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profound respect for truth and intellectual integrity;
2. openness to new ideas;
3. extensive knowledge of a particular discipline
or professional area, including relevant professional knowledge
and skills, and informed respect for the principles, disciplines,
values and ethics of a chosen profession;
4. ability and self‑confidence to comprehend
complex concepts, to express them lucidly, whether orally or in
writing, and to confront unfamiliar problems;
5. leadership capacity, including a willingness
to engage in constructive public discourse, to accept social and
civic responsibilities and to speak out against prejudice, injustice
and the abuse of power
6. logical and analytical reasoning;
7. problem solving;
8. communication skills;
9. ability to work in a team and liaise at all levels;
10. ability to identify, access and manage knowledge
information;
11. ability to plan work, use time effectively and
meet deadlines;
12. reliability;
13. ethical practice. |
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1 March |
Overview
of course and Management of an organisation
(Professor Ian Williamson)
Student evaluation and feedback.
Strategic planning
Business planning
Personnel management
Financial management
Total Quality Management and Quality
Assurance
Technology and computing strategy
Marketing
Staff training
Research
Professional associations and unions
WWW pages |
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8 March |
Strategic Planning
- SWOT and PEST analyses
- Review of Department of Geomatics
Strategic Plan
- Review of the Universities Strategic
Plan
- Selection of an organisation to
review for assignment
- Overview of report and oral presentation
requirements
- Discussion of personal career
paths
Tutorial
- Prepare
a SWOT analysis for your professional future.
- Itemise
three career paths.
- Select desirable
career based on SWOT.
- Outline
5-year plan to achieve career goal.
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15 March |
Surveying profession and
private practice
• Mr Peter Sullivan, President, The Institution
of Surveyors
Victoria – “The Professional Surveyor”
• Mr. Michael Loy, Member, Executive Committee,
Association of Consulting Surveyors, Victoria (ACSV) –
“The Consulting Surveyor and Ethics”
Tutorial
Debate of common ethical issues. Each industry representative
to provide a written example of an ethical issue. Students
to debate.
1 Hour (1 p.m.-2 p.m.)
• Mr. Patrick Meehan, Director, Max Braid Surveyors
– “Managing a Surveying Practice”
Summary of tutorial to be submitted (Submission 1)
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22 March |
Engineering professions
and examples of the geomatics industry
• Mr. Greg Schofield, Chair, Structural College,
Institution of Engineers, Australia – “An
Introduction to the Institution of Engineers Australia”
• “Career: Public vs Private”
- Ms Maria Tomasetig, Sub-Division Officer, City of Port
Phillip
- Ms Liz Walsh, GIS Manager, UrbisJHD, Economist &
Property Advisers
Tutorial
Debate of common ethical issues. Each industry representative
to provide a written example of an ethical issue. Students
to debate.
Summary of tutorial to be submitted (Submission 2)
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29 March |
Geomatics profession and industry
– a national and international perspective
1 Hour (12 noon –1 p.m.)
• International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) –
Professor Ian
Williamson
• International Association of Geodesy (IAG) –
Dr. Phil Collier
• International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote
Sensing
(ISPRS) – Mr Cliff Ogleby
• Spatial Sciences Institute (SSI) and Urban &
Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) –
Associate Professor Gary Hunter, Past President, AURISA
1 Hour (1 p.m.-2 p.m.)
• Mr Ian Romeril, Secretary, Surveyors Board of
Victoria – “Registration requirements of the
Surveyors Board of Victoria”
Summary of both presentations to be submitted (Submission
3)
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5 April |
Government/Private Sector
Partnerships
• Mr. Bruce Thompson, Director, Land Information
Group,
Land Victoria –
“Government/private sector partnerships”
• Mr Brian Marwick, General Manager - DATAflow,
LogicaCMG “The
changing role of the private sector in the spatial information
industry”
• Mr Frank Culliver, Manager - Land Information
and Survey, VicRoads, “Government/private
sector partnerships”
Tutorial
Debate of common ethical issues. Each industry representative
to provide a written example of an ethical issue. Students
to debate.
Summary of tutorial to be submitted (Submission 4)
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12 April |
Easter break |
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19 April |
Visit to organisations as part of
major assignment |
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26 April |
Careers and Resume Writing
Careers Consultant - Résumé writing for impact.
Strategies for presenting well at interviews.
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3 May |
Presentation of reports (5 presentations)
Each student to submit a summary of the two key lessons
they learnt from each presentation (Submission 5)
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10 May |
Presentation of reports (5 presentations)
Each student to submit a summary of the two key lessons
they learnt from each presentation (Submission 6)
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17 May |
Presentation of reports (5 presentations)
Each student to submit a summary of the two key lessons
they learnt from each presentation (Submission 7
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24 May |
Presentation of reports (2 presentations)
Each student to submit a summary of the two key lessons
they learnt from each presentation (Submission 8)
Review of feedback and summary of course
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Major Assignment:
Report of review of organisation
You and a colleague working as a team have been awarded a consultancy
to review the operations and organisation of a surveying, geomatics,
GIS, engineering or related organisation, in either the private
or government sectors. Each team will submit a written report
of the investigation to your client (in this case Professor Williamson)
at the lecture on 3 May. The report must be presented in a professional
manner, as discussed in the first lecture, as would be expected
from any professional person.
One student will review the professional and technical aspects
of the organisation while the other will concentrate on the management
aspects. Part of this exercise is to encourage students to work
in teams.
