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Unit 03: Professional Practice
Assignment 01
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Content
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General Guideline 3
Student Declaration 4
Assignment Brief 5
Scenario 6-8
Task 1 13-19
Task 2 20-22
Task 3 23-24
Task 4 25-37
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General Guidelines
1. A Cover page or title page – You should always attach a title page to your assignment.
Use previous page as your cover sheet and make sure all the details are accurately filled.
2. Attach this brief as the first section of your assignment.
3. All the assignments should be prepared using a word processing software.
4. All the assignments should be printed on A4 sized papers. Use single side printing.
5. Allow 1” for top, bottom , right margins and 1.25” for the left margin of each page.
1. The font size should be 12 point, and should be in the style of Time New Roman.
2. Use 1.5 line spacing. Left justify all paragraphs.
3. Ensure that all the headings are consistent in terms of the font size and font style.
4. Use footer function in the word processor to insert Your Name, Subject, Assignment
No, and Page Number on each page. This is useful if individual sheets become
detached for any reason.
5. Use word processing application spell check and grammar check function to help editing
your assignment.
Important Points:
1. It is strictly prohibited to use textboxes to add texts in the assignments, except for the
compulsory information. eg: Figures, tables of comparison etc. Adding text boxes in the
body except for the before mentioned compulsory information will result in rejection of
your work.
2. Carefully check the hand in date and the instructions given in the assignment. Late
submissions will not be accepted.
3. Ensure that you give yourself enough time to complete the assignment by the due date.
4. Excuses of any nature will not be accepted for failure to hand in the work on time.
5. You must take responsibility for managing your own time effectively.
6. If you are unable to hand in your assignment on time and have valid reasons such as
illness, you may apply (in writing) for an extension.
7. Failure to achieve at least PASS criteria will result in a REFERRAL grade .
8. Non-submission of work without valid reasons will lead to an automatic RE FERRAL.
You will then be asked to complete an alternative assignment.
9. If you use other people’s work or ideas in your assignment, reference them properly
using HARVARD referencing system to avoid plagiarism. You have to provide both in-
text citation and a reference list.
10. If you are proven to be guilty of plagiarism or any academic misconduct, your grade
could be reduced to A REFERRAL or at worst you could be expelled from the course
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Student Declaration
I hereby, declare that I know what plagiarism entails, namely to use another’s work and to present
it as my own without attributing the sources in the correct form. I further understand what it
means to copy another’s work.
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Higher National Diploma in Business
Assignment Brief
Student Name /ID Number MAHAMANDIGE AKILA FLORIN RAJINI MENDIS/ 158761
Assignment Title Work Related Learning Report: Design and Deliver a Training
Programme
Issue Date
Submission Date
Submission format
The submission should be in the form of an individual report written in a concise, formal business style
using single spacing (refer to the assignment guidelines for more details). You are required to make use of
headings, paragraphs and subsections as appropriate, and all work must be supported with research and
referenced using Harvard referencing system. Please provide in-text citation and a list of references using
Harvard referencing system. Please note that this is an activity-based assessment and your report should
include evidences to the activities carried out individually and/or in a group.
To carry out the activities given on the brief, you are required to form groups, comprising maximum of 6
members.
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Scenario
Assume yourself as the event coordinator working in an event planning organization specialized in
delivering trainings on IT and soft skills. you have been appointed to design and deliver a training event
on IT /Soft Skills to an identified audience. You are required to complete the project within 2 months and
the training plan and resources should be finalized as per the requirement of the client.
You are required to form a group of not more than 6 members in order to carry out the event. The event will
be headed by an event manager/ leader and each group member will be assigned a set of tasks. While
designing and delivering the event,
At the end of the event, produce an individual report by each member covering the following tasks.
Task 1:
Demonstrate how you are planning to effectively deliver the training event by designing a professional
project plan with following details.
Roles appointed to group members and an evaluation of interpersonal skills of each member that
justifies the assigned role in the team.
(Use the Belbin Theory to interpret the roles appointed to group members – Justify the roles
allocated – Describe the interpersonal skills of each member) – P1 & D1
Goal and objectives of the project (Common answer) (Use SMART approach)
Evidences to the meetings conducted with the client and the team members and the findings/
outcomes of the meetings (Screen shots of WhatsApp discussions, emails exchanged, teams’
meetings you conducted, physical meetings – Photographs)
Challenges/ problems identified and the plan to overcome them –
(Common answer – by listing brief interpretation of challenges you’ll faced during the team work
and the suggested solutions to overcome them) identify 5-6 major problems/challenges
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A project schedule with the activities, milestones and contingencies identified.
