Assessment 2 – Project: Research and Self-Assessment
Scenario
You are to assume that you have recently been appointed as a General Manager for a vocational training organisation that delivers training to students. Your assessor will provide you with the business plan of an RTO for this assessment, as a case study.
You may use the business plan given to you, or select the plan of another training organisation of your own choice.
However, the organisation must be based in Australia and be registered with a regulatory authority such as the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA), the Victorian Registration and Quality Authority (VRQA) or Training Accreditation Council (TAC) in Western Australia.
In addition, the organisation’s business plan must be comprehensive and cover the following points:
· relevant legislative and regulatory context of the organisation
· organisation’s mission, purpose and values
· organisation’s objectives, plans and strategies, including for staff learning and development
You must attach a copy of the organisational plan you have used.
You must ensure you have the necessary permission to use the organisational plan, unless it is published for public use.
Task A: Research the following requirements for your selected RTO and write a report on your findings.
You must include your findings for each of the following areas in your report. Your report should be comprehensive and not exceed more than 1000 words.
a. State the mission, purpose and values of the selected organisation.
If the business / strategic plan does not state these specifically, you must include information based on any written declaration of the organisation’s core purpose and identify the markets the organisation is set up to serve, and communicate a sense of the intended direction of the organisation.
. Outline the selected organisation’s objectives, plans and strategies.
c. Determine and discuss the commonwealth and state legislative and regulatory context relevant to the RTO/ organisation you have selected and provide a
ief note on how they affect the organisation’s operations.
Provide details of the sources of intelligence or information you have accessed to gather information about the legislative and regulatory requirements. These could be names and web links.
d. Research and analyse the information you have gathered from the organisation’s business/ strategic plans and other intelligence sources such as industry reports provided in your readings, and identify the requirements for the following qualities and competencies for a leader in the VET industry:
· professional competence
· personal development objectives and priorities
· ability to role model
· ability to build an effective organisational and workplace culture
Operational accountabilities and responsibilities
You may use the readings given below for your research.
You must appropriately reference your sources, using the APA 6th Referencing style. You
must contact your assessor for guidance on how to reference.
You could also complete a free tutorial on referencing at The Basics of APA Style®
Submission requirements: Assessment 2, Task A - Portfolio
Completed report of the findings of your research for the organisation as instructed in Task A to D in the form of a report in no more than 800 words, which will be a part of your portfolio.
Readings:
Coates, H. B., Meek, V. L., Brown, J., Friedman, T., Noonan, P., & Mitchell, J XXXXXXXXXXVET leadership for the XXXXXXXXXXfuture: Contexts, characteristics and capabilities.
Falk, I., & Smith, T. (2003). Leadership in vocational education and training: Leadership by design not by default. National Centre for Vocational Education Research.
Task B:
In order to prepare for your role as General Manager, you must establish if you have the skills and qualities necessary to be successful in the role.
· Reflect on the following, and complete the self-assessment checklist provided in Appendix A:
· skills and abilities
· leadership style/s,
· personal efficacy
· self-management skills
· Prepare a personal strategy report of no more than 800 words, in which you must:
· Compare the results of your self-assessment of skills and attributes with the qualities and competence requirements for a leader in the VET industry, which you have identified in your research
Based on this, reflect on your personal efficacy and on your own capacity to lead the team and be a role model
· Identify two strategies you will use to create an organisational climate that:
· allows staff to give constructive feedback
· Encourages them to receiving feedback with the open mind.
· Develop a personal development plan, incorporating and recording your learning goals and outcomes and how you will achieve them. You must set at least three goals. You have been provided with a template in Appendix B.
Submission requirements: Assessment 2, Task B - Portfolio
· A completed self-assessment checklist, based on your readings and understanding of the leadership qualities and your self-assessment of your competencies.
· A personal strategy to create an organisational climate that allows staff to give constructive feedback as well as encourages them to receiving feedback with the open mind.
A completed personal development plan identifying your development goals in relation to improving your leadership style and specific knowledge and skills related to your accountabilities and responsibilities.
Submission requirements: Assessment 2, Task B - Journal
In your journal, make the following entries.
