Year+11+Achievement+Standard+Information+Management+1.3+-+4+credits

**Achievement Standard** Title ** |||||||||||| Access and process information from different sources || This achievement standard involves accessing and selecting relevant information from different sources, processing it into a given format appropriate for the intended purpose and audience, and acknowledging sources of information.
 * [[file:Achievement Standard for info management.ppt]]**
 * ** Subject Reference ** |||||||||||| Information Management 1.3 ||
 * ** Level ** || 1 || ** Credits ** |||| 4 |||| ** Assessment ** || Internal ||
 * ** Subfield ** |||||||||||||| Business Administration ||
 * ** Domain ** |||||||||||||| Text and Information Management - Generic ||
 * ** Status ** |||| Registered |||| ** Status date ** |||| 5 November 2007 ||
 * ** Planned review date ** |||| 28 February 2009 |||| ** Date version published ** |||| 5 November 2007 ||
 * Achievement Criteria **
 * ** Achievement ** || ** Achievement with Merit ** || ** Achievement with Excellence ** ||
 *  ·  Access and select relevant information from different sources. ||  ·   Access and select relevant information from different sources. ||  ·   Access and select relevant information from a range of different sources. ||
 *  ·  Process information into the given format for the intended purpose and audience, acknowledging sources of information. ||  ·   Competently process information into the given format for the intended purpose and audience, using techniques to enhance the readability of the text and acknowledging all sources in sufficient detail. ||  ·   Effectively process information into the given format for the intended purpose and audience, using techniques to produce high-quality readable text and acknowledging all sources in sufficient detail. ||
 * Explanatory Notes **

1  For //Achievement//, candidates must access information from at least two different sources from either category below: ·  books, magazines, newspapers, pamphlets, internet, CDs, databases ·  survey, interview, questionnaire, email, cellphone texting, telephone query.

For //Achievement with// //Merit,// candidates must access information from at least two different sources from the two categories above, at least one of which must come from the second category.

For //Achievement with Excellence//, candidates must access information from at least three different sources from the two categories above, at least one of which must come from the second category.

2  //Process information// includes: ·  collation from different sources ·  evidence of some rewording.

3  //Competently process information// includes: ·  collation from different sources ·  evidence of rewording.

4  //Effectively process information// includes: ·  collation from a range of different sources ·  evidence of considerable rewording.

5  Definitions: ·  //For the intended purpose// includes both the relevance and accuracy of the information. ·  //Intended audience// is the individual or group who will receive the information. Therefore, the amount and nature of the information and the level of the language must be appropriate to this audience. ·  //Techniques// //to enhance the readability of text// and/or //produce high-quality readable text// refer to structures that help produce easily readable text. Examples include use of bullets, tables and clear fonts.

6  //Acknowledging all sources in sufficient detail// requires giving sufficient information for others to access the source, and generally will include: ·  for a book source – author, title, date of publication and page number ·  for a magazine or newspaper – name and date of publication ·  for a website – full URL and date (updated and/or sourced) ·  for email – the full email address and date of contact ·  for a CD – title, year produced, name of article, search words if used ·  for other sources – the relevant time/date/contact telephone number/email address – where appropriate.

7  The candidate must be able to produce evidence of processing, eg by producing source documents and/or drafts along with the final copy.

8  Guidance will be given to the student concerning the format (ie booklet, flyer, brochure), style, intended purpose and intended audience.

1  Providers and Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against achievement standards.
 * Quality Assurance**

2  Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against achievement standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those achievement standards.


 * Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference || 0226 ||