Comm1170 Notes

[Hilma Kolin]

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Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs)

1. Identify different types of organisation resources and processes to lead organisational change. [PLO 1]

2. Examine suitability and efficacy of an organisation's approach to resource management. [PLO 1, 2]

3. Explain how technology assists in achieving organisational internal strategy. [PLO 1]

4. Explain how financial tools and techniques can be utilised to source, mobilise and manage organisational resources. [PLO 1, 2]

5. Develop novel solutions and assess their feasibility to address organisational problems. [PLO2, PLO7]

6. Reflect on organisational practices and processes to identify opportunities for leadership development. [PLO7]

Due Date Weighting Format Length/Duration Submission

Tutorial attendance and the Reflective Learning Portfolios 1 and 2

Attendance in tutorials is essential for success in COMM1170. It's strongly recommended to select

a tutorial time that fits your schedule without conflicts with other commitments like study or work.

Tutorial attendance is directly linked to the completion of major assessments in this course -

Reflective Learning Portfolios 1 and 2.

The process:

1. Attend and Participate: Attend ONLY your allocated tutorial and actively participate in the

learning activities.

2. Register Attendance: Ensure your attendance is recorded by your tutor.

3. Draft Artefacts: During the tutorial, you will have time to draft the Artefact(s) (key activities

completed under tutor supervision).

4. Submit Drafts: You will be given time to submit the draft Artefact(s) to the Turnitin Dropbox

on Moodle for your allocated tutorial.

5. Submission Requirement: You are NOT permitted to submit an Artefact unless you have

attended the corresponding tutorial.

6. IMPORTANT: Only Artefacts submitted to the Turnitin Dropbox for the tutorial you attended

can be used in your Reflective Learning Portfolios 1 and 2.

Turnitin

Turnitin is an originality checking and plagiarism prevention tool that enables checking of submitted

written work for improper citation or misappropriated content. Each Turnitin assignment is checked

against other students' work, the Internet and key resources selected by your Course Coordinator.

If you are instructed to submit your assessment via Turnitin, you will find the link to the Turnitin

submission in your Moodle course site. You can submit your assessment well before the deadline and

use the Similarity Report to improve your academic writing skills before submitting your final version.

You can find out more information in the Turnitin information site for students.

Late Submissions

The parameters for late submissions are outlined in the UNSW Assessment Implementation

Procedure. For COMM1170, if you submit your assessments after the due date, you will incur

penalties for late submission unless you have Special Consideration (see below). Late submission

is 5% per day (including weekends), calculated from the marks allocated to that assessment (not

your grade). Assessments more than 5 days late will not be accepted for marking.

Extensions

You are expected to manage your time to meet assessment due dates. If you do require an

extension to your assessment, please make a request as early as possible before the due date via

the special consideration portal on myUNSW (My Student profile > Special Consideration). You can

find more information on Special Consideration and the application process below. Lecturers and

Special Consideration

Special consideration is the process for assessing the impact of short-term events beyond your

control (exceptional circumstances), on your performance in a specific assessment task.

What are circumstances beyond my control?

These are exceptional circumstances or situations that may:

Prevent you from completing a course requirement,

Keep you from attending an assessment,

Stop you from submitting an assessment,

Significantly affect your assessment performance.

Available here is a list of circumstances that may be beyond your control. This is only a list of examples,

and your exact circumstances may not be listed.

You can find more detail and the application form on the Special Consideration site.

Please send the completed form to comm...@unsw.edu.au within 4 business days after the

assessment has been returned. Please note that in a review of results, your mark may go up, remain

the same or decrease.

Overview

Both Reflective Learning Portfolios (RLP) 1 and 2 help you reflect on and consolidate your learning

experiences throughout the course. These assessments enable you to critically analyse your

participation and engagement in tutorials and document your learning journey.

Remember: The quality of your artefacts will affect your grade for this assessment, so it is strongly

recommended that you stay up to date with the asynchronous and lecture materials to ensure your

success.

Be sure to utilize the full marking rubric at the end of this document and the supporting resources

available on Moodle to enhance your learning experience and achieve the best possible results in

your Reflective Learning Portfolio.

Submission instructions

Weekly Draft Submission: Starting in Week 1, work on the Artefacts during your tutorial

and submit the initial draft to Moodle at the end of each tutorial.

- Note: Only artefacts submitted in Week 1 to 3 tutorials with registered attendance can

be used in this Assessment.

Final Submission in Week 4: Submit RLP1, which includes your two (2) best revised,

refined, and annotated Artefacts from Weeks 1-3, along with a 500-word reflective

commentary.

One Artefact from each week. No two Artefacts can be from the same week.

Your 500-word reflective commentary should detail what you have learned, this is

specific to you, throughout the entire process of working on the Artefacts and completing

RLP 1.

It is recommended to use PowerPoint, Canva or similar presentation applications to develop

your Reflective Learning Portfolio.

Description of assessment task

You will individually record a video pitch analysing an organisational issue and proposing a

compelling solution. You will present to a managerial audience (including the CEO, CFO and CIO) of

an organisation of your choice. Your proposed solution will be based on thorough analyses using

the tools and strategies you learn throughout the term.

Week 8-10: The Lectures in these weeks will cover specific examples of organisations at every

stage of the organisational lifecycle and genuine issues faced by these organisations and how

they have tackled them. This will provide you with knowledge and insights to support you in your

own problem-solving process and in formulating recommendations for your chosen organisation.

You should use these lectures to guide you and check for ideas or methods you have not yet

considered in your own analytical and problem-solving process.

In Weeks 9-10, drop-in session times will be available with the COMM1170 teaching team to

ensure you are on track with Assessment 3 and progressing towards delivering your video in

Week 11.

A logbook is often used in disciplines based on experimental work, such as science. You note down or 'log' what you have done. A log gives you an accurate record of a process and helps you reflect on past actions and make better decisions for future actions.

An essay diary can take the form of an annotated bibliography (where you examine sources of evidence you might include in your essay) and a critique (where you reflect on your own writing and research processes).

The field notes were written by hand on lined paper. They consisted of jotted notes and mental triggers (personal notes that would remind me of specific things when it came to writing the notes up). I took some direct observational notes recording what I saw where this was relevant to the research questions and, as I was aiming to get a sense of the culture and working environment, I also made researcher inference notes [1] [2] .

[3] I found the note-taking process itself helpful, as it ensured that I listened carefully and decoded information. Not all the information I recorded was relevant but noting what I found informative contributed to my ability to form an overview on re-reading. However, the reliability of jotted notes alone can be questionable. For example, the notes were not a direct transcription of what the subjects said but consisted of pertinent or interesting information.

Rarely did I have time to transcribe a direct quotation, so relied on my own fairly rapid paraphrasing, which risks changing the meaning. Some technical information was difficult to note down accurately [3] . A tape recorder would have been a better, more accurate method. However, one student brought a tape recorder and was asked to switch it off by a participant who was uneasy about her comments being directly recorded. It seems that subjects feel differently about being recorded or photographed (as opposed to observers taking notes), so specific consent should be sought before using these technologies [4] .

Firstly, the most obvious thing that I discovered was the advantage of working as part of a group [1] . I learned that good teamwork is the key to success in design activities when time and resources are limited. As everyone had their own point of view, many different ideas could be produced, and I found the energy of group participation made me feel more energetic about contributing something [2] .

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