The required submission for this assignment is a 2500 words “Personal Effectiveness Report”. Your report will include reflection on skills for a chosen career

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 MSc Management

 Personal Effectiveness

 Coursework Assessment Brief

Submission mode: Turnitin online access

1.General Assessment Guidance

·Your summative assessment for this module is made up of this coursework submission which accounts for 100% of the marks

·Please note late submissions will not be marked.

·You are required to submit all elements of your assessment via Turnitin online access. Only submissions made via the specified mode will be accepted and hard copies or any other digital form of submissions (like via email or pen drive etc.) will not be accepted.

·For coursework, the submission word limit is 2500 words. You must comply with the word count guidelines. You may submit LESS than 2500 words but not more. Word Count guidelines can be found on your programme home page and the coursework submission page.

·Do not put your name or contact details anywhere on your submission. You should only put your student registration number (SRN) which will ensure your submission is recognised in the marking process.

·A total of 100 marks are available for this module assessment, and you are required to achieve minimum 50% to pass this module.

·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.

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·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 VLE in the Academic registry section.

·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

2.Assessment Brief

The required submission for this assignment is a 2500 words “Personal Effectiveness Report”. Your report will include reflection on skills for a chosen career, comparison of own skill set/habits to choice of career, and analysis of methods for enhancing personal effectiveness.

Students are required to complete Three tasks:

1.Reflect on your own skill set in relation to a career goal.

2.Assess your habits/behaviours and how they may impact your career.

3.Analyse methods of enhancing personal effectiveness and improving personal branding. The Learning Outcomes to successfully pass this assessment are:

(LO1) Critically evaluate how people learn for professional development.

(LO2) Appraise the key skills and behaviours required to be effective in a professional context.

(LO3) Demonstrate understanding of a range of methods of supporting personal effectiveness in a professional environment.

Your Personal Effectiveness Report should contain the following:

Introduction

You should begin by an introduction to concept of personal effectiveness. You should also give a brief overview of tasks 1, 2 and 3.

TASK 1

a) Using a model of reflective practice, reflect on a task that you completed at work or university to identify your own skill set. Identify both your strengths and weaknesses.

b) Analyse the skills you identified with reference to your choice of career or job.

N.B. To support your answer, you should refer to the reflective model by Gibbs or Schön and additional reading resources from this module. You should also include ideas from articles on wider leadership concepts and personal effectiveness from the online library.

(This task meets LO2)

(Total marks for Task 1: 35% weighting)

a) Using the Covey self-assessment questionnaire, identify your own strengths and weaknesses. Explain these with examples from your own life. (Include a screenshot of the results from the questionnaire in the appendix).

b) Discuss how your weaknesses can impact your chosen career.

N.B. You should support your analysis with references to additional reading resources from this module. You should also include ideas from articles in the online library.

 (This task meets LO1)

(Total marks for Task 2: 35% weighting)

Choose a maximum of two areas for improvement (weaknesses) from Tasks 1 and 2. Develop a concise short-term plan using the SMART model or the Agile model to improve these areas. Explain how these plans will enhance your personal brand.

N.B. You should support your answer with references to additional reading resources from this module. You should also include ideas from articles in the online library.

 (This task meets LO3)

(Total marks for Task 3: 20% weighting) Conclusion

You will need to summarise the key points of the assessment tasks.

You should end with a concluding statement on the main topic of the report.

Structure

 Your Personal Effectiveness report should contain the following:

·BPP assignment cover sheet (including SRN and word count)

·Personal Effectiveness report title page

·Contents page

·Introduction (200 words)

 Task 1 (800 words)

 Task 2 (800 words)

 Task 3 (500 words)

 Conclusion (200 words)

·References (Correct Harvard Referencing applied throughout, including in-text citation and reference list)

·Appendices (if required)

·Glossary (optional)

*(Total marks for introduction, conclusion and structure: 10 Marks)

3.Marking Guide

Assessment task

30-39%

Fail

40-49%

Low Fail

50-59%

Pass

60-69%

Merit

70-79%

Distinction

80-100%

High Distinction

 

Task 1

(35%

weighting, LO2)

Weak reflection with limited clarity in identifying personal skill set. Applies a reflective model but with limited depth. Identifies some strengths and weaknesses with limited analysis.

 

Weak analysis of skills with limited clarity in the link to the chosen career or job. Makes some reference to the choice of career but with limited depth.

Limited reflection with some clarity in identifying personal skill set. Applies a reflective model effectively to some extent. Identifies both strengths and weaknesses but lacks depth in analysis.

 

Limited analysis of skills with some clarity in the link to the chosen career or job.

References the choice of career but lacks depth in analysis.

Satisfactory reflection with explicit identification of personal skill set. Applies a reflective model effectively. Identifies both strengths and weaknesses with a satisfactory level of depth and analysis.

