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BSBWOR501 Manage personal work priorities and professional development

Assessment 1

Written Question Answers:

Question 1: Explain the following in no more than 300 words each:
a. Four principles of performance measurement

b. Four techniques of performance measurement

Question 2: How does self-awareness contribute to a manager's effectiveness as well as that of employees? State at least two ways for each. Respond in no more than 100 words in total.

Question 3: Explain the following personality tests in no more than 100 words each:
a. Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
b. TheDiSC
a. Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

b. TheDiSC

Question 4: Briefly explain the steps involved in developing a personal development plan. Respond in no more than 100-150 words in total.

Question 5: Briefly explain the SMART technique used to set personal goals and provide a relevant example of a SMART goal. Respond in no more than 100 words.

Question 6: Describe the following time management techniques, in no more than 100 words
each:
a. The EisenhowerMethod
b. TheABCAnalysisinTimeManagement
c. Prioritise by Organising, Streamlining, Economising, and Contributing (POSEC)
Method
a. The Eisenhower Method

b. The ABC Analysis in Time Management

c. Prioritise by Organising, Streamlining, Economising, and Contributing (POSEC) Method

Question 7: Discuss the following management development opportunities and options, in no more than 100 words each:
a. Mentoring
b. Coaching
C. On-the job training

Mentoring:

Coaching:

C. On-the job training:

Question 8: Identify any four ways for achieving a healthy work-life balance.

Question 9: Outline the purpose of the following organisational policies, plans and procedures that relate to work performance management and professional development. Your response should be in no more than 200 words in total.

Performance management policy and procedure

Professional development policy and procedure

Professional development plan

Question 10: Explain three types of learning style/s and the characteristics of an individual who learns best with this style. Your response should be in no more than 200 words in total.

Question 11: Identify six types of work methods and practices that can improve personal performance.

Assessment 2 - Project 1 - Establish personal work goals.

Part A: Prepare self-assessment

Question 2: Complete the table below with details of four qualities required to be a good role model, how you can demonstrate each of these qualities and what actions you need to take to develop these skills.(refer Q2 on page 36 of student version)

Question 3: Complete the table below with details of four organisation skills will you need for your role as a manager, and how you will develop these skills.

Part B: Ensure personal work goals and plans reflect the organisation's plans, and own responsibilities and accountabilities

Question 1: Develop a work plan, incorporating and recording your personal work goals and outcomes and how you will achieve them. ( Refer Q1 - page 39 on your student version)

Question 2: Reflect on the following questions in the table below, then complete the table with strategies to maintain personal performance in the following situations:
in different work contexts
in different work conditions
when contingencies occur

a. What strategies will you employ to ensure you are equally effective while working in the following contexts: three strategies each
Working individually on a project

working in a team

b. What four strategies will you use to maintain your work performance in changed work
Conditions, such as working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic?

C What four emergencies or contingencies might affect your work (e.g. illness, study commitments, staff shortage, wastage of time, etc.)? Identify one strategy to manage each emergency or contingency, in order to maintain effective work performance.

Part C: Prioritise goals- (Read scenario information on page 42 and Q1 on page 43 of student version) and complete Appendix C

Refer Q2 on page 43 of your student version

a. What is your rationale for the priority ranking of goals?

Part D: Use business technology to organise and prioritise tasks

Complete Appendix D-excel sheet weekly planner

2 Refer Q2 on page 46 of your student version

a. What is Pareto's 80/20 Rule? Identify three ways in which you used it to prioritize your tasks in your Weekly Planner. Respond in no more than 150 words in total.

b. Identify how technology can help you organize and prioritize tasks and commitments and give four types of time management tasks that are made easier by technology. Respond in no more than 100 words.

c. What four strategies did you use to prioritize and facilitate competing demands so that you can achieve personal, team and organizational goals and objectives?

d. What three strategies helped maintain a balance between your job and the other areas of your life so you could be productive and happy both at work and outside of it?

e. What four strategies helped you effectively manage stress and maintain good health, while maintaining personal work performance?

Assessment 3 - Project 2 - Develop and maintain professional competence

Part A: Assess development needs

Part B - Seek feedback for improving competence- Refer page 58 of your student version
Develop a survey of at least 10 questions which consists of different type of questions like multiple choice, rating acle and open ended and include questions from all 5 categories listed in the task

Part C: Analyse and reflect on feedback for improving competence

Reflect on the feedback you have received from your colleagues and customers above, and in the table below:

Identify three areas such as behaviours, interpersonal skills and performance as a team leader, which you need to improve on the basis of the feedback.
identify your personal learning style by completing a learning style self-assessment questionnaire

Identify, evaluate and select development opportunities such as coaching, mentoring, shadowing, behavioural modification, etc. that are suitable to your personal learning styles

Identify two new skills that will give you a competitive advantage in your job, based on the Store Manager job description, and the feedback above

a. What three areas have you identified as requiring improvement?

b. Complete the VAK Learning Styles Self-Assessment Questionnaire given in Appendix F to Identify your learning style, and note your findings below.-Please attach completed Appendix F (PDF) and write your learning style here

c. Identify, evaluate and select at least one development opportunity for each of the areas of improvement you have identified. Select activities based on your personal learning styles, and provide a brief rationale for how these activities will suit you and benefit you.

Part D- Refer page 65 of your student version
Appendix G: Personal and Professional Development Plan Template

Part E - Participate in networks- Refer page 67 of your student version.
Appendix H: Professional Networking Plan Template-Refer page 67 Q1 of your student version
Appendix I: Professional Networking Journal Template- Refer page 67 Q2 of your student version

Attachment:- Manage personal work priorities.rar