Academic Honesty and Management Report Writing

LO1: Analyse the published literature relating to a management related topic and produce a fully referenced management report

Academic honesty is required. In the main body of your submission you must give credit to authors on whose research and ideas your work is based. Append to your submission a reference list that indicates the books, articles, etc. that you have used, cited or quoted in order to complete this assessment.

1. LO1: Analyse the published literature relating to a management related topic and produce a fully referenced managementreport

2. LO2: Design and deploy a range of primary data collection methods.

3. LO3: Evaluate and interpret qualitative and quantitative data and present the findings to specialist and non-specialist audiences

4. LO4: Evaluate the appropriateness of different approaches to information gathering.

Task 1:

Prepare an evaluative management report that discusses one of the following topics:

1. Strategies for avoiding plagiarism in academic writing

2. Planning and effective time management

3. Brainstorming for academic writing

4. Effective communication

5. Decision making

6. Problem solving in business organizations

7. Effective communication

8. Social media and professional networking

Any selected topic for your report must be justified and agreed with the lecturer. Your report must be accurate and based on a minimum of three published literature directly related to your chosen topic. The literature should be from credible sources, current and cited in accordance with Harvard Referencing Style. To ensure that your report focuses on the selected topic of your choice, it is essential to concentrate on a specific area. For instance, if you decide to write on decision making you may wish to focus specifically on the relevance of decision making in supporting workplace effectiveness.

TASK DESCRIPTION

General Submission Guidance

1. All of your submissions must include a title page that clearly states your names, your student numbers, the module code and title, your lecturer’s name, and your assignment title.

2. All of your submissions should be submitted via a power point.

3. All of your submissions should be clearly written and presented with appropriate choice of font style andsize.

4. All of your submissions should have an appropriate structure, include page numbers, and have a reference list.

NOTE: The guidance offered below is linked to the five generic assessment criteria overleaf.

1. Engagement with Literature Skills

Your work must be informed and supported by scholarly material that is relevant to and focused on the task(s) set. You should provide evidence that you have accessed an appropriate range of sources, which may be academic, governmental and industrial; these sources may include academic journal articles, textbooks, current news articles, organisational documents, and websites. You should consider the credibility of your sources; academic journals are normally highly credible sources while websites require careful consideration/selection and should be used sparingly. Any sources you use should be current and up-to-date, mostly published within the last five years or so, though seminal/impo rtant works in the field may be older. You must provide evidence of your research/own reading throughout your work, using a suitable referencing system, including in-text citations in the main body of your workand a referencelist at the end of your work.

LO2: Design and deploy a range of primary data collection methods.

Guidance specific to this assessment:

2. Knowledgeand Understanding Skills

At level 4, you should be able to demonstrate knowledge of the underlying concepts and principles associated with your area(s) of study. Knowledge relates to the facts, information and skills you have acquired through your learning. You demonstrate your understanding by interpreting the meaning of the facts and information (knowledge). This means that you need to select and include in your work the concepts, techniques, models, theories, etc. appropriate to the task(s) set. You should be able to explain the theories, concepts, etc. to show your understanding. Your mark/grade will also depend upon the extent to which you demonstrate your knowledge and understanding.

Guidance specific to this assessment:

3. Cognitive andIntellectual Skills

You should be able to present, evaluate and interpret qualitative and quantitative data, in order to develop

lines of argument and make sound judgements in accordance with basic theories and concepts of your subject(s) of study. You should be able to evaluate the appropriateness of different approaches to solving problems related to your area(s) of study and/or work. Your work must contain evidence of logical, analytical thinking. For example, to examine and break information down into parts, make inferences, compile, compare and contrast information. This means not just describing what! But also justifying: Why? How? When? Who? Where? At what cost? You should provide justification for your arguments and judgements using evidence that you have reflected upon the ideas of others within the subject area and that you are able to make sound judgements and arguments using data and concepts . Where relevant, alternative solutions and recommendations may be proposed.

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4. Practical Skills

At level 4, you should be able to apply the basic underlying concepts and principles to evaluate andinterpret these within the context of your area of study. You should be able to demonstrate how the subject-related concepts and ideas relate to real world situation s and/or a particular context. How do they work in practice? You will deploy models, methods, techniques, and/or theories, in that context, to assess current situations, perhaps to formulate plans or solutions to solve problems, or to create artefacts. This is likely to involve, for instance, the use of real world artefacts, examples and cases, the application of a model within an organisation and/or benchmarking one theory or organisation against others based on stated criteria.

GUIDANCE FOR STUDENTS IN THE COMPLETION OF TASKS 

Guidance specific to this assessment:

5. Transferable Skills for Life and Professional Practice

Your work must provide evidence of the qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment requiring the exercise of some personal responsibility. This includes demonstrating: that you can communicate the results of your study/work accurately and reliably, and with structured and coherent arguments; that you can initiate and complete tasks and procedures, whether individually and/or collaboratively; fluency of expression; clarity and effectiveness in presentation and organisation. Work should be coherent and well-structured in presentation and organisation.