(Include the Gantt chart) – P2 & M1
Task 2
Research different problem-solving techniques that can be used to solve the identified problems in task 1
and demonstrate how critical reasoning (explain the reason for selection of the particular solution) can be
applied to identify a solution to the identified problems.
{Research the application of problem-solving techniques in the real world, and then take the above
identified problems and suggested solutions in the task 1 and do a comparison of the application of
suggested solutions and identify the most effective solution for the problem (Collectively agreed solution)}
Critically evaluate the solution methodology used to solve one of the identified problems and justify how
selected methodology helped you to successfully solve the problem and achieve the project objectives.
P3/P4/M2/M3/D2
Task 3
Work in your team by contributing your skills and knowledge to meet the project goal. Critically evaluate
your own role and contribution to the group for the completion of the training event.
Discuss the importance of having dynamic team members in a group to meet its goals by referring to the role
assigned to the group members and analyse how team dynamics among your group members effectively
helped to achieve the shared project goal.
Task 4
Discuss with examples, the importance of continuous professional development (CPD) in a work setting by
evaluating the range of CPD criteria that can be used to measure the effectiveness of your employees in your
organization.
Produce a continuous professional development (CPD) plan using the criteria identified above with relevant
to the responsibilities, required skills, performance objectives for the members of your team. Compare and
contrast different motivational theories and discuss how they can be helpful to improve the performance of
the team members and meet the objectives of the developed CPD plan.
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Task 1:
Demonstrate how you are planning to effectively deliver the training event by designing a
professional project plan with following details.
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Goal and objectives of the project
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ACHIEVABLE (is the task feasible )
1. As a team we discuss what the sub topics we are going to talk about
on the day of training programmed. As example artificial intelligent,
advantages and disadvantages of technology revolutions and
examples of technology revolutions.
2. Then we gave each and every team member a topic to do a research
and find more details about relevant topic given by group leader.
3. Finally, We gathered all information together and make final
presentation that what we must do on the training programmed.
We start our research two months before the project deadline and also we all have
idea that time frame that we have to present we got only 1hr time period so according that
time period of presenting we should archive our goal that giving 100% of topic that
giving 100% of topic, giving quality information as well as and our performance
understandable to audience. So as a team we always work on time based and each and
every task we had a deadline so it’s easy to archive our target.
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Evidence to the meetings conducted with the client and the team members and the
findings/ outcomes of the meetings
Meet Team Members at ESOFT Metro campus Colombo 04 for Project Discussio
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11/06/2022 on the Training Programmed Day
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Challenges/ problems identified and the plan to overcome them
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Task 2
Research different problem-solving techniques that can be used to solve the identified
problems in task 1 and demonstrate how critical reasoning (explain the reason for
selection of the particular solution) can be applied to identify a solution to the identified
problems.
Those are the problems we faced while we are doing are training programme.
A problem or condition that is seen to be negative or detrimental and must be solved or
overcome. When you operate as a team, you are more likely to experience issues. Fortunately,
there are several problem-solving strategies available to help us quickly solve complicated issues.
This is how we solved our major problems by utilizing various problem-solving techniques and
methodologies.
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Group Brainstorming: Brainstorming is a group problem-
solving technique that entails the free presentation of innovative
ideas and solutions. These things are made a lengthy, open
conversation in which each member of the group is encouraged
to think openly and propose as many ideas as possible based on
their different knowledge. Some of these ideas may be developed
into unique, unique solutions to problems, while others might
bring new things.
we execute the Group Brainstorming session online since
we cannot have it in Physical because to the Covid 19 pandemic
& Fuel Crisis. We submitted the topic to the group members for
study and suggestions, and we received numerous concepts
regarding this issue from the group members, making it easier to
select sub-topics from the supplied concepts. This method helps
us to solve our problem.
Less Interaction with Team Members (The Members couldn’t make up to Meeting)
because the group talks and gatherings are held through internet,
so there were several issues that came across during the session,
such as power cuts, network issues, and so on, which reduced the
presence of the group members to the meeting and caused a slew
of problems. So we had to use the method of the root cause
analysis.
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Stage Fear
To function effectively as a team, the members of any group
must each perform a defined role. Members were first anxious
about the part they should play, and which was best for them.
We had to assign a role to each member so that they could
operate more efficiently. The 5Whys approach was utilized as a
solution.
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Task 3
Work in your team by contributing your skills and knowledge to meet the project goal. Critically
evaluate your own role and contribution to the group for the completion of the training event.
