Personal and Managerial Effectiveness (PME) LSC5003

MODULE TITLE: - Personal and Managerial Effectiveness (PME) LSC5003 PROGRAMME: BA SEMESTER: Semester three and four ACADEMIC YEAR PERIOD: Oct 2015-Jan 2016 LECTURER SETTING ASSESSMENT: - David Mwaura DATE ASSESSMENT SET AND LOADED ON TO STUDENT PORTAL: - DATE ASSESSMENT TO BE COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED: - 18th Dec. 2015 SUBMISSION METHOD/MODE:- Online via Turnitin (Student portal) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Assessment Type: Individual Presentation Paper (PPT slides with notes) and an Academic Report ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Indicative Assessment Requirements for the Module;- You have been hired as a consultant to advise a business organisation of your choice on the benefits or otherwise of effective management of workforce diversity. The senior management has asked you to prepare a report and PPT slides for presentation to the Executive Board. You are required to prepare a Written Presentation Paper which should include; 1. An Academic Report 2. A maximum of 10 Power Point Slides with notes for presentation purposes. a) Task 1-Academic Report-1500 words Your report should examine critically, the business case for effective management of workforce diversity. Include the following sub-titles in your academic report; 1. A title page 2. An introduction 3. Discussion and analysis 4. Conclusion 5. Recommendations 6. References 7. Bibliography b) Task 2- Presentation-300 words Prepare a maximum of 10 Power Point Slides with notes for presentation purposes. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Maximum Word Limit and Assessment weighting: • Word Limit- Academic Report – 1500 words. • Word Limit- PPT Slides with notes- 300 words. • Weightage – 50% of the module. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Description of Assessment Requirements • All assignments must be word processed – handwritten assignments will attract an automatic FAIL grade. • The assignment should be in a report format. • Assignments will be graded on the basis of research done, analysis of the facts collated, stand taken and the justification of the stand. • All research must be referenced using the Harvard Style of Referencing and a Reference and Bibliography list attached. Improper or lack of either of these constitutes plagiarism and students will be awarded a Zero. • Students found copying from other students will also be charged with collusion and awarded a Zero. • Prepare 10 Power Point Slides (with notes page) in addition to the Academic Report for your Presentation Paper. Assessment Criteria Introduction-coverage of background of the topic. (10 marks maximum) ? Weak coverage with little or no justification: 1-3 ? Satisfactory coverage with some justification: 4-7 ? Good coverage with good justification: 8-10 Review of the related literature-Collection of data from a range of sources (15 marks maximum) ? Little or no evidence of data: 1-5 ? Satisfactory range of sources: 6-10 ? Excellent range of sources: 11-15 Analysis and evaluation (25 marks maximum) ? Weak analysis with little or no evaluation: 1-9 ? Satisfactory analysis with some evaluation: 10-16 ? Good analysis with good evaluation: 17-25 Conclusions and Recommendations to management (20 marks) ? Poor recommendations with little or no justification: 1-7 ? Satisfactory recommendations with some justification: 8-13 ? Good recommendations with good justification: 14-20 PPT Presentation and structure (30 marks maximum) ? Poor PPT presentation, poorly structured argument: 1-10 ? Satisfactory PPT presentation, logically structured argument: 11-20 ? Good PPT presentation, logically structured argument: 21-30 TOTAL MARK: 100 % ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Module Learning Outcomes to be Assessed:- • better understand the “business case” for managing diversity – why managers should care about and devote resources to cultivating and managing diversity in their organisations • enhance skills for identifying and analysing diversity-related dilemmas in the workplace