Briefl youtline what you are going to discuss in your Task 1 and Task 2 Task 1: Self-assessment.(50 marks; 1000 words) Analysis and evaluation of a range of soft and digital skills, knowledge and competencies - EssayQuest

INTRODUCTION(100/200 words)

Briefl youtline what you are going to discuss in your Task 1 and Task 2

Task 1: Self-assessment.(50 marks; 1000 words)

Analysis and evaluation of a range of soft and digital skills, knowledge and competencies required for a chosen career goal within the modern and digitalised workplace.

Recommendations on how you could develop the Report:

Briefly discuss, with the appropriate underpinning, how recent changes driven byIndustry 4.0 (digitalisation, business automation etc.) impacted a chosen sector that you are interested in pursuing career within.

Here you should apply the framework ofIndustry 4.0focusing on the impact it have made on specific sector/ companies, their products and servicesInnovation diffusion(how innovation diffuses amongst the companies operating in the competitive sector)

Thenidentify a range of soft and digital skills required by that sector for yourchosen career goalwithin the modern and digitalised workplace. This section needs to be underpinned by academic and business research to support your arguments.

Finallyself-assess yourself against those skills, identify and discuss theareas of weaknesses and skill-gaps based on the results from your self-assessments. You need to evidence a range of self-assessments undertaken;these should be presented with the Appendices. You are required to engage with 3 self-assessment tools:

Appendix1: Personal SWOT analysis,
Appendix 2: Skills diagnostics,
Appendix 3: An online self-test of your choice.

Additional points:

Any information you present should evidence your reading and research. Nothing should be your personal opinion; all sections must be cited.
Underpin your arguments with reputable sources, academic literature and real-world examples.
All references should be constructed using the Harvard referencing system.
For missing self-assessments, this task will achieve a fail
Guide to Harvard Referencing
http://moodle.bl.rdi.co.uk/guides/HarvardRef/AU_Harvard_Quick_Ref_Guide.pdf– Guide to Harvard Citation
http://moodle.bl.rdi.co.uk/guides/HarvardRef/AU_Guide_to_Harvard_Citation.pdf

Task 2: PDP(50 marks; 1000 words)

Design and deliver a Professional Development Plan (PDP) related to the career goal identified within Task One and a range of well explained developmental and SMART objectives.

To design an effective paper, follow the instruction below:

Present a detailedProfessional Development Plan (PDP)in a tabular format, as per the suggested template,related to the career goalyou previously identified, that aimsat developing your weaknesses and current skill -gapswithin digital and soft skills areas.

PDP needs to be presented in a tabular format and with use of SMART framework, explain how you are planning to develop in the areas of3 soft and 2 digital skillsin which you are currently underperforming (based on your self-assessment outcomes).

Note that PDP table is expected to be part of Task 2 wordcount.

This task needs to be underpinned by academic and business research to support your arguments.

Additional points:

Underpin your arguments with academic literature.
Cite your sources and ensure that discussion about skills relevant and required by the sector/ role is well supported.
All in text citations and references should be constructed using the Harvard referencing system.
Missing PDP will contribute to a failure of this task.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN TEMPLATE

This is only a guide for your PDP.
This should be included in the main body as a part of the Question 02, therefore, words you add to this document are included in the overall word count

Professional Development Plan

NAME:		REASON FOR PDP:
COVERING THE PERIOD FROM:		TO:

Planned outcome = Your career GOAL

Where do I want to be by the end of this period? What do I want to be doing? (This may be evolutionary or more of the same.)

