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MIT634602 COMMUNICATIONS
MIT634602Communications
UNIT DESCRIPTION
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Welcome to MN501 – Network
Management in OrganisationsLecturer: Barry Atkinson
Room: L806
Email: batkinson@academic.mit.edu.au
Semester: Semester 3, 2011
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Timetable
Lecture: Friday 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Room: L2.05
Tutorial: Friday 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Room: L2.05
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Unit Outline
This unit introduces:
• fundamental communication skills
• contemporary businesscommunications tasks
• analysis of the communication
process
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Major Topics
• Formal communication
• Oral presentation skills
• Critical thinking skills
• Report writing
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Unit Objectives
On successful completion of this unitstudents should:• be able to describe and recognise effective
communication strategies
• be able to apply strong research andreferencing skills within a professionalenvironment
• develop effective written and analytical skills
• develop effective oral presentation skills
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Unit program - subject to change
Week 1 Introduction to communicationsCritical Thinking
Week 2 Communication in business todayDescriptive writing & Critical Reading
Week 3 How we communicate: express, report, argue,
persuade and inform.Note Taking & Planning a Presentation
Week 4 Formal communicationBusiness Letters, Citations & References
Week 5 Research ReportsOral Presentation
Week 6 Customer relations and Public RelationsResearch Report writing
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Unit program
Christmas New Year Break week
Week 7 No MIT634602 Classes this week
Week 8 Knowledge workerseMail practice, Assignment preparation
Week 9 Conflict & Negotiation in a business context
Assignment preparation
Week 10 Interview skillsAssignment preparation
Week 11 Current Trends
Assignment preparationWeek 12 Unit review
Resumés
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Unit programIndividual
Assignment 1 Descriptive writing - due Week 5
Oral Presentations Weeks 5-7
Individual
Assignment 2Research Report – due Week 11
Practical
Exercises
Every Week (Week 1 to Week 11) –
to be completed before following week’s classes Exam Final Exam (Exam Period)
All assignments MUST be submitted at Assessment Collection
Centre on Level 7 388 Lonsdale Street Melbourne.
All weekly exercises MUST be submitted to tutor via email
before the commencement of the following weeks lecture.
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Assignment tasksAssessment 1 – Descr iptive Writing – short report
due Week 5 of the Trimester.Assessment 1 will require students to write a
description of 4 familiar objects or events.
Assessment 2 – Oral Presentation
– short report
due in class between Weeks 5 and 7 of the
Trimester.
Assessment 2 will require students to present one subject selected from their Assignment 1 report to
the class in a 5 minute presentation.
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Assignment tasksAssessment 3 – Research Report – formal business
report due Weeks 11 of the Trimester.Assessment 3 will require students to research a
contemporary problem facing business organisations,
which they must illustrate with two (2) recent case
studies. Topics will be selected in conjunction with
tutors.
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Assignment tasks
Assessment 4 –
Weekly tutor ial exercises –
shortexercises (requiring two pages of written response)
will be set in class each week.
Assessment 4 will require students to regularly
respond to topics and discussion covered in weekly
classes before the following week’s class. The best
6 pieces of work by each student will be used to
assess the assignment mark.
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General
Enrolment in the units of a course of studies and/orthe payment of unit fees to MIT allows students to
avail themselves of the opportunity to study at MIT
but does not in any way guarantee that the students
will pass the units needed to obtain the course
qualification. Passing a unit requires that enrolled
student pay their unit fees and show they are
reasonably competent in the unit material
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General
While student attendance in lectures and tutorials does notguarantee a good mark, failure to attend is usually associated
with:
Poor performance,
May influence the decision to grant or withhold specialconsideration, or
Increases the likelihood for foreign students, who are
performing poorly, that the government of Australia will
withdraw their right to study in Australia.
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General
Students who have enrolled in a unit may not be allowed towrite that unit’s final exam if they have not reasonably
prepared themselves by performing and submitting
substantially all of the unit assessment tasks during the
semester.
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Other mattersExtensions
• Not given
• Practice for the real world where tasks areexpected to be completed on time and withinbudget
• Penalties applied (10% per day-late)
Special consideration
• illness, loss, hardship, bereavement
• notify MIT officially as soon as possible
• proof if it is available
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MIT Resource DrivesI:drive• Lecture, workshop & tutorial notes
• Unit Description
• Notes and recommended readings
• Sample Exams• Assignment specifications
H:drive• Your personal space for storing files and
assignment work
MIT email/AMS• Class announcements, news
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Your Responsibilities
Students are expected to:• punctually attend all scheduled lectures andtutorials – lock out
• Return from breaks punctually – lock out
• complete all tutorial exercises and prescribedwork by the due date
• read all prescribed lecture and lab notes, textreferences and other material referred to
throughout the course
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Your Responsibilities
Students are expected to:
• complete prescribed course work• identify areas requiring clarification
• ask questions in tutorials to gain clarification
• consistently apply themselves to the course
throughout the semester.
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Attendance
• Attendance is mandatory in lecture and tutorials
• Attendance will be taken within the first 10
minutes of the scheduled class
• Attendance will be taken in the last ten minutes
of the scheduled class
• your responsibility to get to class on time
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Unable to attend• read through the seminar/workshop/lab
material
• complete any exercises set in your absence
• read any set text book/recommended reading
• Don’t expect the lecturer/tutor to go throughthe material with you privately if you don’t
bother to attend class – this appliesparticularly to tutorial work
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Local Standards• getting a job locally requires achieving the local
standard of language and expression– don’t confine yourself by constantly talking in another
language, push yourself to learn
– diction is a bigger problem than language according tomany employers, listen to how others talk
• writing skills as vital as oral skills– extend your experience and practice
– comprehension (reading good English) helps people writebetter, read a local newspaper
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Time management• forward planning
– diary, what is due and when
– see the busy time before it happens
– each task within an assignment project considered
carefully, how, where, when– sequence of tasks, what must be done first, second …
– what resources do I need to get this done, investigate,read, get information, write up
– don’t miss a class just to catch up with assessment tasks
Australian employers often see project management as acritical skill in prospective employees
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Plagiarism• What is plagiarism?
– copying from internet sources
– copying from other student’s assignments
– cut-and-paste and paraphrasing without
acknowledgement– consequences can be serious
• How to prevent plagiarism– always acknowledge sources of data and
ideas– place quotation marks around direct quotes
and use reference details
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Information resources• Textbooks, Journals and other books
– popularly used because they have tested opinions
• Wikipedia etc.– overview only
– basis for further research
– facts & opinion found here must be checked
• Google search– only as good as the choice of key words
– be specific• Translation tools
– automatic/ incomprehensible for long texts
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Study Time• Prepare for Classes
– read lecture notes/ textbooks IN ADVANCE
• Contact Hours
– lecture 2 hours + tutorial 2 hours +preparation & revision (4 hours)
• Assignment preparation– work in lab and between classes
– group meetings, rehearsal for presentation
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Assistance at MIT
• Study skills assistance: available freeof charge at MIT administration office
– language problems–writing assignments
– study skills
• Student support:–personal and life circumstances
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Readings
• Dwyer, Judith (2009). Communicationin Business: strategies and skills.Frenchs Forest, NSW: PearsonEducation Australia.
• Eunson, B. (2005). Communicating inthe 21st Century. Milton, Qld.: John
Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd
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