The self-awareness report is designed to be a practical exercise with personal benefits – a real-life self-management strategy to assist you in obtaining a suitable employment position and developing your career. This report should demonstrate a solid self-awareness and discuss your career-related strengths and weaknesses.

You discussion should focus on the Organisational Behaviour (OB) factors discussed in this unit.
Report

The following elements may assist you in structuring your self-awareness report:

Executive Summary

Remember that an Executive Summary of a report is just that, a summary. It contains a statement of report purpose and an overview of the actual and specific findings. Generally, it should be no longer than one page and does not count towards the word limit of your report. The Executive Summary can only be written after you have completed your report. Write in past tense (e.g. The purpose of this report was to …). If an Executive Summary is well written the reader should be able to understand the main points, findings, and conclusions of the actual report without having to read the full report. Be sure to check the Academic Skills Quick Guides for details on how to write an excellent executive summary.

Table of Contents

1.0 Introduction

Ensure that you write an introduction for this assignment. The Academic Skills Quick Guides will provide you with a reminder on what should be contained in an introduction.

2.0 Self-awareness

• 2.1 Personality

• • What insights have you obtained about your personality, for example from the Myers- Briggs Type Indicator and/or the Big Five personality model? (Topics 3 and 4)
• 2.2 Values and Motivators

• • What are your most important attitudes, values and motivators? (Topics 3 & 5)
• 2.3 Emotional intelligence

• • What are your emotional intelligence abilities? (Topic 6)
• 2.4 Leadership

• • What is your leadership aspiration and potential (or demonstrated ability)? (Topic 8)
• 2.5 Power and Politics

• • What are your approaches to power, politics and influence? (Topic 9)

3.0 Decision making and planning

Refer to the literature on Problem Solving and Decision Making (Topic 7) and critically evaluate how an understanding of these theories can be of assistance to the decision-making and problem-solving processes you will be using when seeking your internship/graduate employment. You must compare and contrast at least two approaches/theories.

Your discussion should identify and elaborate upon factors that will be important in your internship/graduate position decision such as the geographic location, paid/unpaid nature, opportunity for training and development, opportunity for ongoing employment, and so forth.

4.0 Conclusion

Conclude and summarise the report.

References

Appendices

Your report (2500 words from introduction to conclusion)

The marking rubberic is given below each contents are evaluated how the stated information are being described:-

Preliminaries & Introduction (15 marks) :

Executive Summary

Clearly states report purpose; findings and conclusion are in the context of the purpose; information is in a logical order; length of one page.

 Contents

Contents is correctly titled, numbered, aligned and spaced; uses heading styles; consistent font/s, capitalisation and leaders.

 Introduction

Effectively orients report; defines key terms within this context; creatively identifies/lists key parts; no evidence or findings.

Section 2  – Self-awareness (30 marks)

Personality traits

In depth overview of personality theory; describes, compares and contrasts results of two personality models/tests; in depth reflection on own traits in relation to career choices.

Attitudes, values and motivators 

Defines then provides an in-depth overview and reflection on own attitudes, values and motivators. Personalisation of the impact on own career choices.

Emotional Intelligence 

Defines then provides an in depth and well integrated reflection on emotional intelligence theory and traits, personal capabilities and approach in relation to own career choices.

 Leadership

Defines then provides an in depth and well integrated reflection on leadership theory, personal capacity and preferred approach.

 Power, politics and influence

Defines then provides an in depth and well integrated reflection on power, politics and influence in the workplace. Reflection on preferred or own approach is explicit.

Overall demonstrated selfawareness in a professional context in relation to OB theories

Clear knowledge of career choice/s faced; relates discussion throughout to these; demonstrates a very high degree of selfawareness.

Decision making and problem solving (15 marks):

Problem solving and decision making theory

In depth description, evaluation and comparison of two contemporary problem solving or decision making concepts/theories.

Individual problem solving factors/criteria

Identifies several important and personally relevant factors; excellent attempt to discuss within the context of one model/theory.

Overall demonstrated selfawareness in a professional context in relation to decision making theories

Very clearly describes career choice/s faced; relates all of discussion throughout to these; demonstrates a very high degree of selfawareness in relation to career problem solving.

Conclusion & academic conventions (20 marks) :

Conclusion                     

Persuasively highlights key points and evidence for these in the context of report purpose; no new information; short reflection on significance and impact of findings on future career; at least 200 words in length.

 Clarity of expression/style/ spelling

Persuasively connects ideas and arguments; creatively interprets reflective and critical writing parts; clear distinction between opinion and theory and supports each with appropriate evidence; no spelling errors and grammatically correct