BSBLDR812 Develop and cultivate collaborative partnerships and relationships Assessment

Section 1: Determine partnership outcomes

1.Describe the organisation you are basing this project on.

• What is the name of the organisation?
• What are the main activities of the organisation?
• Describe the vision, mission, purpose and values of your organisation.
• What are the strategic objectives and goals of your organisation? What is your role in the organisation?
• How does your role contribute towards the broader organisation objectives and goals?

2.Explain why a new collaborative partnership is required.

Note: You are required to establish one collaborative partnership/relationship to achieve a specific purpose.

• Why is a collaborative partnership (and relationship) required in your organisation?
• Describe at least three task objectives for establishing the collaborative partnership.
• How will your role contribute towards the development and cultivation of the collaborative partnership?

3.Summarise the requirements for establishing collaborative partnerships and relationships.

• Summarise any relevant legal requirements for partnerships and relationships, including: legislation and regulations
•  standards and codes of practice
•  relevant legal frameworks and processes.
• Which organisational documents are available to inform and guide collaborative partnerships in your organisation?

Note: Attach proof of the documents to this section of your portfolio.

• Summarise any organisational requirements (e.g. from business plan or other policies and procedures) for establishing and maintaining collaborative partnerships and relationships.

Note: As a minimum, you are required to provide proof of your organisation’s strategic plan and at least one policy or procedure related to partnership processes

4.Describe potential partnerships.

• Which collaborative partnerships already exist in your organisation (identify at least one)?Do research related to establishing a potential partnership using at least one source of written information.
•  List your sources of information (e.g. ABS website).
•  Summarise your research.
•  Attach proof of your information to this section of your portfolio.
• Identify at least two potential partnerships.
• Summarise each partnership organisation’s mission, purpose, values, objectives and strategies.

Note: Your information source should include complex textual information.

Choose a partner to meet task objectives and strategic objectives:

Assess the partnerships (existing and potential) according to:

•  the task objectives (established in question 3)
•  your organisation’s strategic objectives (listed in question 1).

Note: You may use any appropriate method, tool or technique to assess the partnerships.Select one partner.

• Describe at least three techniques that may be used to cultivate the collaborative partnership with your chosen partner.

Describe all activities that will take place within the partnership, including:

• Which activities/operations are required to meet the task objectives?
• Which resources are required to accomplish the activity within the partnership?
• Use a familiar mathematical technique (e.g. cost-benefit analysis) to determine the costs and benefits associated with the partnership’s activities and required resources

Establish at least three key indicators for evaluating the partnership once it has been established.

Assess the risk associated with establishing a new partnership.

•  Identify at least one risk associated with establishing a new partnership and its objectives.
•  Complete the table to assess the risk.

Section 2: Establish partnership through activity

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

For the remainder of the assessment, assume that your recommended partnership has been approved and partnership activities can commence.

Complete the table to summarise the partnership’s stakeholder requirements.

1. Identify at least two internal stakeholders and at least one external stakeholder.

2. Summarise any relevant stakeholder requirements or demands.

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

4. For each stakeholder, identify appropriate communication conventions and protocols for how you should communicate to/with them.

5. For each stakeholder, identify strategies to ensure commitment and contribution to the partnership (e.g. remuneration increases, mandatory meetings, intrinsic motivation etc.).

Note: You must select a diverse range of stakeholders who may have potentially competing demands (e.g. the CFO of your organisation may demand minimal capital expenditure, whilst the CEO of the partner organisation demands the use of new technology.) You must identify at least two different conventions or protocols for communication.

Establish processes to resolve potential conflict.

• Establish at least one process that should be followed to resolve conflict between the stakeholders within the partnership.
• Explain how your process resolves the conflict in a fair, equitable and collaborative manner between the partners.

Plan to meet with your chosen partner organisation.

• At least one external stakeholder (i.e. your partner) and one internal stakeholder should be present.
• Who will you meet with? Identify and describe at least three potential communication techniques for fostering the partnership and conducting stakeholder consultations.

If not already viewed in person by your assessor, attach proof of your meeting to this section of your portfolio.Summarise the communication strategy agreed on by stakeholders at your meeting.

1.Describe the communication strategy.

2.Create a written document to convey the strategy’s context, intent and requirements.

•  Who is the document for (e.g. partnership stakeholders, employees, board of directors etc.)?
•  Attach the written document to this section of your portfolio. Note: As you write your document:
•  Adhere to any organisational requirements (e.g. policies and procedures)
•  Use specialised and detailed language.

Allocate resources to accomplish the partnership activity.

•  Completing the table below to allocate resources.
•  Use the space provided to explain how competing demands on resources will be managed.

Remember: You identified resources and activities in Section 1.

How competing demands on resources will be managed:

Complete the table to plan and implement reporting systems.

• Describe three common methods you can use to collect data.
• What information and feedback is required to evaluate the ongoing activities of the partnership (e.g. meeting attendees, sales data etc.)? (Think back to the activities and key performance indicators identified in Section 1).
• Plan the reporting systems required to review the results of all partnership activity. (e.g. feedback register, meeting agendas/minutes, financial reporting etc.)
• Implement one of the reporting systems (e.g. create a feedback register and save it to the organisation’s cloud-based document storage system).

Note: Attach proof of your implemented system (e.g. feedback register and screen shot of the document saved in the correct location using correct naming conventions) to this section of your portfolio.

Manage organisational transformation.

• Summarise two models/methods that may be used to manage organisational change.
• Identify at least one change that must take place due to your new partnership.
• How will you manage the change?
• Implement at least one strategy to ensure staff commitment and contribution to the new partnership (identified in question 1).

Note: Attach proof of the implemented strategy to this section of your portfolio (e.g. email to staff members explaining the strategy, updated performance review template, new job description etc.).

• Implement at least one strategy to ensure external stakeholder commitment and contribution to the new partnership (identified in question 1)

Note: Attach proof of the implemented strategy to this section of your portfolio (e.g. meeting schedule emailed to stakeholders).

Section 3: Cultivate partnership performance Assume that a period of time has passed.

• Partnership activity has commenced and data related to partnership activity is available. This data has been obtained from the reporting system you implemented in Section 2. Your data should indicate that at least one improvement and adjustment is required.
• 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.

Analyse your established partnership activity.

• Use any appropriate method, tool or technique to analyse your reporting system data against the key indicators established in Section 1.
• Summarise any strengths and weaknesses of the partnership

Seek stakeholder input about any improvements that should be made to:

•  the partnership
•  partnership activities
•  the related reporting systems.

You may use any communication format to seek input from the stakeholders (e.g. face to face discussion, email, online survey etc.)Summarise the feedback received.Attach proof of how you collaborated with the stakeholders to this section of your portfolio

Implement at least one of your identified improvement requirements to the partnership operations.

• Which improvement will be made?
• How will you implement the improvement (e.g. adapt the communication strategy)?
• Attach proof of the implemented improvement to this section of your project portfolio (e.g. updated communication strategy).