Work-related Goals and Strategies for Achievement

Your Action Plan

Write an account of your work-related goals and identify strategies by which you can achieve them.  You may write in the first person and use sub-heading for this assessment. You are advised to use the reflection and goal planning techniques that have been discussed in the module, as well as drawing on relevant career planning resources, such as those on the Bucks Careers website.

• Identification of work-related goals and strategies by which to achieve them.
• Reflection on personal strengths and how to enhance these
• Reflection on personal weaknesses and how to address these
• Conclusion that summarises your action plan

This assignment has been designed to provide you with an opportunity to demonstrate your achievement of the following module learning outcomes:

Plan effectively for personal and professional development in a work-related context

• The assessment should be 1.5 line spaced
• Font must be Arial 12
• Follow the reference guidelines
• Assessment must be within +or – 10% of specified word count
• In-text references count in the word limit, though the reference list does not
• State the word length at the end of your assessment.

Your work will be assessed on the extent to which it demonstrates your achievement of the stated learning outcome for this assignment (see above) and against other key criteria as defined by your programme, specifically:

1. Identification of work-related goals and strategies by which to achieve them.
2. Reflection on personal strengths and how to enhance these
3. Reflection on personal weaknesses and how to address these
4. Quality of writing appropriate to level of study
5. Referencing and reference list

Please also note that work that is submitted up to 10 working days beyond the submission date will be considered a late submission. Late submissions will be marked and the actual mark recorded, but will be capped at the pass mark (typically 40%), provided that the work is of a passing standard. Work submitted after this period will not be marked and will be treated as a non-submission.

Please see section 7 of the Guidance on using the Assignment Brief template document.

• Please use the provided checklist below to make sure you are ‘fit to submit’ your work
• We recommend you use this checklist as soon as you get this assignment brief to help you plan your work

In it you will find details of the assessment task, word count, the assessment criteria your work is marked against, and the learning outcomes – the basis for the assessment strategy in each module.

Students often lose marks by forgetting some of the more straightforward elements of their assignments. We recommend that you “tick off” each of the points below as you prepare your work for submission. If you need any help.

Have you read and understood the assessment criteria?

Have you met the learning outcomes? You will lose marks and your work may even be failed if you have not.

Have you demonstrated you can think and write critically in the completed work? This means you have supported your arguments/explanations appropriately e.g. using relevant academic sources and you have offered discussion points which extends your own or others’ viewpoints to make reasoned conclusions/judgements.

Have you maintained an appropriate tone throughout your work? Is your work formal, focused, developed and clear?

Have you checked that the referencing in your assignment is in line with your programme requirements?

Have you proof-read your work and used spellcheck software to check your spelling and grammar?

Have you checked the presentation of your work is as specified by your tutor, for example, are font size, colour, style, line spacing and margins as the tutor specified?

Have you kept to the word count (or equivalent)? If you are not sure, check with your tutor.

Can you confirm that the work submitted is your own and maintains academic integrity?