ASSESSMENT 1 – COVER SHEET

This cover sheet is to be completed by the assessor and used as a record of outcome of this assessment task.

Student Name:

Student ID No:

Unit Code: BSBLDR812

Unit Title: Develop and Cultivate Collaborative Partnership and relationships

Assessment Task No: 1

Assessment Type: Project

Date of Submission:

Student Declaration

By signing below, I acknowledge that I have been advised of the assessment requirements, choose to be assessed and
am aware of my rights and responsibilities. The work submitted here is my own and does not include work that has
been copied from another student or plagiarized except where the work has been correctly acknowledged or as per
the specific assessment task instructions.

Student Signature: _______________________________

Date: ____/_____/_____

For electronic submissions only: By typing your name in the name / signature field, you are confirming the
information as being accurate.

Assessment Outcome

RESULT: S | NYS

S= Satisfactory |

NYS= Not Yet Satisfactory

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 Assessment Task 1: Project

Information for students

In this task, you are required to demonstrate your skills and knowledge by working through several activities
and completing and submitting a project portfolio.

You will need access to:

• your learning resources and other information for reference

• Project Portfolio template

• Simulation Pack (if you need a case study).

Ensure that you:

• review the advice to students regarding responding to written tasks in the Business Works Student User
Guide

• comply with the due date for assessment which your assessor will provide

• adhere with your RTO’s submission guidelines

• answer all questions completely and correctly

• submit work which is original and, where necessary, properly referenced

• submit a completed cover sheet with your work

• avoid sharing your answers with other students.

i Assessment information

Information about how you should complete this assessment can be found in Appendix A
of the Business Works Student User Guide. Refer to the appendix for information on:

• where this task should be completed

• how your assessment should be submitted.

Note: You must complete and submit an assessment cover sheet with your work. A
template is provided in Appendix B of the Student User Guide. However, if your RTO has
provided you with an assessment cover sheet, please ensure that you use that.

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Activities
Complete the following activities:

1. Carefully read the following:

This project requires you to establish one collaborative partnership to achieve

specific task objectives. You will determine partnership outcomes, establish the
partnership through activity and cultivate partnership performance.

Vocational education and training is all about gaining and developing practical
skills that are industry relevant and that can help you to succeed in your chosen
career. For this reason, we are giving you the choice to base this project on your
own business, one you work in or a familiar with, or you can use the case study
provided. This will mean that you are applying your knowledge and skills in a
relevant, practical and meaningful way to your own situation!

If you choose your own business, your business should have:

• a strategic plan and strategic goals

• policies and procedures for partnership processes and activities already

developed

• at least one existing collaborative partnership already established

• a task requiring one new collaborative partnership (for example, expanding

your product range, using new sales channels etc.)

• data to assess your partnership (read through Section 3 for more

information).

You will need to communicate with stakeholders. Your communication may be

either directly with actual stakeholders or fellow students/your assessor can play
the roles of relevant people/parties. Communication can be in any appropriate
format (e.g., face to face, video conference, email, social media posts) as long as it
meets the requirements outlined in the Project Portfolio.

You will be collecting evidence for this unit in a Project Portfolio. The steps you
need to take are outlined below.

2. Preparation

Make sure you are familiar with the organisation you are basing this assessment
on and have read through the necessary background information. For the case
study business, this is all of the documents included in the Simulation Pack. If it’s

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 your own business or a business where you are working or are familiar with, have
your business or case study approved by your assessor.

Complete Page 4 of your Project Portfolio for this unit.

Read through the requirements of Section 1, 2 and 3 of your Project Portfolio.

i If you are using the case study, additional information to complete the steps are
contained in the Simulation Pack. If you are using your own organisation, make
sure you have the enough information to fulfil the requirements in the Project
Portfolio.

3. Determine partnership outcomes

Complete Section 1 of your Project Portfolio. To do this, you need to:

• describe your organisation

• describe your role in the organisation and explain how your role fits into the
broader organisational goals and objectives.

• explain why a new collaborative partnership is required, including the task

objectives.

• explain how your role will contribute towards the development and cultivation of
the collaborative partnership.

• summarise the legal and organisational requirements for establishing collaborative

partnerships and relationships.

• identify and assess potential partners.

• describe all activities that will take place within the partnership, including the
required resources.

• conduct a cost-benefit analysis for the potential partnership.

• establish at least three key indicators for evaluating the partnership.

• assess the risk associated with establishing new partnership.

• present your work as a written report.

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 Make sure you have answered all questions in Section 1.

You are required to attach certain documents as part of your evidence – review the
documents you need to attach as outlined in Section 1 of the Project Portfolio.

Submit Section 1 to your assessor.

i
For the remainder of the assessment, assume that your recommended partnership has
been approved and partnership activities can commence. Make sure you identify a
diverse range of stakeholders with potentially competing demand.

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4. Establish partnership through activity

Complete Section 2 of your Project Portfolio. To do this, you need to:

• summarise stakeholder requirements.

• establish processes to resolve potential conflict in a fair, equitable and

collaborative manner between the partners.

