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Deakin's Bachelor of Commerce and MBA are internationally EPAS accredited. Deakin Business School is accredited by AACSB. MPM 732 Critical Thinking for Managers Trimester 1, 2018 Speech and Reflection DUE DATE AND TIME: Week 11, 21/05/2018, 11.59PM PERCENTAGE OF FINAL GRADE: 30% HURDLE DETAILS: No hurdle Learning Outcome Details Unit Learning Outcome (ULO) Graduate Learning Outcome (GLO) ULO 2: Synthesise disparate and complex information to form a coherent argument GLO4: Critical thinking ULO 3: Interpret and transmit knowledge to others using evidence and judgement GLO 4: Critical thinking ULO 4: Identify concepts and apply them to solve a range of real world problems and take appropriate decisions GLO 5: Problem solving Assessment Feedback: Students who submit their work by the due date will receive their marks and feedback on CloudDeakin on 04/06/2018, 11.59PM Description / Requirements Task: Choose a topic that you want to talk about. Work out an argument in relation to this topic and create & record a short speech. After you have created the speech, write a critical reflection on the same (please DO NOT record the critical reflection), demonstrating appropriate use of one or more CT models. Like the previous assignment, this one is also an individual task that each student must do on his/her own. However you may discuss your work with other students either in class or online. Your recorded speech is limited to a maximum of 1000 words (+/- 10%) and needs to be submitted electronically as a media file. The recording has to be accompanied by a written transcript, which must be exactly same word-for-word as the recorded speech. You can upload your recorded speech onto CloudDeakin Assignment 2 drop-box as an appropriate media file while the written transcript and critical reflection must be submitted separately also via Assignment 2 drop-box as a single MS Word document. Therefore your final submission will consist of two files – a Word document with the speech transcript and critical reflection on your speech and a media file of the speech recording. https://www.efmd.org/index.php/accreditation-main/epas http://www.aacsb.edu/ Page 2 of 3 Suggested approach: Choose a topic that is familiar to you, identify the key issues, work out a set of coherent arguments for it and provide supporting evidence that is logical and meaningful. Use persuasive reasoning in your speech and comply with the processes for an effective discourse as presented in this unit. Note that the topic should ideally be something that requires persuasion and evidence in order to inform and/or convince your target audience. Although you may choose similar topics to other students, your argument as written in your transcript must be unique to yourself. The critical reflection on the speech should analyse its components, arguments, evidence and style. Word limit: 1000 (for transcript) + 1000 (for reflection) – max 10% allowance given for each of these. Mark 30% Broad criteria for marking (please see posted rubric for more details on the marking process): 1. Critical thinking used in the development of argument, explanation, inferences, examples, assumptions, and reflection – 10% 2. Problem solving – identification of key issues in the topic and defensible resolutions posited – 10% 3. Overall flow and presentation of the speech, reflection and transcript, style, use of evidence – 10% Submission Instructions Assignments are to be submitted via the dropbox on the cloud site for the Unit You must keep a backup copy of every assignment you submit, until the marked assignment has been returned to you. In the unlikely event that one of your assignments is misplaced, you will need to submit your backup copy. Any work you submit may be checked by electronic or other means for the purposes of detecting collusion and/or plagiarism. When you are required to submit an assignment through your CloudDeakin unit site, you will receive an email to your Deakin email address confirming that it has been submitted. You should check that you can see your assignment in the Submissions view of the Assignment dropbox folder after upload, and check for, and keep, the email receipt for the submission. Notes • Penalties for late submission: The following marking penalties will apply if you submit an assessment task after the due date without an approved extension: 5% will be deducted from available marks for each day up to five days, and work that is submitted more than five days after the due date will not be marked. You will receive 0% for the task. 'Day' means working day for paper submissions and calendar day for electronic submissions. The Unit Chair may refuse to accept a late submission where it is unreasonable or impracticable to assess the task after the due date. • For more information about academic misconduct, special consideration, extensions, and assessment feedback, please refer to the document Your rights and responsibilities as a student in this Unit in the first folder next to the Unit Guide of the Resources area in the CloudDeakin unit site. Page 3 of 3 • Building evidence of your experiences, skills and knowledge (Portfolio) - Building a portfolio that evidences your skills, knowledge and experience will provide you with a valuable tool to help you prepare for interviews and to showcase to potential employers. There are a number of tools that you can use to build a portfolio. You are provided with cloud space through OneDrive, or through the Portfolio tool in the Cloud Unit Site, but you can use any storage repository system that you like. Remember that a Portfolio is YOUR tool. You should be able to store your assessment work, reflections, achievements and artefacts in YOUR Portfolio. Once you have completed this assessment piece, add it to your personal Portfolio to use and showcase your learning later, when applying for jobs, or further studies. Curate your work by adding meaningful tags to your artefacts that describe what the artefact represents. Learning Outcome Details Assessment Feedback: Description / Requirements Submission Instructions Notes