Question:

Learning Outcome (LO)

LO1: identify major developments in the history of managerial thought including classical and contemporary approaches

Assignment Task:

In this part of the portfolio you are asked to produce an account of your learning in the first six weeks of the semester. In doing so you should consider your experience on this module, the feedback you have received and your own reflection on the outcome of the formative assignment. Your academic essay should discuss the following points:

1. What have you learned so far in this module? Please clearly show the knowledge you gained in the lectures/seminars and by studying the literature recommended by comparing traditional and contemporary approaches of management.

2. How has the feedback you have received about your work helped you identify 1) what you are good at and 2) areas of your work that need improvement?

3. What do you want to do next? - Identify one of the areas of your work that need improvement and outline 2 or 3 ideas for development.

Assessment criteria:

1. Presents an understanding of what you have learned in your module so far. Discusses management theories and compares approaches.

2. Explains how feedback has helped you identify the strengths in your work.

3. Demonstrates that you understand how your work needs developing and illustrates what can be done to improve it further.

4. Presents work clearly and accurately using the appropriate personal expression and organisational form (ie follows recommended structure, uses third person to refer to information from literature and references sources correctly by using the Harvard Referencing System).

Excellent understanding shown with ability to make links across topics and synthesise learning.

Explained in a very convincing and effective manner with clear strengths identified and exemplified.

Consistent and highly effective critical reflection which demonstrates a strong ability to identify future developments for your work.

Highly effective use of expression and organisational form.

Overall good and well developed understanding shown with some ability to make links across topics and synthesise learning.

Explained in an effective manner with useful references to some strengths

Effective critical reflection which demonstrates good ability to identify future developments for your work.

Very good use of expression and organisational form.

Good descriptive understanding shown with some ability to make links across topics and synthesise learning.

Coherent account of how feedback has helped them identify key strengths outlined

Coherent critical reflection which demonstrates an ability to identify future developments for your work.

Overall well expressed. Some minor errors. Overall clear structure and organisation.

Overall general understanding shown but with little ability to make links across topics and synthesise learning.

Some understanding of how feedback has helped them and some awareness of personal strengths.

Some evidence of critical reflection but lacking a more coherent ability to identify future developments for your work

Meaning generally clear. Occasional errors which make work difficult to understand at times.

Adequate structure with inconsistent organisation

Some general understanding shown but with little ability to make links across topics and synthesise learning.

Limited understanding of how feedback has helped them and limited awareness of personal strengths.

Superficial reflection which lacks criticality and does not sufficiently identify strategies for further development

Meaning sufficiently clear. Errors which make work difficult to understand at times. Barely adequate structure with inconsistent organisation.

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