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THELEAD601 Principles of Leadership and Management Assignment, TAFE SA, Australia
Assessment Title - Self-Assessment and Professional Development Plan
Subject Learning Outcomes - Critically reflect on your Leadership skills, values, personal motivators and influence on others.
Course Learning Outcomes -
1. Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of Management concepts, models and theories.
2. Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of Management functions as applied in the Hospitality, Tourism and Events industries.
Overview of Assessment - The objective of this assessment is for students to critically reflect on your leadership skills, values, personal motivators and influence on others. It is:
- An individual written assessment
- In essay style
Your submitted essay should demonstrate your ability to critically self-reflect, research and apply knowledge to a professional Tourism, Hospitality or Events Management context including:
- Evaluate your own knowledge and skills capabilities and identify ongoing professional development and learning needs.
- Demonstrate an awareness of ethical, cultural, legal and social issues.
- Show a commitment to contemporary sustainable practices.
Task/s to be assessed - Include underlying theories, evidence of reading and the ability to link theory and practice. In your own words:
1. Introduction: (approx. 200 words)
Introduce the key objectives of the essay.
2. Body: (approx. 1500 words)
Reflection
Below are some factors which may affect the leadership process and how you approach relationships with other people.
- Optimism
- Values and beliefs and morals
- Ethical dilemmas
- Conflict resolution
- Decision making
- Motivation and empowerment
- Influence on others
Critically reflect on your own experience in situations where you have provided leadership, advice or support to others. This may be in your current or previous job, in situations with family/friends or in sporting or hobby activities. Using the factors above, critically discuss your style of thinking, decision making and personality and how this may affect your leadership style.
Gap Analysis: Discuss your blind spots and factors you believe you need to develop for your anticipated job role(s) in a tourism, hospitality and/or events industries.
Articulate why are these skills important for a leader to develop and how these can help achieve sustainable practices.
Professional development plan: Create a plan for how you will as a potential leader develop these gap skills. Where or who can you go to for help in developing these skills?
When will you aim to achieve these skills? You may have goals for short term and long term.
Using current leadership theory discuss how you will develop and apply these skills as a leader and how this will assist you to engage positively with people and ideas outside of your own geographical, social, and cultural boundaries.
3. Conclusion: (approx. 150 words)
Summarise the main points made in the body of the essay reflecting on the key objectives that were introduced in the introduction.
Note - Word count: 1850 and must include in-text references as well as reference list using Harvard Author Date System.
Attachment:- Principles of Leadership and Management Assignment File.rar