Discuss the importance of having dynamic team members in a group to meet its goals by
referring to the role assigned to the group members and analyse how team dynamics among
your group members effectively helped to achieve the shared project goal.
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Name Team Role How to Archive Team Goal
She was able to identifies other Team
Akshshya Co-Ordinator Members Talents and able to Clarifies
Goals.
She improves her Specialist knowledge
Aziza Specialist
and Skills Regarding the project.
She searches all the options and judges
Shamii Monitor Evaluator
accurately.
She is listens and averts friction about
Ushani Team Worker
the project.
I always try to explore opportunities and
Akila Resource Investigator
develops contacts.
He always painstaking, conscientious,
anxious. Searches out error in our project
Kavinda Complete Finisher and work on that to archive our team
goals as well as do a polishes and prefect
Job in our project
He is very practical, Reliable, efficient.
Thilina Implementer He truns ideas into actions and organises
work to be done to success the project.
He is challenging, dynamic person as
well as he always encourage other team
Sharwin Shaper
members to overcome obstacles in our
project.
He have creative, imaginative, Free
Rishard Plant thinking, generates ideas and solve
difficult problems.
How team members archive team goals by using Belbin Theory .
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Task 4
Discuss with examples, the importance of continuous professional development (CPD) in a work
setting by evaluating the range of CPD criteria that can be used to measure the effectiveness of
your employees in your organization.
The CPD evidence criteria mean it’s referred to the process of tracking
and documenting the skills, knowledge and experience we had grin both
formally and informally as we work, beyond any initial training. It’s a
record of what is are experience, learn and then apply.
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A. Reflect
Reflective practice is the process by which I analyse my continuing
professional development (CPD) activities. It encourages me to identify links
between development activities and their impacts allowing me to modify
actions, behavior, and learning objectives appropriately. It also prompts
recognition of the purpose of each CPD activity, what I specifically gaining
from this training programmed and what are the areas of potential I have to
improvement in the future.
Eg: From this training I learn how to work with different mindset people
and how to handle them. And also, from this project I learn and I think that I
have to improve my think out of the box concept.
B. Plan
CPD planning is to help me to identify my current learning needs.
Eg: What are the priority areas for my practice? For me I must
practice more about my presentation skills, so I practice lot and did a good
job on the training program day.
C. Do
In this stage to archive our team goal we must do research about our project
to get more knowledge.
Eg: So, I search lot of things regarding our topic. Examples I did google
search and find information about topic as well as when I am searching for
information, I was able to develop my knowledge and got to know many
things which I don’t know.
D. Record
Record stage do we have to write down everything what we must do and how
we going to archive our goal and how am going to contribute to my team.
Eg: As example from the 1st day onwards I note down each and
everything we discuss on at the team and wrote down what are things I have
to do on the project(my responsibility is do the research on our main topic
and do a summary so as my team leader say I did that according to the way
she want) so because I record everything according the project so it was not
difficult task to archive the goal.
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Feedback sheet of our team members who need to improve on there weakness.
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Personal SWOT Analysis Worksheet
Strengths: Weaknesses:
Opportunities: Threats:
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Personal Development Plan Worksheet
Major Career Goals (What you need to accomplish in the medium term to further your
mission)
Goal: To find a Target Target
Goal: Work hard and do
topic which is Date: Date:
the training day success
relevant to IT 3/4/22 7/6/22
Goal: Archive Target Target
the team goal as Date: Goal: Date:
mention Above 11/6/22
Target Target
Goal: Date: Goal: Date:
Skills Audit C: I need to improve this skill/competency
A: I have accomplished this skill/ I demonstrate high competence D: I need to put in
considerable work to develop this skill/competency B: I have this skill/competency but some
improvements could be made E: I need to acquire this skill/ develop this competency
Rank Rank
Skill/
Now 6m 1yr 3y Skill/Competency Now 6m 1yr 3yr
Competency
r
Team Worker A Plant A
Co-Ordinator B
Specialist B
Monitor Evaluator C
Resource A
Investigator
Complete Finisher B
Implementer B
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Shaper A
CPD plan for team members and how to use motivation theory to archive future
goals
Remarks
A – Excellent
B – Have skill but to improve
C- Need to Improve
D- Need to put work to develop skill
Team Member Name Goal : To give 100% on topic Start Date End Date
Akshshya and make audience 5/3/22 11/6/22
understand about our topic
Skills Rank
Attendances Punctuality A
Professionalism A
Communication Skills A
Independence A
Flexibility B
Time Management B
Cooperation A
accuracy A
Design Abilities B
Creativity A
How to motivate: She is good team leader as well as she has ability to handle any
situation but you have to flexible with other team members work too. Otherwise
overall you’re a good team plyer.
