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Module Code & Title: BUS9716M (Global Project Teams) and MGT9645 (Teams and Leadership)
Contribution to Final Module Mark: 100%
Description of Assessment Task and Purpose:
The assessment on this module is an individual reflective portfolio, equivalent to 3,500 words (+/- 10%).
You are expected to provide a set of written reflections which summarise the insights and experiences you have gained from the learning activities on the module, supported by relevant evidence. The portfolio should also include an action plan for future development. The purpose of this assessment is to assess your ability to apply your theoretical knowledge to practical situations. You are expected to link your work with the theories covered during the module and investigated in your own supplemental research, evaluating this in light of your own experiences.
During the module, opportunities will be provided for diagnostic assessment and for you to gain formative feedback on your performance and how it can be improved.
Please follow the following instructions carefully, including how to format and structure your portfolio. No introduction or conclusion are required.
The reflective portfolio should be clearly divided into three sections:
PART A. (500 words)
Intended Career and Skills Gap Analysis
· Outline your intended future role/career and the skills and abilities which are needed to be successful. Where possible, find a job advert or person specification for a similar role on which to base your discussion.
· Reflect on your teamwork and leadership positions and experiences to date in order to conduct a skills gap analysis. Your discussion is likely to focus on university group work and employment experiences, but you can include voluntary work or even personal experiences such as membership of sport teams if you wish.
o What did you learn from these past experiences about your own skills, abilities, strengths and weaknesses? Provide supporting examples.
· The purpose of Part A is to identify skills you would like to develop in this module that will be useful for your intended career, so this should be completed within the first two weeks of starting the module.
PART B. (500 words)
Reflect on your experience of working as part of a team to deliver a project. Assess your ability to estimate project parameters (including the required resources and constraints) to achieve project objectives, and to consider teamwork and leadership theories within the context of a real-life project.
You should draw on practical examples and support your analysis with relevant concepts and theories of teamwork and leadership.
You should answer the questions below:
What aspect of project management did you find most challenging on this project? How did you manage this? (250 words)
What teamwork or leadership concept or theory have you found the most useful for your team project on this module and why? (250 words)
PART C. (2000 words)
Teamwork and Leadership Development
· Choose 3-4 areas covered during this module where you feel that you have most developed your knowledge and skills (e.g. communication, decision making, leadership) and provide evidence of your development in each area.
· You should draw on practical examples and support your analysis with relevant concepts and theories of teamwork and leadership.
· You should clearly identify the implications of your learning for your future practice.
PART D. (500 words)
Teamwork and Leadership Action Plan for Future
· Formulate a clear action plan for future teamwork and leadership skills development. Your action plan should clearly outline the specific steps you will take to achieve your goals, how you will measure your success, the resources and support you will need, and your target date for their achievement. Your action plan should be presented as a table within the body of this section.
· You should then provide an accompanying written explanation and justification for your action plan which refers back to your reflections in Parts A B and C of your portfolio i.e. your action plan should help you to achieve your intended career/role and your future goals should be primarily related to the areas of teamwork and leadership discussed in Part C.
REFERENCE LIST (excluded from word count)
· Your reference list should demonstrate engagement with the course content and provide evidence of supplementary reading.
· Your reference list should be presented according to the Harvard system of referencing.
APPENDIX (excluded from word count)
· This section should include all the evidence you have referenced in your portfolio to support your reflections (e.g. self-assessment questionnaires, feedback forms, reflective journal entries, workshop handouts and notes, meeting minutes, ethical approval form, survey questionnaire, peer feedback).
· You should label the different pieces of evidence in your appendix, allowing you to refer to them in the main body of your portfolio as Appendix A, B, C and so on.
· They should be listed in the contents page by their letter and given a descriptive title. For instance: “Appendix A: Copy of survey questionnaire”.
· Hyperlinks may be provided to oversized or digital items but must be clearly labelled.
Learning Outcomes Assessed:
LO1 Critically evaluate, select and apply practical methods to enhance personal and team communication, motivation and performance.
LO2 Appraise relevant theories and models in real-life situations faced by project managers.
