230 Leadership

March 2008
ASSESSMENT: Reflection & Portfolio
WEIGHTING: 50% of Final Grade

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. You are required to keep a portfolio (or learning diary) of experiences, insights
and achievements made in the course of this subject and relevant to yourself. The
portfolio must provide evidence of your growing awareness of leadership and its
implications to yourself and to the world in which you live. The final portfolio
you submit must include at least:
a. A summary of each entry in your journal for each week of the course: 10
entries minimum.
b. A statement on how you shared responsibility in understanding leadership
concepts, how leadership influences the individual, the organisation, and
society and what approaches you used to actively facilitate the process of
learning for yourself and others taking this subject.
c. Your personal development planning process which includes;
i. Life’s Dreams Exercise;
ii. Balanced Goal Setting Exercise;
iii. Life Story Exercise;
iv. Leadership Steps Assessment;
v. A short reflection comparing your personal development over the
duration of the paper.
d. Completed Workbook Self Assessments and Homework Exercises.

e. Any other relevant material that you would like to submit that could
demonstrate your learning and understanding of leadership
2 Presentation: The portfolio may be presented in a variety of ways:
• If you write the portfolio it is to be professionally presented in 12 font Arial,
1.5 spacing using correct spelling and syntax.
• If you present the portfolio in a seminar, on tape or video, or DVD, the length
is not to exceed 45 minutes.
• If you want to present the portfolio in another way please contact me first.
• A 10% penalty if the portfolio does not meet any of the presentation
requirements.
3 A written Reference Section must be included in your portfolio, using the APA
referencing method..
4 Please refer to the Student Handbook regarding the late assignment policy.
 A SUGGESTED PROCESS FOR THE PORTFOLIO

Explore
Analyse
Reflect
Record

CONVERSATIONS ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION

Friends & Family Emails
Colleagues Letters
YOUR LIFE EXPERIENCES Memos
Past & Present ARTICLES

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Magazines
Journals
RELATIONSHIPS Academic
Personal Trade
Professional

NEWS
Local LEADERSHIP CLASS
National Tutor
World Peers

WRITINGS
Journals
ARTS
Articles
Performing
Books
MEDIA Visual
Literature PEOPLE
Radio Audio
Heroes
TV
Villains CULTURE
Internet
Magazines Yours
Others

What does this information mean to me?

What answers does it provide on leadership?
What questions does it provoke about leadership?
How do I know it’s true for me?
What new knowledge have I gained?
What new insights have I gained?
How has this helped me understand about leadership? …
my organisation, my culture, the world?
Has my world view been affected? - how
Have I changed? - how
Record your experiences, insights and any
achievements gained through your leadership
exploration presenting your portfolio in a manner
that can be assessed against the assessment
criteria you have nominated,
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