Manage personal work priorities and professional development Assignment

Assessment 1: Short Question - 2400 words.

Assessment 2: Case Study - No word limit therefore assuming to be around 1000 words.

Assessment 1: Short Answer Questions

The objective of this section is to demonstrate - Establish personal work goals

Question 1 - List six characteristics you have that enable you to act as a positive role model in the workplace.

Question 2 - How would you ensure that your personal work goals reflect the organisation's plans, and your own responsibilities and accountabilities? (180 to 200 words)

Question 3 - List five strategies you can use to measure and maintain your personal performance, and provide a brief (120 to 150 words) description of each strategy. (Ensure you include when contingencies occur)

The objective of this section is to demonstrate - Set and meet own work priorities

Question 4 - A member of your team has presented you with their work goals for the next quarter. You are surprised to see that they all focus on this person pursuing a particular project that they raised with you last month. You need to have this person working on the new product launch and you cannot see how they will have time to spend on a project that does not contribute in any way to the new product getting to market.

What strategies could you use to help the team member understand the goals of the organisation and the team, and realign their work goals to reflect the organisation's plans and goals? (180 to 200 words)

Question 5 - What technology can be used to efficiently and effectively manage priorities and commitments? (50-75 words)

Question 6 - List ten strategies to help ensure technology is used effectively.

Question 7 - What is work-life balance? (50-100 words)

Question 8 - List and describe (80 to 100 words each) three strategies that will help you maintain a healthy work-life balance and ensure stress is effectively managed and health is attended to.

The objective of this section is to demonstrate - Develop and maintain professional competence

Question 9 - Describe how you can assess your personal knowledge and skills against the competency standards for a position (50 - 80 words).

Question 10 - Describe how you might create a personal career plan to prioritise and meet your development needs (250 to 300 words)

Question 11 - List seven forms of feedback or information that might be useful for identifying and developing ways to improve competence

Question 12 - How does feedback contribute to improvement of competence? (150-200 words)

Question 13 - Explain how understanding your personal learning style can assist you when identifying, evaluating and selecting development opportunities. (150-200 words)

Question 14 - How can you establish and nurture networking opportunities to enhance personal knowledge, skills and work relationships? (250 to 300 words).

Question 15 - Explain how developing new skills can contribute to the development of a competitive edge. (300 words)

Question 16 A - Identify and list below three (3) types of learning styles and a brief description of each.

Question 16 B - Looking at each learning style, which learning style suits you best and why?

Assessment 2: Case Study

The objective of this section is to demonstrate - Manage personal work priorities and professional development

Part A - Seek Feedback from two or more of the following:

• Employees
• Colleagues
• Customers
• People from a wide range of social, cultural and ethnic backgrounds
• Team members

Note: You may use the Feedback Template to conduct your feedback or create your own.

Once you have received the completed feedback form/s upload to the LMS. You will also need to use the feedback information to complete Part B of this assessment.

Part B - Develop a Personal Development Plan

Note: You may use the Personal Development Plan Template or create your own.

Once you have completed your Personal Development Plan upload to the LMS.

Please ensure all the following areas are included;

• Career objectives;
• Personal Goals;
• Performance Measurement;
• Action Plan; (including feedback provided in Part A to be analysed and applied)
• Time frames;

Part C - Using outlook or equivalent on your computer, complete and upload to the LMS a week of diary entries which to organise and priorities tasks and commitments.