Business, Accounting and Finance

Business, Accounting and Finance

Assessment is all about collecting evidence and making decisions as to whether or not a student has achieved competency. Students are required to answer all the questions. Evidence is information gathered that provides proof of competency. While evidence must be sufficient, trainers and assessors must focus on the quality of evidence rather than the quantity of evidence. 

1.How do you serve as a positive role model in the workplace through personal work planning?  Please ensure you include a) what characteristics a positive role model should have and b) what particular traits in your response.

2.What do you need to consider ensuring personal work goals, plans and activities reflect the organisation’s plans, and own responsibilities and accountabilities?

3. There are varying work conditions, work contexts and contingencies that may occur at your workplace, how do you measure and maintain personal performance?  There are a number of factors, describe at least 5 of them. 

4. How can you take the initiative to prioritise and facilitate competing demands to achieve personal, team and organisational goals and objectives? Looking for a response that explains a) prioritisation of tasks, b) prioritising competing demands, c) prioritising unexpected conflicts and d) ways to facilitate demands.

5. Describe your understanding on the statement and explain what it means - Use technology efficiently and effectively to manage work priorities and commitments.

6. What are the effects of a poor work-life balance when the appropriate balance is not maintained, and how do you ensure stress is effectively managed and health is attended to?

7. Assess personal knowledge and skills against competency standards to determine development needs, priorities and plans?  As part of your response, ensure you include an explanation on a) staying current, b) benchmarks and standards, c) Enterprise-specific competency standards, d) continuous improvement and e) determining your developmental needs.

8.  When seeking feedback from employees, clients and colleagues, how do you use this feedback to identify and develop ways to improve competence?  Please ensure you address a) the benefits, b) collecting feedback, c) and at least 5 different forms of feedback.

9.Explain your understanding on how to identify, evaluate, select and use development opportunities suitable to personal learning style/s to develop competence.  Ensure that you describe a) different learning style types, b) principles about being self-aware, c) personality testing and d) selecting the right type development opportunities. 

10. What are some of the benefits of participating in networks to enhance personal knowledge, skills and work relationships?

11. How would you identify and develop new skills to achieve and maintain a competitive edge?  Please ensure you include a) what is a competitive edge, b) typical results if workplace not competitive, c) identify new skills and d) some activities to develop new ideas.