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ASSIGNMENT
BTEC LEVEL 7
ADVANCED PROFESSIONAL DIPLOMA
ACCOUNTING (PGD)

Date: October, 03, 2013


Assignment Front Sheet


Qualification Unit number and title
Pearson BTEC Level 7 Advanced Professional
Diploma in Accounting (PGD)
Unit 2: Professional Development for Strategic Managers
Unit code: F/602/2061
Credit value: 10 credits
Student name
Assessor name

Date issued Completion date Submitted on Validity
3
rd
Oct 2013 31
st
Oct 2013 1
st
OCT 2013 to 31
st
Jan2014
Assignment Title
Professional Experts Series

Assignment No
01- F/602/2061-07PKISL7002



Hand-in Policy
You must complete this assignment on time. If you experience difficulties, you must inform your tutor
accordingly.
Late Work Policy
Consideration will be given to students who have valid reasons for late submission (eg, illness).

Plagiarism
In cases of plagiarism, Institute regulations will be applied. You must declare that this assessment is your own
work by signing the following statement:



Learner declaration
I certify that the work submitted for this assignment is my own and research sources are fully
acknowledged.


Student signature: Date:






Learning outcome, Assessment Criteria and Contextualisation of the assignment which gives learners the opportunity to submit evidence in
order to achieve PASS

Learning Outcomes

Assessment Criteria
Contextualisation Task no
LO1
Be able to assess personal and
professional skills required to
achieve strategic goals
AC 1.1 Use appropriate methods to
evaluate personal skills required to achieve
strategic goals

AC 1.2 Apply techniques to assess the
professional skills required to support the
strategic direction of the organization
To Achieve AC1.1 and 1.2 learners need to use appropriate
methods to evaluate personal skills and assess the
professional skills needed for effective leadership and
management. To meet the strategic goals and direction of
the organisation, learners need to link their evaluation to
leadership requirements for a specific goal.
1
LO2
Be able to conduct a skills audit to
identify learning style
AC 2.1 Carry out a skills audit to evaluate
the strategic skills needed to meet current
and future leadership requirements

AC 2.2 Apply appropriate techniques to
identify preferred learning style
To Achieve AC2.1, learners will need to demonstrate they
can conduct a skills audit, to evaluate current and future
leadership requirements. Learners need to benchmark
against suitable criteria such as National Occupational
Standards for Management and Leadership. This can help
inform their preferred learning style for AC2.2.
2
LO3
Be able to implement a personal
development plan
AC 3.1 Construct a personal development
plan that meets leadership development
requirements identified in the skills audit

AC 3.2 Use suitable methods to assess
the outcomes of a personal development
plan against personal work objectives

AC 3.3 Evaluate the impact of own
learning against the achievement of
strategic goals
To Achieve AC 3.1 and 3.2, learners will construct a
personal development plan using the information from
their skills audit. They can use a standard template or
construct their own plan, but it must include SMART
objectives and an identification of the resources needed to
achieve the objectives, as well as assessing the outcomes
against personal work objectives. To be of value, the plan
needs to be implemented for at least six months in order
for learners to evaluate the impact of their learning against
the achievement of strategic goals for AC3.3.
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Assignment brief
Unit Name number and
title
Unit 1: Professional Development for Strategic Managers
Unit code: F/602/2061
Credit value: 10 credits
Qualification
Pearson BTEC Level 7 Advanced Professional Diploma in Accounting
(PGD)
Start date 3
rd
Oct 2013
Deadline/hand-in 31
st
Oct 2013
Assessor Sajjad Hussain

Assignment title Professional Experts Series
Note
Expert Speaker Series: (all videos attached with the assignment
folder)

Task 1: (LO1: AC1.1 1.2) Personal and Professional Skills (SMART Objectives)


Video 1: Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish By Steve Job

You are required to watch the speech by Steve Job stay hungry, stay foolish and Write a summary of
the video.
Describe the concepts of professional and personal skills development that contributed in his life.

How can you relate them with your own professional and personal life and design a plan for your
development.

Do all the exercises along with the assignment.

Video 2: Time Management

You are required to watch a video on time management by and write a summary of the video.

You are to critically analyse and assess your own set of skills to improve procrastination and time
management by making your own time log.


Video 3: SMART Objectives

You are required to watch the videos on SMART Objectives by and design your own SMART Objectives
for personal and professional life.
Task 2: (LO2: AC 2.1, 2.2) Skills audit to identify Learning styles (SWOT Analysis)

Video 1: Personal SWOT Analysis

You are required to make your own personal profile SWOT Analysis and try to identify those skills that
can help you for your career progression.

Video 2: Psychometric Testing: Kolb and MBTI

You are to identify the main points and make Summary of the psychometric videos.

Analyse and define your own skills set of MBTI and produce a report on the analysis.

Task 3: (LO3: AC 3.1, 3.2, 3.3) Personal Development Plan

Video: 1 Career Planning


Describe what the speakers viewpoints are about the career planning and write a detail report on
where do you see yourself five years from now



Evidence
checklist
Summary of evidence required
by student
Task Title
Evidence
Required
Check
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Task 1
Video 1: Write a summary of the
video by describe the concepts of
professional and personal skills
development that contributed in
Jobs life and relate them with your
own professional and personal life
and design a plan for your
development

Video 2: Write a summary of the
video which critically analyse and
assess your own set of skills to
improve procrastination and time
management by making your own
time log.

Video 3: Produce and design your
own SMART Objectives for personal
and professional life
Personal and
Professional Skills
Review
Summary and
Design own SMART
objectives

Task 2
Video 1: Present personal profile
SWOT Analysis and try to identify
that skills that can help you for your
career progression

Video 2: Summary of the main
points in the Video and produce a
report on the analysis of your own
skills set of MBTI
Skills audit to identify
Learning styles
Present Personal
SWOT and report
on own skills set of
MBIT

Task 3
Video 1: Present a report of speaker
point of view on career planning and
where do you see yourself five
years from now
Personal Development
Plan
Report on career
planning

Submission guidelines
You must:
Complete all tasks
Present your work in one business report-style document which should include a table of contents,
references list, foot or end notes if any and appendices if any.
Complete, sign and submit the usual statement of authenticity.
Submit your work in a single word processed document of 4000-5000 approx. words. This word limit is
only for guidance and is not applied on grading.
Produce clear specific reasoning and arguments in support of your answers.
Make appropriate reference to the relevant concepts, techniques and theories.
Appropriately cite all information success (in the text and bibliography) as per references guidelines
given to you before.
Due to late submission the maximum grade will be Pass.
Declaration sheet must be signed if not then the assignment will not be accepted
You are required to clearly write down your Edexcel I.D Number, ISG number and you complete name
as per the registration form.