Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
Ekaterina Todarello
Contact via ekaterina.todarello@mq.edu.au
E4A Room 652
Fridays 2.00-3.00pm
Administration
Yang Yang
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
6cp at 200 level including (HRM201 or HRM222 or HRM250)
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit explores the role and practice of learning and development (L&D) in organisations with an applied industry component. With industry partners, the unit provides students with the opportunity to apply L&D knowledge and skills to the training and development function as well as training delivery. Through this, students will develop a broad view of the complex and contested issues that confront organisations when constructing systems of learning and knowledge generation. Thus, students will gain an appreciation of the strategic choices available and key practical challenges in L&D. Students learn the concepts and theories relevant to this area, and apply these concepts by actively engaging with a partner organisation on a project of contemporary strategic relevance. In addition, in completing the project students will develop graduate capabilities in professional and personal judgement and initiative and being socially active and responsible.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Writing Portfolio | 20% | No | 27/03/17 and 8/5/17 |
Industry Project | 50% | No | Report due 22/05/17 (week 11) |
Final Examination | 30% | No | University Examination Period |
Due: 27/03/17 and 8/5/17
Weighting: 20%
Writing Portfolio (total 2000 words) includes two writing tasks (submissions), 1000 words each. Portfolio aims at developing students' analytical and reflective writing skills and showing their progress over the period of the semester. The first submission is an analytical piece and is due in week 5. It targets Learning Outcomes 1 and 2. The second submission is a reflective piece and is due in week 9. It targets Learning Outcomes 3 and 4.
Submission requirements
First, submit a soft copy to Turnitin to meet the assessment deadline. Then printout a Turnitin certificate and attach it to the hard copy before submitting it to BESS. An HRM300 assignment box will be available from 10 March 2017.
The official due dates of the assessment are based on the Turnitin submission, NOT when the hard copy is dropped to the Assignment Box at BESS or handed in to the tutor in class. Portfolio tasks that have not been submitted though Turnitin will not be marked or regarded as having met a deadline. In such cases, submission will be deemed to occur at the time at which the portfolio task is actually submitted to Turnitin. Deductions for lateness will then be calculated accordingly from that time.
Assessment criteria and standards
WRITING PORTFOLIO Marking Rubric can be accessed on iLearn.
Late Assessment
No extensions will be granted. There will be a deduction of 10% of the total available marks made from the total awarded mark for each 24 hour period or part thereof that the submission is late (for example, 25 hours late in submission - 20% penalty). This penalty does not apply for cases in which an application for disruption of studies is made and approved.
What is required to complete the unit satisfactorily
Students must complete all components of the course to register a pass grade or better
Due: Report due 22/05/17 (week 11)
Weighting: 50%
This is a PACE subject. A central feature of this course is the group project (called Industry Project) undertaken according to guidelines and guidance with our PACE Partner organisations. The project consists of a group written report (30%) and a group presentation (20%). The latter consists of two components: a collective component assessing teamwork (10%) and an individual component (10%) assessing an individual performance in the group presentation.
Extensive time is devoted in the tutorial program to training students in groupwork dynamics and skills and monitoring progress. Student also must complete a confidential peer review report in which they score all members of the group.
Submission
Presentations will be held in tutorials in weeks 10-12. All written reports of the Industry Project must be submitted to Turninin, by hand and via email in the tutorial in week 11.
Assessment criteria and standards
WRITTEN REPORT Marking Guide, GROUP PRESENTATION (collective component) and GROUP PRESENTATION (individual component) Marking Guides can be accessed on iLearn. Note that each component of the Industry Project has its own assessment criteria and standards.
Extension
No extensions will be granted. There will be a deduction of 10% of the total available marks made from the total awarded mark for each 24 hour period or part thereof that the submission is late (for example, 25 hours late in submission – 20% penalty). This penalty does not apply for cases in which an application for disruption of studies is made and approved. No submission will be accepted after solutions have been posted.
What is required to complete the unit satisfactorily
Students must complete all components of the course to register a pass grade or better.
