this is group assessment

this is group assessment


1 1 1 Holmes Institute Higher Education Assessment Details and Submission Guidelines Trimester T2 2022 Unit Code HC1052 Unit Title Organisational Behaviour Assessment Type Group Assignment Note: Groups of 4 students (Max) must be formed by week 5 and you must individually self-enrol into a group in Blackboard. Once a group is formed and entered into Blackboard, no changes are allowed. This is strictly required to be your own original work. Plagiarism will be penalised. Students must use correct in-text citation conventions in accordance with the Adapted Harvard Referencing format. Assessment Title Group Report Purpose of the assessment and linkage to Unit Learning Outcomes (ULO) This assessment will address the following unit learning outcomes: 1. Integrate diverse OB theory and practices in critical analysis of problem situation and communicate those ideas in a clear and coherent manner. 2. Apply problem solving and critical thinking abilities by identifying and analysing the choices available for developing alternative organisational behaviour approaches in the workplace Assessment Weight Group Report 30% Word limit 3,000 words (+/-10%) Due Date Week 10 (23rd September, 2022, 11:59 pm) [Late submission penalties accrue at the rate of - 5% per day] Submission Guidelines · All work must be submitted on Blackboard by the due date along with a completed Assignment Cover Page. · The assignment must be in MS Word format, 1.5 spacing, 12-pt Arial font and 2 cm margins on all four sides of your page with appropriate section headings and page numbers. · Reference sources must be cited in the text of the report, and listed appropriately at the end in a reference list, all using the Adapted Harvard referencing style (see p. 8). Consult your lecturer if you are unsure or you require clarification on plagiarism. Note: You may not get the assignment submission links unless you are registered in a group on Blackboard. Note: All students must contribute equally to the assignment or marks will be deducted for students who do not contribute to the assignment. Students who do not contribute to the assessment will receive a “0” mark. Assignment Specifications Required Structure/Format of the report · Holmes Institute Cover Page [This is essential and must be completed accurately] · Executive Summary – This should be a concise synopsis of the whole report. · Table of Contents – This should be well formatted with numerical sub headings • Main Body of the report contains Section Headings for each paragraph listed · Sub-sections are numbered. · Appropriate paragraphing must be used. · Introduction – Briefly introduce the purpose of the report. Within the introductory paragraph, you need to address the key topics you will address in the body paragraphs. · Body Paragraphs – With headings/sub-headings: Please remember to support your claims/arguments with in-text scholarly references. · Conclusion – The conclusion must briefly summarise the key points in the body paragraphs. · Reference List – Please include all in-text references in the list of references formatted in the Adapted Harvard Referencing style. A minimum of 10 peer-reviewed academic articles is required. · The report must be within the 3,000-word limit. Note: The lecture slides may contain the basic key concepts only and students are expected to have read a wide range of scholarly literature to complete the assessment. Students are expected to have undertaken additional research using Google Scholar and ProQuest research database. If you’re in doubt about what is a peer-reviewed article, please ask your tutor in the interactive tutorial sessions or the unit coordinator in the drop-in sessions. Each group of 4 students will select and analyse the following exercise and submit a collaborative written report. Students’ reports will vary widely. Your writing should reflect an understanding of the basic concept(s), thorough research, and logic and critical thinking skills GROUP EXERCISE: Strengths-Based Development Learning Objective: This exercise incorporates many ideas in this unit with the main point reinforcing the fact that each individual is different. Intelligence is a related concept in this situation and identifying other personality traits when deciding the corporation’s course of action. Learning Objective: Explain why different people are motivated by different things. Summary: The goal of this exercise is to give students practice aligning individual and organisational goals, and thinking like a manager in managing employee motivation. Identify any business of your interest and imagine that you are the management team. Your company’s business strategy is to provide high-quality customer service and to provide high-quality products. You are not the cheapest store in town, but you expect your employees to create a service-oriented atmosphere that customers will be willing to pay a little extra for. You recognise that your sales staff will be essential to your business’s success, and you want to create a system that motivates them to help create a competitive advantage for your business. Because this is the first store you have opened, you have the opportunity to decide how to best motivate your staff. Market-competitive starting salaries have already been established, but you have decided to allocate 10 percent of the stores’ profits to use to motivate your sales staff in any way you see fit. Task: A Group of 4 students should answer the following questions: 1. What behaviours would you want from your sales staff? 