FIT3045 Industry-based learning - Semester 1, 2011

Students on placement work full time in a defined, graduate level role during a 22 week placement period at established partners of the Faculty of IT industry based learning program including major global companies, leading Australian companies and worldwide consultancies. The students on placement are able to apply the knowledge and skills developed in their academic units, develop their communication, time management and customer service skills in business situations, experience the corporate environment and obtain feedback from experienced supervisors on their performance.

Mode of Delivery

Clayton (Day)

Contact Hours

Students on placement are deployed full-time for 22 weeks with the industry partners of the Faculty of IT industry-based learning program in a graduate level role within the company.

Workload

• Students are required to work full-time normal business hours for 22 weeks at the placement location at the direction of their industry supervisor.
• Students are required to prepare placement goals before the placement, revise the goals mid-placement, keep a daily log of activities during the placement, prepare a weekly report for their placement supervisor, and complete a major tasks list.
• Towards the end of the placement, students are required a prepare and make an oral presentation about their placement, write a placement report, a placement company report and update their resume towards the end of the placement.

Unit Relationships

Prohibitions

BUS3000

Prerequisites

Available to local students accepted into the Bachelor of Business Information Systems industry based learning stream at Clayton campus and local students in all undergraduate degrees of the Faculty of IT who have been accepted into the Industry-based learning placement program with at least 72 credit points of study accumulated towards a Faculty of Information Technology undergraduate degree. Prerequisite units for BBIS students: FIT1002, FIT1013 and one of FIT2035 or FIT2003.
Prerequisite units for BSE, BCS and BITS students: FIT1002 and one of FIT2035 or FIT2003.

Chief Examiner

Campus Lecturer

Learning Objectives

At the completion of this unit students will have -
A knowledge and understanding of:

• the application of information technology in meeting business needs in terms of effective communication, measurable deliverables, meeting target dates and producing quality output.

Developed the ability to:

• set achievable and measurable goals;
• apply what was learnt in prior IT classroom studies in real work situations;
• develop initiative, communication, interpersonal and teamwork skills in a business environment;
• develop solutions to business problems using information technology and other techniques;
• prepare documentation and written reports of a professional standard;
• address performance improvement opportunities identified by industry supervisors particularly in the mid-placement evaluation;
• complete business tasks, participate in work teams, comply with the norms and rules of the industry partner, recognise personal strengths and weaknesses particularly after feedback from industry supervisors, cooperate within groups, and adopt and practise professional ethics that influence work behaviour;
• develop information technology skills (including business process modelling, performance enhancement of installed software, updating current software and developing new software) oral and written skills (including local and international business phone calls, and business emails) in a complex, corporate business environment; and
• develop communication skills, teamwork skills and leadership and management including time management skills.

Graduate Attributes

Assessment Summary

Organisation and preparation for Monash visits: 5%
Mid placement evaluation: 20%
End placement evaluation: 30%
Oral presentation: 20%
Written reports: 25%

Assessment Task	Value	Due Date
Mid-placement evaluation	20%	Due at the time of the mid-placement meeting, late March/early April
End-placement evaluation	30%	Due at the time of the final presentation, late May/early June
Oral presentation	20%	Late May/early June
Written reports	25%	Due at the time of the final presentation, late May/early June.
Visit preparation	5%	Assessed at time of visit.

Teaching Approach

Work-integrated learning or industry-based learning

Feedback

Our feedback to You

• Other: Formal evaluations from industry supervisor/s. Feedback from presentation and folder - these must be collected from the chief examiner for FIT3045.

Your feedback to Us

Previous Student Evaluations of this unit

Required Resources

Software is supplied by industry partners in the workplace.

Unit Schedule

Week	Date*	Activities	Assessment
0	21/02/11		No formal assessment or activities are undertaken in week 0
1	28/02/11	Not applicable
2	07/03/11	Not applicable
3	14/03/11	Not applicable
4	21/03/11	Not applicable
5	28/03/11	Not applicable
6	04/04/11	Not applicable
7	11/04/11	Not applicable
8	18/04/11	Not applicable
Mid semester break
9	02/05/11	Not applicable
10	09/05/11	Not applicable
11	16/05/11	Not applicable
12	23/05/11	Not applicable
	30/05/11	SWOT VAC	No formal assessment is undertaken SWOT VAC

*Please note that these dates may only apply to Australian campuses of Monash University. Off-shore students need to check the dates with their unit leader.

Assessment Policy

Assessment Tasks

Participation

• Assessment task 1

  Title:

  Mid-placement evaluation

  Description:

  • A preformatted and scored performance evaluation, including performance comments, completed by the student's industry supervisor.
  • A self evaluation by the student, including supporting data and performance comments, on a preformatted and scored performance evaluation.

  Weighting:

  20%

  Criteria for assessment:

  • Interest and Energy
  • Dependability and Work Output
  • Organisation and Planning
  • Communications
  • Initiative
  • Team Work
  • Problem Solving

  Due date:

  Due at the time of the mid-placement meeting, late March/early April

  Remarks:

  Each criteria is scored by the industry supervisor on a 1-5 scale

• Assessment task 2

  Title:

  End-placement evaluation

  Description:

  • A preformatted and scored performance evaluation, including performance comments, completed by the student's industry supervisor.
  • A self evaluation by the student, including supporting data and performance comments, on a preformatted and scored performance evaluation.

  Weighting:

  30%

  Criteria for assessment:

  • Interest and Energy
  • Dependability and Work Output
  • Organisation and Planning
  • Communications
  • Initiative
  • Team Work
  • Problem Solving
  • Personal development and response to mid-placement evaluation

  Due date:

  Due at the time of the final presentation, late May/early June

  Remarks:

  Each criteria is scored by the supervisor on a 1-5 scale

• Assessment task 3

  Title:

  Oral presentation

  Description:

  Students make a 12-15 minute presentation about the placement at Monash Clayton in front of their peers, academic and general staff, industry partners and assessors.

  Weighting:

  20%

  Criteria for assessment:

  • Voice: Projection, speed, clarity, confidence, control, variation. 
  • Body Language: Posture, movement, animation, use of hands. 
  • Eye Contact: Maintaining eye contact with all the audience.           
  • Content: Explanation of role in organisation, tasks undertaken, evaluation of learnings from placement.                  
  • Time: Adherence to time limit.
  • Use of Visual Aids: Quality, imagination, sophistication.          
  • Reliance on Notes: As little as possible.

  
  

  Due date:

  Late May/early June

• Assessment task 4

  Title:

  Written reports

  Description:

  • Placement company report (one or more pages)
  • Placement report (five pages)
  • Resume (up to four pages)
  • Placement goals (two pages)
  • Daily log (one page per week)
  • Weekly reports (one page per week)
  • Task list (one to three pages)
  • Placement evaluation (five pages preformatted)

  Weighting:

  25%

  Criteria for assessment:

  • Content
  • Presentation
  • Structure
  • Sequence
  • Insights

  Due date:

  Due at the time of the final presentation, late May/early June.

• Assessment task 5

  Title:

  Visit preparation

  Description:

  Organization and preparation for, and conduct of, Monash visits.
  Assessed by director of IBL program or nominee.

  Weighting:

  5%

  Criteria for assessment:

  Due date:

  Assessed at time of visit.

Examinations

Assignment submission

Extensions and penalties

Returning assignments

Policies

Student services