MGB310: Sustainability in a Changing Environment
Assessment Guidelines, Semester 2, 2013
Assessment item 1 – Sustainability Presentation
Duration: Approximately 10 minutes
Group or Individual: Individual
Optional or Compulsory: Compulsory
Assesses unit objectives:
1. Demonstrate an understanding of sustainable management
2. Identify and explain approaches used to develop sustainable organisations
3. Identify and assess performance issues related to the management of sustainable organisations
Assesses Assurance of Learning Goals:
Knowledge & Skills - 1.1, Integrate and apply disciplinary theory and skills to practical situations
Professional Communication - 3.2, Communicate effectively through professional oral
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In other words, justify why this is the most appropriate approach for managing a particular stakeholder. This should once again be very well linked to the appropriate stakeholder management theory(s).
Conclusion (about 1 minute)
Recap main points related to each part
Don’t forget the reference slide
Assessment item 2 – Change Management Report
Length: 2000 words +/- 10%, excluding reference list and appendices
Group or Individual: Individual
Optional or Compulsory: Compulsory
Assesses unit objectives:
2. Apply specific management knowledge and techniques for the management of sustainable organisations.
3. Identify and explain approaches used to develop sustainable organisations
4. Identify and assess performance issues related to the management of sustainable organisations
5. Exhibit analytical skills through the interpretation, analysis and evaluation of information related to corporate sustainability and change
Assesses Assurance of Learning Goals:
Knowledge & Skills - 1.1, Integrate and apply disciplinary theory and skills to practical situations
Critical Thinking and Analysis - 2.1: Identify, research and critically analyse information relevant to a business problem or issue, be able to synthesise that information in order to evaluate potential solutions, make recommendations or otherwise effectively address the problem or issue
Social and Ethical Understanding - 5.1: Apply ethical reasoning,
What successes are enabled by an adequate understanding or appropriate application of the skill, concept, procedure, or tool?
Majed, A. & Zairi, M. Knowledge and Process Management Volume: 6 Issue: 4 (1999-12-01) p.
Why the skill, concept, procedure, or tool is necessary for accurate record keeping, operational efficiency, excellent patient services, employee management, regulatory compliance, reducing costs, forecasting, and so forth
Analyse and corroborate sources and evaluate their accuracy, usefulness and reliability, analyse different perspectives and evaluate different historical interpretations and contested debates (VCHHC123), (VHCHHC124) & (VCHHC125)
Different fields of professions require certain competencies to become successful. For example, in the criminal justice field one must engage meanings of active citizenship in the community. Not only are these competencies used in the work field, but academically we use them in every way possible. For example, in college, you’re expected to communicate with in front of others to present information. This includes professors and students from different ethnicities and cultures; meaning you’d have to be open minded because everyone has different viewpoints. In my life, the two most important general education competencies are communication and thinking critically.
To understand the developing surrounding involved with the industry will increase your repertoire further with new industry training and knowledge through various sources of feedback and information gathering. Then applying these ideas, where it is needed to enhance work practices, to maintain stability within organisation.
this type of thinking allows the individual or a group of people to view a problem in its whole
Critical thinking is defined as the ability to effectively, conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating information gathered from, or generated by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide to belief and action in their execution of their duties to better understand the client.
As time goes by, the labor market has undergone a big change. In the past, employers had been looking for employees who were knowledgeable with quality education while nowadays being knowledgeable and enjoying quality education are no longer sufficient to get a decent job anymore. Employees are required to master skills helpful and useful for their career. Because the basic qualifications for workers have been changed, colleges should put more focus on teaching students skills in order to help them achieve success in the later career after graduation. There are some important skills that are supposed to be taught in colleges, such as specialized skills and industry specific
- Skills in understanding information and concepts and applying it in a sophisticated and relevant
Knowledge can refer to a theoretical or practical understanding of a subject. It can be tacit (as with practical skill or expertise) or explicit (as with the theoretical understanding of a subject); it can be more or less formal or systematic. Botha et al (2008) pointed out that tacit and explicit knowledge should be seen as a spectrum rather than as definitive points. Therefore, in practice, all knowledge is a mixture of tacit and explicit elements rather than being one or the other. The most important distinction within KM is between explicit and tacit knowledge. The overload of data is making knowledge management increasingly more important as it facilitates decision-making capabilities; builds learning organizations by making learning routine, and stimulates cultural change and innovation.
In every industry experts are needed to teach others certain skills, give advice, and use strategies to solve problems. Individuals can attain expertise by focusing on a particular skill to improve. It is said that “experts are made and not born,” so expertise is not attained in one day, but takes practice and time and individuals also attain expertise at different rates performance levels. Experts develop cognitive processes that result in their high levels of performance, “Extensive practice can develop expertise in high level skill (Anderson, 2010). Acquired knowledge and skills are needed to attain expertise. This material will discuss
In the past, skills were more manual based. With the increasing use of technology in the industry, the demand for technology based skills have greatly improved along with manual based skills. There is an increasing need for qualified personnel who understand the industry and can bring changes within.