Due: University Examination Period
Weighting: 30%
Examination conditions
2 Hour Closed book exam
PACE Unit
This unit examines learning and development strategy in the context of community engagement as a participation subject. Students will actively participate in a project within the learning and development area of the Client Partner to develop solutions for the problem presented. Students will gain practical knowledge, experience and skills with the community organization and will be challenged to analyse the context and to examine the intersection between theory and practice. Students will contextualize their graduate capabilities, explore and develop their learning and development strategy potential through this community engagement. This unit aims at preparing students for effective, responsible, ethical and active management of the learning and development strategy through community engagement.
The learning format of this unit includes lectures, guest lectures, workshops and presentations as students develop a report around the Client Partners’ specified learning and development problem/s. Throughout the unit, the emphasis is on the analysis process: identifying information needs, acquiring the necessary information, interpreting it and using it as the basis for business recommendations back to the Client Partner(s). This unit targets such generic skills as critical thinking, problem-solving and teamwork. It also focuses on developing an important skill of critical reflection as a way of ethically and responsibly engaging with self and others.
Compulsory: The text for this unit is:
Noe, R.A. & Winkler, C. (2012) Employee Training and Development: Learning for Sustainable Management, (2nd edition) McGraw-Hill, Sydney.
The unit will be delivered via the Macquarie learning management system (iLearn), therefore students are expected to have access to and be familiar with iLearn. For more information go to http://www.mq.edu.au/iLearn/studentinfo.htm
Students are expected to have access to and be able to use the internet, electronic mail, word processing and spreadsheet applications.
Unit Web Page
Course material is available on iLearn https://ilearn.mq.edu.au
Week |
Thursday classes |
Lecture Topic |
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1 |
3 March |
Introduction to HR Learning & Development, what the field encompasses and the role of government policy (Ch.1&2).
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2 |
10 March |
Learning: Theories and Principles (Ch.4 pp.128-156) Tutorials start this week |
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3 |
17 March |
The systematic training model 1: Training Needs Analysis & Design (Ch.3&4, pp.156-167 only) |
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4 |
24 March |
The systematic training model 3: Traditional, contemporary and changing delivery methods (ch.7) (originally delivered in week 6) Presentation by Industry Partner |
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5 |
31 March |
The systematic training model 3: Traditional, contemporary and changing delivery methods (ch.8) (originally delivered in week 6) Presentation by Industry Partner Writing Portfolio Task 1 is due by 27 March, Monday, 6pm. |
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6 |
7 April |
Systematic training model 2: Transfer of Learning and Development (ch.5) (originally delivered in week 7) |
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7 |
14 April |
No lecture (Good Friday) Questions to Partners Form is due by 13 April, Thursday, 6pm - vetted through Unit Convenor |
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18-30 April |
Mid-Semester Break |
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8 |
5 May |
Evaluation of L & D (Ch.6) |
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9 |
12 May |
Employee Development (Ch.9) Writing Portfolio Task 2 is due by 8 May, Monday, 6pm. |
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10 |
19 May |
Special Issues in L&D (Ch.10) Industry Project - Group Presentations |
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11 |
26 May |
Careers & Career Management (Ch.11) Industry Project - Written Group Report due by 22 May, Monday, 6pm. Industry Project - Group Presentations |
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12 |
2 June |
Organising and marketing the HRD function (Ch.2) Industry Project - Group Presentations |
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13 |
9 June |
Presentation of best proposals to Industry Partner who will also address the class. Exam format also provided. |
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Changes Since Last Offering This Unit
This Unit was transformed into a PACE Unit in 2013. The Unit has substantial involvement of industry partner(s) . The assessment methods include a group project that involves a project co-designed with our industry partner(s) to address real-life contemporary issues in learning and development. Our industry partners will also be involved in providing resources and guidance in relation to completion of the project. The delivery mode remains the same, and includes presentations by industry partners, and presentations by our students to our industry partners.
Learning outcomes, assessment tasks and weightings changed to reflect the latest Faculty’s L&T guidelines.
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13/02/2017 | Information on consulting library databases added. |