Management and Organisation
The semester 2 assignment is now an individual assignment which must be submitted before 4pm (UK summertime) on 1st May 2020. The submission needs to be as follows:
- A maximum of 10 PowerPoint slides with accompanying written narrative i.e. notes typed in the notes section under each slide.
- The total wordcount for all the narrative notes must not exceed 1500 words.
- On the final slide you need to identify the references you have used to produce the slides.
There is one question to answer (in bold below).
This is worth 40% of your final mark for the module.
Your submission (PowerPoint presentation and accompanying notes) needs to address the following question:
“If teams are often regarded as such an effective method of organising, why don’t all organisations use them?”
When preparing your PowerPoint slides and notes you should consider:
- What insights management theory can provide into understanding teams including:
- the benefits of using teams;
- the problems and pitfalls of teamwork;
- linking in relevant insights from leadership, organisational design and decision making as appropriate;
- the types of organizational contexts where it is more/ less appropriate to use teams.
Assessment
In line with the module learning outcomes, outlined in the module handbook, presentations will be assessed on the following basis:[unique_solution]
- Structure of the presentation and argument (40%)
- Content of the presentation/ use of relevant material including academic literature (45%)
- Presentation design/ visual impact (15%)
For further details, see the assessment criteria laid out in the rubric below:
Narrated PowerPoint slides assessment criteria:
| 0% – 29% | 30% – 39% | 40% – 49% | 50% – 59% | 60% – 69% | 70% – 79% | 80% + | |
| Poor fail | Marginal fail | Marginal pass | Adequate | Good | Very good | Excellent | |
| Structure of presentation and development of argument [40%] | There is no discernible content related to the question set | Presentation does not clearly communicate information relevant to the question set | Presentation communicates some information related to the question set
| Presentation clearly communicates adequate information related to the question set | Presentation communicates relevant information and arguments related to question set
| Presentation communicates a range of relevant information and arguments related to the question set
| Presentation clearly communicates a wide range of information and arguments related to the question set
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| Content of presentation / use of relevant material including academic sources [45%]
| Content of the presentation includes little relevant material
| Content of the presentation draws on some relevant material | Content of the presentation draws on relevant material | Content of the presentation draws on a range of relevant material
| Content of the presentation draws on a wide range of relevant material | Content of the presentation demonstrates an ability to evaluate and interpret relevant material | Content of the presentation demonstrates an ability to evaluate and interpret a wide range of relevant material
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| Presentation design / visual impact [15%] | No discernible attempt to consider design
| Little coherence in design | Some coherence in design | Appropriate design | Design that is visually interesting | Design that adds visual impact | Design that is imaginative and ensure visual impact
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As this is now an individual assignment, there will no longer be an element of peer assessment.