Assessment Instructions
| Assessment details | Instructions |
| Assessment overview | The objective of this assessment is to assess your knowledge and performance as would be required tocreate systems and process to organise information and prioritise tasks. |
| Assessment Event number | You are required to complete three project tasks to complete this Assessment Event number 1 of 1. |
| Instructions for this assessment | This is aproject-basedassessment and you will be assessed on your knowledge and performance of the unit. This assessment is in three parts and includes an Assessment Feedback form: 1. Part 1 Establish personal work goals 2. Part 2 Set and meet own Work Priorities 3. Part 3 Professional development and learning opportunities 4. Bibliography 5. Assessment Checklist 6. Assessment Feedback |
| Submission instructions | On completion of this assessment, you are required to email it to your teacher by midnight on the due datefor marking. Ensure your name is in the footer of each page of this assessment and each page has a number for the page and the total number of pages included. Ensure you save the file in the following format: “BSBWOR501 SURNAME First name AE 1” Please note all 3 tasks in this assessment event are to be submitted in a single word document using this template. It is important that you keep a copy of all electronic assessments submitted to TAFE and complete the assessment declaration at the beginning before submitting the assessment. |
| What do I need to do to achieve a satisfactory result? | To achieve a satisfactory result for this assessment all questions/sections must be answered correctly. |
| What do I need to provide? | |
| What the assessor will provide? | A learner workbook in soft or hard copy A copy of the powerpoint slides |
| Due date and time allowed | 3 May 2019 |
| Assessment feedback, review or appeals | Appeals are addressed in accordance with Every Students Guide to Assessment. |
Specific task instructions
The instructions and the criteria in the tasks and activities below will be used by the assessor to determine if you have satisfactorily completed this assessment event. Use these instructions as a guide to ensure you demonstrate the required knowledge.
Part 1: Task 1 – Establish personal work goals
Using the resources and the activities discussed in class, complete a portfolio of evidence that addresses the activities and questions below.
1. Develop your personal work goal(s). ………………………………………………………………………….
2. Explain how the work goal(s) identified in the previous question are connected to the organisation goals, policies, 3. plans and procedures and your work, responsibilities and accountabilities. ………………………………………………………………………………..
Activity 2 from the Learner Guide is reproduced below. Complete the Personal Work Plan.
ACTIVITY 2 from the Learner Guide – Personal Work planning
| Planning Process | Response |
| State your work goal (SMART) | |
| How will your work goal be achieved? | |
| Activities and tasks required | |
| What resources are required | |
| Action Plan | |
| Communicate or monitor |
4. Explain how you currently measure and maintain your personal work performance through identifying the measures used to assess your performance……………………………………………………………………………………
5. Activity 4 from the Learner Guide is reproduced below. Tick the comments that best describe how you feel about measuring your performance at work.
ACTIVITY 4 from the Learner Guide– Review skills
| TICK (if yes) | |
| I like to review my own work first before allowing others to see | |
| I sometimes do not know if I am doing a good job or not | |
| I do not have to worry about the standard of my work. I know I am doing a great job | |
| I do not like others providing me feedback on my standard of work | |
| I know if I have completed a task effectively when I do not receive complaints | |
| I like to discuss my progress of a task with my colleagues as I am completing it rather than completing it first. | |
| I would like more information on how tasks can be completed more effectively | |
| I would prefer to receive feedback only if I have asked for it. | |
| I continually seek to improve even my daily tasks | |
| I would prefer to do things as we have always done them and not introduce new ways of doing tasks | |
| I like to show my work to colleagues so that they can learn from the skills and abilities | |
| I am able to personally assess how well I have completed a task | |
| I would prefer to get feedback from others on my performance |
6. Based on the results above and the information provided on pages 11 – 17 of the learner guide discuss how you could better measure and maintain your work performance. Make sure to consider responding to varying work conditions, work contexts and when contingencies occur as well as relevance of competency standards and alignment to the organisation’s policies, plans and procedures that support performance…………………………………………………………………………
Part 2: Task 2 – Set and Meet own Work Priorities
Research the concept of time management in the Learner Guide, on www.mindtools.comand through wider sources and respond to the following activities and questions.
1. Understanding and applying time management principles is important to managing competing demands in today’s workforce. Discuss how time management principles can help you achieve personal, team and organisational goals……………………………………………………………………………
2. Select a “Time Management App” and explain its application and how it could help you prioritise and improve your management of time……………………………………………………………………………..
3. Research work-life balance techniques and identify at least 2 areas that you can personally implement to ensure stress is effectively managed and health is attended to in order to achieve a better work-life balance…………………………………………………………………
Part 3: Task 3 – Professional development and learning opportunities
To complete this part of the assessment, you will be required to respond to Scenario 1 or Scenario 2.You do not need to respond to both scenarios. Delete whichever scenario you do not use.
Scenario One – If you already have a Professional Development Plan (PDP) in your current role, respond to the following questions. Include in your response a critique of the aspects that are beneficial and the aspects that are lacking. (Response for the 5 questions should be approximately 1 page in total)
- How do you use the PDP process to determine your career objectives and development needs? ……………………………………..
- How does the PDP process enable you to prioritise work and develop your work plans?……………………………………………
- What feedback methods are used in the PDP process and how is the feedback incorporated into the PDP process?…………………………………………………………….
- How are learning and development opportunities identified and selected to further develop your skills?Include a recent example of a management development opportunity that has taken place or is planned to take place………………………………………………………
- In what ways does the PDP process encourage participation in networking? If networking opportunities are not included, what types of networking opportunities should you consider for your role?……………………………………………………………..
