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MGMT20147 - Professional Practice and Career Development

General Information

Unit Synopsis

Research undertaken by Richard Boyatzis and Daniel Goleman of the Emotional Intelligence Consortium has clearly identified that superior performing managers and leaders use a variety of leadership and managerial competencies and engage in reflective practice to identify developmental needs. In this unit you will examine the range of competencies required of managers and leaders and how these may change based on different positions, roles and organisational context. You will establish your own level of competence and personal development needs though increased self awareness based on reflective practice and diagnostic instruments. You will explore the specific aspects of professional practice as they relate to leading people, teams and organisations and how this impacts on your career choices.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 8
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Students must be enrolled in CL15 Graduate Certificate in Authentic Leadership

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).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 3 - 2018

Term 1 - 2019 Profile
Online
Term 1 - 2020 Profile
Online
Term 2 - 2021 Profile
Brisbane
Melbourne
Online
Sydney
Term 1 - 2022 Profile
Brisbane
Melbourne
Online
Sydney
Term 2 - 2022 Profile
Brisbane
Melbourne
Online
Sydney

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).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Postgraduate 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.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Reflective Practice Assignment 60%
2. Presentation 20%
3. Report 20%

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

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2022 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 83.33% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 37.50% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: Informal conversations with students; self-reflection
Feedback
Guest speakers were positively received by the cohort.
Recommendation
Continue to use the CQUni Careers Team and the School of Graduate Research as guest speakers, and seek to include further career-relevant guest speakers in future offerings.
Action Taken
The Careers team and SGR continued to be involved and will also be involved in future offerings.
Source: Self-reflection and teaching team feedback.
Feedback
Involvement of industry speakers and employers.
Recommendation
This unit could provide an excellent platform to include more industry guest speakers and employer perspectives to provide insights from practice that supports international students prepare for career entry, and domestic students for career transitions.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Use your advanced understanding and application of the input competency approaches to identify the critical competencies required for your management and leadership development
  2. Reflect on and assess your own level of competence through greater self awareness and reflective practice
  3. Evaluate and implement specific strategies to acquire new competencies identified through self-awareness and reflective practice, as your leadership role and position changes
  4. Understand the concept of career, assess future career options and the competencies required to achieve your career objectives.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4
1 - Reflective Practice Assignment
2 - Presentation
3 - Report
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
Advanced Level
Professional Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4
1 - Knowledge
2 - Communication
3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills
4 - Research
5 - Self-management
6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility
7 - Leadership
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
Advanced Level
Professional Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 - Reflective Practice Assignment
2 - Presentation
3 - Report