Leading and Managing People SHR012-6
| Submission Deadline | Marks and Feedback |
| Before 10am on: | 20 working days after deadline (L4, 5 and 7) 15 working days after deadline (L6) 10 working days after deadline (block delivery)
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| Unit title & code | Leading and Managing People SHR012-6 |
| Assignment number and title | 2. Case study: Business Ethics |
| Assessment type | Written Report |
| Weighting of assessment | 60% |
| Size or length of assessment | 1,600 words (+/- 10%) |
| Unit learning outcomes | 1. A critical awareness and comprehension of key and contemporary debates about theory and practice in the specific fields of high performance working, engagement, team management and motivation whilst assessing the importance of management and leadership through periods of organisational change
2. Be able to evaluate and analyse any given workplace scenario for evidence of effective people performance, leadership and management, and able to diagnose and identify appropriate solutions to issues or challenges limiting optimum work performance or affecting maximum application and utilisation of worker capability
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| What am I required to do in this assignment? |
| Produce a consultant’s report of 1,600 words (core focus is given in italics below and read the following Assignment Guidance carefully also before preparing your answer) which:
Task 1: Using research based on your analysis of two recent business ethics ‘scandals’; analyse the potential risks that would affect the new PA in terms of its accountability, transparency of operation and employee ethical conduct.
Task 2: Develop an options assessment of how a suitable ethical standard relating to accountability, transparency and employee conduct is to be achieved by PA and monitored in practice.
Task 3: Critically evaluate and justify the sort of leadership model (taken from your study of leadership within this Unit) and philosophy that would best support a sustainable ethical organisation. Illustrate a leadership management of change initiative to remedy the unethical behaviour / culture of one organisation identified section 1 (i.e. using one only of the two ‘scandals’ identified in Task 1). Link these lessons to conclusions and recommendations for the PA organisation
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| What do I need to do to pass? (Threshold Expectations from UIF) |
| Analyse adequately one or more of the relevant theories behind leading and managing people and how it impacts the ethical management of workers in organisations
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| How do I produce high quality work that merits a good grade? |
| We will be filling this section in together in class on 13/09/2019 make sure you have downloaded/printed out the Assignment Brief and bring it to the session with you.
Confident, comprehensive understanding of core issues / concepts and a clear / accurate comprehension of their respective significance and impact on organisation. Higher ‘A’ grades will demonstrate very extensive attempts to write concisely in presenting arguments and evidence.
Continuous sustained attempt to critically assess and evaluate across the assignment. Signposting of issues in the Introduction will demonstrate some deeper thinking from the student than merely a re-phrasing of the Assignment Brief.
Conclusions / recommendations are very closely and explicitly linked to any regulatory / performance ‘gaps’ found in the preceding task/s. Higher ‘A’ grades will rank the significance of findings/ conclusions / recommendations more explicitly than for lower grades. BREO resources will be consistently used and alignment to the questions being addressed will be exact. There will a strong sense of ‘audience’ in Task 3. Clear format which follows report / Harvard protocols accurately
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| How does assignment relate to what we are doing in scheduled sessions? |
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The scheduled sessions will comprehensively cover the academic theory and frameworks behind the concepts of this assignment. There will be examples of ethical issues and case studies discussed to highlight the importance of this area in business
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| How will my assignment be marked? |
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Your assignment will be marked according to the threshold expectations and the criteria on the following page.
You can use them to evaluate your own work and consider your grade before you submit.
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| 3rd Class – 40-49% | Lower 2nd – 50-59% | Upper 2nd – 60-69% | 1st Class – 70%+ | |
| 1 | Limited range of literature and research sources on the chosen topic area has been consulted and is referenced throughout the discussion. There is over-reliance on low-level citations and third-party material may even be quoted without question. The discussion appears reasonable enough on description and narrative but needs a more developed approach to establish a good evaluative argument. | Some of the essential literature and research sources on the chosen topic area have been consulted and are referenced throughout the discussion. Occasionally the student relies upon some low-level citations; some third-party material may even be quoted without question. The discussion appears quite strong on description and narrative but needs more evaluation and critique.
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The discussion exhibits quite a good understanding of the chosen topic area from both the theoretical and applied perspectives. The submission is liberally supplied with references to and citations from authoritative third-party sources. | Knowledge of the subject matter concerning the chosen topic area, both the theoretical/academic literature and the illustrative cases is demonstrably comprehensive. The reader can be confident that this student ‘knows his/her stuff’, with a judicious mix of factual knowledge and critical evaluation. |
| 2 | Limited analysis. Lacks enough evidence based argument. Limited reference to theory and/or organisational practice or used inappropriately. Statements of ‘fact’ and personal belief insufficiently reinforced by citations from appropriate third-party sources, research and relevant literature | Satisfactory analysis of some appropriate concepts. Some evidence based argument demonstrated which draws on theory and/or organisational practice. Statements of ‘fact’ and personal belief reinforced by citations from an appropriate, but limited, range of third-party sources, research and relevant literature.
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Good analysis of related concepts and ideas. Appropriate evidence based argument demonstrating good understanding of theory and/or organisational practice. Statements of ‘fact’ and personal belief reinforced by citations from an appropriate and broad range of third-party sources, research and relevant literature | Comprehensive analysis of a range of related concepts and ideas. Evidence based argument demonstrating an excellent understanding of theory and/or organisational practice. Statements of ‘fact’ and personal belief supported by citations from an extensive range of appropriate up to date third party sources, research and relevant literature |
| 3 | Limited expression of concepts clearly, systematically and/or confidently. There is scope to make the discussions more logical and coherent to persuade much more. | Concepts expressed in a clear and systematic manner however there is scope to make the discussion even more persuasive
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The issues of the chosen topic and concepts are clearly and concisely expressed and the subtleties concerning its operation in practice are discussed in an appropriately logical, confident and persuasive manner | Concepts expressed with exceptional clarity in a convincing and cogent manner. Sensitive to emotional, attitudinal and political aspects of corporate life. Third-party sources are properly described, and the logic of the argument throughout the discussion is strongly persuasive |
| 4 | Though the discussion presented is reasonably systematic, there are improvements that the student should have implemented, for example, over-long and discursive sections/paragraphs or too short and fragmented sections/paragraphs which render some pages un-reader-friendly. There is scope for the work to be better organised | Though the discussion presented is generally systematic, there are improvements that the student should have implemented, for example, over-long and discursive paragraphs or too short and fragmented paragraphs which render some pages un-reader-friendly
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The overall presentation of the discussion is articulate, lucid, structurally sensible and mature in expression. The references are organised conscientiously and comprehensively | The discussion presented is produced in strict conformity with the guidelines contained in the assignment brief. The text is wide-ranging, the style mature, the approach measured, the presentation reader-friendly |
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