Faculty of Humanities & Health

Sciences
Department of General Studies

MPU 3412-Team Leadership and Community Service

Semester 1, 2024

Unit study package number: MPU 3412

Mode of study: Internal
Tuition pattern summary: 2 hours
Credit value: Nil
Pre-requisite units: Nil
Co-requisite units: Nil
Antirequisite units: Nil
Additional Requirements: Nil
Result type: Pass/Fail
Approved incidental fees: Information about approved incidental fees can be
obtained from our website. Visit
fees.curtin.edu.au/incidentafees.cfm for details.

Scheduled times and Venues:

Unit Coordinator:
Name: Valerie Velina
Phone: Tel: +60 85 630100 Ext: 2611
Email: valerie.velina@curtin.edu.my
Building: Prinia 1
Room: 105
Consultation times: Please refer to individual staff
timetable

Teaching Staff: Name: Dr. Noraisikin Sabani

Phone: Tel: +60 85 630100 Ext: 2610
Email: noraisikin.s@curtin.edu.my
Building: Prinia 1
Room: 108
Consultation times: Please refer to individual staff
timetable

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Administrative contact: Name: Lydia Anak Mujah

Phone: +6085 630100 ext 2604
Email: lydia.m@curtin.edu.my
Building: Prinia 2, Admin

Learning Management System: Moodle (http://moodle.curtin.edu.my/)

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Acknowledgement of Country
We respectfully acknowledge the Indigenous Elders, custodians, their descendants and kin
of this land past and present.

Syllabus
This course focuses on the influencing factors of a high performing team, apply project
management skills, lead a team towards achieving community service goals and reflect and
present on the experiences.

Introduction
Welcome to team leadership and community service unit. In this unit student will learn the
influencing factors of a high performing team, apply project management skills, lead a
team towards achieving community service goals and reflect and present on the
experiences.

Unit Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit students will:

Graduate Attributes
addressed:

1. Learn the influencing factors of a high performing

team.
2. Learn and apply project management skills.
3. Lead a team towards achieving community service
goals.
4. Reflect and present on their experiences.

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Curtin’s Graduate Capabilities

Apply discipline Effective

Innovative, creative
knowledge, principles and communicators with
and entrepreneurial
concepts digital competency
Culturally competent
to engage respectfully
Globally engaged and Industry connected
with local First Peoples
responsive and career capable
and other diverse
cultures
Find out more about Curtin’s Graduate Capabilities at the Curtin Learning and Teaching website:
clt.curtin.edu.au

Learning Activities
Lecture, discussion and presentation
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Referencing style
Students should use the Chicago referencing style when preparing assignments. More
information can be found on this style from the Library web site:
library.curtin.edu.au/research_and_information_skills/referencing
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Learning Resources
The resources or study aids for this unit are available and accessible in Moodle, an online
learning management system.

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Recommended Texts

You do not have to purchase the following textbooks but you may like to refer to them.

Assessment Schedule:

Value Due Unit Learning

Assessment Tasks Outcome(s)
Assessed

Assessment 1 on:

Project Proposal
Students must demonstrate
15% Week 3 3, 4, 6, 8
a variety of skills such as
critical thinking and
research to complete this
task.

Assessment 2 on:

Written Report
After the community service
15% Week 10 3, 4, 6, 8
project, students have to
submit written report.

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Assessment 3 on:

Video Presentation
70% Week 13 1, 2, 3, 7, 8
Students will be divided into
groups and they are required
to present their group project.

TOTAL 100
%

Fair assessment through moderation

Moderation describes a quality assurance process to ensure that assessments are appropriate to
the learning outcomes, and that student work is evaluated consistently by assessors. Minimum
standards for the moderation of assessment are described in the Assessment Manual, available
from

policies.curtin.edu.au/policies/teachingandlearning.cfm

Late Assessment Policy

This ensures that the requirements for submission of assignments and other work
to be assessed are fair, transparent, equitable, and that penalties are consistently
applied.

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1. All assessments which students are required to submit will have a due date
and time specified on the Unit Outline.

2. Accepting late submission of assignments or other work will be determined by

the unit coordinator or Head of Department and will be specified on the Unit
Outline.

