7CO03 Personal Effectiveness, Ethics and Business Acumen

7CO03 Personal Effectiveness, Ethics and Business Acumen focuses on supporting successful employees and fostering effective, ethical behaviors to enhance work quality and business acumen. The foundational theories and concepts are crucial for promoting inclusiveness and influencing others with fairness and transparency. By developing core skills such as perception, critical thinking, communication, and teamwork, this unit will deepen understanding of how actions and inclusive behavior affect ethics and the organisation.

What will you learn

You will critically evaluate various ethical perspectives in people practice and understand how ethical behavior upholds high standards. You will explore business improvement concerning working lives by assessing the promotion of well-being, fairness, and personal integrity within organisations. Additionally, you will evaluate the benefits and costs of collaborative methods both internally and externally across different business boundaries.

You will learn to achieve and maintain challenging business outcomes by understanding the business environment and enhancing self-awareness and improvement to support your career progression. Furthermore, you will justify the benefits of maintaining a passion for learning, evaluate the necessity of continuous professional development, and appreciate the merits of evidence-based critical thinking. Finally, you will demonstrate behaviors associated with effective influencing and decision-making, as well as assess the benefits of networking.

This module is suitable for persons who:

This unit is suitable for individuals who:

  • Are experienced people practitioners
  • Are working in senior people practice roles and wish to extend and deepen their skills and understanding to shape strategy, policy, and people practices
  • Aim to shape people practices, creating value for a broader audience
  • Are currently leading and managing people and practices within organisations

Learning outcomes

Upon completing this unit, learners will be able to:

  • Model principles and values that promote inclusivity, maximising the contributions people make to organisations.
  • Achieve and maintain challenging business outcomes for both themselves and their organisations.
  • Apply their learning to enhance personal effectiveness.
  • Influence others in decision-making processes while demonstrating courage and conviction.

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