Lecturer: Nigel Barker
Location: 10 Pulteney Street, Nexus Building (Rm 10.26)
Telephone: +61 404890174
Email: nigel.barker@adelaide.edu.au
Course Website:
www.myuni.adelaide.edu.au

1.3 COURSE TIMETABLE

This course is being presented in semi-intensive mode and will revolve around group research activity combined with lecturer group consultation.  Normal hours of classes will not necessarily be followed and groups will be able to arrange lecturer consultations throughout the course to fit their group agenda.

Day 1 (Tuesday Sept 5)
·     
Course overview and assessments.
·     
Background introduction to mentors.
·     
Working effectively in groups / Surviving groups.
·     
Knowing your own strengths and weaknesses (do a self
SWOT).
·     

Group study and meeting time – who’s going to do what..
·     
Debrief and preparation for background research and
interviews with mentors


Day 2 (Wednesday September 6)
·   
Fine-tuning your interview question guides.
·     
Interviews with mentors


Day 3 (Tuesday October 3)
·     
Group meetings with lecturer to show status of project
·     
 
Day 4 (Thursday October 5)

Research day +  
Group meetings with lecturer as required

Day 5 (Tuesday October 10)

Group meetings with lecturer to discuss presentation and final report

Day 6 (Thursday October 12) 
·     
FINAL PRESENTATIONS TO MENTORS·     
Presentation of findings and final report to lecturer and
mentors.

The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from the Course Planner at https://access.adelaide.edu.au/courses/search.asp

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Work effectively as a team member, showing leadership and cooperation as required to enhance group outcomes;
2. Develop an interview plan and use it to effectively interview individuals and collect relevant primary information;
3. Apply basic secondary data collection and evaluation;
4. Undertake strategic business analysis in order to develop appropriate problem solving strategies;
5. Communicate, clarify, and present to peer audiences in a professional setting; and
6. Produce a logical and coherent group Research Report that provides value to stakeholders.

There is no prescribed text for this course, but a comprehensive reading list relevant to topic discussions will be provided. However, it is expected that students will look beyond these resources and find additional literature of value.

Students have access to library and electronic databases and use of these and other sources of legitimate information, such as industry journals and other publications are recommended when appropriate.

All topic lectures and most discussions will be recorded for the benefit of those that can’t attend the sessions. A comprehensive reading list will also be available in addition to lecture slides (although this is not a ‘slide intensive’ course) etc. All resources will be available via the course MyUni site. All assessments are to be provided electronically and will be marked and returned electronically via the Turnitin portal on the MyUni site.

This course is scheduled to be delivered over 6 intensive days of teaching over the trimester period.  Due to the completcity of the subject however, these days are often more focussed on one-to-one discuissions with the lecturer and group time for project development.  The focus of the course will be an interactive research project with one of our industry mentors and fellow group members. For students studying remotely, all lecture and tutorial sessions will be recorded as with interviews and debriefs with our industry mentors. However, it is expected that group members will maintain close contact between sessions in order to complete the required tasks and maximise learning outcomes.

This information is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements. The University expects full-time students to commit approximately 9 hours for a threeunit course of private study outside of your regular classes. Students in this course are expected to attend sessions in this intensive delivery mode course if at all possible. Students studying remotely must review session recordings and stay in touch with the lecturer and their group members as required to maintain contact and group cohesion.

Date	Topics
Session 1	Course overview and assessments. Background introduction to mentors.  Working effectively in groups / Surviving groups. Knowing your own strengths and weaknesses (do a self SWOT). (knowing what’s useful and what’s not).  Group study and meeting time – who’s going to do what. Debrief and preparation for background research and interviews
Session 2	Finalizing and fine-tuning your interview question guides.  Study and meeting time – getting yourselves ready.  Interview with mentors
Session 4	Group meetings with lecturer to discuss status and process. Group research
Session 5	Group meetings with lecturer to discuss status and presentation content/techniques. Report writing: structure and content.
Session 6	Group presentations to mentors and submission of final report.

Please not this is a high level course and as such does assume a good understanding of both wine, and the wine industry.  It is advised that students only attempt this course when they are proficient with the fundamentals of business and wine production.  

