout term.
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Communications
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Stakeholder engagement
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Job role profile and the interview process
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Ethics and workplace professionalism
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Workforce planning and analysis
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Managing workforce performance
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Human resources plan
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Financial plan
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Legal obligations and risk management
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Workforce management plan implementation strategies
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Exit interview
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1 Practical Assessment
This assessment is an interview of a person working in an agricultural service industry (e.g. a consultant, agronomist, livestock officer, agribusiness analyst).
You will conduct an interview with a person working in an agricultural service industry. The interview needs to be recorded as a video or audio file. Your interview will be between 3 and 5 minutes in length. Your interview should focus on the following:
- The type of business and the service it provides to the primary producers
- The goals for the business (e.g. increase sales, build client base)
- The workforce requirements for this business (e.g. what sort of workforce does this service need and what is the strategy for hiring new employees)
Week 5 Friday (10 Apr 2020) 5:00 pm AEST
The 3-5 minute video or audio recording should be uploaded to the Moodle site.
Week 6 Friday (24 Apr 2020)
You will be assessed on:
- The detail of the information gathered
- Length of the interview (3-5 minutes)
- Presentation
Additional assessment criteria information will be provided on Moodle.
- Communicate appropriately within the agricultural service industry.
- Communication
- Critical Thinking
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
2 Written Assessment
In this assessment you will analyse and evaluate workforce planning and performance in an agricultural service industry. You will be provided with a case study of an agricultural service industry, from which you will be required to prepare a report including the following information:
- Data analysis and statistics (e.g. charts, histograms, average, range)
- Critical interpretation of the statistics
- Identification of strengths, weaknesses, threats and opportunities
- Recommendations
The structure of your report should be as follows:
- Title page
- Executive summary
- Introduction
- Body of the report
- Recommendations
- References
- Appendices (if necessary)
This report should be 1500 words in length, excluding tables, figures, references and appendices.
Week 8 Friday (8 May 2020) 5:00 pm AEST
The 1500 word report should be uploaded to the Moodle site.
Week 10 Friday (22 May 2020)
You will be assessed on:
- Content
- Structure
- Clarity
- Appropriateness of recommendations
- Grammar/spelling and presentation
- Referencing
Additional assessment criteria information will be provided on Moodle.
- Analyse workforce planning and performance in an agricultural service industry.
- Communication
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
3 Written Assessment
You are to provide a workforce management plan based on the information and data provided in the case study, including the following information:
- Aims or objectives of the plan (e.g. new roles, succession plan)
- Expected outcomes of the plan
- Implementation plan (e.g. start and finish dates, time frames of milestones)
- Specific outputs (e.g. what will be the main output or objective of the plan)
- Scope (e.g. is this targeting the whole company, a branch or a team in the business)
- Summary
The structure of your report should be as follows:
- Title page
- Executive summary
- Table of contents
- Introduction
- Body of the report
- Conclusions/Recommendations
- References
- Appendices (if necessary)
This report should be 2500 words in length, excluding tables, figures, references and appendices.
Week 12 Friday (5 June 2020) 5:00 pm AEST
The 2500 word report should be uploaded to the Moodle site.
Exam Week Friday (19 June 2020)
You will be assessed on:
- Content
- Structure
- Clarity
- Grammar/spelling and presentation
- Referencing
Additional assessment criteria information will be provided on Moodle.
- Prepare a workforce management plan.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.
What can you do to act with integrity?
