ITI5122 · Professional practice

Overview

This unit provides a practical and theoretical understanding to what it means to be an IT professional today. You will encounter a range of issues relevant to professional practice in the workplace, including ethical and legal challenges caused by technology use. You will research established theories and concepts and critically evaluate their practical use (taking into account many international aspects) in organisations today, as well as reviewing and understanding the wider responsibilities that IT professionals are called upon to uphold in society. Topics addressed include - organisational and professional communication; teamwork; the nature of the IT professions; the role of professional associations; problem solving and information use; cross-cultural awareness; personal and professional ethics and codes of practice.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. Compare and contrast IT professional roles, assessing the necessity and rationale for constant review and change;
2. Identify and analyse the ethical dimensions associated with IT-related decisions, use and quality and their possible impacts on organisations and society;
3. Reflect on and analyse the need for IT professional associations and the need for codes of ethics (including the ACS) in IT development and use;
4. Research, select and apply strategies, protocols and innovative methods for effective and efficient communications across all stakeholders, evaluating their appropriateness for intercultural communications;
5. Appraise and justify various teamwork skills for various situations, demonstrating the ability to apply them by working cooperatively and managing conflict within their team;
6. Develop and apply appropriate information gathering, critical evaluation (information and its sources) and problem solving skills;
7. Evaluate, assess and communicate both personal and team progress and learning, thus engaging in meaningful reflective practice.

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled online and face to face learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated reading and preparation for scheduled activities. The unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning and online engagement.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.