1. COMM 2072: Communication and Organisational Practices
This page has been created to help you get started with assignment 1 & 2. Please refer to your course page for the full assessment details and requirements.
2. Assignment 1 & 2: Finding resources
Before you start searching for academic sources, it is a good idea to plan your approach.
For example, if for your reflective journal you want to explore the causes of miscommunication within the workplace start by:
- Thinking about what your key concepts are.
- Then brainstorm other synonyms or alternative concepts you could use in your searches.
- Consider word plurals, different word endings, common acronyms or different word spellings. This is important as not everyone refers to ideas in the same way.
A mind map or table can be a good strategy for organising ideas:
| Key concepts | Miscommunication | Workplace |
| Alternative concepts |
miscommunicating misunderstanding communication barriers communication distortion |
work organization organisation job |
As you start searching you can add to the table or mind map.
Do the same for your reflective report. Remember for this assessment you will need to choose:
- An organisation or group which you belong to. If you do not have work experience consider the below options:
| Work place | University group | Sporting Club |
| Social group | Volunteer group | Religious group |
- A communication exchange
| Social Media | YouTube video | Current affairs |
| TV show segment | Novel | Other creative work |
The Library Collection can be a useful starting point in locating academic references. The library collection contains resources such as print and electronic books, DVDs, journals and theses, together with journal and newspaper articles from numerous databases.
To do a search, try using
- double quotes for phrases
- truncation* to find the plural and other forms of a word
- connect using AND, OR and NOT
At the results list you can:
- Limit to articles from Peer Reviewed publications
- Limit by Date eg 2010 to 2020
- See the full text for many items by selecting the title, then look for the Online link
- See Library Collection Help for additional searching tips.
Google Scholar searches only within academic or scholarly sites, rather than over the whole internet like a regular Google Search. For more information on using Google Scholar, have a look at our Library research skills guide.
By accessing Google Scholar from within the library website, you will be able to link directly to articles that the Library has access to by clicking on the Full-text at UniSA link.
Business Source Ultimate provides information covering all areas of business including accounting and finance; banking; finance and insurance; construction; computer science; economics and more.
This is an example of an Advanced Search using Business Source Ultimate.
You can limit your search by date range and to Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals from the box on the left hand side of the results screen.
3. Assignment 1: Reflective writing
The below resources may assist you in writing your journal entries.
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Introduction to reflective practice (UniSA)This online module was developed by the Student Engagement Unit and is designed as an introduction to reflective practice for students at the University of South Australia.
4. Assignment 2: Oral presentation
5. Providing feedback
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5 awesome ways to give feedback to your team
This blog gives good guidance on giving feedback. -
Read: Peer assessment and self evaluation
This resource introduces self-evaluation and peer-assessment and describes how they can be used to benefit your learning.
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How to write effective peer review comments
What's the difference between higher-order and lower-order concerns in peer review, and how can I write effective peer review comments?
6. Assignment 2: write a report
Now that you have done your research it is time to put all of your information together. Watch this short video (approx 3 mins) for tips on how to write a report or access the overview document at the bottom of this box.
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Report OverviewThis document is developed by the Student Engagement Unit and will help you to understand what a report is and how to prepare one.
For more help on improving your academic skills and referencing, please visit Study Help page.
7. Referencing Support
Need help referencing? Follow the roadmap!
Referencing Roadmap (Harvard)
Help with the Harvard UniSA referencing style. Find in text-citations and reference examples, from different sources such as articles, books & chapters, websites, and more.
Other referencing support tools:
Discuss referencing, exchange advice and post questions and answers about referencing (facilitated by Student Engagement Unit).
Referencing software (EndNote)
What do you do with all those references you have found?
Use a bibliographic management software to store, organise and cite your references. The Library supports the bibliographic management tool EndNote. There are also many free systems available.
8. Language and grammar
Watch the following video to brush up on your grammar skills. Use the time stamps to jump to sections you need.
- Explore the writing and academic language resources or visit the study help grammar page.
- Dictionaries, tools, and support services can be found in the Resources for English Language LibGuide.
