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Work Ethics And Practices

Project Management · Level 6  ·  6 Chapters

Compiled by: Kevin Kamau

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What Work Ethics And Practices covers

Project Management Level 6 trainees take Work Ethics And Practices to learn how to lead by example. You write your own vision and goals, build self-esteem, handle stress and take responsibility for your actions. You show integrity, apply codes of conduct and follow policies, then form teams, assign duties, coordinate activities and settle conflicts between members. Training, career opportunities and training resources keep your development going. Creative thinking and the problem-solving process lead to customer care and outreach.

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Careers after Work Ethics And Practices

This unit covers personal vision and goals, integrity and codes of conduct, teamwork, training and career development, problem solving and customer care in project work.

  • Project offices of road and water contractors in Narok - show integrity, apply codes of conduct and follow organisational policies.
  • Community development projects in Bungoma - form teams, assign duties and coordinate activities.
  • Customer-facing project services in Kisii - apply customer care and customer outreach.
  • Training and capacity-building projects in Malindi - identify training and career opportunities and mobilise training resources.
  • Independent project management practices in Kajiado - use the problem-solving process and creative thinking on the problems that arise on a project.
  • Project teams of housing developers in Thika - set personal goals, build self-esteem and manage stress while working under deadlines.

Prepare an example of a personal goal you set and how you went about meeting it.

Chapters

1
Apply self-management skills
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2
Promote Ethical Practices and Values
4 topics
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3
Promote Teamwork
24 topics
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4
Maintain professional and personal development
18 topics
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5
Apply Problem-solving skills
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6
Promote Customer care
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What Work Ethics And Practices covers: 38 main topics in 6 chapters

1. Apply self-management skills

  1. 1.1 Formulating personal vision, mission, and goals
  2. 1.2 Self-esteem development
  3. 1.3 Emotional intelligence and coping with work stress
  4. 1.4 Assertiveness development
  5. 1.5 Accountability and responsibility
  6. 1.6 Time management, attendance and punctuality
  7. 1.7 Setting performance targets
  8. 1.8 Self-awareness
  9. 1.9 Motivation, initiative and proactivity
  10. 1.10 Monitor and evaluate performance target

2. Promote Ethical Practices and Values

  1. 2.1 Integrity
  2. 2.2 Organizational codes of conduct
  3. 2.3 Industry policies and procedures
  4. 2.4 Professionalism

3. Promote Teamwork

  1. 3.1 Teams
  2. 3.2 Determination of team roles and objectives
  3. 3.3 Team activities
  4. 3.4 Team performance and evaluation
  5. 3.5 Conflicts and conflict resolution
  6. 3.6 Gender and diversity mainstreaming
  7. 3.7 Healthy workplace relationships
  8. 3.8 Adaptability and flexibility

4. Maintain professional and personal development

  1. 4.1 Personal growth and development
  2. 4.2 Training Resources
  3. 4.3 Licenses and certifications for professional growth and development
  4. 4.4 Recognition in career advancement
  5. 4.5 Work-life balance
  6. 4.6 Dynamism and on-the-job learning

5. Apply Problem-solving skills

  1. 5.1 Creative, innovative and practical solutions
  2. 5.2 Independence and initiative in problem identification and solving
  3. 5.3 Problem-solving process
  4. 5.4 Methods of solving problems
  5. 5.5 Problem analysis and assumption testing

6. Promote Customer care

  1. 6.1 Identifying customer needs
  2. 6.2 Customer feedback methods
  3. 6.3 Resolving customer concerns
  4. 6.4 Customer outreach programs
  5. 6.5 Customer retention

Revise this unit

Exam-style questions 84 Written to CDACC standard, with answers Test yourself 234 Multiple-choice, one at a time Practise questions 160 Quick recall — check you know the facts
3 more for this unit
Oral exam preparation 55 What the assessor asks, and how to answer out loud Worked calculations 28 Step-by-step maths with the common mistakes Quick cards 1,178 Myth busters, skill tips and scenarios

Beyond the syllabus

Decision simulator 6 On site, what would you do? Workplace scenarios 100 Real site situations — what would you do? Turn this into income 60 Where this skill earns — what to charge, how to find clients

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