BSBCRT311 - Apply critical thinking skills in a team environment

Unit code: BSBCRT311 | Study level: TAFE
Nominal hours:
40
Location
Werribee
Prerequisites
N/A
Overview
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Overview

This unit describes skills and knowledge required to apply critical thinking skills to generate solutions to workplace problems in a team environment.The unit applies to individuals who are required to develop and extend their critical and creative thinking skills to different issues and situations. These individuals apply a range of problem solving, evaluation and analytical skills resolve workplace issues within a team context.

Assessment

For Melbourne campuses

Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce & extend knowledge and skill competence within set & controlled parameters in accordance with each units learning outcomes & performance criteria requirements, including the setting of work based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of competence outcomes, within periodic and scheduled timelines.

Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills:

  • generate and present solutions to a workplace problem on at least two occasions.
    In the course of the above, the candidate must:
  • identify and analyse workplace problems as part of a team
  • develop questions on key challenges of a chosen problem
  • consult relevant stakeholders to gather information on workplace problem
  • use a range of creative thinking techniques as part of a team to generate ideas or responses to questions or issues
  • use critical thinking processes to develop relevant questions and criteria for identified workplace issue
  • present to relevant stakeholders and respond to answers
  • assess feedback to identify key personal and team learnings.

Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:

  • organisational and legislative frameworks
  • advantages of different perspectives when asking questions
  • critical thinking techniques
  • applicable criteria to assess potential solutions to workplace issue
  • boundaries to be considered when generating ideas and responses
  • methods to develop individual critical and creative thinking skills.

Required reading

The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required in the form of workbooks produced by Victoria University and/or via the Victoria University e-learning system.

As part of a course

This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):

Certificate III in Business
BSB30120 | Certificate iii | Duration:
Certificate III in EAL (Employment)
22643VIC | Certificate iii | Duration:

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