• meet with your identified partnership stakeholders to:

o discuss and establish an appropriate communication strategy.

o identify legal frameworks and processes for all required activity within
the partnership.

o discuss resource requirements (including any employment

requirements).

i This meeting should take 30 minutes. It may take place with actual people
who work for/are associated with your chosen organisation. Alternatively,
classmates or your assessor may play the role of one or more team members.
This can either be viewed in person by your assessor or you may like to video
record the session for your assessor to watch later (as relevant and your
assessor is not involved). Your assessor can provide you with more details at
this step. Make sure you follow the instructions below and meet the
timeframes allocated. If this session is not viewed in person by your assessor,
you will attach proof of the meeting to Section 2 of your Project Portfolio.
As part of this meeting, you will be required to engage with stakeholders and
lead the discussions using both verbal and non-verbal communication. Make
sure you use active listening and questioning to seek the views and opinions
of others. As you discuss the communication and resource requirements,
show flexibility to meet the competing demands of your stakeholders (as
identified in Section 1 of your Project Portfolio.) You will be required to
demonstrate a high level of conflict resolution skills. You will be assessed on
this.

• create a written document to convey your agreed communication strategy’s

context, intent and requirements to a relevant stakeholder.

• allocate resources to accomplish the partnership activity, including managing

competing demands.

• plan required feedback and implement reporting systems.

• manage organisational transformation.

• implement at least one strategy to ensure staff commitment and contribution

to the new partnership.

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 Make sure you have answered all questions in Section 2.
You are required to attach certain documents as part of your evidence – review
the documents you need to attach as outlined in Section 2 of the Project Portfolio.
Submit Section 2 to your assessor.

5. Cultivate partnership performance

i Use the work you completed in Section 1 and 2 of your Project Portfolio and if
relevant, the additional information in the Simulation Pack to help you complete
this section.

Complete Section 3 of your Project Portfolio. To do this, you need to:

• analyse your reporting system data against the key indicators.

• seek stakeholder input about any improvements that should be made to the
partnership, partnership activities and the related reporting systems.

i Communication can take place in any appropriate format as long as it

adheres to the requirements in the Project Portfolio.

• implement at least one of your identified improvement requirements to the

partnership operations.

6. Submit your completed Project Portfolio

Make sure you have completed all sections of your Project Portfolio, answered all
questions, provided enough detail as indicated and proofread for spelling and
grammar as necessary. Remember to submit all necessary attachments as
indicated.

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Assessment Task 1: Checklist

Student’s name:

Completed
successfully? Comments

Did the student: Yes No

Determine partnership outcomes by:

• describing the vision, mission, purpose

and values of your organisation.

• listing the strategic objectives and goals

of your organisation.

• explaining how their role fits into the

broader organisational goals and
objectives.

• explaining why a new collaborative

partnership is required, including the task
objectives.

• explaining how will their role contribute

towards the development and cultivation
of the collaborative partnership.

• summarising the legal and organisational

requirements for establishing
collaborative partnerships and
relationships, including:

o legislation

o standards/codes

o policies and procedures

o strategic plan.

• identifying and assessing potential

partners, including:

o choosing an appropriate partner

according to task and strategic
objectives.

o describing at least three techniques

that may be used to cultivate a

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 collaborative partnership with your
chosen partner.

• describing all activities that will take place

within the partnership, including the
required resources.

• conducting a cost-benefit analysis for the

potential partnership.

• establishing at least three key indicators

for evaluating the partnership.

• assessing the risk associated with

establishing new partnership.

• presenting their work as a written report.

Establish partnership through activity by:

• summarising stakeholder requirements,

including:

o identifying at least two internal

stakeholders and at least one
external stakeholder.

o summarising any relevant

stakeholder requirements or
demands.

o explaining how emotional

intelligence is relevant for the
specific stakeholder and how it can
be used for individual and
partnership’s effectiveness.

o for each stakeholder, identifying

appropriate communication
conventions and protocols for how
they should communicate to/with
them.

o for each stakeholder, identifying

strategies to ensure commitment
and contribution to the partnership.

• establishing processes to resolve

potential conflict in a fair, equitable and

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 collaborative manner between the
partners.

• describing at least three potential

communication techniques for fostering
the partnership and conducting
stakeholder consultations.

• meeting with at least one internal and

one external stakeholder to:

o discuss and establish an appropriate

communication strategy.

o identify legal frameworks and

processes for all required activity
within the partnership.

o discuss resource requirements

(including any employment
requirements).

o lead the discussions using both

verbal and non-verbal
communication.

o seek the views and opinions of

others.

o meet the competing demands of

your stakeholders.

• creating a written document to convey

their agreed communication strategy’s
context, intent and requirements to a
relevant stakeholder.

• allocating resources to accomplish the

partnership activity, including managing
competing demands.

• planning required feedback and

implement reporting systems.

• managing organisational transformation,

including:

o a summary of two models/methods

that may be used to manage
organisational change.

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 o a description of at least one change
that must take place due to your
new partnership.

o an explanation of how they will

manage the change.

o implementing at least one strategy

to ensure staff commitment and
contribution to the new partnership.

Cultivate partnership performance by:

• analysing reporting system data against

the key indicators.

• seeking stakeholder input about any

improvements that should be made to
the partnership, partnership activities and
the related reporting systems.

• implementing at least one identified

improvement requirements to the
partnership operations.

Task outcome:  Satisfactory  Not satisfactory

Assessor signature:

Assessor name:

Date:

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