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| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
BOT 56A | Title:
WORKFORCE ISSUES |
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| Full Title:
Workforce Issues for Professional Office Workers |
| Last Reviewed:4/13/2020 |
| Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
| Maximum | 3.00 | Lecture Scheduled | 3.00 | 17.5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 52.50 |
| Minimum | 3.00 | Lab Scheduled | 0 | 17.5 min. | Lab Scheduled | 0 |
| | Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| | Contact Total | 3.00 | | Contact Total | 52.50 |
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| | Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| | Total Out of Class Hours: 105.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 157.50 | |
Title 5 Category:
AA Degree Applicable
Grading:
Grade Only
Repeatability:
00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As:
Formerly:
Catalog Description:
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Critical workforce issues including the evolution of the workplace environment, the worker's changing role and opportunities, and the development of 21st century workplace skills such as effective team membership, critical thinking, and individual responsiblity.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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Critical workforce issues including the evolution of the workplace environment, the worker's changing role and opportunities, and the development of 21st century workplace skills such as effective team membership, critical thinking, and individual responsiblity.
(Grade Only)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
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| CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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| IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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| CSU Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 1998 | Inactive: | Fall 2013 |
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| UC Transfer: | | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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Certificate/Major Applicable:
Certificate Applicable Course
COURSE CONTENT
Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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1. Compare the major "ages" of society: i.e., hunting and
gathering, agricultural, industrial, and information/knowledge.
2. List the factors of how workers/"companies" were organized in each
of the above listed "ages."
3. Explain how the organization of the information age workplace is
significantly different than the industrial age workplace.
4. Name the major components of individual responsibility as they
relate to the 21st century workplace.
5. Identify the varied employment/working options in the information/
knowledge workplace.
6. List advantages and disadvantages of each of the employment/
working opportunities.
7. Develop essential skills for employability in the information/
knowledge workplace.
8. Assess personal values and the factor influencing these values.
9. Relate your personal values to others' values using the same
determing factors.
10. Use an identified reasoning process to solve problems.
11. Weigh the results of the possible solutions identified in number 10
against intuition, common sense, and previous experience.
12. Explain factors in developing effective self-managing teams such as
importance of positive attitude, communication strategies,
negotiating, creating win-win situations, goal setting, flexibility,
etc.
Topics and Scope
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1. Evolution of the Workplace
A. History of work
B. Changes in the organizational structure
C. Critical issues affecting today's workers
2. Role in the Workplace
A. Individual responsiblity
B. Employment options
C. Employee/worker opportunities
3. Skill Development in the Workplace
A. Interpersonal skills
B. Critical thinking skills
C. Team player skills
Assignments:
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1. Reading assignments from textbook and outside sources.
2. Write a variety of reports from one-page documents to a research-
based formal report.
3. Individual and group activities applying effective listening,
speaking, problem solving.
Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.
| Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing. | Writing
30 - 60% |
| Written homework, Reading reports, Term papers, Projects | |
| Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving
10 - 50% |
| Projects | |
| Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations
10 - 40% |
| Class Performance | |
| Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams
5 - 20% |
| Multiple choice, True/false, Matching items | |
| Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category
5 - 15% |
| Attendance and participation | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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IMPROVING PEER RELATIONSHIPS, Norman Hale, Crisp Publications, 1997
ATTITUDE: YOUR MOST PRICELESS POSSESSION, Elwood Chapman, Crisp
Publications, 1997
TEAM PROBLEM SOLVING, Sandy Pokras, Crisp Publications, 1996
TEAM BUILDING, Robert Maddux, Crisp Publications, 1996
ADAPTING TO CHANGE, Carol Kinsey Goman, Crisp Publications, 1996
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