Assessment item 2a
Learning Contract Proposal
Value: 10%
Due date: 05-Apr-2013
Return date: 26-Apr-2013
Length: 4 pages (approx 2000-2500 words)
Submission method options
Hand delivery (option applies to Internal only) Alternative submission method
Task
Assessment 2(a)— Learning Contract Proposal
This requires you to submit a learning contract proposal that will form the basis of your learning contract report. This must be prepared and submitted in the first couple of weeks of semester. See ‘Part A: Developing your learning contract proposal’ provided later in this Subject Outline.
Your topic must come from one of the following three areas:
1. The environmental context of management  2. Ethics and social responsibility  3. Managing diversity/ Workplace diversity
This proposal is graded (10%). It needs to be approved by your Subject Coordinator.  
Rationale
This assessment allows you to choose a leadership issue that is of interest and relevance to you to enable you to be more effective in your current role or in a future career role.
 
Marking criteria
Assessment 2(a) • Clear statement of learning goal • Justification of learning goal • Initial action plan outlining how goal is to be achieved  
Presentation
Use the Learning Contract Proposal pro forma given in Assessment 2(c)
THE CONTRACT PROPOSAL
You are asked to identify your specific learning goal related to the topics in Leadership Issues and prepare your learning contract proposal. Once the proposal is completed, it needs to be accepted by your subject coordinator.
Choosing your learning goal. Your topic must come from one of the following three areas:
1. The environmental context of management 2. Ethics and social responsibility 3. Managing diversity
Diagnosing your learning needs
The purpose of diagnosis is to identify the things you need or want to know about (knowledge) and/or things you need to be able to do (application) to enable you to be more effective in your current role or…