Advanced Professional Practice

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ASSESSMENT 1 BRIEF
Subject Code and Title MIS610 Advanced Professional Practice
Assessment Professional Practice Poster
Individual/Group Individual
Length 500 words (+/- 10%)
Learning Outcomes The Subject Learning Outcomes demonstrated by successful
completion of the task below include:
a) Investigate and reflect on the role of a Business
Analyst (or chosen career path) in the contemporary
business environment and society more broadly.
Submission Due by 11:55pm AEST/AEDT Sunday end of Module 2.2 (Week 4)
Weighting 25%
Total Marks 100 marks

Assessment Task
Create a 500 words Professional Practice Poster by conducting an audit of your skills and then
comparing it to your chosen career path.
Please refer to the Instructions for details on how to complete this task.
Context
Everyone has their own career ambitions and interests that evolve over time. Knowing what your
strengths and skills are at any point in your career is difficult, thus, plotting a path from your current
role to your dream job is not easy. This requires you to know which skills, credentials, and
experiences you have, which ones you need, and how to get them. Fortunately, the Skills Framework
for the Information Age (SFIA) and a new tool called APS Career Pathfinder make it easier. Using
these tools, you can easily figure out what you need. Also, there are many professional
organisations that are keen to help you develop as an Information Systems professional. This
assessment requires you to use these tools and networks to plan for your future career in
Information Systems. It will provide you with a good understanding of the next steps to be taken in
your career as you complete your course and start applying for jobs or promotion.
Please note that you will need to have an up-to-date CV and LinkedIn page before you begin this
process. You can submit these as attachments for your assessment or link them on your poster using
QR codes.
Instructions
1. Conduct a Skills Audit
• Please visit APS Career pathfinder at
https://aps-career-pathfinder.digitalprofession.gov.au/
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• Click on “Get Started” button on the right-hand side of the page and add your skills.
• Add your skills (you can do manually or by uploading your CV) and note which roles the tool
recommends for you.
• Now enter your Interests and note which roles are recommended for you (interests tab is on
the left-hand side of the page).
• Go back to the Skills Match and try to identify the skills required for the roles in which you
are interested. Make a note of those skills – it will identify the top 10 for you.
• You can click on the careers that have been identified for you and they will tell you what
skills you have and what you need to work on. From this point you can click on “Search APS
jobs” and this will give you an idea of the demand in your areas of skill and interest.
• You may not find the details of the job you want. In this case you can add using the SFIA as
above and looking up relevant jobs on-line.
2. Choose a Career Path
• Choose an available role in an area of your interest as the next role you might target in your
career. Identify the skills you will need for that role. Google search for courses that can give
you the skills and credentials you will need in that role. Note the timeframes and costs
needed to acquire these credentials.
• In addition to the Australian Computer Society and the Australian Institute of Management,
identify professional associations and bodies that support people in your desired role.
• Identify LinkedIn groups with which you can network for opportunities, tips, and tricks.
3. Create a 500 words poster
The poster should provide answers to the following questions:
o What is your overall career goal(s)? (You can add in the detail you added in the ‘About
you’ part of LinkedIn to illustrate this).
o Do the skills you think you currently have correspond to your current or desired roles?
o What skills will you need to be suitable for your desired role?
o How many of those skills are technical skills and how many are “soft” skills?
o Are there many opportunities in your areas of proficiency and/or interest? (You can
obtain this from a number of sources such as the APS site or on line searches).
o What credentials will you need to become suitable for your desired role? Is work
experience enough?
o What will be the time and cost commitment to upskill from your present role?
o How much benefit can the professional associations and/or informal networking groups
provide? (You can add in detail on LinkedIn as a networking tool).
o What do you need to do to be ready for your next role, how can you do it, and who can
help you?
4. Please read the attached MIS610_Creating an Academic Poster document. Use of visuals is
highly recommended to make your poster appealing and easy to understand.
5. You are strongly advised to read the rubric which is an evaluation guide with criteria for
grading yourassignment. This will give you a clear picture of what a successful poster looks
like.
Referencing
It is essential that you use appropriate APA 7 style for citing and referencing research. Please see
more information on referencing in the Academic Skills webpage. It is expected that you reference
any lecture notes used and five additional sources in the relevant subject area based on sources and
further research.
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Submission Instructions
Submit this assessment via the Assessment 1 link in the main navigation menu in MIS610 Advanced
Professional Practice. The Learning Facilitator will provide feedback via the Grade Centre in the LMS
portal.Feedback can be viewed in My Grades.
Academic Integrity
All students are responsible for ensuring that all work submitted is their own and is appropriately
referenced and academically written according to the Academic Writing Guide. Students also need
to have read and be aware of Torrens University Australia Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
and subsequent penalties for academic misconduct. These are viewable online.
Students also must keep a copy of all submitted material and any assessment drafts.
Special Consideration
To apply for special consideration for a modification to an assessment or exam due to unexpected or
extenuating circumstances, please consult the Assessment Policy for Higher Education Coursework
and ELICOS and, if applicable to your circumstance, submit a completed Application for Assessment
Special Consideration Form to your Learning Facilitator.
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Assessment Rubric

