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Y/615/1620 - Unit 3: Professional Practice - BTEC HND IN COMPUTING

Assignment - Enhancing Professional Practices

Learning outcome 1: Demonstrate a range of interpersonal and transferable communication skills to a target audience.
Learning outcome 2: Apply critical reasoning and thinking to a range of problem-solving scenarios.
Learning outcome 3: Discuss the importance and dynamics of working within a team and the impact of team working in di?erent environments.
Learning outcome 4: Examine the need for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and its role within the workplace and for higher level learning.

Purpose

This assignment will help students to demonstrate their employability skills required for e?ective employment and to manage their own personal and professional development. The assignment provides an opportunity to the learners to assess and develop an understanding of their own responsibilities and performance in or when entering the workplace.

Completing this assignment you will demonstrate a range of interpersonal and transferable communication skills to a given target audience, apply critical reasoning and thinking to a range of problem scenarios, be able to discuss on the importance and dynamics of working within a team and the impact of team working in di?erent environments and most importantly examine the need for Continued Professional Development (CPD) and its roles within the workplace and for higher level learning.

Part 1:
• Training schedule (using project management software) for the two-day event and a training pack to include a range of activities, seminars, workshops, team-building activities and break-out sessions.
• Ten-minute Microsoft® PowerPoint® style presentation with interactive links to suitable sites and an activity sheet. The presentation slides for the ?ndings should be submitted with speaker notes. You are required to make e?ective use of headings, bullet points and subsections as appropriate. Your research should be referenced using the APA referencing system. The recommended word limit is 600 words, including speaker notes, although you will not be penalized for exceeding the total word limit.

Part 2:

• A written evaluation of your performance in this task and your contribution to the team. You are required to make use of headings, paragraphs, subsections and illustrations as appropriate, and all work must be supported with research and referenced using the APA referencing system. The recommended word limit is 1,000 words, although you will not be penalized for exceeding the total word limit.
• A report discussing problem-solving techniques.
• A report examining the need for CPD (continuing Professional needs)

Scenario

Assume that you have been working as an intern in an IT company. Your key task is to support your training and development manager with the planning and implementation of a professional development event to targeted audiences.

The training event is scheduled over a two-day period at a mutually agreed venue, and will include a number of activities such as workshops, pair works, presentation and discussion. The centre requires a schedule of the types of activities proposed so that plans can be ?nalized. You have also been asked to design and deliver a workshop as part of the training event based on the dynamics of team working.

To e?ectively complete the tasks below you need to be able to apply a range of skills such as e?ective communicative skills, interpersonal skills, and time management skills. You need to be able to develop a speci?cation of an identi?ed problem, identify the tools and methods to solve the problems, plan and implement the solutions and ?nally be able to evaluate the problem.

Assignment Task

Based on the context above, complete the followings.
Part 1: (work in a small group of 3 or 4 but each has to produce individual report)

1. Produce a professional schedule for a two-day event (using project management software) that identi?es planning and resourcing prior to the event.
2. Design a training pack including a range of activities, seminars, workshops, team building activities and break-out sessions. It is expected that 30 employees will attend the event. There is a large auditorium that will seat 60, and the outdoor center can accommodate 15 at any one time for activities. In addition, there are three break-out rooms, one with computers for up to 20 and two other seminar rooms that seat up to 30.

3. Design a two-hour workshop session based on ‘time management'. The workshop will include a presentation which will discuss the importance of team dynamic in the success and/or failure of a group work. You will also provide interactive links to suitable sites and prepare an activity sheet that will require delegates (trainees/ participants) to take part in some form of task.

Part 2

1. Following the event, your training and development manager has asked you to provide some feedback. Produce a written evaluation of the e?ectiveness and application of interpersonal skills during the design and delivery process. You should also include an evaluation of your performance in this project and your contribution to the team you worked in.
2. Produce a report discussing problem-solving and its importance in planning and running an event. Your report should include a discussion of various problem-solving techniques and justify the solution methodologies used during your project. You should also include a critique of the application of critical reasoning and your experiences of it.

3. Having completed the Training Event Management project, you now need to re?ect on your experience and consider your Continuous Professional Development (CPD) needs.

Section 1
Consider your personal and/or career goals and identify your CPD needs and what actions would put you in a position to achieve these goals. Produce a development plan outlining your future goals and identifying how these can be realized.

Section 2
Conduct some research into motivational theories and illustrate how they can be used to improve employee performance. Compare a number of theories and present your ?ndings.

Section 3
Write a report on the usage of CPD within organizations and what evidence would be required to measure how e?ective this CPD is in helping employees achieve their goals while using their time and resources e?ectively.

Attachment:- Professional Practices.rar