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Assessment Point 2: Written Assignment / Self-reflective – Critical
Reflection on Case Study
ASSESSMENT BRIEF AND MARKING RUBRIC
Module title: Managing strategy, operations and partnerships (SG7001)
Assessment point: Assessment point 2 (Week 12)
Assessment task: Reflective Writing
Word count limit: 1500 words +/- 10% (excluding references and appendices)
Width: 25% of overall module grade
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Unicaf Extenuating Circumstances team ([email protected]).
*Once a component has been capped, extenuation does not uncap it.
Academic misconduct including plagiarism
Ensure that you are familiar with the relevant regulations regarding academic misconduct. By
submitting the assignment, you declare that it is your own work and that the material and
sources of information used, including internet sources, have been fully identified and
properly acknowledged. In addition, you confirm that the presented work has not been
submitted for any other assessment. You also acknowledge that the faculty reserves the right
to investigate allegations of plagiarism and other forms of academic misconduct which, if
proven and dependent on the severity level of the offence, may result in a penalty that could
affect your progress.
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By submitting your work, you acknowledge that you have read and agreed with the above
statements.
General Guidance
Your assignment should be MS Word processed (handwritten assignments are not accepted),
using Times New Roman size 12 font, double spaced, with numbered pages and your student
number printed as a footer on every page. Note this is a report supported by academic
research so you should adhere to the appropriate referencing guidance. The word limit stated
for this assignment excludes the list of references at the end of the assignment but includes all
text in the main body of the assignment (including direct quotations, in-text citations,
footnotes, tables, diagrams and graphs). Please be aware that exceeding the word limit will
affect the academic judgement of the piece of work and may result in the award of a lower
mark. Appendices are not considered a supplement and will not be assessed as part of the
content of the assignment. As such, they will not contribute to the grade awarded; however, it
may be appropriate to use an Appendices section for any material which is a useful reference
for the reader. Please note that appendices are not included in the word count. The majority of
references should come from primary sources (e.g. journal articles, conference papers,
reports, etc.) although you can also utilise area specific textbooks. You must ensure that you
use the Harvard style of referencing. Please indicate the word count length at the end of your
assignment.
Marking and assessment
This assignment will be marked out of 100% and contributes to 25% of the total module
mark.
The pass mark is 50%. Nevertheless, in order to pass this module, you must both achieve an
aggregate mark of 50% and also meet the assignment threshold marks. For the purposes of
passing a module each assignment has a threshold mark of 40%.
The marking rubric is attached, which offers guidance on the assessment criteria and
weighting.
Late Submission
There will be a stipulated deadline date for all assignments. All assignments will need to be
submitted by the set time on the stipulated deadline date. Assignments submitted up to 24
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hours late will be accepted, but the assignment mark will be subject to a deduction of 5 marks
from the mark awarded or a mark of 40% whichever is the greater.
Learning outcomes applied in this assessment
1. (critically) demonstrate understanding of the theory and practice of strategic
development and operations
5. (strategically) think and assess the impact of strategic change processes
7. explain how to influence the strategic direction of an organisation
9. judging complexity, diversity, and a multiplicity of perspectives accommodated in
management decisions
Assessment guidelines:
For completing this Task successfully, you must summarize all the academic
knowledge you receive from the module’s content and professional benefits you
received while critically analysed the case study/company selected including strategic
implications and strategic business issues, during the development of summative
assignment 1 during the 6th Week of this module.
The indicators of a good reflection are:
• It is personal to you
• It is clear how the learning relates to your role or prepares for a future role
• It outlines the content and method of the learning activity
• It describes how your knowledge, skills and attributes have developed
as a result of the learning activity.
• It identifies any further gaps or learning you did not cover and how you
might fill these.
• It describes how your current practice might change as a result
• It indicates how you will use knowledge acquired for your career benefit
You can approach your Self-Reflective writing as per the four stages below:
Task:
Provide a critical self-reflection of the process of completing assignment 1
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1. What did I expect to learn?
2. What did I learn?
3. What will I do differently after forwards?
4. My actions and next steps
A strong Assignment Critical Reflection Requires addressing to the following
issues:
High personal effectiveness:
• Critical self-awareness;
• Self-reflection and self-management;
• Time management;
• Sensitivity to diversity in people and different situations and
• The ability to continue to learn through reflection on practice and experience.
As this is a self- reflective practice within your writing you can use of the first
person such as ‘I’ or ‘we’.
Note the suggested structure for your essay:

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