Deakin's Bachelor of Commerce and MBA are internationally EPAS accredited. Deakin Business School is accredited by AACSB. MWL101 Trimester 2, 2017 Assignment 1 – My Industry DUE DATE AND TIME: Week 4: Friday, 4 August, 10am AEST PERCENTAGE OF FINAL GRADE: 20% HURDLE DETAILS: No Hurdle Word Limit: 1500 – 2000 Words This is an Individual assessment. Learning Outcome Details Unit Learning Outcome (ULO) Graduate Learning Outcome (GLO) ULO 1: Develop a personal action plan with the context of 21st century career opportunities. GLO 6: Self-Management ULO 2: Communicate effectively in oral, written and visual forms for different purposes and audiences. GLO 2: Communication ULO 4: Critically review industry trends and the impact on future employment expectations. GLO 4: Critical thinking Assessment Feedback: Students who submit their work by the due date will receive their marks and feedback on CloudDeakin on 25 /8/2017, 5.00pm. Task Description: Outline a possible future career path, develop an understanding of your future industry, the likely changes and evolutions in that industry, and how you can/need to develop in order to meet the industry expectations. This assessment is designed to allow students to analyse real-world requirements of their future careers, and will provide a basis for subsequent plans on how they will be career ready. This is consistent with the Unit Learning Outcomes and Graduate Learning Outcomes.Page 2 of 6 Requirements There are a number of key sections of content that you need to address. These are outlined below. Additionally, another key criteria in this assessment is the use of appropriate business formatting and language (i.e. develop the assessment in a business report format). 1. Research and critically analyse industry trends for your selected target industry. Forecast potential changes for the next 5 years. What are the factors causing change at the moment? a) What jobs are expected to change or disappear? b) Why is this happening? c) What changes do you forecast for the next 5 years? Suitable methods for addressing this section and suggestions for suitable sources will be covered in seminars 1 and 3. You should expect that you will need a minimum of 5-6 references for this sections. Please make sure that the references are current. News articles and academic journal articles from the last 24 months are recommended. Suggested word count: 400 - 600 words 2. Research and select a job cluster. Why did you choose this job cluster? (see the readings supplied for week 1 and 2) What skills and knowledge are expected? Consider presenting this in two parts: a) Personal soft skills (e.g. teamwork, enthusiasm) b) Technical knowledge and skills (e.g. database management, customer service, bookkeeping, event management, social media campaign analysis) Suitable methods for addressing this section and suggestions for suitable sources will be covered in seminars 1-2. Suggested word count: 300-400 words 3. Review your current capabilities, discipline knowledge and areas where you are developing skills or knowledge. Complete the assessment tools in Career Guru listed below. Instructions are shown in the assignment 1 folder and your Week 2 slides. Make sure you save the PDF or take a screen shot of the results. Full copies of these will be presented in your appendices. a. Temperament b. Learning Styles c. Resilience Prepare a list or diagram showing your key findings. Discuss your findings.Page 3 of 6 a) Review your experiences and identify relevant experiences and results that showcase your abilities. Use the SHAPES tool to analyse your habits and abilities. Note that you will have the opportunity in seminars to discuss these, but suggestions may include community or volunteer activities, school leadership roles, sporting activities or casual work. b) Review your academic performance to date. Are there any units where you have done well, shown specific abilities, or particularly enjoyed? c) Discuss your key findings clearly demonstrating your strengths and areas for improvement. In seminars 1-3 you will be introduced to a number of self-assessment tools and activities. Suggested word count: 600 – 700 words 4. Prepare a GAP analysis and SWOT. a. Describe the skills and knowledge that you need to develop to meet industry standards. b. Prepare a SWOT showing your strengths and weaknesses (from section 3) and opportunities and threats from section 1 and 2. Examples and suggestions will be covered in seminars 2-3. Suggested word count: 200-300 words 5. Presentation and formatting The assessment must be presented in a Business report format. Tips on how to structure a business report can be found here: http://www.deakin.edu.au/students/studying/study-support/academicskills/report-writing. As a business report, it is expected that your work will be free from errors (spelling and grammatical). It is strongly recommended that you proof read your work and use a grammar and spell check application prior to submission. The Word limit is 1500 -2000 words. This does not include Cover Page, Executive Summary, Table of Contents and Reference List. Use clear, precise language for all sections. Business writing requires the author to write for a business audience. Business audiences expect that you will introduce the topic, present all the key findings or information and then provide a clear result. The result may be a summary of your findings or conclusion at the end of this assignment. Students must correctly use the Harvard style of referencing and report format. Use a clear font such as Times New Roman, Ariel, Calibri or Tahoma. Text font size should be 12 pt. Any tables or diagrams should be 10 pt.Page 4 of 6 Headings must be bold. Use headings effectively to show the reader how you have structured your work. It is useful to number your headings; effective number can help the reader/marker identify content relating to the three areas outlined above. Submission Instructions Your work must be submitted as a word document or PDF. You must keep a backup copy of every assignment you submit, until the marked assignment has been returned to you. In the unlikely