VU23153 - Explore evolving technology and impact on jobs
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(Corequisite units must be studied concurrently with this unit)
Overview
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to investigate the impact of future technologies on the current and future workforce. It includes identification of the various role of technologies in business, its impact on the work environment and the workforce, and the need to establish career resilience strategies.It requires the ability to collect, analyse, combine and reflect on information to determine its application to current and/or future occupational choices.
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:
- Describe the evolution of technology including its influence on jobs and impact on the work environment in both the medium term (up to 10 years) and in the longer term (up to 20 years) and reflect on the impact of the information identified for their own future in the world of work.
In doing so, the candidate must:
• Investigate, collate and summarise information and data
• Outline the findings of their investigation using an appropriate format
• Reference source material appropriately
• Develop an action plan to build personal career resilience.
Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:
- How technology shapes business practices including:
• performance and overall effectiveness of products
• performance of systems and services
• information and data security
• communication processes
• product research and development
• growth of business
• global reach - Causes and impact of disruption of current jobs such as:
• augmentation such as artificial intelligence, collaborative robotics (cobots)
• automation such as process automation, fixed robotics, mobile robotics - The role of technology in the creation of new jobs within industry sectors due to the impact of technology
- Workplace culture
- Ways of work including:
• telecommuting
• remote working
• gig economy
• micro-business - Digital wellbeing in the workplace and the impact of:
• work-life balance
• over-use of technology (techno-overload, techno-insecurity)
• design of workspaces
• flexible and remote working
• communication and collaboration - Career resilience strategies to cope with technological changes in the workplace including:
• Growth mindset
• Embrace lifelong learning
• Cultivate a robust personal and professional network
• Active career management - Technology-induced employment disruption.
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):