7CO03 Assignment Example Answers 2025 – 2026

Introduction

Your competence in this unit will be assessed by how you address four of the assessment criteria listed in this assessment brief. Your assessor will let you know which assessment criteria you are to address. They will include one assessment criteria from each learning outcome. You are expected to complete all the learning for the unit, irrespective of which assessment criteria are selected for summative assessment.

You will write four responses of approximately 1000 words to each of the assessment criteria and submit them together in a single document. This constitutes your assessment for this unit. The total word count for the assessment will be 4000 words, plus or minus 10%. Your bibliography or list of references is not included in the total word count. In your answer, you must demonstrate through headings and sub-headings) which learning outcomes and assessment criteria you have addressed. We are unable to moderate your work if this is not included.

As this is an Advanced Level Diploma, it is important that you are able to demonstrate not only good knowledge and understanding of the material associated with each learning outcome, but also professional behaviours, skills and capabilities. In addition, you will demonstrate self- awareness by evaluating your competence. When evaluating your competence, you should also refer to wider reading.

The six main criteria that CIPD requires centres to use when marking your assessment are outlined below, but it may be that not all these criteria are present for each assessment criteria.

(1) focus

(2) depth and breadth of understanding

(3) strategic application and professional advice

(4) research and wider reading

(5) persuasiveness and originality

(6) presentation and language

Watch the supporting video for this unit: https://youtu.be/hKJPSPorxyo.

Assessment Task

From your experience, evaluate real-life scenarios where you have demonstrated that you have acquired the behaviour, skill or knowledge in each of the selected assessment criteria below. Inform your answer with wider reading to critically analyse your performance. You may identify a different scenario for each assessment criteria or use a scenario to demonstrate up to any two assessment criteria. You could consider adopting the STAR approach when structuring your answer. If this approach is adopted the follow areas should be covered:

• Situation
• Task
• Action
• Result

The majority of words are likely to be allocated to the ‘action’ and ‘result’ parts of your answer.