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Introduction 

 

 

The assessment tasks for BSBLDR412 Communicate effectively as a workplace leader are outlined in the assessment plan below. These tasks have been designed to help you demonstrate the skills and knowledge that you have learnt during your course.  

Please ensure that you read the instructions provided with these tasks carefully. You should also follow the advice provided in the Business Works Student User Guide. The Student User Guide provides important information for you relating to completing assessment successfully. 

Assessment for this unit 

BSBLDR412 Communicate effectively as a workplace leader describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to use advanced-level critical thinking skills in a professional context. This includes using methods of analysis, synthesis and evaluation. 

For you to be assessed as competent, you must successfully complete two assessment tasks: 

Assessment Task 1: Knowledge questions – You must answer all questions correctly. 

Assessment Task 2: Project – You must work through a range of activities and complete a project portfolio.   

 

 

 

 

 

TEST YOURSELF 

 

BSBLDR412: Communicate effectively as a workplace leader 

Student Name: 

 

 

 

 

 

 Trainer Signature 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: 

 

 

04/04/2023 

 

 

 

Students: This part of the unit’s assessment is to establish what you already know, to introduce concepts associated with ‘Communicate effectively as a workplace leader’, and to get you thinking about these concepts.  

Match the main components of communication with the correct description by writing the letter of the component on the left next to the description on the right. 

a) 

 

 

Sender 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A means by which message is transmitted between sender and receiver. 

 

 

 

 

 

b) 

 

 

Receiver 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anything that interferes with the transmission of message or acknowledgement e.g. technology, cultural understanding, lack of critical information etc. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

c) 

 

 

Message 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Confirmation of receipt of message by receiver, sent back to sender. 

 

 

 

 

 

d) 

 

 

Medium 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anyone or anything that initiates the message. 

 

 

e) 

 

 

Acknowledgement 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Response to the message from receiver. 

 

 

f) 

 

 

Feedback 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Piece of information. 

 

 

g) 

 

 

Noise 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anyone or anything that receives the message. 

 

 

 

 

Which of the following do you think are types of ‘communication context’? Tick 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Intrapersonal Communication  

Interpersonal Communication  

Group Communication 

 

 

Public Communication  

Mass Communication  

Business communication 

 

 

 

Business Communication is goal oriented including rules, regulations and policies of a company which have to be communicated to people within and outside the organisation.   

p   TRUE           p   FALSE 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What type of business communication, oral or written, do you think you would typically use for each of the following examples? 

Interviews _______________________________________________________ 

Staff meetings ____________________________________________________ 

Making a complaint ________________________________________________ 

Work procedures __________________________________________________ 

Clarifying a daily work process _______________________________________ 

Reporting _______________________________________________________ 

Presentation _____________________________________________________ 

Agenda _________________________________________________________ 

 

Why do you think it is the role of a leader to provide context for organizationalleader/worker information? 

to help teams and individuals make sense of what they read and hear, or 

to tell employees what they need to do 

 

Do you think there is a difference between effective and efficient communication? 

YES 

 

 

NO 

 

 

 

Briefly explain your answer _________________________________________________________________________________ 

_________________________________________________________________________________ 

_________________________________________________________________________________  

 

If the receiver considers your communication as threatening, demeaning or offensive but you did not intend it to be, is it still disrespectful?  

 

 

YES 

 

 

NO 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What do you think are the possible outcomes of leaders only communicating with workers when there is a performance issue or a mistake? 

Reduce morale 

Reduced productivity 

Better leader / worker relationships 

 

 

Clear understanding of their job role 

High staff turn over 

Better workplace efficiency 

 

 

  

Should feedback, positive or negative, focus on: 

Behaviour and performance              or 

 

 

The individual and/or their characteristics 

 

 

 

File notes, verbal communication templates, emails, minutes, diaries and contemporaneous notes are all used to  ___________________________________________________________________ 

 What do you think a ‘status report’ is used to communicate?   

_________________________________________________________________________________ 

_________________________________________________________________________________ 

_________________________________________________________________________________ 

 What does ‘talking to your team members’ and ‘observing how team members react when receiving communication’ help you do? 

Work out who doesn’t listen 

 

 

Improve your own communication