1. Assessment task and assessment criteria for coursework
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There will be one
3,000 word (plus or minus 10%) assignment, attracting 100% of the
marks for the module. The assignment
brief is as follows:
“Choose one or two of the areas covered in the Managing in
Organizations module and critically analyse them with reference to an
organization in which you have worked.”
Note:
Please type the assignment using double-line spacing
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Assignment Guidance
1) The objective is
to explore some areas of the module that interest you in the context of a real
organization. We will cover topics
from the list below:
Personal Learning and Development
Organisational development and change
Organisational structure and design
Communication
The nature of management
Leadership
Decision-Making
Power
Culture
Groups and teams
Motivation
Cross cultural dimensions of management
2) Since most
organizational issues are complex it is likely that more than one factor may be
important in any situation. For
example, one of the challenges of leadership is about understanding and
attempting to manage the organizational culture, and the way this is undertaken
may well affect motivation in the organization. However, attempting to cover too many
different areas in one assignment will inevitably lead to a superficial piece
of work. It is certainly desirable to
reflect on how different factors interact but the focus should be on a limited
number of topics to enable greater depth of analysis.
3) The purpose of
the assignment is to utilize theory to analyse practice and to help you reflect
on your own working experience. An
assignment that makes little or no reference to a real organizational situation
and appropriate theoretical and
conceptual issues will not fulfil the above brief and is likely to receive a
fail mark.
4) The assignment asks for a critical analysis.
This is not simply a description either of the situation in your organization or of relevant
theory. It means using the
theory to explain what went on in your organization – not just what happened,
but why things happened in a particular way and why they led to particular
outcomes. A critical analysis means evaluating the
utility of theory – how good is it at explaining practice, how far is it of
assistance in understanding organizational issues and problems and suggesting
recommendations for future practice?
5) In summary, an assignment needs to do the following:
* demonstrate a
critical understanding of a range of relevant literature, making good use of
journal articles in addition to text books;
* apply this
appropriately in order to analyse one or two organizational topics covered on
the course;
* facilitate insights and
understanding of both theory and your own work experience;
* enable conclusions to be drawn about both.
6) Marks will be awarded according to how far an assignment
meets the criteria outlined in (5) above.
The following gives some general indication about how the assignment
will be assessed. Please note that this
is indicative only and there is no prescribed schema for the allocation of
marks.
70
and above Distinction
The assignment
shows evidence of wide, relevant reading that goes well beyond classroom
material. The work demonstrates a
sophisticated and critical understanding of the literature. Theory is applied to practice to enable an
in-depth and insightful analysis of real world issues or problems you have
experienced at work. Detailed, relevant
and considered recommendations for practice are offered. Substantiated conclusions are drawn about
the implications of the analysis for theory and practice. Excellent structure, style and presentation
with appropriate referencing both in the text and within the list of references
using the required conventions.
60-69 Good pass
The assignment
shows evidence of relevant reading that goes beyond classroom material. The work demonstrates a very good and
critical understanding of the literature.
Theory is applied to practice to enable an in-depth analysis of real
world issues or problems you have experienced at work. Relevant and considered recommendations for
practice are offered. Substantiated conclusions
are drawn about the implications of the analysis for theory and practice. Good structure, style and presentation with
appropriate referencing both in the text and within the list of references
using the required conventions.
50-59 Pass
The assignment
shows evidence of relevant reading but this may be limited. The work demonstrates some understanding of
the literature but more critique may be required. Theory is applied to practice
to enable some analysis of real world issues or problems you have experienced
at work. Some recommendations for
practice are offered and the conclusions consider the implications of the
analysis for theory and practice.
Adequate structure, style and presentation. Referencing is generally appropriate both in
the text and within the list of references but there may be some errors.
Below
50 Fail
There is a
number of reasons why assignments fail.
The most common ones are assignments which do not apply theory to a real
organization but simply describe some theories or models. Similarly describing a general
organizational situation without using relevant theory will result in
failure. Poor understanding and/or poor
English may lead to unclear or unconvincing arguments. Assertions made without supporting evidence
do not constitute an argument and are poor academic practice. Some assignments are very poorly referenced
with references that are missing, incomplete, or incorrectly cited. Cutting and pasting large amounts from other
people’s work, even if correctly referenced, is to be avoided as it usually
means there is little evidence of your own thinking, understanding, and
critical evaluation and so little possibility of gaining marks for your own
work. Poor writing style, structure and
large numbers of spelling/grammatical errors all contribute to low marks, or
failure.
