ASSESSMENT COVER SHEET
QUALIFICATION: Diploma of Business/ Diploma of Management
UNITS: BSBWOR501B Manage personal work priorities and professional development
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ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES FOR STUDENTS
• You need to achieve a ‘Competent’ grade in ALL the assessments items to be granted a ‘Competent’ grade in the unit.
• In case you are not able to achieve a ‘Competent’ grade in any assessment task, you will be given three (3) attempts to resubmit your assessment. Your trainer will be available to assist you in any areas of difficulty. Please discuss the assessment with your trainer to seek advice on how you can achieve competency in the unit.
• Where relevant, oral questions may be asked to gather more information on your knowledge, skills and competence in the unit.
• A holistic approach is used to assess your skills relevant to this qualification. The skills are assessed across the different units offered within this qualification. Where a skill relevant to this unit is not assessed within this assessment pack, please note that the skill will be assessed in another unit.

Assessment 1
Activity 1.1.1 - 1.1.2
Word limit Approximately 100 words each
Objective To provide you with an opportunity to serve as a positive role model in the workplace through personal work planning and organisation
Activity 1.1.1
(Role models)
What ethical behaviours should you demonstrate if you want to be a positive role model? Choose four of these behaviours and give examples of how the behvaviour could lead to setting a positive example for others.
Activity 1.1.2
(Leadership styles) What do you understand by the ‘trait theories’ of leadership?
Based of the different theories of leadership, which leadership style/s do you believe is the most appropriate to be a positive role model? Briefly explain your answer and give examples.
Activity 1.2.1 – 1.2.4
Word limit 100 words each
Objective To provide you with an opportunity to ensure personal work goals, plans and activities reflect the organisation's plans, and own responsibilities and accountabilities
Activity 1.2.1
Answer the following questions
Draw a spider chart or mind map and think about where you are at the moment in terms of your level of satisfaction with a number of dimensions in your life. This will help you set goals for your personal life.
The centre where the lines intersect represents a score of ‘0’ and the outside is ‘10’. If you are satisfied in a particular area, you would put a ‘X’ on the line closer to the outside. If you are not satisfied, you would put a ‘X’ closer to the centre.
Once you have put a cross ‘X’ on each line, join all the Xs so it forms a spider web. You can now use your spider web to set goals for yourself. Any areas where you are close to the centre are probably the areas where you can set yourself some goals.
Based on the above analysis, write 5 SMART goals for yourself. Checks to make sure that the goal statements are SMART (refer to your Study Guide).
Activity 1.2.2 Complete the table below
List 3 key responsibilities you have in your job.
What are 3 key goals that you must meet as part of your job? Make sure you write these down as SMART goals.
Explain how your goals are aligned to your team’s goals?
Explain how your goals are aligned to your organisation’s overall goals?

Activity 1.2.3 What is the importance of making sure that an individual’s work plans and goals align with the organisation’s strategic plans and goals? Use the table above to explain your answer.
Activity 1.2.4 Do you believe that the SMART goal makes the goal clearer? Why or why not?

Activity 1.3.1 – 1.3.2
Word limit 300 words each
Objective To provide you with an opportunity to measure and maintain personal performance in varying work conditions, work contexts and contingencies
Activity 1.3.1 Respond to the following questions:
What are some of the techniques you can use to measure personal performance at work? Explain with specific examples from your own work experience.
Activity 1.3.2 Undertake a SWOT analysis on your professional competence. Use the table below to list your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.
Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats
Assessment 2
Activity 2.1.1 – 2.1.3
Word limit 100 words each
Objective To provide you with an opportunity to take initiative to prioritise and facilitate competing demands to achieve personal, team and organisational goals and objectives
Activity 2.1.1 Respond to the following questions:
Using your understanding of you job description, complete eight tasks that you believe you can use to improve your own productivity and list them below.
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List these tasks into the priority matrix.

The aim of this exercise is to improve your productivity. Who would you consult with in regards to your priority matrix? Why?
Use the priority matrix above to re-prioritise your tasks.
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Activity 2.1.2 Do you think prioritising your tasks using the above method would help you improve your performance? Why or why not?
Activity 2.1.3 What documentation/ evidence could you use to assess if your performance had improved or not?
Activity 2.2.1 – 2.2.2
Word limit 100 words each
Objective To provide you with an opportunity to demonstrate how you could use technology efficiently and effectively to manage work priorities and commitments.
Activity 2.2.1 Respond to the following questions;
List how you currently use technology to improve your performance? Provide specific examples
Activity 2.2.2 List what functions that you can use the technology for.
Technology Functions
Computers
Database
PDAs
Word processing
Activity 2.3.1 – 2.3.2
Word limit 200 words each
Objective To provide you with an opportunity to demonstrate how you would maintain appropriate work-life balance, and ensure stress is effectively managed and health is attended to
Activity 2.3.1 Respond to the following questions
What can happen if you do not handle stress correctly?
Activity 2.3.2 What action/s can you take to maintain an appropriate work-life balance to alleviate stress?

