Assessment Guide

Module Title: Global HRM, Leadership and Teams

Module Code: HR7017

Level 7

Term 1 Academic Year 2024/25

Assessment

Module Learning Outcomes

At the end of this module, students will be able to:

Knowledge

1. Critical discussion of international organizations and contemporary debates in leadership, culture, and teamwork in the field of global HRM (IC, COI)
2. Analysis of the international business environment within which HR professionals work, including a regard for political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental factors (IC, COI)
3. Critical analysis and evaluation of the levers used in Global HRM to meet the needs of different stakeholders in both parent and host countries (SEI, CI, COI)

1. Critical evaluation of the nature of effective leadership in both a UK and international context (IC, COI)
2. Understand HR’s function’s role in developing leaders and international teams (SEI)

Thinking skills

1. Effective analysis of data on products, services, and customers to provide insight into more effective people solutions (IC)
2. Applying systemic thinking in the development and integration of people practices relating to global leadership and team development (IC, CI)

Subject-based practical skills

1. Challenge decisions and actions, which are not ethical in leading and developing international teams, and which put an organization at risk (CI)
2. Building collaborative and inclusive relationships through a regard for differing cultural dimensions (CI).

Skills for life and work (general skills)

1. Developing interpersonal relationships at work more effectively (SEI)
2. Learning through developing contacts with internal and external peers, sharing knowledge and skills to inform future practice (CC, SEI)
3. Reflecting on experience of leadership, culture, and teamwork, seeking feedback, and applying learning to new experiences (IC)
4. Reflecting on use of metrics relating to leadership, culture and teamwork as means of adding value (DP)
5. Reflecting on importance of challenging constructively and confidently in leadership decision-making - through the management of conflict, conflict handling strategies, generic influencing strategies, strategic alliances, and assertiveness (IC)
6. Set out a professional development plan based on reflection on practice and feedback from peers, line managers and academic staff (CI)

Resubmission Information

When a student is required to resubmit any of the assessments, the student will have submitted at the first opportunity but failed:

The students should use the provided feedback for the first submission and complete the task again by improving their first submission.

The due date and time for the resubmission will be communicated to you in due course. Please note that a resubmission will be capped at 50.

Assessment Criteria

Grading Criteria

Feedback and Return of Work

You will receive detailed feedback on your submitted work via Turnitin and Grade mark. You will also have tutorial time to discuss your assessed work with the Module Leader. During lectures, we will also discuss generic feedback in relation to all the submissions highlighting areas of good practice and development. Feedback on your assessment will be provided no later than 20 working days after the submission date.

Pass Mark

The pass mark for a module at Undergraduate level is 50%. In order to pass HR 7017, you must score a minimum of 50% in the assessment.

If you do not achieve 50%, you will have the opportunity to re-sit. The submission date for resits will be confirmed and communicated to you later in the academic year.

In order to pass a module on reassessment, you need to achieve a mark of 50%.If the module is passed, the module mark is capped at 50% for the purposes of calculating the degree Award classification (see the relevant Programme Handbook). However, the actual mark achieved is recorded on the student transcript.

If you fail the module on reassessment, you are entitled to repeat the module once. However, you must attend lectures and seminars again, and you will have to pay fees.The module mark will be capped for the purposes of calculating the degree Award classification.

Summative and Formative Assessment

‘Summative assessment’ determines whether you have formally met the requirements for passing the module. That is, you have shown you have met the module’s learning outcomes. In addition, seminar presentations and other exercises may provide an opportunity for ‘formative assessment’: that is, an indication to help students gauge their progress. This will give you an opportunity to get early feedback on your work at UEL. Please note that ‘Formative assessment’ is not used to decide whether you have passed or failed the module.

Extenuating Circumstances

There are no extensions to deadlines: If you are having problems with meeting a deadline and have been seriously affected by one of the problems outlined below, you might be able to claim ‘extenuation’. Extenuating circumstances are those which:

v Impair the performance of a student in assessment or reassessment.

v Prevent a student from attending for assessment or reassessment.

v Prevent a student from submitting assessed or reassessed work by the scheduled date.

Such Circumstances Would Normally Be:

v Unforeseeable – the student could have no prior knowledge of the event concerned.

v Unpreventable – the student could do nothing reasonably in their power to prevent the event.

v Expected to have as serious impact.

Students are expected to make reasonable plans to consider common circumstances, even those which, on occasion, may have been unforeseeable and unpreventable. 

Examples of circumstances which might normally constitute grounds for extenuation are:

v Serious personal illnesses which are not permanent medical conditions (these are governed by other procedures).

v The death of a close relative immediately prior to the date of assessment.

Examples of circumstances which would NOT normally constitute grounds for extenuation are:

v Minor illnesses - even if covered by medical certification.

v Computer failure of non-University equipment or storage media.

v Computer failure of university equipment or storage media (if for less than 24 hours).

v Transport problems.

v Moving to a new house or holidays.

v Inadequate planning, organisation, or time management

v Misreading of assessment timetables.

v Family, work, social, financial, or other general problems. Extenuation procedures can be consulted online at http://www.uel.ac.uk/qa/manual/index.htm.

Academic staff are NOT allowed to assist students on matters related to extenuation, and students should ask for advice from Student Support services.

Appeals

The University’s procedures allow an appeal if a student feels that an Assessment Board has either failed to accord with the regulations pertaining to the course or had been unable to take proper account of mitigating circumstances.

Guidance on Referencing

As a student, you will be taught how to correctly reference essays using UEL`s standard Harvard referencing system from Cite Them Right. Cite them Right is the standard Harvard referencing style at UEL for all Schools apart from the School of Psychology which uses the APA system. This book will teach you all you need to know about Harvard referencing, plagiarism, and collusion. The electronic version of “Cite Them Right: the essential referencing guide” 9th edition, can be accessed whilst on or off campus, via UEL Direct. The book can only be read online and no part of it can be printed nor downloaded.

Further information is available at

https://uelac.sharepoint.com/LibraryandLearningServices/Pages/default.aspx

Details of Submission Procedures – Coursework Submission Requirements

1) Your assignment will be anonymously marked so you must not identify yourself other than by using your student number (U number) anywhere on, or within, the assignment.

2) Your assignment must be submitted as an electronic copy via Turnitin only, no hard copy to be submitted.

3) The front cover of your assignment should include: -

v Your student Number.

v Module Code

v Name of the Module Leader

v Date of Submission

v Word Count

v Title of the Assignment.

No Other Information Should be Included on the Cover.

4) Coursework must be submitted using point 12 font, and double-line spacing.

5) There should be no header or footer that identifies you on any page of your assignment – either by name or number.

6) Harvard referencing rules apply.

7) There should be a single alphabetic bibliography, in Harvard style, placed at the end of the assignment.

8) There should be one single bibliography for all the published sources that appear in your essay. There is no need to divide your bibliography into books and journal articles.

9) Faculty penalties for Bad Academic Practice and plagiarism apply.

Notice is hereby given that submission for this Module must be submitted to Turnitin. If you fail to submit to Turnitin, in accordance with the guidance provided on the Virtual Learning Environment (Moodle), a mark of 0 will be awarded for the module.

Submitting Assessments Using Turnitin:

• Notice is hereby given that all submissions for assessment in this module must be submitted to Turnitin. If you fail to submit this component to Turnitin, in accordance with the guidance provided on the Virtual Learning Environment (Moodle), a mark of 0 will be awarded for the component.

Turnitin is required for coursework assessments, such as report/research papers or projects in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and in PDF format. There are two main reasons we want you to use Turnitin: