Work Based Assignment Understanding Leadership
Name: ________________
Contents page
Contents page.................................................................................................................................. 2
Assignment Task for Unit: Understanding leadership ...................................................................... 3
Leadership styles ............................................................................................................................. 6
Understand leadership qualities and review own leadership qualities and potential ........................ 7
Appendices ...................................................................................................................................... 8
References..................................................................................................................................... 10
Assignment Task for Unit: Understanding leadership
Centre Number: 068154
Centre Name: Llandrillo
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TASK
The purpose of this unit is to develop the knowledge and understanding of different leadership styles or behaviours
to be found in the workplace, including an understanding of your own preferred leadership behaviours, and the
impact that these different styles are likely to have on behaviour of team members.
The task requires you to demonstrate this understanding in the context of an organisation with which you are
familiar. It also requires you to use feedback to assess and reflect on your own preferred leadership style in order to
identify how you could modify behaviours or build upon existing strengths to become more effective in a leadership
role.
NOTE: If you are not currently working within an organisation, then you may complete this task in relation to an
organisation with which you are familiar. This could include experience working in a voluntary capacity.
You should plan to spend approximately 21 hours researching your workplace context, preparing for and writing or
presenting the outcomes of this assignment for assessment. The 'nominal' word count for this assignment is 3000
words: the suggested range is between 2000 and 4000 words.
Check your assignment carefully prior to submission using the assessment criteria.
Please use the sub-headings shown below when structuring your
Assignment
Assessment Criteria
Understand leadership styles
Provide responses to cover these assessment criteria.
Understand leadership qualities and review own leadership
qualities and potential
 Describe the factors that will influence
the choice of leadership styles or
behaviours in workplace situations (24
marks)
 Explain why these leadership styles or
behaviours are likely to have a positive
or negative effect on individual and
group behaviour (24 marks)
For this section you need to gather information about you own
leadership style using feedback from others such as line manager,
team members. You may also chose to use some leadership styles
self - assessment technique.
 Assess own leadership behaviours and
potential in the context of a particular
leadership model and own
organisation’s working practices and
culture, using feedback from others (28
marks)
The information gathered should be used, in conjunction with a
recognised leadership model, to assess your preferred patterns of
leadership behaviour and how effective these are within the working
practices and culture of the organisation.
 Describe appropriate actions to
enhance own leadership behaviour in
the context of the particular leadership
model (24 marks)
Once this has been completed you need to identify any actions you
should take in order to enhance your leadership behaviour.
By submitting I confirm that this assignment is my own work
MARK SHEET Leadership
Centre Number :
Learner Registration No :
068154
Centre Name :
Learner Name:
Llandrillo
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Assessment must be conducted with reference to the assessment criteria (AC). In order to pass the unit, every AC must be met.
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a ‘Pass’ or ‘Referral’ in the box (below right). In order to pass the unit every AC must receive a ‘Pass’.
Where marks are awarded according to the degree to which the learner’s evidence in the submission meets each AC, every AC must be met, i.e. receive at least half marks
(e.g. min 10/20). Any AC awarded less than the minimum produces an automatic referral for the submission (regardless of the overall mark achieved).
Sufficiency descriptors are provided as guidance. If 20 marks are available for an AC and the evidence in the submission approximates to the ‘pass’ descriptor, that indicates it should
attract 10 marks out of 20, if a ‘good pass’ then ca. 15 out of 20. The descriptors are not comprehensive, and cannot be, as there are many ways in which a submission can exceed or fall
short of the requirements.
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Learning Outcome / Section1:: Understand leadership styles
Sufficiency Descriptors
Assessment Criteria (AC)
[Typical standard that , if replicated across the whole submission, would produce a referral, borderline pass or good pass result]
Referral [ca. 6/24]
AC 1.1
Describe the factors that will
influence the choice of
leadership styles or
behaviours in workplace
situations
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
The factors that will influence the choice of leadership
styles or behaviours in workplace situations is merely
stated as opposed to described
A description is given of the factors that will influence
the choice of leadership styles or behaviours but the
description is incorrect, inappropriate or minimal or is
not related to workplace situations
Only one factor is described that will influence the
choice of leadership styles or behaviours in workplace
situations
Pass [12/24]

Referral [ca. 6/24]

AC 1.2
Explain why these leadership
styles or behaviours are
likely to have a positive or
negative effect on individual
and group behaviour


Why the leadership styles or behaviours referred to in
AC 1.1 are likely to have a positive or negative effect on
individual and/or group behaviour is merely stated as
opposed to explained
An explanation is given of why the leadership styles or
behaviours referred to in AC 1.1 are likely to have a
positive or negative effect on individual and/or group
behaviour but the explanation is incorrect, inappropriate
or minimal
An explanation is given of why the leadership styles or
behaviours referred to in AC 1.1 are likely to have a
positive or negative effect on individual or group
behaviour but not both
A correct and appropriate
description is given of two or
more factors that will influence
the choice of leadership styles
or behaviours in workplace
situations
although
the
description may be limited and
the links to workplace situations
may be more implicit than
explicit
Good Pass [ca. 18/24]

A correct and appropriate
explanation is given of why the
leadership styles or behaviours
referred to in AC 1.1 are likely
to have a positive or negative
effect on individual and group
behaviour
although
the
explanation may be limited
A thorough and detailed
description is given of a range
of factors that will influence the
choice of leadership styles or
behaviours explicitly related to
workplace situations
/ 12
(min. of 6)
Pass [12/24]

Assessor feedback on AC
Good Pass [ca. 18/24]

Pass or
Referral
Assessor feedback on AC
A thorough and detailed
explanation is given of why the
leadership styles or behaviours
referred to in AC 1.1 are likely
to have a positive or negative
effect on individual and group
behaviour
and may be
supported by appropriate work
based examples or illustrations
/ 12
(min. of 6)
Pass or
Referral
Section comments (optional):
Verification comments (optional):
Learning Outcome / Section 2: Understand leadership qualities and review own leadership qualities and potential
Sufficiency Descriptors
Assessment Criteria (AC)
[Typical standard that , if replicated across the whole submission, would produce a referral, borderline pass or good pass result]
Referral [ca. 7/28]

AC 2.1
Assess own leadership
behaviours and potential in
the context of a particular
leadership model and own
organisation’s working
practices and culture, using
feedback from others


Own leadership behaviours and/or potential in the
context of a particular leadership model and/or own
organisation’s working practices and/or culture, using
feedback from others are described or explained as
opposed to assessed
An assessment is made of own leadership behaviours
and potential based on feedback from others and in the
context of a particular leadership model and own
organisation’s working practices and culture but the
assessment is inappropriate or minimal
An assessment is made of own leadership behaviours
and potential but is not based on feedback from others
and/or is not in the context of a particular leadership
model and/or own organisation’s working practices and
culture
Pass [14/28]

Referral [ca. 6/24]
AC 2.2
Describe appropriate actions
to enhance own leadership
behaviour in the context of
the particular leadership
model




Section comments (optional):
Appropriate actions to enhance own leadership
behaviour in the context of the particular leadership
model referred to in AC 2.1 are merely listed or stated
as opposed to described
A description is given of the appropriate actions to
enhance own leadership behaviour in the context of the
particular leadership model referred to in AC 2.1 but the
description is inappropriate or minimal
A description is given of the appropriate actions to
enhance own leadership behaviour but is not in the
context of the particular leadership model referred to in
AC 2.1
Only one appropriate action to enhance own leadership
behaviour is described
An appropriate assessment is
made of own leadership
behaviours and potential clearly
based on feedback from others,
and in the context of both a
particular leadership model,
and also of own organisation’s
working practices and culture,
although the assessment may
be limited and/or the context of
a particular leadership model
and/or
own organisation’s
working practices and culture
may be more implicit than
explicit
Good Pass [ca. 21/28]

An appropriate description is
given of two or more
appropriate actions to enhance
own leadership behaviour in the
context of the particular
leadership model referred to in
AC 2.1 although the description
may be limited
A thorough and detailed
assessment is made so as to
form a judgement of own
leadership behaviours and
potential explicitly based on
feedback from others and
clearly in the context of a
particular leadership model and
own organisation’s working
practices and culture
/ 14
(min. of 7)
Pass [12/24]

Assessor feedback on AC
Good Pass [ca. 18/24]

Pass or
Referral
Assessor feedback on AC
A thorough and detailed
description is given of a range
of appropriate actions to
enhance own leadership
behaviour explicitly related to
the particular leadership model
referred to in AC 2.1
/ 12
(min. of
6)
Pass or Referral
Verification comments (optional):
/ 100
TOTAL MARKS
Assessor’s Decision
Signature of Assessor:
Outcome (delete as applicable): PASS /
REFERRAL
Date:
Quality Assurance Use
Outcome (delete as applicable): PASS / REFERRAL
Signature of QA:
Date of QA check:
Leadership styles
Describe the factors that will influence the choice of leadership styles or behaviours
in workplace situations
What is leadership?
What different styles of leadership are there?
What will influence your choice?
Situation, people, personal style, culture, time, etc.
Explain why these leadership styles or behaviours are likely to have a positive or
negative effect on individual and group behaviour
Give examples of when either you have used these different styles when managing
others; or when others have managed you.
What was the outcome – positive/negative? State why you think this was the case.
Did you or the other person use the right style?
Understand leadership qualities and review own leadership
qualities and potential
Assess own leadership behaviours and potential in the context of a particular
leadership model and own organisation’s working practices and culture, using
feedback from others
Using the self and peer assessments completed as part of the course, such as
Jung/Brefi/Inspired Leadership styles, etc., state whether your style and leadership
behaviour is complimentary to your organisation’s culture and practice.
What leadership model has the organisation adopted – linked to its values, beliefs
etc.
Summarise your strengths as a result of all the assessment undertaken.
Describe appropriate actions to enhance own leadership behaviour in the context of
the particular leadership model
List your weaknesses/or what you need to do to improve /develop your leadership
style?
List as many areas for development as possible, and match to the Siemens
leadership framework.
Complete the Leadership growth development plan attached, to include time scales,
resources, etc.
Risks - outline any risks that might be involved in reaching this goal
Obstacles - Outline any potential obstacles
How are you going to overcome them?
Complete the Leadership growth development plan attached, to include time
scales, etc for your own development needs identified above.
Appendices
Include any additional research or evidence collected as an appendix, e.g. it would
be relevant to include the actual self-assessment tools used, or feedback from other
on your communication style.
Leadership Growth Plan
Leadership Skills to
Improve
Competencies
Activities/Action
People who can
Help
Indicators of Success
Timeline
References
Include links to all specific documents etc. that you have used a quote or particular
statements from as References.
Include in your Bibliography links to all resources/documents, internet sites etc. that
you have read/accessed in the process of preparing the assignment.