Assessment Attributes Fail
(Yet to achieve
minimum standard)
0-49%		 Pass
(Functional)
50-64%		 Credit
(Proficient)
65-74%		 Distinction
(Advanced)
75-84%		 High Distinction
(Exceptional)
85-100%
Visual appeal and
presentation of content
Use of colour
Layout
Clarity and neatness
Organisation of content
Flow of information
Percentage for this
criterion = 35%		 The poster requires
significant
improvementin
design, colour
choice, layout,
neatness,
organisation and
flow of information.		 Few of the required
elementsare organized and
well placed. However, most
content requires clarity and
improvement in design,
layout and neatness.		 Most of the required
elements are presented
andwell placed. The
poster demonstrates an
acceptable level of
design and layout that
supports the flow of
information.		 All of the required
elements are presented
andwell placed. The
poster has a good design
and layout that supports
the flow of information.		 The poster has an
excellent design and
layout which supports
the flow of information
and all of the required
elements are well placed
and clearly defined.
Skills Audit
Investigate existing skills
and skills needed for the
desired role.
Differentiate the technical
and soft skills required.
Discuss opportunities
available in the areas of
personal interests and
proficiency.
Percentage for this
criterion = 25%		 Lack of understanding
of existing skills and
skills need for the
desired role. Does not
differentiate the
technical and soft
skills required.
Opportunities
available in the areas
of personal interests
and proficiency are
not addressed.		 Limited understanding of
existing skills and skills need
for the desired role.
Differentiate the technical
and soft skills required.
Some of the opportunities
available in the areas of
personal interests and
proficiency are addressed.		 Adequate
understanding of
existing skills and skills
need for the desired
role. Differentiate the
technical and soft skills
required.
A reasonable discussion
of opportunities
available in the areas of
personal interests and
proficiency is provided.		 Good understanding of
existing skills and skills
need for the desired role.
Differentiate the
technical and soft skills
required. Provided a
thorough discussion of
the opportunities
available in the areas of
personal interests and
proficiency.		 Highly developed
understanding of
existing skills and skills
need for the desired
role. Clearly differentiate
the technical and soft
skills required.
Systematically and
critically discuss the
opportunities available
in the areas of personal
interests and
proficiency.

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Analysis and Evaluation
of the Career Path
Analyse and evaluate the
credentials required for
the desired role, time and
cost commitments
required to upskill and the
value of relevant
professional associations
and networks.
Clearly outlines next steps
and explain how to
achieve them.
Percentage for this
criterion = 25%		 Lack of analysis and
evaluation of the
credentials required for
the desired role, time
and cost commitments
required to upskill and
the value of relevant
professional
associations and
networks.
Does not outline the
next steps and explain
how to achieve them.		 Limited analysis and
evaluation of the credentials
required for the desired role,
time and cost commitments
required to upskill and the
value of relevant professional
associations and networks.
Outlines the next steps with
limited explanation on how
to achieve them.		 Adequate analysis and
evaluation of the
credentials required for
the desired role, time
and cost commitments
required to upskill and
the value of relevant
professional associations
and networks.
Outlines next steps and
explain how to achieve
them.		 A thorough analysis and
evaluation of the
credentials required for
the desired role, time
and cost commitments
required to upskill and
the value of relevant
professional associations
and networks.
Clearly outlines next steps
and explain how to achieve
them.		 Excellent analysis and
evaluation of the
credentials required for
the desired role, time
and cost commitments
required to upskill and
the value of relevant
professional associations
and networks.
Systematically outlines next
steps and clearly explain
how to achieve them.
Use of academic and
discipline conventions
Spelling, grammar,
sentence construction,
appropriate use of
credible resources,
Correct citation of key
resources using APA 7
style of referencing
Percentage for this
criterion = 15%		 Poorly written with
errors in spelling and
grammar.
Demonstrates
inconsistent use of
good sources to
support ideas. There
are mistakes in using
the APA 7 style.		 Written according to
academic genre and has
accurate spelling,
grammar, sentence and
paragraph construction.
Consistent use of credible
and relevant research
sources to support and
develop ideas, but these
are not always explicit or
well developed. There
are some mistakes in
using APA 7 style.		 Written according
toacademic
genre.
Consistent use of credible
and relevant research
sources to support and
develop ideas. There are
no mistakes in using the
APA 7 style.		 Well-written and adheres
tothe academic genre.
Expert use of credible
and relevant research
sources to support and
develop appropriate
arguments and
statements. Shows
evidence of reading
beyond the key reading.
There are no mistakes in
using the APA 7 style.		 Expertly written and
adheres to the
academic genre. Use of
high- quality credible
and relevant research
sources to support and
develop arguments
and position
statements. Shows
extensive evidence of
reading beyond the
key reading. There are
no mistakes in using
the APA 7 style.

 

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