(LO1) Critically evaluate how people learn for professional development.

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Coursework Cover Sheet

Please use the table below as your cover sheet for the 1st page of the submission. The sheet should be before the cover/title page of your submission.

Programme

MSc Management

Module name

Personal Effectiveness

Schedule Term

 

Student Reference Number (SRN)

 

Report/Assignment Title

 

Date of Submission

(Please attach the confirmation of any extension received)

 

 

 

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School of Business and Technology

MSc Management

Personal Effectiveness

Coursework Assessment Brief

Submission mode: Turnitin online access

1.     General Assessment Guidance

  • Your summative assessment for this module is made up of this Coursework submission which accounts for 100% of the marks.
  • You are required to submit all elements of your assessment via Turnitin online access. Only submissions made via the specified mode will be accepted and hard copies or any other digital form of submissions (like via email or pen drive etc.) will not be accepted.
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  • Donot put your name or contact details anywhere on your submission. You should only put your student registration number (SRN) which will ensure your submission is recognised in the marking process.
  • A total of 100 marks are available for this module assessment, and you are required to achieve minimum 50% to pass this module.
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  • You should include a completed copy of the Assignment Cover sheet. Any submission without this completed Assignment Cover sheet may be considered invalid and not marked.

2.     Assessment Brief

The required submission for this assignment is a 3500-word business report. Students are required to complete TWO tasks:

-          Evaluate the personal effectiveness strategies of Sundar Pichai, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Google, and

-          Discuss how you intend to apply personal effectiveness principles your own personal development

The Learning Outcomes that you have to meet in order to pass this assessment are:

  • (LO1) Critically evaluate how people learn for professional development.
  • (LO2) Appraise the key skills and behaviours required to be effective in a professional context.
  • (LO3) Demonstrate understanding of how to be successful in a competitive job market.

Your management report should contain the following:

a)       A brief introduction giving:

-          a definition of Personal Effectiveness

-          an explanation of the importance of Personal Effectiveness to professional development

-          an overview of the main body of report, which MUST mention the key points of task b (case study review) and c (reflective statement) below

(5 marks)

b)       Case Study Review: a critical evaluation of Sundar Pichai’s skills and behaviours

In this section you must:

-          Present an outline of Sundar Pichai’s key skills and behaviours

-          Discuss and give examples of Sundar Pichai’s positive qualities and the effects they have

-          Discuss and give examples of Sundar Pichai’s negative qualities and the effects they have

For your critical evaluation you must link the outline, positive qualities and negativequalities to at least TWO theoretical frameworks covered in this module, e.g. Covey’s 7 Habits, the CEO   Genome Project, the CMI Code of Conduct or others

(This task meets LO1 and LO2)

(40 Marks)

c)       Reflective Statement: an analysis of your personal skills and behaviours, with a plan to improve on your weaknesses

In this section you must conduct a self-assessment test using any self-assessment tool from the Topic Workbooks:

-          Summarise the results of your self-assessment test, explaining your key weaknesses as identified by the test

-          Discuss the effect these weaknesses have on your employability prospects

-          Present a clear and structured plan to improve on these weaknesses

-          Critically evaluate the impact of your planned improvements on your professional development

For your critical evaluation you must link your keyweaknesses, their effectsand the plan to improve on them to at least TWO theoretical frameworks covered in this module, e.g. Covey’s 7   Habits, the CEO Genome Project, the CMI Code of Conduct or others

(This task meets LO1 and LO3)

(40 Marks)

d)       A brief conclusion covering:

-          Key points of task b (case study review)

-          Key point of task c (reflective statement)

-          A summarising remark which explains the connection between tasks b and c

(5 Marks)

Use of evidence in all parts of the report

Your report must contain evidence that you have read and understood the theories, models, additional reading and case studies in Personal Effectiveness on the Hub. This evidence must be present in all sections of the report: the introduction, case study review, reflective statement and conclusion.

Which forms of evidence must be in the report

  • In-text citations and a bibliography: there must be citations in every paragraph of every section; they should be supported by a bibliography containing a minimum of 20 references
  • Links to theoretical frameworks: there must be a minimum of 2 frameworks applied in the case study and 2 in the reflective statement. To apply frameworks effectively you must explain how Sundar Pichai’s skills, and your own strengths and weaknesses, compare to the qualities contained within the theories you choose. For example, you could discuss how Pichai demonstrates the CEO Genome Project habit of ‘deciding with speed and conviction’.
  • References to the case studies: in the case study review there must be frequent references to the case studies which can be found in the Apply section of every topic on the Hub
  • References to additional reading: in the case study review and reflective statement there must be frequent references to the articles and videos in the additional tasks, which can be found in the Prepare section of every topic in the Hub

Presentation(10 marks)

Your business report should contain the following:

  • University assignment cover sheet (including SRN and word count)
  • Business report title page
  • Contents page
  • Introduction
  • Case Study Review (written in third person narrative)
  • Reflective Statement (written in first person narrative)
  • Conclusion
  • Reference listing
  • Glossary (optional)
  • Appendices (if appropriate)

3.     Student Guidance

Assignment task                                Distinction (70-100%)                      Merit (60-69%)                                   Pass (50-59%)                                                                 Fail (0-49%)

Introduction (5 marks, LO1)

Guidelines:

  • Explanation of what personal effectiveness means, which can both be personal and professional, to achieve your career goals.
  • Outline of what the report will include

 

Outstanding knowledge and understanding of the concept/purpose of Personal Effectiveness, including the importance of personal effectiveness in business.

Inclusion of wider business context and strong explanation of the links to the contents of the report.

Good knowledge and understanding of the concept/purpose of Personal Effectiveness. Good explanation of the links to the contents of the report.

Satisfactory knowledge and understanding of the concept/purpose of personal effectiveness. Satisfactory explanation of the links to the contents of the report.

Weak knowledge and understanding of the concept/purpose of personal effectiveness. Limited or no explanation of the links to the contents of the report.

Case Study Review (40 marks) (LO1, LO2)

Guidelines:

  • Outline of Pichai’s skills and behaviours with regard to personal effectiveness
  • Discussion of their positive and negative impacts
  • Application to personal effectiveness concepts

 

Outstanding outline of Pichai’s skills and behaviours with regard to personal effectiveness. Outstanding possibly creative discussion of their positive and negative impacts, including concrete evidence provided from the case study. Answer includes outstanding application of a range of personal effectiveness concepts and understanding of wider context.

Good outline of Pichai’s skills and behaviours with regard to personal effectiveness. discussion of their positive and negative impacts, including concrete evidence provided from the case study. Answer includes good application of a range of personal effectiveness concepts.

Satisfactory outline of Pichai’s skills and behaviours with regard to personal effectiveness. Adequate discussion of their positive and negative impacts (possibly limited). Answer includes some application of personal effectiveness concepts.

Weak outline of Pichai’s skills and behaviours with regard to personal effectiveness. Severely limited discussion of their positive and negative impacts. No application of personal effectiveness concepts.

 

Reflective Statement (40 marks) (LO1, LO3)

Guidelines:

  • Discussion of self-assessed development needs with regard to personal effectiveness
  • Discussion of the strategies in order to address these personal development needs
  • Reference  to  the  current  potential  impact  of  your  personal  development  gaps  as  well  as  the  impact  undertaking development in these areas will have
  • Application of concepts and research from the module and further research

 

Outstanding and reflective outline of a range of skill- based and behavioural development needs. Creative and actionable strategy on how development needs can be addressed. Outstanding understanding of the impact that development needs have and how this can be improved with development, possibly evidenced with feedback from others. Outstanding application of personal effectiveness concepts.

Good outline of a range of development needs. Concrete strategy for development, with clear links to addressing the needs identified. Good understanding of the impacts current development needs have and the improved impacts expected from development activities. Good application of personal effectiveness concepts to own development.

Satisfactory outline of a minimum of 2 development needs. Satisfactory strategy which provides some explanation as to how each development need can be addressed. Satisfactory explanation of the impact of current development needs and how this impact can be improved through development strategies.

Answer includes some application of personal effectiveness concepts (possibly limited).

Weak outline of a minimum of 2 development needs.

Weak strategy which provides little explanation as to how each development need can be addressed. Weak or no explanation of the impact of current development needs and how this impact can be improved through development strategies.

Answer includes no application of personal effectiveness concepts.

Conclusion (5 marks, LO1)

Guidelines:

  • Provide overall closing statement, tying the main threads together

 

Excellent conclusion presented which clearly draws on the previous tasks and links insightfully to the wider context.

Good conclusion presented which draws a coherent thread between the key points of the previous tasks.

Satisfactory conclusion presented which draws on the previous tasks.

Conclusions show little relevance to the key points; limited or no argument presented.

Presentation (10 marks)

Guidelines:

  • Clear structure and layout
  • Writing style: professional and concise
  • Appropriate Harvard referencing: range and credibility of the sources use and correct application of Harvard referencing style throughout report and appendices

 

 

Excellent with precise, full and appropriate references extensively used.

An exemplar of structured layout and professional and accurate expression. Inclusion of sources outside of the prescribed course reading.

Good with precise, full and appropriate references and correct Harvard referencing style.

A good example of structured layout and professional and accurate expression.

Satisfactory with full and appropriate references (possibly limited in quantity; largely correct Harvard referencing style).

Structured layout and mainly accurate expression.

Weak with inappropriate references.

Limited structure and expression.
                             

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