Assessment Questions
Task One
1) With reference to typical activities and behaviours, appraise what it means to be a ‘people professional’. (AC 1.1)
2) Discuss how ethical values underpin the work of a people professional, including two examples of how ethical values might be applied in a people practice context. (AC 1.2)
3) Consider the importance of people professionals being able to influence others and ensure that the ‘people practice voice’ is heard in an organisation, through informed, clear and confident communication. (AC 1.3)
4) For each of the situations below (a & b), provide an example of an issue that would cause you to raise the matter to a manager (or other authority) – and describe how you would do this.
a) where you consider something to be unethical (whether or not it is illegal),
b) where you believe something contravenes legislation. (AC 1.4)
5) Discuss two theories or models relating to the human and business benefits of people at work feeling included, valued, and fairly treated, concluding your discussion with a summary of your own view of these benefits. (AC 2.1)
6) Discuss two ways in which a people professional can build inclusivity into a people practice initiative at the design stage, and two ways of checking inclusivity after a people practice initiative is implemented. (AC 2.2)
Task Two
1. Reflect on your own approach to working inclusively and building positive working relationships with others. (AC 2.3)
2. Explore how the role of a people professional (specialist or generalist) is evolving and the implications this has for your CPD. (AC 3.1)
3. With reference to your responses for Q1 & Q2, and feedback on your behaviours or performance obtained from (at least) one other person, assess your current strengths, weaknesses, and development needs. Your response should include an explanation of the feedback received and how it has informed your self- assessment. (AC 3.2)
4. In follow-up to your self-assessment, identify a range of formal or informal development activities you will undertake to support your ongoing professional development. Your response should include a brief description of your chosen activities and your reasons for selecting them. (AC 3.3)
(Note: If using the CIPD ‘My Learning Plan’, you may find it useful to self-assess against the behaviours: ‘Working Inclusively’ and ‘Passion for Learning’ (along with other relevant areas) as this will stimulate development ideas around the areas at Q1 and Q2 above. (However, there is no requirement to provide copies of these self-assessment pages.) Your Learning Plan activities can be ‘copied and pasted’ into your assignment document, and edited so that you are not adding unnecessarily to your word count.)
5. Reflect on the impact of three previous learning activities (i.e., not the activities planned at Q4 above) on your behaviour and performance. The selected activities may be any formal/planned or informal/unplanned activities undertaken in the last 12 months, which you consider to have impacted your behaviour and performance. (AC 3.4)
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