MSc Management Personal Effectiveness Coursework Assessment Help

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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.

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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)

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.