 

Satisfactory analysis of skills with explicit links to the chosen career or job.

References the choice of career effectively with a satisfactory level of depth and analysis.

Good reflection with clear identification of personal skill set. Applies the reflective model effectively. Identifies both strengths and weaknesses with depth and clarity in analysis.

Good analysis of skills with clear and coherent links to the chosen career or job.

References the choice of career effectively with depth and clarity in analysis.

Very Good reflection with a deep and balanced understanding of personal skill set. Applies the reflective model exceptionally well. Identifies both strengths and weaknesses comprehensively with exceptional depth and precision.

Very Good analysis of skills with a thorough understanding of their relevance to the chosen career or job. References the choice of career comprehensively with exceptional depth and precision in analysis.

Excellent reflection with an exceptional and comprehensive understanding of personal skill set. Applies the reflective model with Excellent depth and coherence.

Identifies both strengths and weaknesses with exceptional clarity and coherence.

Excellent analysis of skills with an exceptional and comprehensive understanding of their direct application to the chosen career or job. References the choice of career with exceptional clarity and coherence in analysis.

Task 2

(35%

weighting,

LO1)

Weak in identifying areas of development effectively. Results of questionnaire not included. Weak explanation of own strengths and weaknesses. No examples.

Weak discussion of own weaknesses with weak clarity in the link to personal development and chosen career.

Limited areas of development identified. Results of questionnaire not included. Limited explanation of own strengths and weaknesses.

Limited examples.

Limited discussion of own weaknesses with some link to personal development and chosen career.

Satisfactory list of areas of development identified. Results of questionnaire included. Satisfactory explanation of own strengths and weaknesses. Personal examples included.

Satisfactory discussion of own weaknesses with explicit link to personal development and chosen career.

Good explanation of own strengths and weaknesses with clear personal examples included illustrating their list of habits. Results of questionnaire included and clearly referred to throughout the task.

Good discussion of own weaknesses with explicit link to personal development and chosen career. Includes a good level of depth and analysis.

Very Good explanation of own strengths and weaknesses with explicit personal examples included. Results of questionnaire included and explicitly referred to throughout the task.

 

Very Good discussion of own weaknesses with explicit link to personal development and chosen career. Identifies areas of development comprehensively with exceptional depth and precision in analysis.

Excellent explanation of own strengths and weaknesses with explicit personal examples used to illustrate identified skills/habits. Results of questionnaire included and explicitly referred to throughout the task.

 

Excellent discussion of own weaknesses with explicit link to personal development and chosen career. Clearly Identifies areas of development comprehensively with exceptional depth and precision in analysis.

 

Assessment task

30-39%

Fail

40-49%

Low Fail

50-59%

Pass

60-69%

Merit

70-79%

Distinction

80-100%

High Distinction

 

Task 3

(20%

weighting,

LO3)

Weak identification of areas of development with limited relevance to the previous tasks. Creates a short-term plan with some gaps and limitations.

Identifies and analyses some methods but lacks depth and relevance. Doesn’t link to personal branding.

Limited identification of areas of development with relevance to the previous tasks. Creates a short-term plan with some elements but lacks depth and specificity.

Identifies and analyses some methods but has limited depth and relevance. Limited link to personal branding.

Satisfactory identification of areas of development with explicit relevance to the previous tasks. Creates a short-term plan with a satisfactory level of depth and specificity. Identifies and analyses methods with a

satisfactory level of depth and relevance. Links personal development to personal branding satisfactorily.

Good identification of areas of development with clear and coherent relevance to the previous tasks. Creates a short-term plan with depth and clarity in objectives and

actions. Identifies and analyses methods with good depth and clarity in analysis. Clearly links personal development to personal branding.

Very Good identification of areas of development with a thorough understanding of their relevance to the previous tasks. Creates a comprehensive short-term plan with exceptional depth, precision, and feasibility.

Comprehensively identifies and analyses methods with Very Good depth and precision.

Explicitly links and explains personal development to personal branding.

Excellent identification of areas of development with an exceptional and comprehensive understanding of their direct application to the previous tasks. Creates a short-term plan with exceptional clarity, coherence, feasibility, and innovation. Identifies and analyses methods with excellent clarity, coherence, feasibility, and innovation. Links personal development to personal branding with exceptional clarity, coherence, feasibility, and innovation.

 

Presentation (10%

weighting)

Weak references but may contain inconsistencies, errors or omissions. Limited structure and expression.

Limited references with errors

or inconsistencies.  Limited structure and expression. 

Satisfactory with full and appropriate references.  Satisfactory structured layout and mainly accurate

expression. 

Good with precise, full and appropriate references.  Well-structured layout and professional and accurate expression.

Very Good with precise, full and appropriate references.  Very Good structured layout and professional and accurate

expression. 

Excellent with precise, full and appropriate references.  Excellent structured layout and professional and accurate

expression. 

 

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