a) Critically discuss the advantages and potential challenges to employers of offering student internships/placements.

  
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UMPDN6-15-1 Contemporary Business Issues 

FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND LAW

Assessment Instructions

There are two parts to the assessment for this module: Poster Presentation and Portfolio Activities.

PowerPoint Presentation (60%)

You will be assessed on the basis of your knowledge of undertaking a basic research project. You will be required to complete in groups a 10 week research project on the topic of your choice, but falling into one of the key themes presented in this module.
You will complete and present an academic PowerPoint presentation. You will receive an examination known as a viva voice, an oral defence of your research – this will take place  in the week 9/10workshops.  Each presentation must last at least 15 minutes plus 5 minutes for questions.  Each student will be asked about their presentation.

Portfolio Activities (40%)

Throughout the term, you will complete a Portfolio of 1600 words which consists of four learning activities, focusing on the knowledge and skills required to address the contemporary issues faced by businesses.
It will also include a reflective commentary in which you will reflect on the experience and processes of the module and how these may inform your understanding of your future career.  Each task will have a clear brief for you to address and will be submitted during the designated tutorial.  The focus will be on ensuring you demonstrate your understanding of the distinctive features of studying business as a broad, comprehensive degree programme and recognise the potential future professional pathways available to you.

The portfolio will consist of the following four areas:

  • Inequalities in Society
  • Globalisation
  • New forms of recruitment
  • New Forms of Work

 

Portfolio Activities

1

Based on the content of this week’s workshop, identify an example of inequality experienced in the workplace and discuss a theory that explains why it exists.  Your discussion should seek to critique the theory that you outline.  You must use academic sources, include in-text citations and a Reference List. 

2

Based on the content of last week’s lecture and this week’s workshop, compare and contrast any two opposing perspectives on globalisation.  Your discussion should critically analyse the two perspectives you present.  You must use academic sources, include in-text citations and a Reference List. 

3

Based on the content of last week’s lecture and this week’s, you must:
Critically evaluate one form of new employment and its impact on workers.  You must use academic sources, include in-text citations and a Reference List.

4

Based on the content of last week’s lecture and this week’s workshop, you should:
a) Critically discuss the advantages and potential challenges to employers of offering student internships/placements.
b) Critically discuss the advantages and potential challenges to students of undertaking an internship/placement.

If you use academic sources, then you must include in-text citations and a Reference List. 

Portfolio Activity Assessment Criteria

  • There is evidence that student has failed to properly engage with the activity and has demonstrated a poor understanding as a result of limited effort to attend lectures and complete additional reading. 0-3 marks
  • The activity is completed to a standard that allows the student to demonstrate limited understanding of the topic and shows evidence of reading (albeit from inappropriate sources).  3-5 marks
  • The activity is completed to a standard that demonstrates a good level of critical engagement with the topic and it is clear that the student has grasped the topic area effectively.  Some wider academic reading has been completed. 5-7 marks
  • The student has fully engaged with the topic and shows excellent critical analysis of the subject.  There is evidence of significant additional reading or research and this comes from reliable academic sources (evidenced through referencing). 7-10 marks

Formative feedback and support during the module
Formative feedback provides opportunities to reflect on your ongoing work and preparation for your assignment. Complete this section to highlight formative feedback opportunities specific to this assignment and embedded in this module.

Further information about this assessment is available on the Blackboard site for this module and includes:
Module Handbook, lecture and workshop materials, reading list.
Students will be able to receive feedback on one portfolio task in the first four weeks of the module.

Formatting
Please use the following file format(s) Presentation- PowerPoint, Portfolio- WordWe cannot ensure that other formats are compatible with markers’ software and cannot guarantee to mark incorrect formats.
All work should be word processed in 12-point font Times New Roman or Arial and single spaced.
The first page of your coursework must include:

  • Your student number
  • The module name and number
  • Your word count
  • The coursework question or title

Word Limit
The maximum word limit for this coursework is- Portfolio- 1600 words.

  • There is no +/- 10% on word count and anything after the maximum word count will not be marked
  • In line with University policy, this word count includes everything in the main body of the text (including headings, tables, citations, quotes, lists, etc.).
  • The references, bibliography and footnotes (provided footnotes only include references) are NOT included in this word count.

Referencing and Assessment Offences

  • Please ensure you reference all sources used when developing your assessment, using the University Harvard system. Failure to properly reference your work to original source material can be grounds for the assessment offence of plagiarism and may result in failure of the assessment or more serious implications. Further guidance on correct referencing is available on UNIVERSITY’s Study Skills referencing pages.
  • UNIVERSITY’s Assessment Offences Policy outlines potential offences and it is your responsibility to understand this policy and avoid potential offences. Details of what constitutes plagiarism and how to avoid it can be found on UNIVERSITY’s Study Skills pages about avoiding plagiarism.
  • Text-matching software (e.g. SafeAssign) is used to check every submission against other submissions made at the same time, previous submissions to UNIVERSITY and other universities, and internet sources. We may also manually search for matches. When submitting your work, you will be required to confirm that the work is your own.

It is an assessment offence to:
- copy work from any source, including your own previous assessments, and present it as your own work for this assessment, or to provide your own work to others
- to work with others on the assessment in any way, or for anyone to make amends on your work (including proof-readers, who may highlight issues but not edit the work)
- change individual words but keep, essentially, the same sentences and/or structures from other sources: this will be detected by text-matching software. Please write in your own words and style to convey your own learning.


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