The team is responsible for allocating all tasks. It is suggested
each team appoint a team leader. The team will make a joint presentation
and will be given a joint mark. A joint report will be produced.
The report will be marked as a single submission with the same
mark going to each student. The report will include a SWOT analysis.
In addition, each team is to make an oral presentation, lasting
15 minutes plus 2 minutes questions, outlining the results of
the investigation. The oral presentation must be to a professional
standard. It is expected that professional graphics displays will
be prepared, which may be either overhead transparencies, slides
or using the full multi-media facilities. The presentation must
include a SWOT analysis (worth 10% of overall mark). If industry
representatives wish to attend student presentations they are
most welcome.
If you wish to choose your own organisation then you must inform
Professor Williamson by 8 March.
You are also asked to prepare a copy of your report for the organization.
As such two copies are to be submitted. Professor Williamson will
mail a copy to the organization. Please note that the reports
will be considered commercial-in-confidence for academic purposes
only. They will not be made public noting students will be presenting
their reports to the class as part of the subject assessment.
Report due by: 3 May 2004
Presentations: 3 May 2004
10 May 2004
17 May 2004
24 May 2004
Issues for possible discussion in the interviews and Report:
Technical
Major activities of the organisation
Strategic planning; Mission statement; Short, medium and long-term
objectives
Technology strategy
Computing strategy
Total Quality Management
Research and development
Undertake a SWOT analysis of the organisation
Management
Management, personnel and new staff strategy
Strategic planning; Mission statement; Short, medium and long-term
objectives
Cost accounting, time management, financial management
Marketing - segmentation, positioning
Staff training, retaining
Unions and professional bodies
Undertake a SWOT analysis of the organisation (at least 20% of
the report)
Don't attempt to obtain the annual balance sheet or annual turnover
of the organisation - private firms are sensitive to such matters.
Remember it is also not polite nor appropriate to use a tape recorder
for interviews.
Lecture
and Tutorial Summaries:
Each student is to submit a one-page summary of the lecture and/or
tutorial discussion at the completion of each lecture where required.
Submissions will be checked to ensure they cover the material
and will be marked (A, B, C or D). Late submissions will not be
accepted. If students do not attend the lecture they cannot submit
a summary! During the student presentations, all students will
undertake peer review of all other student presentations as well
as presenting a short summary of key issues or lessons (marked
A, B, C or D).
Assessment
(out of 100 marks, noting Component A is worth 50% of overall
subject):
Assessments will be based on submission of summaries, the report
of the investigation of the organization and the oral presentation.
REPORT - 38% (Content and expression - 13%, Technical content
- 15%, SWOT – 10%).
ORAL PRESENTATION - 30% (20% will be lecturer assessment and
10% peer assessment)
LECTURE SUMMARIES AND SUMMARIES OF ORAL PRESENTATIONS - 32% (8
submissions).
References:
- See www.land.vic.gov.au for
a broad introduction to land-related issues in Victoria, especially
all information regarding access to spatial information, the spatial
information industry, geodesy, the Surveyors Board of Victoria
and much more.
- See www.isaust.org.au for a
wide range of professional surveying matters. See Code of Ethics
of The Institution of Surveyors Australia at www.canberranet.com.au/isaust/surveying/whatmakes/
- See www.ieaust.org.au for a
wide range of professional engineering matters. See Code of Ethics
of The Institution of Engineers Australia at www.ieaust.org.au/about.us/documents.html#CE
- Australian Standards http://www.standards.com.au/
(hard copy available in the library)
(Total Quality Management)
• AS 3900.4 – 1994
• AS 3904.2 – 1992
• AS 3904.4 – 1994
- There are many WWW sites on small business such as:
www.sbeducation.info/ for an introduction to managing a small
business
www.businessaccess.vic.gov.au for lots of advice on starting and
growing a business
www.business.channel.vic.gov.au for lots of advice on starting
and managing a business
- See the Institution of Engineers, Australia MBA provided by
Deakin University as an off-campus option. Also see short courses
at www.eeaust.com.au run by Engineering Education Australia for
the Institution of Engineers Australia.
- For information on e-business see the Australian Government’s
National Office for the Information Economy at www.noie.gov.au
Professor Ian Williamson
1 March 2004
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See www.land.vic.gov.au
for a broad introduction to land-related issues in Victoria,
especially all information regarding access to spatial information,
the spatial information industry, geodesy, the Surveyors
Board of Victoria and much more.
See www.isaust.org.au
for a wide range of professional surveying matters. See
Code of Ethics of The Institution of Surveyors Australia
at www.canberranet.com.au/isaust/surveying/whatmakes/
See www.ieaust.org.au
for a wide range of professional engineering matters. See
Code of Ethics of The Institution of Engineers Australia
at www.ieaust.org.au:80/about_us/code_of_ethics.html
Australian Standards http://www.standards.com.au/ (hard copy
available in the library)
(Total Quality Management)
- AS 3900.4 – 1994
- AS 3904.2 – 1992
- AS 3904.4 – 1994
There are many WWW sites on small business
such as:
See the Institution of Engineers, Australia
MBA provided by Deakin University as an off-campus option.
Also see short courses at www.eeaust.com.au run by Engineering Education
Australia for the Institution of Engineers Australia.
For information on e-business see the Australian
Government’s National Office for the Information Economy
at www.noie.gov.au |
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