A description and explanation of each assessment is provided below. Please note, this course is not exempt from Assessment for Coursework Programs policy

Assessment Task	Weighting	Learning Outcome
Peer Assessment Due Oct 19	10%
Meeting Minutes Due Oct 2, 19	10%
Mentor Interview Report Due Sept 13	20%
Reflective Journal Due Oct 19	30%
Research Report Due Oct 12	30%
Total	100%

Each assessment must be attempted, and an overall grade of at least 50% must be achieved to pass the course overall. Additionally, a poor peer review rating by fellow team members (lower than 5 out of 10 for all team related performance elements assessed) will result in a 5% reduction in a student’s overall grade.

1.   Peer assessment (Individual Assessment) 10%. Due date: October 19

Working in a group setting can, and usually is, challenging. This is true whether it is in a study or work context. However, the reality of life (especially our working life) is that we must just ‘get on with it’ and work productively with others to achieve common goals. Something that makes this easier is each person making a commitment to sharing work appropriately, allocate tasks according to strengths within the team and to making a strong effort to achieve success.

There are 5 criteria that each of your team members will assess each other group in their team against on a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 is poor performance and 10 is virtually ‘perfect’ performance, the criteria are explained below:

1. Openness and flexibility
2. Trust and cooperation
3. Dutifulness
4. Dependability
5. Achievement of goals and tasks

These elements will be explained in more detail in class, although students are encouraged to seek additional insights via personal investigations and discussions.


2.   Minutes of team meetings (Group assessment) 10%. Due dates October 2 (3 x meetings) October 19 (2 x meetings)

Students must supply the minutes of at least 5 team meetings; these will be included in with the final report. These must be more that an account of who attended and how long the meeting lasted. It is expected that from the first meeting decisions regarding what needs to be done, who will do it and when it will be completed for group review will be recorded. Then in subsequent meetings, progress against action items and deadlines will be reported and subsequent actions decided. There will also be information sharing discussions and teamwork towards overcoming obstacles and problems. Remember also that your lecturer (another mentor in the course) is always available to help and can be invited to meetings, or to provide advice/feedback prior or post a meeting. It is not expected that minutes will be pages long – bullet points and summaries of discussions are fine – just so long as it is clear what took place, was achieved and decided. You may minute more meetings but 5 will be assessed. Students that are studying remotely can take part via Skype or telephone or other forms of ‘online chat’ that are available.
 

3.   Mentor interview report (Individual Assessment) 20% Due date. September 13 

This is a report respective to the successful interview of mentors. It will be approximately 2000 words in length and will provide an overview of your findings from the interview and will include a list of interview questions that were asked by your team and your personal assessment (with examples) of the quality and quantity of the information that was received. It will also include a summary of what was learned from answers to questions posed by other groups and your views of the success of the interview overall. You should also include identification of information that you still need to acquire and where you may source this. It is expected that all groups will record the interviews and share this audio file for your reference. Of course the lecture will be recorded and provided on MyUni for the benefit of students studying remotely.


4. Reflective journal (Individual Assessment) 30%. Due date. October 19

This aspect of the overall assessment carries as much weight as the investigative report that you are also required to complete. A major focus of this course is to encourage individuals to reflect on the process of learning about a specific topic (and the reporting on that topic) and also to apply critical thinking to this process as well as their individual team experiences. This journal is more than a diary, and mere ‘descriptions’ of events or topics will not justify strong assessment marks. There are a number of readings that will be provided in addition to discussion and explanation in lectures.



5. Research report (Group Assessment) 30% Due date. October 12

Each mentor will be presenting the class with a ‘problem’ specific to their area of interest. Each group will be required to interview them and to use their information, plus a wide range of information sourced by the team to address the question and complete a report of not less than 7000 words (not including any appendices) that investigates the context of the question and provides some clear strategies and recommendations respective to it.

At our first class all students will be allocated to groups (including remote students) and will be assigned a mentor. 

All assignments are to be submitted by the due date using the Turnitin facility on the course MyUni website. Assignments will be marked electronically and returned that way too. Please remember to keep a copy of all your work. Each assignment must also have an assignment cover sheet as its first page and title page after that.

Late Assignment Submission
Students are expected to submit their work by the due date to maintain a fair and equitable system. Extensions will generally only be given for medical or other serious reasons. All requests for extensions must be emailed to the lecturer in charge of the course before the due date. Each request will be assessed on its merits. A late assignment (without prior arrangement) will be penalised by a 5% mark reduction for each day that it is late.

Return of Assignments
Lecturers aim to marked and return assignments to student within two (2) weeks of the due date with written feedback.