BSBWOR501 Professional Competence Project - Leadership and Management

This professional competence project includes a self-assessment focusing on designing and developing learning programs and training packages. It incorporates research gathered from interviews with a colleague and a family friend, highlighting essential management skills and knowledge. The project also features a career review outlining career aspirations and options, a networking review involving Telstra Corporation, and a professional development plan for the next 12 months, including costs and benefits of joining Telstra. The project concludes with a bibliography of resources used.

Professional
Competence Project
Name of the Student
Name of the University

Self Assessment
Self assessment helps in looking at
oneself for the purpose of assessing the
major aspects, which are vital to any
one’s identity.
Self assessment helps in driving self
evaluation with self enhancement and
self verification.
Currently I am seeking to gain
advanced management skills by
conducting self assessment.

Self Assessment Contd..
The two units of competency from
the Advanced Diploma of Leadership
and Management to conduct my self
assessment are as follows:
 Designing and development of
learning programs.
 Using training packages for
meeting client demands.

Self Assessment Contd..
Four examples of designing and
development of learning programs are as
follows:
 Learning about new software for the
project.
 Learning about online project
management tool.
 Learning about time management.
 Learning about easy accessing to
information.

Self Assessment Contd..
Four examples of training packages for
meeting client demands are as follows:
 Endorsed materials.
 Supporting materials.
 Non Endorsed materials.
 Professional development materials.

Professional Competence
Research
After interviewing one of my fellow
colleague and a family friend, I have
obtained subsequent knowledge about
professional competence research.
As per my fellow colleague, the major
skills and knowledge for a manager
mainly include:
 Task Organization.
 Multi tasking.

Professional Competence Research
Contd..
 Dealing with the grey.
 Easier negotiation.
My colleague has recently
undertaken the professional
development activity of improving his
job performance by working extra
than the usual 9 to 5 working hours.
As per my family friend, the major
skills and knowledge that are
required in a manager are as follows:
 Better communication.

Professional Competence
Research Contd..
 Being discrete as well as ethical.
 Focusing on every aspect.
 Conflict management and problem
solving.
 Change management.
My family friend has recently
undertaken the professional
development activity of skill based
training.

Career Review
I have been planning about my career
as soon as I joined this course.
 My career aspirations are the paths
that I am willing to follow. After
completing this course, I want to
become a part of the management
team.
 More power and greater responsibility
are the other career aspirations.
 I even want to start my own company
in management industry.

Career Review Contd..
My possible career options after
completion of the course of Advanced
Leadership and Management are as
follows:
 Human resources manager.
 Top executive.
 Marketing manager.
 Sales manager.

Networking Review
Two formal networks that the manager
can participate in are work team and
regional meeting of staff in the same
profession.
The organization name and contact
details of these two formal networks
are Telstra Corporation Limited.
Contact Details of Telstra: 00 852 3192
7420

Networking Review
Contd..
 Services offered by Telstra include
telecommunication networks or market voice,
internet access, mobile, pay television and
many more.
 Costs involved in joining this networking
organization will be within AUD $1000 to
$2000.
 The major benefits to join this company
include gaining knowledge about networks and
connections.
 Recently they would be organizing a charity
event for illiterate children and I am interested
in this event.

Professional Development
Plan
I have developed a professional
development plan for my self
assessment.
I have done several activities like
involvement of learning of new skills and
getting accustomed with various training
packages.
I have also planned for my career
aspirations and career options once I
complete the course of leadership and
management.

Professional Development
Plan Contd..
For professional development plan in
the next 12 months, I have to follow all
of my activities effectively so that I
would be able to resolve all kinds of
issues and problems.
The networking part of my professional
development plan include getting
involced with Telstra Corporation
Limited. I have also provided the costs
and benefits for joining this company.

Bibliography
Bayar, A., 2014. The Components of Effective
Professional Development Activities in Terms of
Teachers' Perspective. Online Submission, 6(2),
pp.319-327.
Dixon, F.A., Yssel, N., McConnell, J.M. and Hardin, T.,
2014. Differentiated instruction, professional
development, and teacher efficacy. Journal for the
Education of the Gifted, 37(2), pp.111-127.
Gaudin, C. and Chaliès, S., 2015. Video viewing in
teacher education and professional development: A
literature review. Educational Research Review, 16,
pp.41-67.
Telstra.com.au. 2019. [online]. Accessed from
https://www.telstra.com.au/aboutus/our-company
[Accessed on 17 Feb. 2019].