1. General Assessment Guidance
• Your summative assessment for this module is made up of this coursework submission which accounts for 100% of the marks
• Please note late submissions will not be marked.
• You are required to submit all elements of your assessment via Turnitin online access. Only submissions made via the specified mode will be accepted and hard copies or any other digital form of submissions (like via email or pen drive etc.) will not be accepted.
• For coursework, the submission word limit is 2500 words. You must comply with the word count guidelines. You may submit LESS than 2500 words but not more. Word Count guidelines can be found on your programme home page and the coursework submission page.
• Do not put your name or contact details anywhere on your submission. You should only put your student registration number (SRN) which will ensure your submission is recognised in the marking process.
• A total of 100 marks are available for this module assessment, and you are required to achieve minimum 50% to pass this module.
• You are required to use only Harvard Referencing System in your submission. Any content which is already published by other author(s) and is not referenced will be considered as a case of plagiarism.
You can find further information on Harvard Referencing in the online library on the VLE. You can use the following link to access this information:
• BPP University has a strict policy regarding authenticity of assessments. In proven instances of plagiarism or collusion, severe punishment will be imposed on offenders. You are advised to read the rules and regulations regarding plagiarism and collusion in the GARs and MOPP which are available on VLE in the Academic registry section.
• You should include a completed copy of the Assignment Cover sheet. Any submission without this completed Assignment Cover sheet may be considered invalid and not marked.
2. Assessment Brief
The required submission for this assignment is a 2500 words “Personal Effectiveness Report”. Your report will include reflection on skills for a chosen career, comparison of own skill set/habits to choice of career, and analysis of methods for enhancing personal effectiveness.
Students are required to complete Three tasks:
1. Reflect on your own skill set in relation to a career goal.
2. Assess your habits/behaviours and how they may impact your career.
3. Analyse methods of enhancing personal effectiveness and improving personal branding. The Learning Outcomes to successfully pass this assessment are:
(LO1) Critically evaluate how people learn for professional development.
(LO2) Appraise the key skills and behaviours required to be effective in a professional context.
(LO3) Demonstrate understanding of a range of methods of supporting personal effectiveness in a professional environment.
Your Personal Effectiveness Report should contain the following:
Introduction
You should begin by an introduction to concept of personal effectiveness.
You should also give a brief overview of tasks 1, 2 and 3.
TASK 1
a) Using a model of reflective practice, reflect on a task that you completed at work or university to identify your own skill set. Identify both your strengths and weaknesses.
b) Analyse the skills you identified with reference to your choice of career or job.
N.B. To support your answer, you should refer to the reflective model by Gibbs or Schön and additional reading resources from this module. You should also include ideas from articles on wider leadership concepts and personal effectiveness from the online library.
(This task meets LO2)
TASK 2
a) Using the Covey self-assessment questionnaire, identify your own strengths and weaknesses. Explain these with examples from your own life. (Include a screenshot of the results from the questionnaire in the appendix).
b) Discuss how your weaknesses can impact your chosen career.
N.B. You should support your analysis with references to additional reading resources from this module. You should also include ideas from articles in the online library.
(This task meets LO1)
TASK 3
Choose a maximum of two areas for improvement (weaknesses) from Tasks 1 and 2. Develop a concise short-term plan using the SMART model or the Agile model to improve these areas. Explain how these plans will enhance your personal brand.
N.B. You should support your answer with references to additional reading resources from this module. You should also include ideas from articles in the online library.
(This task meets LO3)
Conclusion
You will need to summarise the key points of the assessment tasks.
You should end with a concluding statement on the main topic of the report. Structure
Your Personal Effectiveness report should contain the following:
• BPP assignment cover sheet (including SRN and word count)
• Personal Effectiveness report title page
• Contents page
• Introduction (200 words)
• Task 1 (800 words)
• Task 2 (800 words)
• Task 3 (500 words)
• Conclusion (200 words)
• References (Correct Harvard Referencing applied throughout, including in-text citation and reference list)
• Appendices (if required)
• Glossary (optional)
3. Marking Guide
