Please use this document as the cover sheet of for the 1st page of your assessment. Please complete the below table – the grey columns
Module Name | Personal Effectiveness |
Programme Name | |
Student Reference Number (SRN) | |
Assessment Title | |
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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.
You can find further information on Harvard Referencing in the online library on the VLE. You can use the following link to access this information:
• 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)
TASK 2
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)
TASK 3
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)
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)
3. Marking Guide
Numerical Grade | 30-39% | 40-49% | 50-59% | 60-69% | 70-79% | 80-100% |
Final Grade | Fail | Low Fail | Pass | Merit | Distinction | High Distinction |
LOs | | | | | | |
LO1 (Critically evaluate how people learn for professional development.) | Inadequate or weak idenfication and discussion of own weaknesses/poor habits. No clarity in the link to personal development and chosen career. Does not include questionnaire results Provides a weak explanation of personal strengths and weaknesses without examples. | Limited identification and discussion of own weaknesses/poor habits. Limited clarity in the link to personal development and chosen career. Questionnaire results are missing or incomplete. Provides limited explanation without examples. | Satisfactory identification and discussion of own weaknesses/po or habits with some examples included. Link to personal development and chosen career is evident. Results of questionnaire included but lacks depth in analysis. | Good identification and discussion of own weaknesses/poor habits with clear personal examples included illustrating their list of habits. Results of questionnaire included and clearly referred to throughout the task with satisfactory depth in analysis. Clear links to personal development and chosen career. | Excellent identification and discussion of own weaknesses/poor habits with explicit personal examples included. Results of questionnaire included and explicitly referred to throughout the task with good level depth in analysis. Explicit links to personal development and chosen career. | Outstanding identification and discussion of own weaknesses/poor habits with explicit personal examples used to illustrate identified skills/habits. Results of questionnaire included and explicitly referred to throughout the task with exceptional depth in analysis. Explicit links to personal development and chosen career with a clear understanding of the links between personal development and career growth. |
LO2 (Appraise the key skills and behaviours required to be effective in a professional context.) | Weak reflection and limited clarity in appraising key skills and behaviours required in a professional context. Doesn’t apply any reflection | Limited reflection with some clarity in identifying personal skill set. Applies Schon or Gibbs reflective model effectively to some extent. Identifies both | Satisfactory reflection with explicit identification of personal skill set. Applies a reflective model effectively. Identifies both | Good reflection with clear identification of personal skill set and personalisation. Applies the reflective model effectively. Identifies both strengths and weaknesses with depth and clarity in analysis | Excellent reflection with a deep and balanced understanding of personal skill set showcased through personalisation and examples. Applies the reflective model | Outstanding reflection with an exceptional and comprehensive understanding of personal skill set with clear personalisation and examples. Applies the reflective model with excellent depth and |
| | or applies a model but lacks depth. | strengths and weaknesses but lacks depth in analysis. | strengths and weaknesses with a satisfactory level of depth and analyses with reference to a chosen career. | with explicit reference to a chosen career. | exceptionally well. Identifies both strengths and weaknesses comprehensively. Analyses skill set with explicit reference to a chosen career which includes exceptional depth and precision. | coherence. Identifies both strengths and weaknesses with exceptional clarity and coherence. Analyses skill set with explicit reference to a chosen career, including exceptional depth and precision. |
LO3 (Demonstrate understanding of a range of methods of supporting personal effectiveness in a professional environment.) | Inadequate or 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 two 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 two 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. | Excellent 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 Excellent depth and precision. Explicitly links and explains personal development to personal branding. | Outstanding 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 Outstanding clarity, coherence, feasibility, and innovation. Links personal development to personal branding with exceptional clarity, coherence, feasibility, and innovation. |
Academic skills | Inadequate or weak academic/intellect ual skills with few difficulties. Largely original work with some evidence of reflection and critique. Structure and accuracy in expression beginning to emerge. | Limited academic/intellec tual skills. Original work with personal reflection and broad evidence based critique. Solid structure and accuracy in expression. Practical/professi onal skills evident. | Satisfactory academic/intell ectual skills. Wholly original work with good reflection and solid, well reasoned judgements forming from evidence-based critique. Consistent structure and accuracy in expression. Practical/profes sional skills established. | Good academic/intellectual skills. Demonstrates intellectual originality and imagination | Excellent academic/intellectua l skills. Demonstrates intellectual originality, integrity, coherence and imagination. | Outstanding academic/intellectual skills. Demonstrates intellectual originality, integrity, coherence, creativity and imagination working consistently in the higher cognitive domains to a professional standard. |
Referencing | Inadequate or weak references and notes with minor or insignificant errors or omissions. | Limited and full and appropriate references and notes with minor or insignificant errors | Satisfactory with precise, full and appropriate references and notes. | Good with precise, full and appropriate references and notes at a high standard. | Excellent with precise, full and appropriate references and notes at near-publishing standard. | Outstanding with precise, full and appropriate references and notes at publishing standard. |
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