The Future of Work

• • Intro. to the Evolving World of Work
  • The Digital Environment
  • Globalisation and Work
  • Employability & Career Planning
  • Work Identity & Self Branding
  • New Ways of Working
  • Complexities of Work: Employee Relations
  • Complexities of Managing People
  • Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
  • First Peoples Employment
  • Sustainable Workplaces & Work Practices
  • Adaptability and Wellbeing

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Additional requirements

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Global forces are rapidly changing the way we work. Globalisation, automation and digital communication have altered the way that employees engage with the workplace and provide value to employers. Career pathways have changed too. It is likely that you will have many jobs across a variety of careers and industries in your lifetime. Rapid advances in technology are enabling firms to automate processes, which is displacing or changing routine work. Simultaneously, the power of knowledge workers is rising. In parallel, new industries and new forms of collaborative and distance-based work are emerging. All of this is offering new challenges and opportunities. In this course you will explore how rapid technological advances are creating digital disruption that will impact your work in the future. It will enable you to identify opportunities to craft your own career pathway in a rapidly globalising, knowledge and service-intense economy.

• My Employability Skills Audit (Portfolio) (10%)
• ePortfolio - The Basics (50%)
• ePortfolio - Solutions Paper (40%)

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