Developing Management and Personal Skills

Assignment Brief As part of the formal assessment for the programme you are required to submit a Developing Personal and Management Skills assignment. Learning Outcomes: After completing the module, you should be able to: 1. Identify the key transferable skills required within the workplace. 2. Illustrate their use and application, particularly within a management context. 3. Explain the use and application of supportive management and leadership skills and relate this to appropriate theory. 4. Reflect on own management and leadership skills using a range of models. 5. Develop and justify a personal development plan that will facilitate an increased level of effective management and leadership. Maximum word count: 3,000 words Please note that exceeding the word count by over 10% will result in a reduction in grade by the same percentage that the word count is exceeded. 1) Reflect on own management and leadership skills using a range of models, and develop and justify a personal development 2) Explain the following transferable skills using relevant theory and apply them to an organisation which you are familiar with or one you can research. (If you do not have experience within an organisation, apply best practice from your learning materials to suggest how they should be implemented within a specific organisation). The skills to consider are as follows:  Supportive Communication;  Motivation;  Empowerment;  Conflict Management;  Team Effectiveness. Student Guidelines Development of academic skills: You MUST underpin your analysis and evaluation of the key issues with appropriate and wide ranging academic research and ensure this is referenced using the AU Harvard system. The My Study Skills Area contains the following useful resources: Guide to Harvard Referencing [login to view URL] Guide to Harvard Citation [login to view URL] You must use the AU Harvard Referencing method in your assignment. Word count: Students are required to indicate the exact word count on the title page of the assessment. The word count excludes the title page, executive summary, tables, figures, diagrams, footnotes, reference list and appendices. Where assessment questions have been reprinted from the assessment brief these will also be excluded from the word count. ALL other printed words ARE included in the word count. See ‘Word Count Policy’ on the homepage of this module for more information.