Assignment Front Sheet

Qualification

Unit number and title

Pearson BTEC Level 7 Diploma in Strategic

Management and Leadership (QCF)

Unit 2: Professional Development for Strategic Managers

Unit Code: F/602/2061

Student name

Assessor name
Suleman Afzal

Date issued

Jan 08, 2013

Assignment title

Completion date

Submitted on

May 28, 2013

June 10, 2013

Personal Development for Strategic Manager Report

Word Count

Hand-in Policy
You must complete this assignment on time. If you experience difficulties, you must inform your tutor accordingly.
Late Work Policy
Consideration will be given to students who have valid reasons for late submission (e.g. illness)
Plagiarism
In case of plagiarism, college regulations will be applied. You must declare that this work is your own by signing the
following statement:

Learner declaration
I certify that the work submitted for this assignment is my own and research sources are fully
acknowledged.
Student signature:

Date:

Assessment Criteria
Learning
Outcome

Learning
Outcome

LO1

Be able to assess
personal and
professional
skills required to
achieve strategic
goals

LO2

Be able to
conduct a skills
audit to
identify learning
style

Assessm
ent
Criteria
1.1
1.2

2.1
2.2
3.1

LO3

Be able to
implement a
personal
development
plan

3.2
3.3

In this assessment you

will have the opportunity
to present evidence that
shows you are able to:
Use appropriate methods to
evaluate personal skills required
to achieve strategic goals
Apply techniques to assess the
professional skills required to
support the strategic direction
Carry out a skills audit to
evaluate
the strategic skills needed to
meet current and future
leadership requirements
Apply appropriate techniques to
identify preferred learning style
Construct a personal development
plan that meets leadership
development requirements
identified in the skills audit
Use suitable methods to assess
the outcomes of a personal
development plan against
personal work objectives
Evaluate the impact of own
learning against the achievement
of strategic goals

Task
no.
1.1
1.2

1.3
1.4
2.1

2.2
2.3

Evidence
Page

Assignment brief
Unit number and title

Unit 2: Professional Development for Strategic Managers

Unit Code: F/602/2061

Qualification

Pearson BTEC Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership

Start date

Jan 08, 2013

Deadline/hand-in

June 10, 2013

Assessor

Suleman Afzal

Assignment title

Personal Development for Strategic Manager Report.

Specific Project Guidelines

This individual project will provide learner with opportunity to evaluate their individual development
needs. Also it will help learners relate their needs with the future needs of organisations they aim to
work with and track their progress towards personal short, medium and long term objectives.
A detailed Personal Development Plan (PDP) (Section II) based on the template discussed in the
lecture should be attached to the appendix of your assignment document (see template below). Before
you prepare PDP you should carryout research on following tasks (Section I) to aid PDP.
Section I Understanding needs and evaluating skills
You should use appropriate models and theories to complete skill review as per following tasks.
1.1
1.2
1.3

Use appropriate methods to evaluate your personal skills required to achieve strategic goals you
will set in PDP.
Apply techniques to assess the professional skills required to support the strategic direction you
aim to achieve in future.
Carry out a skills audit (for at least six months) to evaluate the strategic skills needed to meet
current and future leadership requirements you need to develop to help your current or future
organisation. You should fill and attach skills audit template (see attachment below) in
appendices. A self-evaluation of your leadership skills have to be carried out and discussed
utilising at least ONE (01) of the following tools discussed in lectures: The Capacity Matrix

A Diagnostic Skills Assessment Questionnaire

A situation analysis for yourself should be carried out and discussed by using BOTH of the
following tools

1.4

SWOT Analysis

PEST Analysis

You should apply appropriate techniques to identify preferred learning style/s.

Section II Personal Development Plan

2.1 You have to develop a comprehensive Personal Development Plan (PDP) based on development
requirements identified in skills audit (1.3). Use following sub sections to prepare PDP.
a. Development skills identifies in Skills audit (1.3)
b. Establishment of Future Goals
At least Six(06) goals should be discussed. These goals have to be established based upon the

SMART criteria discussed in the lecture and should be divided into short-term, medium- term and
long-term goals
c. Identification and enumeration of specific Actions to achieve your goals
At least two (02) actions should be specified and discussed for each of the Six goals. These actions
should be detailed and should consist, for example names of courses to be followed or training
programmes to be followed etc.
Implement the PDP
This section should discuss resources required for implementation and possible implementation
problems for your PDP.
Communicating your plan
You should discuss how you are going to communicate your PDP with your mentors, supervisors or
managers and why this is an important part of PDP planning
Review and Monitor the progress of the PDP
You should discuss how frequently you will review your PDP (at least six month) and the specific
measurements which would be utilised (quantitative or qualitative) to monitor the progress of your
PDP
2.2 Use suitable methods to assess the outcomes of a personal development plan against personal
work objectives
2.3 Evaluate the impact of own learning against the achievement of strategic goals

Evidence
checklist

Summary of evidence required by student

1.1

Use appropriate methods to evaluate your personal skills required to

achieve strategic goals you will set in PDP.

