ES2002 BUSINESS COMMUNICATION FOR LEADERS (BBA) COURSE SCHEDULE, AY 2018/9, S1

Week Online Self-Directed Face-to-Face Session Task and Assessment Preparation Conferencing i
Learning
1  Course Overview & Nil
13 Aug Expectations
 Academic Integrity
Quiz

2  Personal Brand & First  Know your personal brand & create
20 Aug Impressions positive first Impressions
 Pitching  Understand ES2002 evaluative
PH: HARI RAYA frameworks
HAJI  Understand project overview & form
project teams
 Prepare for (ungraded) assessment
“Pitch it Right: Gem of an Idea!”
a) Critique sample pitches & identify
communicative strategies employed
b) Practise to pitch (in small teams)
3  Introduction to  (Ungraded) Assessment
27 Aug Proposal Writing ”Pitch it Right: Gem of an Idea!”
 Concept Proposal (I): 7  Discuss & agree on Project Idea
Cs of Effective  Understand (team) assessment
Communication requirements (CA1) “Persuade in
Writing: A Concept Proposal”
 Working in Teams:  Critique of proposal excerpts
Giving & Receiving  Draft Concept Proposal Outline
Feedback
4  Concept Proposal (II):  Provide peer reviews for assigned
3 Sept Persuasive Strategies individual pitches
 Analyse and adopt effective writing
 Meetings – Effective and presentation strategies
Leading and employed in formal workplace
Participation written documents
Assessment Preparation: Nil
 Prepare for “Pitch it Right: Gem of
an Idea!” (Ungraded Assessment
in week 3).
 Additional help is available under
Learning Resources.
Task Preparation:
 Watch and critique assigned pitch
videos (IVLE)
 Prepare Concept Proposal Outline
 Submit Concept Proposal Outline
(IVLE) 3 days before conference
(i.e., Conference 1) with mentor
Assessment Preparation: Conference 1:
 Draft Proposal (Team). Conferencing between mentor and
 Additional help is available under respective project teams to clarify
Learning Resources. proposed project direction and for final
endorsement. Time, venue and format
(f2f or virtual) to be mutually agreed.

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ES2002 BUSINESS COMMUNICATION FOR LEADERS (BBA)
Week Online Self-Directed Face-to-Face Session
Learning
5  Rhetorical Tools:  Know the range of rhetorical tools
10 Sept Storytelling & Others  Analyse effective use of rhetorical
 Handling Q&A: tools in presentations
Thinking on your Feet  Know basic concepts in order to think
on your feet
 Practise and critique quality of
responses in Q&A
 Map out team strategies in
employing rhetorical tools
successfully
 Understand assessment
requirements (CA2) “Pitch it Right
and Think on your Feet”
6  Consult with mentor on presentation
17 Sept approach to CA2 (teams will meet
mentor at assigned times.)
RECESS
24 Sept
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Task and Assessment Preparation Conferencing
Task Preparation:
 Provide peer feedback on concept
proposal for assigned team using
Google Docs
Assessment Preparation:
 Finalise proposal for submission
Assessment Submission:
(CA1) Assessment “Persuade in
Writing: A Concept Proposal”
(upload to Turn-It-In@IVLE) on Fri,
21 Sept @2359
Task Preparation:
TEAMMATES evaluation
Assessment Preparation:
Prepare for Team Pitch. Additional
help is available under Learning
Resources
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Week Online Self-Directed Face-to-Face Session Task and Assessment Conferencing

Learning Preparation
7  (CA2) Assessment
1 Oct “Pitch it Right and Think on your
8 Feet”
8 Oct  Evaluate assigned team pitch
 Participate in Q&A

9 Negotiation: Key Principles  Know basic principles behind Assessment Preparation: Conference 2:
15 Oct & Thinking Win-Win principled negotiation Access additional help on negotiation Conferencing between mentor and
 Critique a real-life negotiation under Learning Resources respective project teams to provide
 Understand assessment individualised feedback to teams after
requirements (CA3) “Negotiation – CA2. The format will be f2f. Time and
Think Win-Win” venue to be mutually agreed.
10 Negotiation: Plan to Win  Know advanced principle behind
22 Oct principled negotiation
 Practise negotiation skills
11  Documenting your  (CA3) Assessment Assessment Preparation:
29 Oct Growth “Negotiation: Think Win-Win” Prepare Performance Appraisal
Document
12  Creating good and  Understand assessment Assessment Submission:
5 Nov lasting impressions requirements (CA4) “The Leader in (CA4a) Assessment: Performance
 Preparing for a Me: Documentation & Discussion of Appraisal Document (upload to
PH: performance appraisal Growth” Turn-It-In@IVLE) 3 days before
DEEPAVALI interview  Document and discuss growth at the week 13 f2f session@2359
workplace

13  (CA4b) Assessment “The Leader in

12 Nov Me: Documentation & Discussion of
Growth”
 Course Wrap Up

i Conferencing: To be arranged between mentor and respective project teams beyond the context of the scheduled f2f sessions. The conferencing sessions are created for mentor to provide

individualised insights to aid teams to achieve assessment task (i.e., Conference 1) and to provide feedback (i.e., Conference 2).

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