Essay Topics on Organisational Culture, Stakeholders, Workplace Laws, and Control, Power, or Influen

Criteria

A 1 – A2

A3 – A4

B1 – B3

C1 – C3

D1 – D3

F1

F2 – F3

Explain specified aspects, issues or practices within organisational behaviour, leadership and management, their methods, concepts or theoretical basis

Exceptional breadth and depth for work at this level;

Thorough investigation generates well-founded conclusions.

Excellent, accurate and coherent in breadth, with depth in many areas;

Investigation generates well-founded conclusions.

Good accuracy in breadth, with depth in several areas;

Investigation generates well-founded conclusions.

Satisfactory accuracy, with depth in some aspects;

Satisfactory selection and analysis of information,;

Largely accurate across most areas with limited depth;

Analysis using given methods is adequate;

Inaccuracies / omissions in some areas, depth limited;

Superficial analysis;

Substantial inaccuracies/omissions/irrelevancies.

Analysis absent or with significant errors/omissions

Apply knowledge and skills, including theoretical knowledge, to differing contexts, including practical or work-related skills

Exceptional exploration and evaluation of information/ideas from a wide range of sources (may include primary sources);

Excellent understanding of concepts and theories (some of them abstract) and/or current practice, and some of their implications and applications.

Good understanding of concepts and theories (some of them abstract) and/or practice and some of their implications and applications.

Satisfactory understanding of the relevant concepts, theories and/or practice;

Shows some ability to deal with unfamiliar and abstract ideas.

Locates and organises an acceptable range of information/evidence mostly from given/familiar secondary sources;

Adequate understanding of the main concepts, theories and/or practice;

Engagement with abstract/unfamiliar ideas or implications and applications is slight.

Range of information limited to the familiar/given with some errors in organisation;

Occasional errors in understanding of main concepts, theories and/or practice;

Struggles to engage with unfamiliar/abstract ideas and complexities.

Range of information inadequate and disorganised;

Substantial errors in understanding of concepts, theories and/or practice, or none;

Fails to engage with/address unfamiliar/abstract ideas and complexities.

Deploy a range of specialised practical, technical, subject-specific, scholarly or work-related skills at a basic level, with some guidance, using established methods/procedures

Exceptional, detailed, specific, conclusions completely based on evidence in in the essay

Excellent, detailed, specific, conclusions almost completely based on evidence in the essay

Good, accurate conclusions, based on the evidence presented in the research.

Satisfactory, largely accurate conclusions, mainly based on the evidence reported in the research.

Adequate conclusions, partially based on the research, with some errors, or advice not based on evidence presented.

Limited conclusions, only partially based on the evidence presented, with errors, or limited advice not based on the evidence presented.

Very limited, partial conclusions, with no consideration of the evidence. Advice impractical.

Communicate information, data and ideas effectively, referencing sources accurately

Excellent presentation and organisation of work and lucid communication in all contexts;

Exemplary referencing/citation;

Excellent presentation and organisation of work and lucid communication in most contexts;

Extensive, accurate referencing/citation;

Presentation and organisation of work appropriate to context and purpose, communication clear;

Referencing consistent and accurate;

Satisfactory organisation and presentation of work, communications mostly appropriate to the context/purpose;

Referencing mostly consistent/accurate;

Organisation and presentation of work and communications adequate in most contexts, with some mistakes/irrelevancies;

Some errors in referencing;

 Elements of disorganisation/ poor presentation/ poor or inappropriate communication or expression;

Errors/ omissions in referencing, or none;

Work is disorganised, poorly presented with poor/inappropriate communication and expression;

Substantial errors in referencing, or none;