Code: NA
Title: Business Communication & Technologies
Pre-requisites: TBA
Outcome levels: NA
Coordinator: Ms Maree Murray

In the ever-changing world in which businesses and government agencies operate, it is important that students entering the workplace acquire the knowledge, reasoning processes, skills and attitudes necessary for efficient functioning in a variety of business contexts – both local and global.

Business Communication & Technologies (BCT) is designed to equip students with the ability to communicate effectively and to interact confidently through and within a business environment, and to use a range of business information and technologies relevant to both the private and public sectors.

The subject combines general and vocational education components. To ensure meaningful outcomes, students have the opportunity to achieve a Certificate II in Business – as well as gain accreditation for an OP.

Topics

The units of study will be incorporated into different contexts including:

• Tourism and Hospitality
• Legal
• Travel
• Events Management

Topics studied are:

• Computer Operations
• Business Communication
• International Business Communications
• Workplace Safety
• Business Meetings
• Managing Workplace Information
• Business Environments
• Organisational Skills
• Work Team Communications
• Financial Records
• Industrial Relations

Assessment

In BCT students are assessed on:

• Their knowledge of previously learned factual information and their ability to demonstrate understanding of that information,
• Their ability to use reasoning processes to critically reflect on issues that are significant to business environments,
• Their ability to complete a variety of simple and complex tasks using appropriate technologies and presentation skills,
• Their ability to record business transactions both manually and electronically.

Aims

Students develop the knowledge, processes and skills associated with this course through a contextual approach.  This approach exposes students to a variety of learning experiences compatible with the needs of different private and public sector businesses.

As far as possible, work is hands-on, rather than theoretical with a range of practical activities catering to students’ different learning styles.

Assignment guidelines

Please refer to the Assignment Guidelines on how to set out bibliographies and references.  

Resources

TBA

Related Links

TBA