2. What goals would you set for your sales staff, given your answer to Question 1? 3. What type of system would you set up to reward these behaviours? 4. What challenges would you be on the lookout for? How would you proactively address these potential challenges to prevent them from happening? Assignment report structure should be, as follows: · The report must include Holmes cover page with who did what section in the report. · Table of Contents · Executive Summary · An Introduction and background information of the selected exercise: Briefly introduce the purpose of the report. Within the introductory paragraph, you need to address the key topics you will address in the body paragraphs · Detailed analysis of the questions in the selected exercise. · Conclusion: The conclusion must briefly summarise the key points in the body paragraphs · Reference List: Please include all in-text references in the list of references formatted in the ‘Adapted Harvard Referencing’ requirements. A minimum of 10 references is required. Marking Rubric Criteria Ratings HD 8.5 – 10 D 7-8 CR 6-6.5 PA 5 – 5.5 NN 0 – 4.5 Knowledge of the material presented Max 10 marks Has understood and responded to each of the task requirements appropriately. Has understood and responded to most task requirements appropriately. Has understood some task requirement and attempted to respond appropriately. Limited understanding of the task was evident, but some requirements are missing. No evidence that the student has understood what is required in this task. HD 8.5 – 10 D 7-8 CR 6-6.5 PA 5 – 5.5 NN 0 – 4.5 use of Evidence Max 10 marks Uses refined academic research skills to locate credible and authoritative information/ data. Uses Harvard referencing style and in-text citations with no errors. Evidence from scholarly literature is integrated strongly with to explain and support the analysis. Uses academic research skills to select 8 or more current, credible and authoritative academic references. Uses academic research skills to locate credible and authoritative information/ data. Uses Harvard referencing style and intext citations with some errors. Relevant evidence from scholarly literature is linked to explain and support the analysis. Uses academic research skills to select 6 or more current, credible and authoritative academic references. Uses academic research skills to locate credible information/data . Uses Harvard referencing style and in-text citations, but with consistent errors. Includes relevant evidence from scholarly literature to explain and support the analysis. Uses academic research skills to select 4 or more current, credible, and authoritative academic references. Uses general academic research skills to locate information/ data. Inconsistently applies Harvard referencing style. In-text citations and reference list show multiple errors. Includes evidence from scholarly literature to explain and support the analysis, although links to research may not always be clear. Uses academic research skills to source 3 academic references. No evidence of any research skills apart from a basic web search. Use of a referencing style and some citations with consistent errors throughout. No evidence of any research findings undertaken or selected references do not meet the task requirements. Structure, Synthesis of Research Max7marks HD 6.5 -7 D 6 CR 4-5 PA 3.5 NN 0 – 3 Cohesive paragraph structure consistently encourages engagement with the content. New information from research is synthesised and presented thematically (topic by topic) to address the assessment questions in an analytical way. Cohesive paragraph structure supports engagement with the contents. Uses discrete paragraphs to present information. New material from research is structured into themes to address the assessment questions in an analytical way. Some effort to achieve cohesive paragraph structure. Ideas are not always presented in discrete paragraphs. Some effort to include new material from research into themes to address the assessment questions in an analytical way. Has used a report structure to organise information logically. But has presented response composed of a series of discrete paragraphs based on the summary of main ideas from each article. This report reads more like a book report than a piece of analysis. Limited or no attempt at a report structure. Information presented randomly or as a series of questions/ans