What are my skills-related development objectives?	What skill do I want/need to learn or improve?	What activities do I need to undertake to achieve my objectives? What resources or support will I need?	What will my success criteria be? ( How have/will you use this? Any further action?)	Target dates for review and completion
Your objective should show links to the completion of the skills audit, self-assessment and SWOT analysis. This will help to justify your objective of developing this skill. Insert each objective on a separate row 1-5 in this table. Develop AT LEAST FIVE objectives. – 3 for soft skills and – 2 for digital skills	Please mention whether this is a digital skill/non-digital, or a combination of both.	Think carefully about how you will try to achieve your objectives. What do you think you need to do in practice, what tools and support you need (time, money, technology, mentorship, coaching, training etc.) Be specific.This is A and S ofSMART framework. Try to identify specific internal or external training courses, books, videos, etc. that you can access to help develop your skills.This is S of SMART framework. Justify how is this objective relevant to your career goal.This is R of SMART framework.	What will you achieve through this skills-related development objective? How would you know that you have achieved the required level of that skill? This is M of SMART framework	Insert a realistic and specific date to fully achieve the objective. This is T of SMART framework
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CONCLUSION(100/150 words) non compulsory

REFERENCE LIST

At the end of a piece of work, you must list references to documents cited in the text. This list should be called a Reference List.
In the Harvard System, all references are listed in alphabetical order by author surname in a single list. (Please refer to the guide for more instructions)

APPENDICES

Appendix 1: Personal Skills Audit

Appendix 2: SWOT Analysis

Appendix 2 Free online self-assessment

APPENDIX 1:

Skills Audit

SKILL	TYPICAL DESCRIPTORS	SKILL LEVEL Low High	SPECIFIC COMMENTS
Soft skills:
Organisation and time management	Prioritising, dealing with paperwork, interruptions, planning your day	1 2 3 4 5
Decision making and problem solving	Ability to make decisions, selecting suitable solutions; analysis of appropriateness	1 2 3 4 5
Planning	Leading teams, consulting team members, task allocation, objective setting	1 2 3 4 5
Delegation	Matching tasks to staff, providing guidance and advice, maintaining staff motivation and focus	1 2 3 4 5
Motivation	Applying motivational techniques, understanding individual motives, making tasks challenging, encouraging creativity, providing team support, engendering trust and openness	1 2 3 4 5
Coaching	Providing guidance, listening skills, ability to draw out information, reinforcing behaviour using feedback, negotiating, planning goals and objectives.	1 2 3 4 5
Target setting	Understanding and communicating organisational objectives, use of SMART objectives to achieve targets	1 2 3 4 5
Interpersonal skills	Relating to others, building rapport and positive relationships, being sensitive to peoples needs, using influencing and persuasive skills to help others improve performance or overcome problems, listening effectively and providing feedback, being assertive, use of body language	1 2 3 4 5
Written communications	Structure and format of letters, memos, e-mails, reports	1 2 3 4 5
Oral communications	Structure and format of presenting, effective presentations, using the telephone, meetings	1 2 3 4 5
Digital skills
Use of technology for live communication	Knowledge and confidence of using tools such as Zoom or Teams	1 2 3 4 5
Use of visual technologies in business presentation	Ability to convey the clear information within the ppt solution and use it as a value adding and supportive tool to business presentations	1 2 3 4 5
Written communication with the effective use of Ms Office/ Excel/ Word	Confidence and skill of using the solution in producing reports, documents, memos etc	1 2 3 4 5
Use of specialistic software (Slack, POS, PMS, CRM)	Ability to confidently use technology in entering, searching, retrieving and analysing business information	1 2 3 4 5

APPENDIX 2:

SWOT Analysis

Strengths:

What do you do well?
What unique resources can you draw on? What do others see as your strengths?

Weaknesses:

What could you improve?
Where do you have fewer resources than others?
What are others likely to see as weaknesses?

Opportunities:

What good opportunities are open to you?

What trends could you take advantage of?

How can you turn strengths into opportunities?

Threats:

What trends could harm you?
What is your competition doing?
What threats do your weaknesses expose you to?

APPENDIX3

An online self-assessment tools such as but not limited to :

Here you could present the outcomes of MBTA personality testhttps://www.16personalities.com/
Communication skills testhttps://www.mindtools.com/a3y5cte/how-good-are-your-communication-skills
Leadership skills testhttps://www.mindtools.com/azr30oh/whats-your-leadership-style
Time- management testhttps://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/tests/career/time-management-skills-test
Belbin team-working testhttps://psycho-tests.com/test/team-role-test