Professional Development 3 – Leadership & Challenge

Purpose of assessment:
• To demonstrate the student’s ability to reflect on their career choices, their personal skills, attributes and
interests in order to identify suitable future employers and undertake future career planning.
Students will:
Submit a 2000 word report that includes an Organisation Profile (1000 words) & a Leader Profile (1000 words).
This is an individual assessment piece.
Objectives of assessment:
To demonstrate the ability of students to:
• Critically reflect on self-learning, skills and attributes within their industry / discipline context
• Use critical evaluation and synthesis to identify areas for further development, both professionally and
personally • Creatively generate or locate opportunities and pathways for self development
Overview of Assessment
Task 1 – Organisation Profile – Based on comprehensive research and analysis students will evaluate a specific
organisation in their industry of choice and will decide if it aligns to their skills, attributes and values. Is
it a good organisational fit?
In the analysis students will be required to make a decision on:
– Does the organisation align to their skills, attributes and values?
– Is the organisation a suitable one in which to commence/continue their career?
Task 2 – Leader Profile – Students will be required to profile an inspiring leader from a sector of the
community. Students will reflect on the leaders ‘journey’ and will ultimately assess how this person’s experience
may impact on their own professional career planning.
Required Assessment Tasks
There are two tasks that you must undertake as part of Assessment 1.
Task 1 – Organisational Profile (15%)
Once you have graduated from your studies what type of organisation would you like to work for? If you are
currently employed what is your next career move?
This assessment allows you to briefly describe the industry in which you would like to work and to identify a
specific organisation where you would like to commence your career.
Identify one organisation and discuss in detail how the organisations’ mission and goals, leadership style,
reporting structure, culture, physical work environment, geographic location, staffing practices and graduate
opportunities align to your personal and professional needs and your desired career path.
Reflect on the level of compatibility between your skills, attributes and values and the organisation you
identified. Is there a high level of organisational fit? Why or Why not? Please explain your reasons in detail.
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Your Reflective piece must utilise literature and other support materials. A minimum of five academic references
must be used and appropriately referenced. There is a maximum word limit of 1000 words.
Task 2 – Leader Profile (15%)
World-wide there are a large number of successful and/or inspirational individuals working within a variety of
sectors. These sectors include business, sport, politics, arts and the philanthropic/not-for-profit sector.
Identify one such individual and undertake the following:
• Provide a brief overview of their career to date. (Please Note: Maximum word count – 250 words.)
It is important to include a discussion of both the highlights and lowlights of their career.
• Discuss why this individual is considered successful and/or inspirational in their life and field of expertise.
At minimum please discuss factors relating to financial prosperity, contribution to their profession,
contribution to the community,
leadership style/s, business acumen and work-life balance.
• Reflect on how learning more about this leader will impact on your future career planning. How will you make
use of the results
of this Leader profiling exercise to further develop your own career? Please be specific.
Your Reflective piece must utilise literature and other support materials as appropriate. A minimum of five
academic references
must be used and appropriately referenced. There is a maximum word limit of 1000 words.
Marking Matrix: Assessment 1 – Career Profile 30%
Career Profile (30%) – Organisation Profile 15% & Leader Profile 15%
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Criteria
Excellent
Very Good
Good
Satisfactory
Poor
Organisation Profile (15%)
Identification and reflection on a range of factors relating to chosen industry
Identification and reflection on a range of factors relating to chosen organisation
Critically analyses the level of organisational fit between the individual and the chosen organisation
Comprehensively outlines how learnings will be applied to further develop career
Explanations are clear and concise
Accurately uses Harvard Referencing and utilises a minimum of 5 relevant academic references
Spelling and grammar are in accordance with academic standards
Within 10% of word limit
Organisation Profile: /15
Leader Profile (15%)
Outline critical career highlights and lowlights for chosen ‘leader’
Identification and reflection on a range of factors relating to ‘leader’ success or inspirational status
Comprehensive reflection on how learning will be applied to future career planning
Explanations are clear and concise
Accurately uses Harvard Referencing and utilises a minimum of 5 relevant references
Spelling and grammar are in accordance with academic standards
Within 10% of word limit
Leader Profile : /15

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