George Brown College: BSBWOR501 - Personal Work Priorities

This assignment, completed by a student, addresses the BSBWOR501 unit focusing on managing personal work priorities and professional development. It includes a position description outlining the HR role, two work plans detailing career goals and timelines, and a journal reflecting on industry insights. The assignment also features a personal development plan, outlining key competency standards and opportunities for skill enhancement through training and networking. The student references key concepts like setting work goals, measuring performance, and the importance of networking within the HR field. The document also includes the assignment brief, learner notes, and company information, providing a comprehensive overview of the subject matter and assessment requirements. The assignment demonstrates the student's understanding of professional development, work planning, and the application of these concepts in a professional context.

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[Name]
[Professor Name]
[Institute Name]
[Dated]
TASK 1
Position Description
The structure of HR’s position in a firm focus on planning and coordinating
workforce to use the employees talents, resolve the issues between management and
employees, and advice managers to work on policies, for example employment opportunities,
and assist the managers to plan policies to provide equal employment opportunities to
coordinate firm’s operations (Boon & Kooij, 2018).
Appendix 1 – Two Work Plan
Work
activity Description Goal/s KPIs
Timefram
e
Person
responsible
To start
working as
an HR
professional
I have been
working as an
HR assistant in
my company, in
the future; I want
to start working
as an HR
Professional.
To achieve HR
skills and learn
career
development
skills.
It will help the
HR to reduce the
chance of
absenteeism in
the professional
setting.
1 Year HR
Manager
To start an
HR
consultancy
firm
Recently, I have
been working
under
professional
supervision; it
will help me gain
experience for
future use.
To improve
and develop
my skills to run
a successful
HR
consultancy
firm
It will help me
gain a good
reputation in the
market;
meanwhile, it will
also help me help
companies to
achieve their
required HR
objectives.
5 Years --

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Journal
Productive work environment is focused on specific guidelines to complete tasks, for
example filling out recruitment method, dealing on broad issues for example, setting
recruitment standards, setting health and social environment, plan rewards and incentives,
grievance process, appraisal processes and others. These processes help a firm to sustain its
position in firm and achieve its competitive environment (Leahy & Wilson, 2014).

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TASK 2
Personal Development Plan
The key competency standards are defined based of seven covered objectives, these
include collecting, analysing, and organising ideas and information, bringing out new ideas,
expressing planning and organising activities, working on different ideas, using tactical
standards, solving problems and utilise technology to achieve the required goals. these are
defined based on three performance level, first level consider the need of competency to
undertake tasks, level 2 is focused on ability of managing tasks, and level 3 follows up with
concepts to evaluate and reshape tasks (Boon & Kooij, 2018).
Appendix 2 – Personal Development Plan
Name
Date of
develop
ment
Date
to be
revie
wed
 Discussed with mentor/colleague
Name:
 Discussed with manager
Name:
Professional development opportunities/ training
Timefram
e
Description of opportunity/training Skills/ competency
to develop
Six months Working on developing communication skills works as an
advantage for HR professionals. Therefore, it will be beneficial
for me to focus on developing my skills as it will help me
understand people's issues and use them for the benefit of the
company.
Communication
skills and learning
facilities.
Networking activities
Timefram
e
Description of networking activities Opportunity/professional advantage
One year Networking is important when working
in a competitive workplace; therefore, I
intend to attend more conferences to
network with HR professional working
Networking will help me gain opportunities
in the industry to enhance my professional
skills to help my employees understand my
requirements and comply with the

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Timefram
e
Description of networking activities Opportunity/professional advantage
across the industry to learn the tactics
and approaches they have been using.
requirements.
Journal
I attended a seminar where there were several HR professionals; they have helped me
understand the dimensions of the industry. They helped me understand that developing a
focus and a balance is very important as HR professional's duties as it helps them reduce the
chance of conflict among employees. Thus it helps them improve their performance, while on
the other hand, benefit the organisational business and productivity (Leahy & Wilson, 2014).

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REFERENCES
Boon, C. & Kooij, D. T., 2018. Perceptions of HR practices, person–organisation fit, and
affective commitment: The moderating role of career stage. Human Resource Management
Journal, p. 61–75.
Leahy, D. & Wilson, D., 2014. Digital skills for employment. In IFIP Conference on
Information Technology in Educational Management, pp. 178-189.