Assessment Task 1
Manage personal work priorities
Submission details
The assessment task is due on the date specified by your assessor. Any variations to this arrangement must be approved in writing by your assessor.
Submit this document with any required evidence attached. See specifications below for details.
Performance objective
The candidate will demonstrate the ability to establish personal work goals. The candidate will also demonstrate the ability to set and meet work priorities.
Assessment description
Using a position description, you will set work goals and prioritise work goals. You will then develop two work plans to achieve two work goals. You are required to keep a journal containing your reflections on and explanation of the process of managing work priorities.
Procedure
1. Review your job description and your organisation’s business plans, business goals, policies and procedures.
2. Based on your job description (and following your organisations business plans, goals, and applicable policies and procedures), establish 4-5 personal and team goals.
In your journal, describe how your personal and team goals reflect your job description, the function of the team, and any organisational requirements.
3. Develop KPIs to measure performance related to work goals. In your journal, describe:
How the KPIs will be used to measure goal-related performance.
How you will maintain performance under varying conditions and contingencies. Give specific examples.
How, given your own personal strengths and weaknesses, you will capitalise on or minimise the effect of these personal traits in your work plans.
4. Consider a range of activities to advance work goals. Prioritise possible activities. Choose 2 work goals to develop work plans for.
In your journal, describe the process you undertook to prioritise activities. Describe competing demands and how you plan to manage these to achieve goals.
5. Referring to the template provided in Appendix 1 as an example, use Microsoft
Submission details
The assessment task is due on the date specified by your assessor. Any variations to this arrangement must be approved in writing by your assessor.
Submit this document with any required evidence attached. See specifications below for details.
Performance objective
The candidate will demonstrate the ability to establish personal work goals. The candidate will also demonstrate the ability to set and meet work priorities.
Assessment description
Using a position description, you will set work goals and prioritise work goals. You will then develop two work plans to achieve two work goals. You are required to keep a journal containing your reflections on and explanation of the process of managing work priorities.
Procedure
1. Review your job description and your organisation’s business plans, business goals, policies and procedures.
2. Based on your job description (and following your organisations business plans, goals, and applicable policies and procedures), establish 4-5 personal and team goals.
In your journal, describe how your personal and team goals reflect your job description, the function of the team, and any organisational requirements.
3. Develop KPIs to measure performance related to work goals. In your journal, describe:
How the KPIs will be used to measure goal-related performance.
How you will maintain performance under varying conditions and contingencies. Give specific examples.
How, given your own personal strengths and weaknesses, you will capitalise on or minimise the effect of these personal traits in your work plans.
4. Consider a range of activities to advance work goals. Prioritise possible activities. Choose 2 work goals to develop work plans for.
In your journal, describe the process you undertook to prioritise activities. Describe competing demands and how you plan to manage these to achieve goals.
5. Referring to the template provided in Appendix 1 as an example, use Microsoft