BAHRIA UNIVERSITY KARACHI CAMPUS

Management Sciences

GENERAL INFORMATION
Course Title Career Exploring and Planning (MGT 311)

Course ID BBA Semester: Fall Year: 2018

Course Pre-requisite
Course Schedule

INSTRUCTOR’s INFORMATION
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Office Address

Consultation Timing
UNIVERSITY POLICY OF FAIRNESS
Bahria University follows strict policy of fairness in examinations, assignments, other academic activities
and conduct. The University appreciates decent behavior, acceptable moral norms and respectful display
of attitude towards others in the campus. Details of expected behavior and conduct are covered in
students’ handbook which is available on university website. It also covers in detail plagiarism and its
consequent disadvantages to the students as per HEC policies / rules.

COURSE DESCRIPTION
The course Career Exploring and Planning designed to summarize self-assessed interests, skills, values
and personality, and to help students in creating a record of the different alternative occupations and
training programs. The course will be useful to help students comparing career options when it is time to
narrow down choices. The course also serves as a valuable reference tool when discussing plans with a
career counselor, academic advisor and faculty. The contents of the course takes the approach that career
decision making should take into account the full context of one’s life, …i.e., personal talents and
attributes, life plan and lifestyle preferences, the different roles you plan as you move through different
stages of your life, and the obstacles you might encounter while making decisions.
COURSE OBJECTIVE
• To make students able to understand their own career/ academic aspirations
• To develop positive attitudes Connect career aspirations with whole ‐person development
and life ‐long learning
• To help students to develop a deeper understanding of theory and research in the area of
career exploring and planning and to demonstrate how such knowledge is pertinent for the
effective management of their career.
• To give students in-depth understanding of career issues that will help them to become a
successful employee and/or leader, and will assist them with long-term career goals and
aspirations.
• To produce business graduates equipped with related knowledge and necessary skills.
• To train and develop young minds to know the business issues as business manager
• To develop analytical thinking on the business challenges and generate logical responses.
• To expose the students to the changing business environment in Pakistan and abroad
• To increase the pool of socially responsible business graduates in the society.
• To develop and inculcate personality traits through soft skills.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

After having completed this course successfully, participants will be able to:

Career exploration begins at an early age. As students enter at university level, they have an
increased interest in and need for career exploration. Students become ready to gain an
understanding of their own interests, skills, and attitudes; career alternatives and the ever-
evolving requirements of the workplace; and the relationship of school and lifelong learning to
career success.
After studying this course students will be able to “create their futures” by:
• Getting aware of their personal characteristics, skills, interests, and aptitudes
• Developing a positive attitude toward work
• Seeing the relationship between personal choices, academic performance, and future
opportunities
• Becoming aware of the many career options available and an understanding that their options
are not limited by gender, socioeconomic status, or ethnicity
• Expanding their technology skills as they search for and analyze career information
• Getting opportunity to develop and use problem-solving and decision-making skills in
authentic contexts
• Developing appropriate social skills, personal values, and self-esteem
• Making able to match self interests with career opportunities and to understand the academic
and experience qualifications needed to pursue various opportunities. In addition, course
integrates important business knowledge and practices into career exploration.
 Text Books and Course Material

Title: Exploring Careers for the 21st Century.Second Edition

Author: Steve Mariotti
ISBN-13: 978-1269652308
ISBN-10: 1269652303
Title : Careering: The Pocket Guide to Exploring Your Future Career
Author: Tamara S. Raymond
Release Date: November 14, 2017
Language: English

References:

Career Planning and Succession Management, Developing your organization’s Talent – for today and
tomorrow. 2nd Edition
William J. Rothwell, Robert D. Jackson, Cami L. Ressler, and Maureen Connelly Jones.

