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 -

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

Numerical Grade	30-39%	40-49%	50-59%	60-69%	70-79%	80-100%
Final Grade	Fail	Low Fail	Pass	Merit	Distinction	High Distinction
LOs
LO1 (Critically evaluate how people learn for professional development.)	Inadequate or weak idenfication and discussion of own weaknesses/poor habits. No clarity in the link to personal development and chosen career. Does not include questionnaire results Provides a weak explanation of personal strengths and weaknesses without examples.	Limited identification and discussion of own weaknesses/poor habits. Limited clarity in the link to personal development and chosen career. Questionnaire results are missing or incomplete. Provides limited explanation without examples.	Satisfactory identification and discussion of own weaknesses/po or habits with some examples included. Link to personal development and chosen career is evident. Results of questionnaire included but lacks depth in analysis.	Good identification and discussion of own weaknesses/poor habits with clear personal examples included illustrating their list of habits. Results of questionnaire included and clearly referred to throughout the task with satisfactory depth in analysis. Clear links to personal development and chosen career.	Excellent identification and discussion of own weaknesses/poor habits with explicit personal examples included. Results of questionnaire included and explicitly referred to throughout the task with good level depth in analysis. Explicit links to personal development and chosen career.	Outstanding identification and discussion of own weaknesses/poor habits with explicit personal examples used to illustrate identified skills/habits. Results of questionnaire included and explicitly referred to throughout the task with exceptional depth in analysis. Explicit links to personal development and chosen career with a clear understanding of the links between personal development and career growth.
LO2 (Appraise the key skills and behaviours required to be effective in a professional context.)	Weak reflection and limited clarity in appraising key skills and behaviours required in a professional context. Doesn’t apply any reflection	Limited reflection with some clarity in identifying personal skill set. Applies Schon or Gibbs reflective model effectively to some extent. Identifies both	Satisfactory reflection with explicit identification of personal skill set. Applies a reflective model effectively. Identifies both	Good reflection with clear identification of personal skill set and personalisation. Applies the reflective model effectively. Identifies both strengths and weaknesses with depth and clarity in analysis	Excellent reflection with a deep and balanced understanding of personal skill set showcased through personalisation and examples. Applies the reflective model	Outstanding reflection with an exceptional and comprehensive understanding of personal skill set with clear personalisation and examples. Applies the reflective model with excellent depth and

or applies a model but lacks depth.

strengths and

weaknesses but lacks depth in

analysis.

strengths and

weaknesses

with a

satisfactory

level of depth

and analyses

with reference to a chosen

career.

with explicit reference to a chosen career.

exceptionally well. Identifies both

strengths and

weaknesses

comprehensively. Analyses skill set

with explicit

reference to a

chosen career which includes exceptional depth and precision.

coherence. Identifies both strengths and weaknesses with exceptional clarity and coherence. Analyses skill set with explicit reference to a chosen career, including exceptional depth and

precision.

LO3

(Demonstrate

understanding of a range of

methods of

supporting

personal

effectiveness in a professional

environment.)

Inadequate or

weak identification of areas of

development with limited relevance to the previous

tasks. Creates a

short-term plan

with some gaps

and limitations.

Identifies and

analyses some

methods but lacks depth and

relevance. Doesn’t link to personal

branding.

Limited

identification of areas of

development

with relevance to the previous

tasks. Creates a short-term plan with some

elements but

lacks depth and specificity.

Identifies and

analyses some

methods but has limited depth and relevance.

Limited link to

personal

branding.

Satisfactory

identification of two areas of

development

with explicit

relevance to the previous tasks. Creates a short term plan with a satisfactory

level of depth

and specificity. Identifies and

analyses

methods with a satisfactory

level of depth

and relevance. Links personal development to personal

branding

satisfactorily.

Good identification of two areas of

development with clear and coherent relevance to the previous tasks. Creates a short-term plan with depth and clarity in objectives and actions. Identifies and analyses methods with good depth and clarity in analysis. Clearly links personal development to personal branding.

Excellent

identification of

areas of

development with a thorough

understanding of

their relevance to the previous tasks. Creates a

comprehensive

short-term plan with exceptional depth, precision, and

feasibility.

Comprehensively

identifies and

analyses methods with Excellent depth and precision.

Explicitly links and explains personal

development to

personal branding.

Outstanding identification of areas of development with an exceptional and comprehensive

understanding of their

direct application to the previous tasks. Creates a short-term plan with

exceptional clarity,

coherence, feasibility, and innovation. Identifies and analyses methods with

Outstanding clarity,

coherence, feasibility, and innovation. Links personal development to personal branding with exceptional clarity, coherence,

feasibility, and innovation.

Academic skills

Inadequate or

weak

academic/intellect ual skills with few difficulties. Largely original work with some evidence of reflection and

critique. Structure and accuracy in

expression

beginning to

emerge.

Limited

academic/intellec tual skills. Original work with

personal

reflection and

broad evidence based critique.

Solid structure

and accuracy in expression.

Practical/professi onal skills

evident.

Satisfactory

academic/intell ectual skills.

Wholly original work with good reflection and solid, well

reasoned

judgements

forming from

evidence-based critique.

Consistent

structure and

accuracy in

expression.

Practical/profes sional skills

established.

Good

academic/intellectual skills. Demonstrates intellectual originality and imagination

Excellent

academic/intellectua l skills. Demonstrates intellectual

originality, integrity, coherence and

imagination.

Outstanding

academic/intellectual skills. Demonstrates intellectual originality, integrity,

coherence, creativity and imagination working

consistently in the higher cognitive domains to a

professional standard.

Referencing

Inadequate or

weak references and notes with

minor or

insignificant errors or omissions.

Limited and full and appropriate references and

notes with minor or insignificant

errors

Satisfactory

with precise, full and appropriate references and notes.

Good with precise, full and appropriate

references and notes at a high standard.

Excellent with

precise, full and

appropriate

references and notes at near-publishing standard.

Outstanding with precise, full and appropriate

references and notes at publishing standard