CMI External Assessment Marking Sheet: Unit 3001V1 - Personal development as a first line manager
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Introduction
This unit assesses your knowledge, understanding and application in the areas of personal development planning, work planning, relationship
building and team welfare. The tasks set out below are designed to enable you to demonstrate that you meet all of the learning outcomes and
assessment criteria for the unit.
Learning Outcomes
The Learner will:1. Be able to develop and use a personal development plan
2. Understand how to plan and manage work
3. Understand how to develop and maintain effective working relationships to achieve objectives
4. Be able to safeguard the welfare of the team in the working environment
Task 1
Explain how your personal
development objectives are affected
by and linked to wider organisational
objectives. Provide examples of
where an organisational objective
may affect a personal development
objective of a first line manager.
Assessment Criteria
Pass/Refer
Comments
Pass/Refer
Comments
A.C. 1.1 - Identify the
links between
organisational
objectives and
personal development
objectives
Guideline word count: 300 - 350
words
Task 2
Assessment Criteria
Identify your main work objectives
for the forthcoming year and explain
how you will use these when
constructing your personal
development plan.
A.C. 1.2 - Construct a
personal development
plan which meets
agreed objectives
Construct a personal development
plan showing five main development
objectives, how you will achieve
these objectives and the target dates
for achievement.
Identify when and how you will
review your progress in achieving
your objectives.
Explain the role of your manager in
the construction, agreement and
monitoring of your achievement
against the plan.
A.C. 1.3 - Identify a
range of learning and
development
opportunities to
support the
achievement of the
personal development
plan
A.C. 1.4 - Review the
progress of the plan
Guideline word count: 600 - 650
words
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Task 3
Using the work objectives identified
in task 2, prepare a work plan to
incorporate your activities and
expected timescales to complete
those activities.
Assessment Criteria
Pass/Refer
Comments
Pass/Refer
Comments
A.C. 2.1 - Describe the
methods or processes
available to determine
work plan priorities
Explain why it is important to
produce a work plan for yourself as
a first line manager. Describe the
processes involved in prioritising
your activities in your work plan.
Explain what time management
techniques are most effective for you
in helping you achieve your
objectives and why your work plan
needs to include some flexibility.
A.C. 2.2 - Explain how
to manage time to
achieve work plan
objectives
Provide an example of a situation
which would require your work plan
to change and the effect on the
organisation or your team if there
was not enough flexibility in your
work plan to allow this change.
Guideline word count: 500 - 550
words
A.C. 2.3 - Explain the
reasons for
incorporating flexibility
into a work plan
Task 4
Assessment Criteria
Identify the link between the different
styles of leadership used in a range
of situations to encourage a
productive working relationship,
giving examples to illustrate your
answer.
Describe the importance of
developing and maintaining good
working relationships with
managers, colleagues and team
members, and how to maintain high
standards of work and behaviour by
working effectively with your team.
Provide two examples where a
different style or approach to
leadership is required and explain
the importance of these in ensuring
a good working relationship. Explain
what would have happened to the
working relationship if a different
style or approach was used.
Identify the most important things
you can do as a first line manager to
ensure that you develop a good
working relationship with your
managers, colleagues and team
members. Explain the differences in
maintaining good working
relationships with each of these
three groups of people.
How do you ensure that your team
members are aware of the standards
of work and
behaviour required in order to
achieve team objectives.
A.C. 3.1 - Explain how
leadership styles and
approaches are used
in different situations
to encourage
productive working
relationships
A.C. 3.2 - Explain how
to develop and
maintain good working
relationship
A.C. 3.3 - Describe
how to work with team
members to maintain
standards of work and
behaviour that achieve
objectives
Guideline word count: 600 - 650
words
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Task 5
Assessment Criteria
Explain why ‘staff welfare’ is
important to a first line manager and
consider the impact of staff welfare
on productivity.
A.C. 4.1 - Describe the
responsibilities of a
first line manager for
safeguarding team
welfare
Pass/Refer
Comments
Describe your role and
responsibilities in safeguarding your
team’s welfare and provide two
examples of situations where your
team’s welfare may be threatened.
Describe how you will monitor
potential risks and the necessary
follow up action when a risk is
identified. It may be helpful for you to
use an example to illustrate your
answer.
A.C. 4.2 - Explain how
risks that can affect
team welfare are
identified and
monitored
Guideline word count: 700 - 750
words
A.C. 4.3 - Describe the
actions to be taken
after identifying a risk
to team welfare
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