CIPD level 5 essay Level 5 Associate Diploma in • People Management • Organisational Learning and Development

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 WORD COUNT TOTAL 3250 Questions 8,10 & 11 have been excluded from the word count, so use the full allocated amount. Mark Range Descriptor 1 Fail The response DOES NOT demonstrate sufficient knowledge, understanding or skill (as appropriate) to meet the AC. Insufficient examples included where required to support answer. Insufficient or no evidence of the use of wider reading to help inform answer. Presentation or structure of response is not appropriate and does not meet the requirement of the question/assessment brief. 2 Low Pass The response demonstrates an acceptable level of knowledge, understanding or skill (as appropriate) to meet the AC. Sufficient acceptable examples included where required to support answer. * Sufficient evidence of appropriate wider reading to help inform answer. Satisfactory in-text referencing. Answer is acceptable but could be clearer in responding to the question/task and presented in a more coherent way. Required format adopted but some improvement required to the structure and presentation of the response. 3 Pass The response demonstrates a good level of knowledge, understanding or skill (as appropriate) to meet the AC. Includes confident use of examples, where required to support the answer. * Good evidence of appropriate wider reading to help inform answer. A good standard of in-text referencing. Answer responds clearly to the question/task and is well expressed. Presentation and structure of response is appropriate for the question/task. 4 High Pass The response demonstrates a wide and confident level of knowledge, understanding or skill (as appropriate) to meet the AC. Includes strong examples that illustrate the points being made and support the answer. *Considerable evidence of appropriate wider reading to inform answer. An excellent standard of in-text referencing. Answer responds clearly to the question/task and is particularly well expressed or argued. Presentation and structure of response is clear, coherent, and responds directly to the requirements of the question/task. * Evidence of wider reading is an important feature of assessments at this level. However, whilst a good and appropriate level of this should be seen across the assessment, there is no requirement for references to appear within every AC response. The following AC(s) do not require referencing: AC 2.3, AC 3.2, AC 3.3 and AC 3.4. the full work