New Directions in Career Planning and the Workplace

2nd Edition, Jean M. Kummerpow
The Pathfinder: How to Choose or Change Your Career for a Lifetime of Satisfaction and
Success, by Nicholas Lore
Six Business Skills Every New Graduate Needs to Develop |
Monster.comhttp://www.monster.com/career-advice/article/business-skills-for-new
graduates#.V6BanrGjJeQ.gmail
WEEKWISE COURSE DISTRIBUTION
Week Topics Activities
1. Introduction Class Lectures & Discussions
Introduction of Student Grooming Program
Discussion on Course Outline, Course
Objectives & Teaching methodology
Introduction of the Course Description
Career Planning Links
2. Personality Test 1. Self-awareness assessment (discussion)
Personality and Career Planning Tests 2. Preliminary Self-awareness assessment
Assignment: Self Assessment 3. The defining issues test: “The Escaped
Self Assessment Prisoner”
• Work interest Assessment 4. Cognitive Style Indicator Test
• Personality Assessment 5. Tolerance of Ambiguity Scale
• Value Assessment 6. Locus of Control Test
7. Discussion on self assessment results
Quiz 1
3. Career Goals Setting Group discussions
Assignment: Prepare your career goals for 5
years, beyond 5 years up to 15 years and after
25 years of work.
 Develop your Goals on template.
Identified groups will be given topics from
Business Culture and Ethics for discussions.
End of discussions after 20 minutes, each
group will present their findings to the class
and respond to Q&A from other group
members.
Instructor will facilitate discussions and Quiz
the class in the second half.
Class will be briefed to prepare for the next
session on Career Development.
4. Entrepreneurship as a Career Path Entrepreneurship
Incubators, New Venture Creations, Careers
in Existing Entrepreneurial Ventures.
5. Project Management as a Contemporary Case Studies
Career Path Network
Definitions, Role of Project Managers Analysis
Five Phases of Project Management Quiz 2
PERT Evaluations
6. Career Development Assignment
1- Create a Timeline Develop personal action plan
2- Family “Career” Tree
3- Research Concept of Work
4- Chart your Skills
7. Personal Reflection Reflect on the experiences described above in
1- Chart your Skills light of the results of at least one of the self
2- Create Goals assessments. Identify 2 lessons learnt from the
3- Interview Employers experiences above. Apply what you have
Assignment: Networking learned about yourself to your career. You are
expected to use at least two academic sources
to support your analysis.
This session will continue on with same
activities and graded as above. Videos(TBD)
Guest speaker
Quiz 3
8. Recognizing Networks Role play in a simulated environment judged
1- What are Networks? by preferably a guest or a panel of peers and
2- Building Networks instructors.
3- Why are Networks so important? Book Review in next class
Assignment: Interviews Careering: The Pocket Guide to Exploring
Your Future Career by Tamara S. Raymond
9. Work Preparation Basics of CV writing.
1- Create Your Resume Students will be asked to develop their CVs
2- Prepare for Interview under Instructor supervision. Basics of
3- Evaluate Your Interview Skills Interviewing supported by class lectures,
videos and role play on responses against
questions asked, body language, elevator
speech. Dress codes, basic preparation, and
presentation and follow up.
10. Midterm
11. Protean Careers and Boundary Less Boundary less Careers
Careers
Traditional Vs. Boundary Less Careers,
Subjective Career Success
Objective Career Success
12. Discussion on FOCUS Career Tools Students will be asked to understand
objectives of FOCUS CAREER guides and
discuss in the form of groups in class
13. Launching an Employment Campaign Implementing a Strategic Career Plan
The Nature of Employment Problems
14. Careering In A Changing World
The Role of General Education Courses,
The Vision To Have a Successful Career,
Changes in Work organizations
15. Organizational Culture and Effective Quiz 4
Work
Characteristics of Organizations
Diversity in Organizations
Kinds of Organizations
Alternative Ways To Work, Job Creation
The Contingent Workforce
16. Written Communications in Job Hunt Job Search
Letters in the Job Search Process Communication Skills
Resume Writing
Interpersonal Communications in Job
Hunting,
Information Interviews
Social Networking, Job Interviews
17. Project Presentations Presentation on report given to the whole class
on a career field learned about through
research (i.e., informational interviews,
information sheets, etc.). It should be about 5-
7 minutes in length and include the nature of
the work, what interested you about it, and
how you benefited from learning about that
field.
Final Exam
ASSESSMENT PLAN

Marks Frequency Marks Total Marks

Panel Discussions 2 30 each 06
Presentations 2 30 each 06
Quizzes 3 4 (N-1) 15
Mid Term 1 25 25
The 7 Habits Work Book 1 80 08
Final Paper 1 40 40
Total 100