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You should also make sure that you have addressed all the areas that are set out in the marking criteria. Below is some additional information which may be of assistance.
The Co-op Report is the culmination of your semester?s work in Co-op. As with the rest of the assessment programme, it focuses on the BBus Learning Goals and is designed to measure your achievements in these Learning Goals at the exit point of your BBus.
Each of the BBus Learning Goals were set out in the Learning Framework and you continued to develop and reflect on these in your Progress Reports. The Co-op Report requires you to demonstrate that you have competency in each goal by addressing the following:
Learning Goal 1: Be self-directed, reflective learners:
Demonstrate your ability to be reflective, self-directed learners
Learning Goal 2: Be knowledgeable in their major field of study:
Demonstrate your understanding of key concepts and theory in your field of study
Learning Goal 3: * Be critical enquirers and problem solver:
Demonstrate analysis, evaluation and critical thinking
Learning Goal 4: Be able to think and act ethically:
Demonstrate your understanding of ethical and social responsibility issues facing business and society
Learning Goal 5: Be able to work collaboratively:
Demonstrate your ability to work with others
Learning Goal 6: Be effective communicators (written):
Demonstrate effective written communication. This goal is assessed on your writing and report format and does not need to be addressed in a separate section
The Co-op Report requires you to demonstrate that you have developed competency in the BBus Learning Goals by carrying out the critical analysis and evaluation set out above for each of Learning Goals. You need to support your analysis throughout the Report by integrating the models, frameworks, theories and/or technical competencies.
In the Learning Framework you were effectively asked to provide a ?snapshot? of where your thinking was at in relation to each of the Goals. The two Progress Reports have asked questions which were designed to track your progress in gathering information to help you to be able to achieve the five goals set out above.
Therefore you need to draw on what you have done in the Progress Reports to complete the critical reflection, identification, analysis and evaluation required. However you should not be cutting and pasting from the reports.
*See separate resources for integrating LG 3.3 into your report
Material discussed in the Workshops
In the workshops there was discussion about the process you have already completed through completion of the Progress Reports, and what is required in the Report.
There was also discussion about identification, analysis and evaluation. Students were referred to the following diagram to explain the process they have been undertaking and where the Co-op Report fits in.
In this diagram ?Action? is what you have been doing in your job. ?Reflection in action? refers to situations where you are doing your job but something comes up so you reflect instinctively and change your behaviour. McGill and Brockbank (2003) give the example of trying to hang a door, running into problems and solving the problem by using a lever to assist.
?Reflection on action? is what you have been doing in your Progress Reports. This is where you have been asked to look back at what you did at work and ask yourself why? how? What are the different perspectives? What models, frameworks, theories and/or technical competencies are relevant here? This is the critical analysis that you should have been doing in the Progress Reports. Therefore if you have completed your Progress Reports comprehensively and related models, frameworks, theories and/or technical competencies throughout your reflection, most of your critical analysis should have been done.
The final part of the Co-op Report is represented by the outer circle ? ?Reflection on reflection?. You are being asked to step back and reflect on your Progress Reports. What conclusions can you draw ? what went well, what went badly. What would you change and why? This is the evaluation.
In the Report you need to include enough description of the ?Action? to set the scene ?. But keep this brief. Most of your report should be drawing on the analysis you have already done and your evaluation of the experience. Make sure that all the way through your analysis is supported by theory and examples.
Some practical matters:
You need to format your Co-op Report as a Business Report.
You should have:
? Cover Page
? Executive Summary
? Table of Contents
? Introduction
? Main Body of Report should be in two sections-
o Section One for LG2, 3.1,3.2, 4 and 5 (LG1 & 6 are marked on your reflection and your written communication)
Discussion
Conclusion
o Section Two covering LG3.3- Your Research Topic
Discussion
Conclusion
Recommendations for Section 2 if appropriate
? Reference List in APA style (and your report must be correctly referenced throughout)
? Appendices are not required unless there is something relevant you think should be included.
Although normally in a Business Report you would not use the first person (?I?) it will be necessary to do so in the reflective section of the Co-op Report.
If you want to refresh yourself about Report writing you should look at:
Emerson, L. (Ed.). (2005). Writing guidelines for business students (3rd ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Thompson Dunmore Press.
*See separate resources for integrating LG 3.3 into your report
Reference list:
Brookbank, A. and McGill, I. (2003). The Action Learning Handbook. London: Routledge Falmer.
The Co-op Report
Co-operative Education is the capstone of your academic study in which you bring together everything you have learned from your first year papers your major discipline papers and any elective papers you have studied. For many of you it marks the end of your degree study and the beginning of the next phase of your learning journey as confident and capable BBus graduates. The Co-op Report is your opportunity to demonstrate your ability to write an excellent business report and demonstrate your competency in the BBus Learning Goals. Below are some suggestions about how you might approach writing your Co-op Report.
How?
The language of your Co-op Report
The structure of your Co-op Report
Getting ready to write Ensure you understand requirements outlined in the Marking Rubric
Material/Co-op Report)
Review everything you know about the features of an excellent business report. Which features are appropriate for your Co-op Report? How will you incorporate those features into your Co-op Report? (Go to AUTonline/Course Materials/Co-op Report)
Plan your Co-op Report carefully BEFORE you start to write ? be clear about what you want to say about your CP
Structure your Co-op Report as a business report ? Cover Sheet, Executive Summary, Introduction, Discussion (Section 1 & 2), Conclusion (Section 1 & 2), Recommendations (Section 2), and Reference List. Appendices (only if relevant and are key and discussed in your Report)
The focus of your Co-op Report writing is analysis and evaluation supported by models, frameworks, theories and/or technical competencies. Your writing must move beyond merely reporting facts and describing events. Write in greater depth about your topics.
It is acceptable to write your Co-op Report (Section 1) in the first person because of its reflective nature
Write in your own words and provide in-text references
Remember the 8000-10000 word limit
Edit, edit, edit ? grammar, spelling, accuracy, coherence, meets criteria referencing
To Whom?
The reader of your Co-op Report
The assessor plus moderation
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