Professional Masters Practice of Work

Overview

The unit aims to provide students with the essential communication and teamwork skills for a successful professional career. Students will work within a simulated work-like environment that resembles professional practice. Students will undertake team-based activities and explore alternative communications strategies in context and be given the opportunity to reflect on self and others in a professional context. These activities will enhance the student’s capacity for self-reflection, seen as a critical skill in modern workplaces. The unit will also provide students with the capacity to identify their goals and the strategies to realise them in the professional workplace.

Unit learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

• Demonstrate critical thinking and problem-solving in professional team-based contexts
• Demonstrate professional communication for a range of audiences, including industry
• Reflect and evaluate own performance and others, and demonstrate learning for improved practice
• Link disciplinary knowledge and skills to real-world contexts

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Assessment

Content

• Identifying your professional skills-Setting and achieving personal and professional goals
• Team dynamics and group work
• Verbal and written communication skills
• Negotiation and conflict management
• Reflective writing
• Critical thinking and problem-solving in a professional context
• Professional workplace cultures
• Professional ethics
• The future world of work