- Explain types of learning style/s and how they relate to the individual……………………………………………………………..
- Explain principles and techniques involved in the management and organisation of personal behaviour, self-awareness and personality traits identification……………………………………………………………………..
Scenario Two – If you do not have a Professional Development Plan (PDP) in your current role, you are required to develop components of a PDP that covers the points below.
- Develop a clear career objective – this can be short and long term…………………………………………….
- Conduct a personal knowledge and skills audit against your current role or future work goal showing the gaps between where you are now and where you plan to be. (Note: You must identify at least 1 management gap and use this in questions 3 and 4)……………………………………………….
- Determine the development needs based on the gaps identified in question 2. Rank these in order of priority. (Use the table below and add or delete rows as required)………………………………………….
Priority Development needs - Specify at least 3 learning opportunities and discuss how they will help you to develop your skills and achieve your work goals and objectives.
Learning Opportunities How this will help achieve work goals and objectives - Explain how you will obtain feedback from relevant personnel in relation to ways to improve your knowledge and skills……………………………………………
- Explain what networking opportunities would help you enhance your personal knowledge and skills.
- Explain types of learning style/s and how they relate to the individual……………………………………………..
- Explain principles and techniques involved in the management and organisation of personal behaviour, self-awareness and personality traits identification………………………………………………………
Part 4: Bibliography
It is recommended that you use either the Harvard reference style or the APA style.
Part 5: Assessment Checklist
The following checklist will be used by your assessor to mark your performance against the assessment criteria of your submitted project.
Use this checklist to understand what skills and/or knowledge you need to demonstrate in your submission.
All the criteria described in theAssessment Checklist must be met.
| TASK # 1 | Instructions | S | U/S | Assessor Comments |
| 1 | Developed personal work goal(s). | Date of Observation: Assessors are to record their observations in sufficient detail to demonstrate their judgement of the student’s performance against the criteria. | ||
| 2 | Explainedhow the work goal(s) identified in the previous question are connected to the organisation goals, policies, plans and procedures and the work, responsibilities and accountabilities. | |||
| 3 | Completed Personal Work Plan. | |||
| 4 | Explained how you currently measure and maintain your personal work performance through identifying the measures used to assess your performance | |||
| 5 | Ticked the comments that best describe how you feel about measuring your performance at work. | |||
| 6 | Discussedhow you could better measure and maintain your work performance. Consideredresponding to varying work conditions, work contexts and when contingencies occur as well as relevance of competency standards and alignment to the organisation’s policies, plans and procedures that support performance. |
| TASK # 2 | Instructions | S | U/S | Assessor Comments |
| 1 | Discussed how time management principles can help achieve personal, team and organisational goals. | |||
| 2 | A “Time Management App” has been chosen and explanation provided on its application and how it could help you prioritise and improve your management of time | . | ||
| 3 | Evidence that work-life balance techniques have been researched. Have identified at least 2 areas that you can personally implement to ensure stress is effectively managed and health is attended to in order to achieve a better work-life balance. |
| TASK # 3 S. 1 | Instructions | S | U/S | Assessor Comments |
| 1 | Explained how you use the PDP process to determine your career objectives and development needs? | |||
| 2 | Explained how the PDP process enables you to prioritise work and develop your work plans? | |||
| 3 | Explained what feedback methods are used in the PDP process and how the feedback is incorporated into the PDP process? | |||
| 4 | Explained how learning and development opportunities are identified and selected to further develop your skills? Has included a recent example of a management development opportunity that has taken place or is planned to take place. | |||
| 5 | Explained in what waysthe PDP process encourages participation in networking? If networking opportunities are not included, has explained what types of networking opportunities should be considered for your role? | |||
| 6 | Explained types of learning style/s and how they relate to the individual. | |||
| 7 | Explained principles and techniques involved in the management and organisation of personal behaviour, self-awareness and personality traits identification. |
| TASK # 3 S. 2 | Instructions | S | U/S | Assessor Comments |
| 1 | Developed a clear career objective – either short or long term | |||
| 2 | Conducted a personal knowledge and skills audit against your current role or future work goal showing the gaps between where you are now and where you plan to be. (Note: Have identified at least 1 management gap) | |||
| 3 | Determined the development needs based on the gaps identified in question 2. Ranked these in order of priority. | |||
| 4 | Specified at least 3 learning opportunities and discussed how they will help you to develop your skills and achieve your work goals and objectives. | |||
| 5 | Explained how you will obtain feedback from relevant personnel in relation to ways to improve your knowledge and skills. | |||
| 6 | Explained what networking opportunities would help you enhance your personal knowledge and skills. | |||
| 7 | Explained types of learning style/s and how they relate to the individual. | |||
| 8 | Explained principles and techniques involved in the management and organisation of personal behaviour, self-awareness and personality traits identification. |
Part 6: Assessment Feedback
NOTE: This section must have the assessor signature and student signature to complete the feedback.
Assessment outcome
☐ Satisfactory
☐ Unsatisfactory
Assessor Feedback
☐ Was the assessment event successfully completed?
☐ If no, was the resubmission/re-assessment successfully completed?
☐ Was reasonable adjustment in place for this assessment event?
If yes, ensure it is detailed on the assessment document.
Comments:
Assessor name, signature and date: ………………………………………………..
Student acknowledgement of assessment outcome
Would you like to make any comments about this assessment?
Student name, signature and date……………………/…………………./……………..
NOTE:Make sure you have written your name at the bottom of each page of your submission before attaching the cover sheet and submitting to your assessor for marking.