1.2

Apply techniques to assess the professional skills required to support the

strategic direction you aim to achieve in future.

1.3

Carry out a skills audit to evaluate the strategic skills needed to meet
current and future leadership requirements you need to develop to help
your current or future organisation successful.

1.4

You should apply appropriate techniques to identify preferred learning

style/s

2.1

You have to develop a comprehensive Personal Development Plan (PDP)

based on development requirements identified in skills audit (1.3).

2.2

Use suitable methods to assess the outcomes of a personal development

plan against personal work objectives

2.3

Evaluate the impact of own learning against the achievement of strategic

goals.

Evidence
presented

Achievement Summary
Qualification
Unit Number and
title

Criteria
Reference
LO 1
1.1
1.2
LO 2
2.1
2.2
LO 3
3.1
3.2
3.3

Pearson BTEC Level 7 Diploma in

Strategic Management and
Leadership

Assessor name

Suleman Afzal

Unit 2: Professional Development

for Strategic Managers

Student name

To achieve the criteria the evidence must show that the

student is able to:
Use appropriate methods to evaluate personal skills required to
achieve strategic goals
Apply techniques to assess the professional skills required to
support the strategic direction
Carry out a skills audit to evaluate the strategic skills needed to
meet current and future leadership requirements
Apply appropriate techniques to identify preferred learning style

Construct a personal development plan that meets leadership

development requirements identified in the skills audit
Use suitable methods to assess the outcomes of a personal
development plan against personal work objectives
Evaluate the impact of own learning against the achievement
of strategic goals

Achieved?
(tick)

Assignment Feedback
Formative Feedback: Assessor to Student

Action Plan

Summative feedback

Feedback: Student to Assessor

Assessor Signature

Date

Student Signature

Date

Useful Links:
Textbooks

Adair, J. (2006). Effective Leadership Development; CIPD.

Adair, J. (2007). How to Grow Leaders: The seven principles of effective leadership development;
Kogan Page.
Cartwright, R., Collins, M., Green, G. & Candy, A. (1998). Managing Yourself A competence
approach to supervisory management; Blackwell Business.
Cottrell, S. (2003). Skills for Sucess: The Personal Development Planning Handbook; Palgrave.
Hall, M.-J. (1997). Changing the way we assess leadership Acquisition Review Quarterly Oakland,
J. (2003). Total Quality Management: Text with cases; Butterworth Heinemann.
Stranks, J. (2003). A Managers Guide to Health and Safety at Work; Kogan Page.
Taylor, D. & Edge, D. (1997). Personal development plans: unlocking the future. Career
Development International, 2: 21-23.
Whetton, D. & Cameron, K. (2007). Developing Management Skills; Prentice Hall.
Allen M and Adair J The Concise Time Management and Personal Development (Thorogood,
2003) ISBN 1854182234
Gold J, Thorpe R and Mumford A Leadership and Management Development (CIPD, 2010) ISBN
1843982447
Megginson D and Whitaker V Continuing Professional Development (CIPD, 2007) ISBN
1843981661
Owen J How to Lead, 2nd Edition (Prentice Hall, 2009) ISBN 027372150X
Pedler M, Burgoyne J and Boydell T A Managers Guide to Self Development (McGraw-Hill
Professional, 2006) ISBN 0077114701

Journals

Management Today (Haymarket Business Media)

People Management (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development)
Professional Manager (Chartered Management Institute)
Training Journal (www.trainingjournal.com)

Websites

www.businesslink.gov.uk, Interactive tools for creating a personal development plan through

assessment of management and leadership skills
www.cipd.co.uk, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
www.managementhelp.org Articles on leadership development planning and self-assessments for
personal and professional development
www.management-standards.org.uk Chartered Management Institute
www.mindtools.com Time-management tools and activity logs