event that one of your assignments is misplaced or corrupted, you will need to submit your backup copy. Any work you submit may be checked by electronic or other means for the purposes of detecting collusion and/or plagiarism. When you are required to submit an assignment through your CloudDeakin unit site, you will receive an email to your Deakin email address confirming that it has been submitted. You should check that you can see your assignment in the Submissions view of the Assignment dropbox folder after upload, and check for, and keep, the email receipt for the submission. Please note: when your submission is being marked, the assignment drop box will be hidden. You will not be able to view your submission during this time. Late submission Extensions can only be approved by the Unit Chair (Dr Marion Steel). Extensions can be granted for documented serious illness (not just on the day the assignment is due!) or for compassionate reasons under special circumstances. The Unit Chair can ask to see how much work has been completed before granting an extension. You will be asked to provide evidence to support your request. Work or holiday reasons or other assignments are NOT grounds for an extension – you are expected to manage these issues as part of your studies. You are strongly encouraged to start early and to continually backup your assignment as you progress. Computer crashes or corrupted files will NOT be accepted as valid reasons for an extension of any length. You may find further information about this at the Special Consideration webpage Penalties for late submission The following marking penalties will apply if you submit an assessment task after the due date without an approved extension: 5% will be deducted from available marks for each day up to fivePage 5 of 6 days, and work that is submitted more than five days after the due date will not be marked. You will receive 0% for the task. 'Day' means working day for paper submissions and calendar day for electronic submissions. The Unit Chair may refuse to accept a late submission where it is unreasonable or impracticable to assess the task after the due date. Turnitin Students are strongly recommended to check originality through Turnitin, prior to submittingthe final assessment. The core report must be your own work. Your appendices may show a similarity level of more than20% due to the similarity of headings and explanations. Referencing You must correctly use the Harvard style of referencing Academic Integrity, Plagiarism and Collusion Plagiarism and collusion constitute extremely serious breaches of academic integrity. They are forms of cheating, and severe penalties are associated with them, including cancellation of marks fora specific assignment, for a specific unit or even exclusion from the course. If you are ever in doubt about how to properly use and cite a source of information, consult your lecturer or Study Support • Plagiarism occurs when a student passes off as the student’s own work, or copies without acknowledgement as to its authorship, the work of any other person or resubmits their own work from a previous assessment task. • Collusion occurs when a student obtains the agreement of another person for a fraudulent purpose, with the intent of obtaining an advantage in submitting an assignment or other work. Work submitted may be reproduced and/or communicated by the university for the purpose of assuring academic integrity of submissions. Can I recycle my own work? Deakin students are not permitted to recycle their assessment work, or parts of assessment work, without the approval of the unit chair of their current unit. This includes work submitted for assessment at another academic institution. If students wish to reuse or extend parts of previously submitted work, then they should discuss this with the unit chair prior to the submission date. Note that for Assignment 2, you will rely on information you developed for Assignment 1.Page 6 of 6 Depending on the nature of the task, the unit chair may permit or decline the request. Notes • For more information about academic misconduct, special consideration, extensions, and assessment feedback, please refer to the document Your rights and responsibilities as a student in this Unit in the first folder next to the Unit Guide of the Resources area in the CloudDeakin unit site. • Building evidence of your experiences, skills and knowledge (Portfolio) - Building a portfolio that evidences your skills, knowledge and experience will provide you with a valuable tool to help you prepare for interviews and to showcase to potential employers. There are a number of tools that you can use to build a portfolio. You are provided with cloud space through OneDrive, or through the Portfolio tool in the Cloud Unit Site, but you can use any storage repository system that you like. Remember that a Portfolio is YOUR tool. You should be able to store your assessment work, reflections, achievements and artefacts in YOUR Portfolio. Once you have completed this assessment piece, add it to your personal Portfolio to use and showcase your learning later, when applying for jobs, or further studies. Curate your work by adding meaningful tags to your artefacts that describe what the artefact represents. Additional Material There are a range of additional personality tests that might be fun or useful to explore. http://this.deakin.edu.au/careers/whats-your-professional-personality-the-careers-quiz https://www.16personalities.com/ When taking a test for an assessment you should never have to pay. Please be mindful of the tests you complete online. Deakin does not control or monitor material outside of Deakin. How do I create a Table of Contents? MS WORD can help you set up a table of contents. To do this, go to REFERENCES in the top MS WORD ribbon (alongside HOME, INSERT, and DESIGN). Then click on the Table of Contents icon. When you need to update your Table of Contents, simply right click on the table and select update entire table. The MS WORD table of contents creator requires that you make use of the Style ribbon and the Heading outlined within.