Institute of Business and Management Australia

ACN: 169 079 896 | ABN: 45 169 079 896

Level 3 , 178-180 Queen Street, Campbelltown, NSW 2560
National Provider No: 41025
CRICOS No: 03571G

Assessment Tasks

BSBMGT605 Provide leadership across the organisation

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 Institute of Business and Management Australia
ACN: 169 079 896 | ABN: 45 169 079 896
Level 3 , 178-180 Queen Street, Campbelltown, NSW 2560
National Provider No: 41025
CRICOS No: 03571G

Introduction

This unit is assessed through a number of forms of evidence, as follows:

 Written questions
 Projects

If you have any concerns with completing these activities, please speak to your trainer/ assessor.

Assessment Plan

The table below outlines the assessment tasks you are required to complete for this unit.
Your assessor will inform you of dates for submission and when the short answer examination
will take place.

 Assessment Task 1 – Written Questions

 Assessment Task 2 – Project

 Assessment Task 3 – Performance planning

 Assessment Task 4 – Ethical behaviour review

Agreement by the learner

Before beginning your assessment tasks, please read and sign the following agreement to
indicate you understand the terms of assessment.

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assessment?
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assessment? If yes, what are they?

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assessment?

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 Institute of Business and Management Australia
ACN: 169 079 896 | ABN: 45 169 079 896
Level 3 , 178-180 Queen Street, Campbelltown, NSW 2560
National Provider No: 41025
CRICOS No: 03571G

Assessment Task 1 Written questions

Complete the questions below. You are required to answer all questions correctly. If incorrect
answers are provided, your assessor will identify if there are gaps in your knowledge and
understanding and will work with you to make arrangements for reassessment. Your assessor will
advise you when and where the written activities are to be completed and the time you will have
to answer all of the questions.

You should write your answers on a separate sheet with the question numbers clearly indicated.

1. Describe the term leadership.

2. Discuss four (4) styles of leadership and the impact each style can have on staff.

3. Discuss in at least one paragraph a leadership theory and its application to the workplace.

4. Discuss at least three strategies that can be used to encourage employee participation in
decision-making.

5. What is cost-benefit analysis and what steps should be taken to conduct it?

6. Discuss three factors that you might consider when deciding on a change management
strategy?

7. Discuss at least three strategies that a manager can use to create a positive work
environment?

8. List and discuss four characteristics of effective leaders.

9. Discuss three strategies for building trust and confidence with colleagues.

10. Discuss at least two benefits of networking.

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 Institute of Business and Management Australia
ACN: 169 079 896 | ABN: 45 169 079 896
Level 3 , 178-180 Queen Street, Campbelltown, NSW 2560
National Provider No: 41025
CRICOS No: 03571G

Assessment Task 2: Project

The following task is to be completed for the fictitious business, Star Industries. Your role will be
the newly appointed Business Development Manager. You will be provided with a number of
documents which will assist you to complete this task including:

 Position description for role of Business Development Manager

 Star Industries Organisation Chart
 Star Industries New Product Plan
 Star Industries Future Business
 Star Industries Strategic Directions
 Code of Ethics

Read through all of the documents thoroughly prior to completing this task.

As indicated in the duties and responsibilities statement for the Business Development Manager,
your role is to develop Star Industries wholesale business throughout South East Asia, as well as
establish and cultivate business partnerships with wholesale and retail clients and lead the South
East Asian team. Note that South East Asian countries include Brunei, Cambodia. East Timor,
Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Mynamar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

You have been provided with the New Product Plan report that includes the expansion into South
East Asia. The CEO has advised you that he would like you to develop and provide a report that
expands on the information in the plan, as well as provides your recommendations on a potential
staffing structure for the intended South East Asia office in Singapore.

Specifically, your report should address the following:

 Detailed research and analysis of the market opportunities for existing Star Industries
products, as well as the planned new product, in South East Asia. This should also
include an analysis of any existing competition in these markets. Your research should be
informed by available information on the Austrade site, as well as any other relevant sites
and you should describe your reference sources in your report.

 Identify any new and emerging trends for the products currently manufactured and sold
by Star Industries in the South East Asian market.

 Provide an overview of your view of the initial staffing needs required for the Singapore
office and each team member’s roles and responsibilities. Note that the CEO is keen to
keep the team as small as possible at the outset in order to minimise costs until business
is well=established in this region.

Your report should be in clear and concise English and thoroughly address each of the above
points. As a guide your report should include approximately 1000 words. Your assessor will
advise you of the date of submission.

