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University of Sunderland
Professionalism and Personal Skills Unit 1
Professionalism and Professionalism and Personal Skills Personal Skills
Lecture 1:
Introduction to The Module
University of Sunderland
Professionalism and Personal Skills Unit 1
Professionalism and Professionalism and Personal Skills Personal Skills
"A study of how people interact
with computers and how computers have changed the workplace, home etc.
Legislation governing IT and the
ethics/professional responsibilities of an IT Professional"
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Professionalism and Personal Skills Unit 1
Professionalism and Professionalism and Personal Skills Personal Skills
Objectives• By the end of this lecture the student should
– Understand the module content and requirements– Understand what constitutes New Technology– Appreciate the need for competing views– Appreciate the need for presentations and research– Appreciate the need for effective report writing– Appreciate the importance of effective problem
solving techniques– Appreciate the importance of effective project
management
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Essential Module Information• Discuss issues of IT; for example those
affecting –– Home– Employment– Education
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Essential Module Information• Assessment• The need for Team work• Practical Sessions• Ethics and responsibilities of an I.T.
Professional• Laws
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Essential Module Information
• Skills to be learnt• Research Techniques• Report Writing• Preparing and delivering effective presentations• Problem Solving• Project management• Perspectives
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Practicals, Research etc.• The University has moved away from ‘passive’ learning
(lectures) to ‘active’ learning• Contributions to this will be monitored• Assessments will be made of work undertaken• Will need this work to get a good pass in the exam• Tutorials are the practical elements
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Practicals, Research etc.• Definition of ‘Active Learning’
“An approach which allows the student to take charge and responsibility of their learning process”
THE AMOUNT YOU GET FROM ACTIVE LEARNING IS DIRECTLY PROPORTIONAL TO WHAT YOU
PUT INTO IT
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Week Date Lecture Tutorial
1 2 Feb 09 Introduction to the module. Group formationProblem Solving Exercises, Research
Topic
2 9 Feb 09 Research Techniques Present Research topic, Problem SolvingExercises, Evaluation of sources
3 16 Feb 09 Perspectives Present evaluation, Presentation skillsdiscussion, Prepare mini presentation
4 23 Feb 09 Data collection techniques Deliver mini presentationPresentation skills discussion
5 2 Mar 09 New Technology and Employment Project managementEvaluation of paper, Assignment out
6 9 Mar 09 Report Writing, Diagramming Techniques Present Evaluation of paper
7 16 Mar 09 Computer Crime Manage Project
8 23 Mar 09 Professionalism and Ethics Ergonomics, Health and Safety
9 30 Mar 09 Data protection Act Manage Project
6 Apr 09 Easter Vacation
10 27 Apr 09 Project Presentations Project Presentations, Assignment hand in
11 4 May 09 Revision Revision
12 11 May 09 TCT TCT
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Assessments• Assignment
– Group based project– Involves completion of a professional report and presentation
• Time Constrained Test– 1.5 hour
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• What are effective presentations?– Using OHP slides
– Using Powerpoint
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Problem Solving• Thinking
• Defining Problems
• Learning
• Blocks to Problem Definition
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• The Brain• Brainstorming• Mind Maps• Analogies• Probability• Decision Trees• Weighted Matrices• SWOT Analysis• Fishbone Diagrams
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Report Writing• Introduction
• Body/Findings
• Conclusions
• Recommendations
• Summary
• References and Bibliography
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Teamwork and Project Management• Introduction to Teamwork and Project
Management
• Examine teamwork
• Understand Task Identification
• Understand Task allocation
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New Technology• What is new technology?
– It is not just I.T.– Newspaper– Typewriter– Radio– Cinema– Television
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Some Competing Views of I.T.• IT extends high level work, brings new employment
opportunities, and will save our economy
OR• IT throws huge numbers out of work and downgrades
those that remain• IT will increase malevolent control by the state and big
corporations
OR• IT will bring new opportunities for democratic
participation and a better way of life for all
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Some Competing Views of I.T. (cont)• IT is inevitably revolutionising all our lives, whether we
like it or not
OR• IT’s development depends on human choices; including
political and legal decisions • Go ahead managers will be equipping offices with the
best and most recent technology
OR• Good managers think first about people and problems;
only secondly about technology
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• IT can be either DOOM or UTOPIA• There are two main perspectives
– Technological Determinist
– Social Context
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Recommended Reading• Major
– People and Chips: The human implications of Information Technology (3rd edition) Christopher Rowe and Jane Thompson, Blackwell Scientific Publications ISBN 0-07-709345-3
– Adair J, Decision Making and Problem Solving, Institute of Personnel Development (London), 1997.
– Whetten D, Cameron K, and Woods M Effective Problem Solving, Harper Collins, 1996.
• Additional Texts– Abbott P & Sapsford R, Research into Practice, OU Press, 1992.– Stanton N, Mastering Communication, Palgrave MacMillan, 2004..– Lyon D, The Silicon Society, Lion Paperbacks, ISBN:0-7459-1038-6.– Drucker P F, The New Realities, Mandarin Business, ISBN: 0-7493-0355-
7.
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Recommended Reading• Useful Journals and Magazines
– Computing– PC Weekly– Computer Weekly– The Computer Bulletin (a BCS publication)
University of Sunderland
Professionalism and Personal Skills Unit 1
Professionalism and Professionalism and Personal Skills Personal Skills
Objectives– Understand the module content and requirements– Understand what constitutes New Technology– Appreciate the need for competing views– Appreciate the need for presentations and research– Appreciate the need for effective report writing– Appreciate the importance of effective problem
solving techniques– Appreciate the importance of effective project
management