· How confident are you about taking a leadership role in the organisation?
· What efforts will you need to:
· improve personal efficacy and competence;
· attain professional outcomes;
· Meet personal development objectives?
· What interpersonal skills will you personally need in order to encourage contributions and elicit ideas from others?
What obstacles do you foresee in your personal development?
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Faculty of Business
Assessment Tool
BSBDIV802
Conduct strategic planning for diversity learning practices
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Unit Summary
Unit Code(s)
BSBDIV802
Unit Title
Conduct strategic planning for diversity learning practices
Duration
8 Weeks
Total Contact Hours
160 hours
Requisites:
Pre-requisites
None
Co-requisites
None
Concu
ent pre-requisites
None
Assumed knowledge
It is expected that students will have had some business experience within an organisation or enterprise.
Campus/Location
98 Cleveland Street, Greenslopes QLD 4120
Level 10, 190 Queen Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
Mode of Delivery
Face – to – Face
Unit Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete this Unit should be able to:
· Plan diversity learning strategy
· Design and develop organisational diversity learning strategy
· Implement organisational diversity learning strategy
· Review organisational diversity learning and development
· Improve diversity organisational learning strategy formation
Assessment
a) Assessment Overview
Assessment Tasks
Task Outcome
S: Satisfactory
NS: Not Satisfactory
Date Assessed
Unit Learning Outcomes
Competent (C) or Not Competent (NC)
Assessment Task 1
Assessment Task 2
Assessment Task 3
Assessment Task 4
Trainer Declaration:
I declare that I believe that the evidence that I have assessed for this task is this student’s own work and that I have conducted a fair, valid, reliable and flexible assessment. In addition, I have assessed this student have provided appropriate feedback to the student.
Trainer Signature
Date:
Student Declaration
I declare that the evidence I have submitted for this unit of competency is my own work. I believe that my work meets all the rules of evidence and principles of assessment such as cu
ent, sufficient, valid and authentic. I further declare that I have been assessed in this unit and been provided with appropriate feedback and I have been advised of my result. I also am aware of my appeal rights.
Student Signature
Date:
Computer access and back up
Please keep a portable back up of all your work so that you can move between computers. If access fails at home, you can then access the internet at a local li
ary or internet café (or work if they permit it).
Recommended Reading Materials
· Management Theory and Practice, 6e Edition, Kris Cole, Cengage Learning, 2016.
· Managing Diversity in Australia Theory and Practice, Glenda Strachan, Erica French, John Burgess, McGraw-Hill, 2010.
· Management Strategies and Skills, Judith Dwyer, Nicole Hopwood, McGraw-Hill, 2013
) Submission Requirements
Assessment Task 1 – Briefing pape
Assessment Task 2 – Research and analysis report
Assessment Task 3 – Strategy design
Assessment Task 4 – Implementation and review
Student behaviour and wellbeing
Newton College (NC) has a range of policies and procedures that govern how students are expected to conduct themselves throughout the course of their relationship with NC. These include policies on expected standards of behaviour and conduct which cover interaction with fellow students, staff and the wider NC community, in addition to following the health and safety requirements in the course of their studies and whilst using facilities.
All students are expected to familiarise themselves with Newton College’s regulations, policies and procedures and have an obligation to abide by the expected guidelines. Any student found to be in
each may be subject to relevant disciplinary processes. Some examples of relevant expected behaviours are:
· Not engaging in student misconduct
· Ensuring compliance with Newton College’s Anti-Discrimination, Bullying and Violence and Sexual Harassment requirements
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is the action or practice of taking and submitting or presenting the thoughts, writings or other work of someone else as though it is your own work. Plagiarism includes any of the following, without full and appropriate acknowledgment to the original source(s):
· The use of the whole or part of a computer program written by another person;
· The use, in essays or other assessable work, of the whole or part of a written work from any source including but not limited to a book, journal, newspaper article, set of lecture notes, cu
ent or past student’s work, any other person’s work, a website or database;
Plagiarism also includes the preparation or production and submission or presentation of assignments or other work in conjunction with another person or other people when that work should be your own independent work. This remains plagiarism whether or not it is with the knowledge or consent of the