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 Institute of Business and Management Australia
ACN: 169 079 896 | ABN: 45 169 079 896
Level 3 , 178-180 Queen Street, Campbelltown, NSW 2560
National Provider No: 41025
CRICOS No: 03571G

Part B: Presentation

The CEO has also asked to you provide a presentation to Star Industries staff that includes an
overview of the planned future directions for Star Industries, as well as key findings as
documented in the report you developed in Part A.

The CEO would also like you to and as part of the presentation identify any existing staff
members who may be interested in relocating to Singapore, as well as an opportunity for staff to
input into the future directions of the business, as well as specifically in relation to the Soudh East
Asia project.

You will be required to conduct a presentation of approximately 15 minutes using power points
and that addresses the following:

 A summary of the strategic directions of the organization for the next five years.

 The organisation’s vision and mission, as well as its goals and in specific relationship to the
planned South East Asian expansion.

 The rationale for the decision to expand into South East Asia.

 An outline the risks involved and suggested strategies to mitigate risk.

 An outline of the initial, planned team for South East Asia, including roles and responsibilities.

 An overview of what the team might look like 18 months into the expansion into South East
Asia.

 Overall expectations of the team in South East Asia.

 Overview of ethical conduct requirements and as outlined in the Code of Ethics.

Your assessor will discuss the date of your presentation with you. Your presentation should be
tailored towards employees. Your power point presentation should be clear and concise and
include graphics such as images and charts. During your presentation, you should encourage
questions and ideas from the team. You should demonstrate effective communication skills
through encouraging questions and ideas from the team (your assessor), as well as active
listening skills when listening to questions and ideas.

Your assessor (in the role of one of the team) will ask you at least one question about your
presentation that you should respond to clearly and concisely. Your assessor will also offer a
suggestion with regard to your presentation about the expansion into South East Asia which you
should consider and respond to appropriately.

Part C: Media Release

The final part of this assessment requires to develop a short media release about the company’s
planned expansion into South East Asia that will be released to the press.
The media release should be no more than one page (400 words) and should include a date, as
well as contact details for future. This will be you as the Business Development Manager.
Your assessor will inform you when the assessment must be submitted.

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 Institute of Business and Management Australia
ACN: 169 079 896 | ABN: 45 169 079 896
Level 3 , 178-180 Queen Street, Campbelltown, NSW 2560
National Provider No: 41025
CRICOS No: 03571G

Assessment Task 3: Performance planning

This final part of the assessment task requires you to develop a performance plan for your role as
Business Development Manager using the template provided in Appendix 1 of this document.
You will need to review the position description for the role, as well as the Strategic documents
provided to you .
As per the performance plan template you will need to complete the template as follows:
 List four work areas that will be your focus taking into account Star Industries objectives,
values, standards and vision.
 For each of the four work areas, identify two key performance indicators that can be used
to confirm that the objectives in the performance plan have been met. When developing
the key performance indicators you should demonstrate your understanding of setting
SMART targets.
 You should also research and review professional development opportunities relevant to
the role of Business Development Manager and specifically in relation to the four work
areas you have identified as the focus. Include details of four professional
development/networking opportunities that can be attended in the next 12 months. You
should include a brief description of the opportunity, costs and location and date as
applicable.

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 Institute of Business and Management Australia
ACN: 169 079 896 | ABN: 45 169 079 896
Level 3 , 178-180 Queen Street, Campbelltown, NSW 2560
National Provider No: 41025
CRICOS No: 03571G

Assessment Task 4: Ethical behavior review

It is now six months on and Star Industries has expanded into South East Asia with one office in
Singapore. As the Business Development Manager, you are responsible for a number of staff
who travel regularly as part of their role. It has come to your attention recently that several staff
members have been accruing frequent flyer points from business travel and using these points
for their own personal travel. You are unsure if this is allowed or not and so decide to investigate
the situation.

Your investigation may result in a review of the company’s Code of Ethics. You should also
review at least two other Codes of Ethics from other companies.

Once you have completed your investigation, send a memo to your CEO detailing your
investigation of this situation, including details of the two other Codes you reviewed, as well as a
recommendation on whether the practice of accumulating frequent flyer points for personal use
should be allowed.

The assessor in the role of CEO will email you as to their response. Following the CEO’s
response you should develop a further memo to all staff indicating the company’s position on this
issue, as well as clear directions for staff with regard to the use of frequent flyer points. You
should also attach the Code of Ethics for staff information.

The memos you develop should be in clear and concise English and submitted by the date
advised by your assessor.

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