QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BERKELEY PEOPLE MANAGEMENT (BPM) KNOWLEDGE ASSESSMENT?
Is the Berkeley People Management (BPM) Knowledge Assessment a quiz to check what I learned from the content of the Berkeley People Management (BPM) Part 1: Grow Today courses?
No, the BPM Knowledge Assessment is not a quiz that checks for learning from the BPM Part 1: Grow Today courses. Rather, each course has knowledge checks built in that check what you have learned.
Instead, the BPM Knowledge Assessment has been designed to provide you with a guide on where to go next. After completing BPM Part 1: Grow Today, the BPM Knowledge Assessment will help you determine where you might still have knowledge gaps related to critical people management areas and guide you to other learning opportunities to fill those gaps.
I completed the Berkeley People Management (BPM) Knowledge Assessment but do not see its completion on my training transcript; what happened?
The UC Learning Center is updated manually for every person who has completed the BPM Knowledge Assessment. Our Program Manager does this each month, approximately on the 15th and the 30th/31st. Check your status in the UC Learning Center shortly after the 16th or the 1st of the month to see your completion status.
Is there a minimum grade requirement for the Berkeley People Management (BPM) Knowledge Assessment to receive my Berkeley People Management (BPM) Part 1: Grow Today certificate?
The BPM Knowledge Assessment is not an exam (so there is no grade requirement). It is an assessment tool to help guide learning. The assessment helps identify your current knowledge (specific to UC Berkeley) in nine critical people management areas: Compensation and Classification, Complaints and Grievances, Disciplinary Action, Health and Safety, Leave and Disability Management, Payroll and Timekeeping, Performance Management, Personnel Policies and Contracts, and Recruiting and Hiring.
In addition to receiving an overall score on the assessment, scores in each subsection are provided. Rather than focusing on the overall score, look specifically at the scores received in each sub-section. For any sub-section in which your score is less than 70%, it is suggested that you take advantage of the learning resources provided to shore up knowledge gaps related to that particular sub-section.
As an aside, the assessment will allow you to send the report to yourself, or yourself and your manager. While sending the report to your manager is not required, we highly recommend it to start an ongoing conversation about your development needs and desires with your manager.
Once your identified gaps from the assessment are shored up, you can further develop your knowledge and skills in other areas of people management by exploring the resources available to you on our GROW page. You might, for example, decide to register for the workshops from BPM Part 2: Grow Your Knowledge and/or BPM Part 3: Grow Your Team. For senior campus leaders (M1s and above), there is also the BPM Part 4: Grow the Organization cohort-based program, designed to equip leaders with the skills and support essential for strategic success at UC Berkeley.