MOD003325 Academic and Professional Skills

Analyse the advantages and disadvantages of teamwork in professional settings.

1.Intro/outline- Outline the presentation

- Who benefits from teamwork?

- How do they benefit?

- Why is team work so popular in organisations?

2 First advantage of teamwork:

- What is the advantage?

- Example(s)?

- Who benefits? E.g. organisations, staff or managers etc.

- How do they benefit?

3 First disadvantage of teamwork:

- What is the disadvantage?

- Example(s)?

- Who suffers? E.g. organisations, staff or managers etc.

- How do they suffer?

4 Second advantage of teamwork:

- What is the advantage?

- Example(s)?

- Who benefits? E.g. organisations, staff or managers etc.

- How do they benefit?

5 Second disadvantage of teamwork:

- What is the disadvantage?

- Example(s)?

- Who suffers? E.g. organisations, staff or managers etc.

- How do they suffer?

6 Conclusion/summary Possible guiding questions:

- Summary of main points

- Do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?

- Predicting trends, e.g. should/will teamwork become more or

less common than individual work going forward?

- Reflections on personal experience re: group presentation

Knowledge and Understanding:

Marks will be awarded for the overall quality of the content presented. It is therefore important for each group member to prepare well-researched material. Marks will be allocated in terms of:

• Complexity

• Analysis

• Research

• References

• Visuals (Slides)

Communicative, Transferrable and Practical Skills:

Equally, marks will be awarded for the standard of delivery. It is therefore important for the group to organise their presentation carefully and for each group member to practise their part until they reach a high standard. Marks will be allocated in terms of:

• Engagement

• Ability to speak without notes

• Clarity of message

• Discourse features (Language to make your presentation flow)

• Academic register (Formality of language)

Points to consider

• Form a group of 6 students

• Each member must speak for 4 consecutive minutes

o All students will be stopped by the assessor at 4 minutes

• Although this is a group presentation, marks will be awarded for each individual group member based on their own performance.

• Each group must create and use ONE PowerPoint file

o Individual students are responsible for their own slides

o The file should be emailed to the lecturer before the presentation

• As a group, you are recommended to use at least 6 texts from a variety of reliable academic sources (each student should refer to sources in their presentation)