3. If late submission of assignments or other work is not accepted, students will

receive a penalty of 100% after the due date and time i.e. a zero mark for the
late assessment.

4. If late submission of assignments or other work is accepted, students will be

penalised by ten percent per working day for a late assessment submission (e.g.
a mark equivalent to 10% of the total allocated for the assessment will be
deducted from the marked value for every day that the assessment is late). This
means that an assignment worth 20 will have two marks deducted per working
day late. Hence if it was handed in three working days late and marked as
12/20, the student would receive 6/20. An assessment more than seven
working days overdue will not be marked. Work submitted after this time
(due date plus seven days) may result in a Fail – Incomplete (F-IN) grade
being awarded forthe unit.

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Passing requirements

In order to pass this unit, student MUST:

(a) demonstrate achievement of all learning outcomes; and

(b) attempt all the assessments including the final exam.

Plagiarism

Plagiarism occurs when work or property of another person is presented as one's

own, without appropriate acknowledgement or referencing. Plagiarism is a
serious offence. For more information refer to academicintegrity.curtin.edu.au

Plagiarism Monitoring
Work submitted may be subjected to a plagiarism detection process, which may
include the use of systems such as Turnitin. For further information see
http://academicintegrity.curtin.edu.au/students/turnitin.cfm.
Additional information

Enrolment:

It is your responsibility to ensure that your enrolment is correct - students are

required to do manual enrolment. Your study plan will be arranged according to
the course structure. If you intended to make changes on your enrolment plan;
you may seek advice from the Head of Department.

Supplementary/Deferred Exams:
Supplementary and deferred examinations granted by Department of Culture and
Language Studies will be notified to students after the Department of Culture and
Language Studies Board of Examiners meeting via Moodle in Curtin Sarawak
website. It is the student’s responsibility to check their Moodle account on a
weekly basis for official Curtin correspondence. If your results show that you
have been awarded a supplementary or deferred exam you should immediately
check your student webmail or Curtin Sarawak website for details.

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Student Rights and Responsibilities

It is the responsibility of every student to be aware of all relevant legislation and

policies and procedures relating to his or her rights and responsibilities as a
student. These include:

 the Student Charter

 the University’s Guiding Ethical Principles
 the University’s policy and statements on plagiarism and academic
integrity
 copyright principles and responsibilities
 the University’s policies on appropriate use of software and computer
facilities

Information on all these things is available through the University’s “Student

Rights and Responsibilities website at: students.curtin.edu.au/rights.

Student appeals: http://students.curtin.edu.au/rights/appeals/index.cfm

Recent unit changes

We welcome feedback as one way to keep improving this unit. Students are encouraged to
give unit feedback through eVALUate, Curtin’s online student feedback system (see
http://evaluate.curtin.edu.au/info/index.cfm). Recent changes to this unit include:

1. Group project assessment (Your lecturer will give a brief details of group project during
first lecture.)

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Program Calendar*

Wee Date
Content Remarks/ Assessment
k

1 26 Feb Unit Overview and Introduction

High Performance Teams

4 March  What makes a team perform
2  How to apply on our own teams

11 Project Management
3 March  Managing time, people and money.
 Key Elements of Project Plan
Community Service Project: Briefing
18  Developing leaders through
4 March community service
 Finding your cause/passion
 Forming teams
Community Service Project: Consultation
 Reflection
25  Planning
5 March  Executing
 Evaluating

6 1 April Tuition Free Week

7 8 April Community Service Project: Execution

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 Reflection
 Planning
 Executing
 Evaluating
Community Service Project: Execution
 Reflection
8 15 April  Planning
 Executing
 Evaluating
Community Service Project: Execution
 Reflection
9 22 April  Planning
 Executing
 Evaluating
Community Service Project: Execution
 Reflection
10 29 April  Planning
 Executing
 Evaluating
Community Service Project: Execution
 Reflection
11 6 May  Planning
 Executing
 Evaluating
12 13 May
Project Presentation
13 20 May
Project Presentation
14 27 May
Study Week

*This programme calendar is based on the Degree Semester calendar.

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