LO3 Develop leadership and teamwork skills through reflection.
Knowledge & Skills Assessed:
Subject Specific Knowledge, Skills and Understanding: e.g. Literature searching, referencing, project planning, techniques and subject-specific knowledge and skills.
Professional Graduate Skills: e.g. independence and personal responsibility, adaptability, verbal communication, written communication, creativity, critical thinking, IT skills, self-reflection and life-long learning, problem solving, group or team skills, effective time management, working under pressure to meet deadlines, negotiation skills, leadership.
Emotional Intelligence: e.g. self-awareness, self-management, awareness of others, managing and supporting others, motivation, resilience, self-confidence.
Career-focused Skills: An understanding of the range of graduate careers, skills and attributes required by employers, a range of strategies to present skills and attributes to employers.
Assessment Submission Instructions:
You are required to submit your assessment before 12 noon on 19th of May 2023 using the online assessment submission facility on the Module Blackboard site. Pay careful attention to instructions provided at the time of submission.
Late submission, where an extension has not already been granted, will attract penalties at the level stipulated in the University Regulations (i.e. a reduction of 10 percentage points for each whole or partial working day late).
Date for Return of Feedback:
The expected date to return grades and feedback is 12 June 2023.
Format for Assessment:
The portfolio will need to be submitted as one document using Microsoft Word. As a student of the University of Lincoln, you will have access to Microsoft 365.
The portfolio is limited to 3,500 words. The word count includes everything in the main body of the text (including headings, tables, citations, quotes etc). It does not include your appendix or reference list.
The word count should be clearly stated on the first page of the assignment.
Please follow these formatting guidelines:
– Font / Size: Arial / 12
– Spacing / Sides: 1.5 / Single Sided
– Page numbers required? Yes
– Margins: At least 2.54 to left and right and text ‘justified’
– Referencing: Full compliance with Harvard protocols
Note usual practice is to allow +/-10%. If you submit an assignment which exceeds the prescribed word limit, marking will cease at the point at which the limit has been exceeded and the mark will be awarded on the basis of the extent to which the criteria for assessment have been met up to that point.
Marking Criteria for Assessment:
Please refer to the Module Handbook for the Assessment Criteria.
Please note that all work is assessed according to the University of Lincoln Management of Assessment Policy and that marks awarded are provisional on Examination Board decisions (which take place at the end of the Academic Year).
Feedback Format:
Grades and written feedback will be available electronically on Blackboard. If you have any specific questions relating to the feedback comments, please email your Tutor to discuss.
Additional Information for Completion of Assessment:
Your reflections will be personal to you, can include your feelings and reactions, and so you should use first person pronouns (e.g. ‘I’ and ‘we’). That said, this is still an academic piece of work so ensure that you adopt a professional writing style.
Ensure all sources referenced in your assessment are correctly listed according to the Harvard System of referencing.
Include only sources that you have cited in the work. If you consult any sources which you have not cited, they should be listed in a Bibliography.
It is very important to use appropriate academic books/e-books and journals/e-journals as the basis for your research.
Whilst you may use the internet, take great care to ensure that the sites are valid and appropriate for academic purposes – sites such as Wikipedia, Businessballs.com, MindTools.com etc. are inappropriate for academic research.
Assessment Support Information:
Learning Resources which will support this assessment include:
3 Goals and Action Planning
5 Academic Writing 1: Genres
6 Academic Writing 2: Style
8 Critical Analysis 1
9 Developing a Line of Argument
10 Group Work
11 Paraphrasing and Summarising Sources
16 Academic Writing 3: Hedging
17 Critical Analysis 2
18 Critical Reflection
29 Harvard Referencing
Important Information on Dishonesty & Plagiarism:
University of Lincoln Regulations define plagiarism as ‘the passing off of another person’s thoughts, ideas, writings or images as one’s own…Examples of plagiarism include the unacknowledged use of another person’s material whether in original or summary form. Plagiarism also includes the copying of another student’s work’.
Plagiarism is a serious offence and is treated by the University as a form of academic dishonesty. Students are directed to the University Regulations for details of the procedures and penalties involved.
For further information, see plagiarism.org