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Remarks
A – Excellent
B – Have skill but to improve
C- Need to Improve
D- Need to put work to develop skill
Team Member Name Goal : To give 100% on topic Start Date End Date
Aziza and make audience 5/3/22 11/6/22
understand about our topic
Skills Rank
Attendances Punctuality A
Professionalism B
Communication Skills B
Independence B
Flexibility C
Time Management B
Cooperation B
accuracy C
Design Abilities C
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Creativity M.A.F.R Mendis E158761 C Professional Practice – Assignment 1
How to motivate: As a team member she is a good team plyer but you have to think
out of when comes to creativity while making presentation.
Remarks
A – Excellent
B – Have skill but to improve
C- Need to Improve
D- Need to put work to develop skill
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Team Member Name Goal : To give 100% on topic Start Date End Date
Shamil and make audience 5/3/22 11/6/22
understand about our topic
Skills Rank
Attendances Punctuality B
Professionalism C
Communication Skills C
Independence C
Flexibility C
Time Management B
Cooperation C
accuracy B
Design Abilities A
Creativity A
How to motivate: Must schedule team building activities. (Eg: Help them to develop
better communication skills, push them out of their comfort zone)
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Remarks
A – Excellent
B – Have skill but to improve
C- Need to Improve
D- Need to put work to develop skill
Team Member Name Goal : To give 100% on topic Start Date End Date
Ushaini and make audience 5/3/22 11/6/22
understand about our topic
Skills Rank
Attendances Punctuality D
Professionalism C
Communication Skills C
Independence C
Flexibility C
Time Management D
Cooperation C
accuracy C
Design Abilities C
Creativity C
How to motivate: Make her feel valued (eg: People want to feel valued and
love to receive praise and recognition for a job well done, especially in front
of their peers. Praise can go a long way to make them feel like they are part
of the team and achieving their goals.
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Remarks
A – Excellent
B – Have skill but to improve
C- Need to Improve
D- Need to put work to develop skill
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Team Member Name Goal : To give 100% on topic Start Date End Date
Kavinda and make audience 5/3/22 11/6/22
understand about our topic
Skills Rank
Attendances Punctuality C
Professionalism B
Communication Skills B
Independence A
Flexibility C
Time Management B
Cooperation C
accuracy B
Design Abilities B
Creativity B
How to motivate: Give them responsibility (Eg: A team member who only receives
small, menial tasks, will in time become unhappy in their role. Likewise, if
someone's been overloaded with work they might struggle under the pressure. Try to
delegate responsibilities that will add variety to archive his future goal also )
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Remarks
A – Excellent
B – Have skill but to improve
C- Need to Improve
D- Need to put work to develop skill
Team Member Name Goal : To give 100% on topic Start Date End Date
Thilina and make audience 5/3/22 11/6/22
understand about our topic
Skills Rank
Attendances Punctuality B
Professionalism A
Communication Skills C
Independence B
Flexibility B
Time Management B
Cooperation B
accuracy C
Design Abilities A
Creativity B
How to motivate: Create a positive working environment for team members (Eg:
While we do the teamwork atmosphere can have a very powerful impact on the way
people work and also Let them have fun and make the team feel valued. Like
celebration special moments with them.
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Remarks
A – Excellent
B – Have skill but to improve
C- Need to Improve
D- Need to put work to develop skill
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Team Member Name Goal : To give 100% on topic Start Date End Date
Sharwin and make audience 5/3/22 11/6/22
understand about our topic
Skills Rank
Attendances Punctuality A
Professionalism A
Communication Skills B
Independence C
Flexibility B
Time Management B
Cooperation B
accuracy B
Design Abilities B
Creativity B
How to motivate: Create Goal(Eg: Create goals and let our team know what is
expected and set a clear path for advancement – and are a must at any successful to
archive our team goals.
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Remarks
A – Excellent
B – Have skill but to improve
C- Need to Improve
D- Need to put work to develop skill
Team Member Name Goal : To give 100% on topic Start Date End Date
RiShard and make audience 5/3/22 11/6/22
understand about our topic
Skills Rank
Attendances Punctuality B
Professionalism A
Communication Skills B
Independence C
Flexibility B
Time Management A
Cooperation B
accuracy B
Design Abilities B
Creativity B
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How to motivate: Encourage Personal Growth (Eg: we can develop this mindset in
our team by encouraging personal growth. Send them articles about new skills they
could master, books about success and invites to networking events. Personal growth
leads to professional growth.
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