Business Communication Team Assignment

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Business Communication Team Assignment

• Jan Fermelis
• Faculty of Business and Law
• 19 June 2008

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Oral Report

• 10 of final unit score
• Teams of four
• Chosen within tutorial class
• Team-selected scenario
• 3 minutes each member
• Detailed rubric using overt criteria
• 8 marks individual presentation
• 2 marks team factors
• Team slides
• Transition co-operation
• Referencing

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Written Report

• 20 of final unit score
• Same team and scenario
• Meeting and collaboration/co-operation
  expectations
• 500-1000 words each member
• Other allocated tasks
• Team mark
• Individualisation
• Report unevenness
• Self and peer assessment

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Reflective Journal

• 5 of final score
• On team assignment experiences
• 5-6 weekly entries of 200 words
• Description lt70 words
• Analysis gt130 words
• One final summary response
• Great opportunity to use blogs

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Team Formation

• Unit realities
• Size/nature of student cohort
• Number of campuses/instructors
• Teaching/learning aims
• Self-selected
• Reduced likelihood of team wars or divorces
• Instructor-selected
• Improved opportunities for intercultural and
  teamwork skills

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Teaching/Learning Strategies

• Integration of teaching/learning/assessment
  experiences
• Lecture and reading materials
• Team dynamics
• Interpersonal communication skills and strategies
• Tutorial activities
• Discussion of team member attributes and role
  expectations
• Speed Meeting exercise
• Tutorial time for team meetings
• Student opportunities to reflect and to trial
  strategies
• Instructor availability to mentor teams