Organisational Dialogue: Theory & Practice AUT Briefing sheet Semester 2017 Assignment 1 – Learning log Weighting: This learning log is worth 50% of your final mark. Due date: 18 April 2017 (Week 6) Submission: Via Turnitin. In your submission, include cover sheet available via UTS online/subject documents/assignment information), including your name, student ID and Tutor name. Please note: A penalty of 5% will apply to submissions without a cover sheet. A penalty of 10% per day will apply to late submissions. Length: 1,300 words max. This does not include your reference list. Purpose The purpose of the task is to demonstrate your understanding of what you have learned about business communication (SLO 1) and to communicate this in writing clearly and fluently (PLO 3.1). Task: In weeks 2, 3 and 5 you are required to write 200-300 words critically reflecting on what you have learned from the subject materials for each of these weeks, and how this relates to professional practice. Your learning log must respond to the following questions: Week 2 The critical incident Ø Describe an experience or ‘critical incident’ you have experienced or witnessed in a work- based setting, involving an aspect of poor communication. You may draw on experiences you have had as an employee, as a customer or simply as an observer of organisational life. How did you feel about the incident? Given your insights from the subject’s learning materials – why was the communication so poor and how could it have been improved? Week 3 Relevance to business Ø How does dialogic communication differ from what you have experienced in the past, for example in previous or current workplaces, university, social life, your home country, etc.? Drawing from the subject’s learning materials, reflect on why it may be important to promote dialogue in an organisational context from a business perspective. Week 5 Your business communication s******s Ø In engaging with the subject’s learning materials, what insights did you gain for the development of your own intercultural communication s******s in work-based settings? How can these insights inform the way you communicate with people from different cultures in the future? 1 Organisational Dialogue: Theory & Practice AUT Briefing sheet Semester 2017 Assignment 1 – Learning log Prior to your final submission in week 6, you are required to collate the 3 weekly responses into one document and add an introductory paragraph (introduction) and a concluding paragraph (conclusion) explaining how your thinking about business communication has evolved overall and how this will inform your future professional practice. Assessment Criteria: Your collated learning log will be assessed on 1. Clear purpose and introduction (5%) 2. Language appropriate to purpose and ******ience (20%) 3. Structure appropriate to purpose and ******ience (10%) 4. Referencing (5%) 5. Reflexivity – ability to draw out significant learning experiences including evidence of insights/learning outcomes (40%) 6. Critical thinking – including ability to analyse how learning applies to professional practice (20%) Format requirements: • 12 pt font • 1.5 line spacing • 2.5 cm margins • UTS Harvard referencing Further information: The requirements of this reflective writing task have implications for the writing style and structure of your learning logs. Writing style The reflective writing this task requires is less formal than the writing in other tasks you may encounter at university such as essays and reports. Importantly, you are allowed and encouraged to use personal pronouns (I, me) and possessives (my) to express your thoughts, reactions, interpretations and ideas. However, at the same time, you are still required to adhere to the usual academic conventions. This means: • Use full grammatically correct sentences. • Refrain from using colloquialisms and vague expressions • Edit your work carefully to ensure clarity of writing • Reference your sources properly in-text and in your reference list (UTS Harvard style) • Proof-read your final work for grammar issues, typos and spelling mistakes 2 Organisational Dialogue: Theory & Practice AUT Briefing sheet Semester 2017 Assignment 1 – Learning log Structure Introduction Orientation (purpose of the paper), overall argument (how has your thinking about business communication evolved?), preview Week 2 learning log Looking back – what have Making sense/explaining you learned? – how is what you have learned evident in the pre-learning materials (integration of theory) Looking outward – how does this relate to professional practice? Week 3 learning log Looking back Making sense/explaining Looking outward Week 5 learning log Looking back Making sense/explaining Looking outward Conclusion Summary & synthesis of overall argument, implications/significance for your future professional practice Reference list – UTS Harvard style More help: Additional resources on reflective writing including examples are available in UTSOnline. A workshop on reflective writing and this task will be held in week 4. At this workshop you will be able to reflect on your week 2 and 3 learning log responses to inform how you complete the rest of the task. See UTS:HELPs for online resources on reflective writing and other aspects of writing, as well as workshops and group/individual support.