Formative Assessment Guidance and Brief for 1000-Word Business Report

a. Your formative assessment for this module is made up of this 1 submission, which accounts for 0% of your final module mark. Its purpose is formative rather than summative.

 
b. The deadline for submission is shown on the submission link. Please note late submissions will not be marked.

c. You are required to submit all elements of your assessment in one Word document, via The Hub Assessment area. Only submissions made via the specified mode will be accepted and hard copies or any other digital form of submissions (such as via email or pen drive etc.) will not be accepted. 

d.  For coursework, the submission word limit is 1000 words, excluding your list of references. You must comply with the word count guidelines. You may submit LESS than 1050 words but not more. Word Count guidelines can be found on the assessments tab of your module. 

e. Include your name and student registration number (SRN), which will ensure your submission is recognised in the marking process. 

f. You are required to use only Harvard Referencing System in your submission. Any content which is already published by other author(s) and is not referenced will be considered as a case of plagiarism. 

g. You can find further information on Harvard Referencing in the online library on the The Hub (Found via Help&Support). 

h. BPP University has a strict policy regarding authenticity of assessments. In proven instances of plagiarism or collusion, severe punishment will be imposed on offenders. You are advised to read the rules and regulations regarding plagiarism and collusion in the GARs and MOPP which are available on The Hub in the Academic registry section (Found via Help&Support). 

h. 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.

The required submission for this FORMATIVE assignment is a 1000-word business report. Students are required to complete ONE task:

a. Analyse Sundar Pichai’s leadership qualities in comparison to Personal Effectiveness frameworks

Your Formative management report should contain the following:

Discuss the impact of Sundar Pichai’s skills and behaviours as a leader on Google and its employees

In this section you must review the case studies from this module to:

a. Identify Sundar Pichai’s leadership skills and behaviours 

b. Discuss the impact of Sundar Pichai’s leadership skills and behaviours on Google as an organisation and on Google employees 
For your critical evaluation you must link Sundar Pichai’s skills and behaviours, and their impacts, 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 LO2: Appraise the key skills and behaviours required to be effective in a professional context.

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
a. In-text citations and a bibliography: there must be frequent citations throughout your assignment; they should be supported by a bibliography 

b. Links to theoretical frameworks: there must be frameworks applied in the Case Study Review and the Personal Skills Appraisal. 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

c. 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

d. References to additional reading: throughout your assignment 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

Your business report should contain the following:
1. BPP assignment cover sheet (including SRN and word count)
2. Business report title page
4. Case Study Review (written in third person narrative)
5. Reference listin