Assessment 3
Activity 3.1.1 – 3.1.4
Word limit 200 words each
Objective To provide you with an opportunity to Assess personal knowledge and skills against competency standards to determine development needs, priorities and plans.
Activity 3.1.1 Individually, discuss the following questions;
How can you assess your personal knowledge and skills?
Activity 3.1.2 What is a competency standard?
Activity 3.1.3 How can competency standards be measured?
Activity 3.1.4 What should you do if you do not meet the competency standard within your organisation?

Activity 3.2.1 – 3.2.3
Word limit 200 words each
Objective To provide you with an opportunity to seek feedback from employees, clients and colleagues and use this feedback to identify and develop ways to improve competence
Activity 3.2.1 Respond to the following questions
What should you do if you receive negative feedback?

Activity 3.2.2 If you receive positive feedback, does it automatically mean that you have the required level of competence? Why or why not?
Activity 3.2.3 What is 360 Degree Feedback? What are the benefits?
Activity 3.3.1 – 3.3.2
Word limit 200 words each
Objective To provide you with an opportunity to Identify, evaluate, select and use development opportunities suitable to personal learning style/s to develop competence
Activity 3.3.1 Respond to the following questions
In your own words, explain the difference between:
1. Divergers and Convergers
2. Assimilators and Accommodators
What is your preferred learning style? Based on your preferred learning style, what method/s would you use to gain competence through the available development opportunities?
Activity 3.3.2 List the 5 personality traits. Explain any one personality trait in your own words.

Activity 3.4.1 – 3.4.2
Word limit 200 words each
Objective To provide you with an opportunity to demonstrate your competence in participating in networks to enhance personal knowledge, skills and work relationships
Activity Respond to the following questions
How can a network assist you in enhancing knowledge, skills and working relationships?
The more working relationships that you build, the more opportunities you will have. How can you build working relationships?

Assessment 4- FINAL ASSESSMENT
Complete the questions below
1. Your Personal Goals:
List your 5 key personal goals/ learning objectives for the next 12 months in the table below
OBJECTIVES
What are your personal goals?
(Make sure you write SMART goals) ACTION PLAN
How will you achieve your personal goals? TIMEFRAME
By when?

2. Your Professional Goals:
List your 5 key professional goals for the next 12 months in the table below
OBJECTIVES
What are your professional goals?
(Make sure you write SMART goals) ACTION PLAN
How will you achieve your career/work goals? TIMEFRAME
By when?

3. Your organisation’s policies, plans and procedures (If you are not working at the moment, use ACTB for this question)
a. List the written policies and procedures used within your organisation
b. List the mandatory qualifications and/or training needed for your job.
c. Write a list of all the legislative instruments (laws) that apply to most workplaces in Australia
4. Your performance so far: Measure your performance at work against the following competency standards
Employability skill Industry or enterprise requirements for this qualification include: Rate your performance:
1. Give yourself a rating 1-10, where 1=Very poor and 10= Excellent)
2. Give reasons for your rating
Communication conducting research to collect and analyse information in a range of reports
consulting with others to develop a range of plans and reports
liaising with stakeholders and promoting participative workplace arrangements
Teamwork contributing to the development of other team members
providing feedback on team performance to colleagues and managers
Problem-solving applying risk management processes to business operations
assessing financial viability of new opportunities and matching organisational capability with market needs
negotiating solutions to new and emerging issues
Initiative and enterprise encouraging creative and innovative workplace solutions
identifying new and emerging opportunities for the business and developing strategies to capitalise on them
managing, fostering and facilitating change
Planning and organising developing systems that are flexible and responsive to changing circumstances
planning for contingencies and performance of staff and systems
Self-management dealing with contingencies
managing own time and priorities
taking responsibility as required by job role and ensuring organisational policies and procedures are adhered to
Learning assisting others to acquire new knowledge and skills to improve team and individual performance
Technology using electronic communication devices and processes, such as internet, intranet and email to produce written correspondence and reports
using technology to assist the management of information and to assist the planning process
5. Work-life balance: What steps will you take to ensure that you maintain a work-life balance and minimise stress
6. Networks: Review your existing networks and identify ways in which you can improve your professional network.
STUDENT COURSE EVALUATION
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1. How often did you attend classes for this subject?
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2. How did your trainer rate on the following attributes?
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6 Willingness to help students
7 Understanding student needs
8 Approachability (Did you find it easy to ask your trainer for help?)
9 Level of academic support offered by the trainer
3. Please respond to the following about your training for this subject.
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1 I developed skills in this subject area
2 I gained knowledge about this subject
3 The training has a good mix of theory and practical activities
4 The training helped me to learn new skills for work
5 Overall, I am satisfied with the training
6 The training was at the right level of difficulty
7 The trainer encouraged discussion and participation in class
8 The classes were interesting
9 The assessment methods were good
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