CIPD level 5 essay Level 5 Associate Diploma

UNIT: 5COO3 Professional behaviours and valuing people An effective people practice professional will: 1. Understand the purpose and value of the people profession. Q: With reference to the CIPD Profession Map, appraise what it means to be a people professional. (AC 1.1) 2. Know own personal and ethical values and apply these consistently in their (people practice) work. Q: Discuss your personal and ethical values (one of each), with examples of how these are evident in your work. (If you have yet to work in people practice, explore how you believe your values would inform your work.) (AC 1.2) 3. Know the importance of people professionals contributing to discussions in an informed, clear and confident way to influence others. Q: Discuss reasons why this is important and the consequences of people practitioners not being willing or able to influence others. (AC 1.3) 4. Know when and how to raise matters that might be unethical or illegal. Q: Discuss, with examples, when and how you would react to both unethical and illegal matters (one of each). (AC 1.4) 5. Be able to make use of related theory and thinking, to argue the human and business benefits of people feeling included, valued, and fairly treated at work. Q: Demonstrate your ability to do this with a written argument, which poses different theoretical perspectives, as well as your own. (AC 2.1) 6. Know how to design people practice initiatives to be inclusive and how to check inclusivity after an initiative has been implemented. Q: Discuss, with examples, how you have, or would, achieve both of these (AC 2.2) 7. Be able to work inclusively with others and build positive working relationships. Q: Using a combination of your own reflections and feedback from at least one other person, discuss your ability to work inclusively and positively with others. (AC 2.3) There is no requirement to include evidence of the use of references to wider reading for AC 2.3 9. Be able to assess (own) strengths, weaknesses and development areas, based on own considerations and feedback from others. Using a combination of your own conclusions and feedback from at least one other person, assess yourself against a specification of your choice (such as a role/job description or any two of the core behaviour areas of the CIPD Profession Map (associate level). Briefly explain the outcome of your assessment (strengths, weaknesses and development areas) and the information that informed your conclusions. (AC 3.2) There is no requirement to include evidence of the use of references to wider reading for AC 3.2