Assessment Brief – Newcastle Business School

Module Code: HR9737

Module Title: Leadership and Management

Distributed on: Week 1

Submission
TBC
Time and Date:

Word Limit: 3500 words (+/- 10%)

Weighting This assessment accounts for 100% of the total mark for this module
Assessments must be submitted electronically via Turnitin by the given
deadline. You will find a Turnitin link on the module’s eLP site under
‘Assessment and Submission’.
Submission of
Assessment
It is your responsibility to ensure that your assignment arrives before the
submission deadline stated above. See the University policy on late
submission of work (the relevant extract is set out below).

General Information
Further information about general assessment criteria, ARNA regulations, referencing and
plagiarism can be found on the e-Learning Portal (Blackboard) site for the module. Students are
advised to read and follow this information.

Module Learning Outcomes (MLOs)

1. Demonstrate the ability to work in culturally diverse groups and teams and make
appropriate and personal contributions to team effectiveness

2. Have critically evaluated personal strengths and weaknesses and have demonstrated the
ability to engage in reflective self-development

3. Have critically reviewed the development of inter-personal and intra-personal skills in

relation to what employers seek in postgraduate students

Instructions on Assessment
The module will be assessed by one summative assessment of 3500 words which comprises the
following three components:

Part A – academic essay (1500 words) 40% of overall mark

Self-awareness is the key to career success. Using a range of relevant literature (both academic
and professional sources), choose 2-3 of the core topics we have studied on this module and
explore and critically evaluate why it is important for you to develop in these areas for your own
successful career development.
You must include the following in your essay:
 A definition of self-awareness and an explanation of why it is important to the development
of your leadership and/or management capability.
 Identify 2-3 of the core module topics from the following: giving and receiving feedback,
values, learning to work in a team, emotional intelligence, cultural intelligence, personality,
motivating self and others, leadership and management, and explain their importance to the
development of self-awareness.
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 Provide an overview of the context of your target job/profession/industry/sector with a

focus on why you need to develop in the topics you have selected in order to succeed in
this chosen sphere of work.
 A conclusion of your own attitudes towards self-awareness and how they might help or
hinder your career development and success.

Part B – Establishing the Possessional and the Positional: A self-analysis (1500 words)
40% of overall mark

Drawing on the results of toolkits and/or psychometric texts you have completed during the course
of this module, including those related to your topics of exploration in Part A , conduct a self-
analysis identifying your strengths and weaknesses across the range of interpersonal and
intrapersonal skills relevant to your target profession/industry/sector

Firstly you must:

 Use the template provided – please download this from the Assessment Folder on the BB
site – provide a summary of your strengths and weaknesses
 This summary must be supported with evidence from the toolkits and other psychometric
test results provided to you, or that you have identified from previous work or assessment
centre experience, or researched online.
NB. The contents of this table are not included in the word count for your submission
Your template answers the question – what skills, attributes and characteristics do I possess?
Secondly, you must:
 Include a reflective statement in which you critically evaluate your strengths and
weaknesses and reflect on any patterns of behaviour that relate to the topics you have
discussed in Part A.
 Consider what are the implications of your current skills, attributes and characteristics in
relation to your target job/profession/industry/sector, ie. how ‘ready’ are you to enter into
the career of your choice?
NB. You should draw on appropriate academic literature to underpin your reflections and this
statement is included in the overall word count for your submission
This reflective statement establishes your ‘position’

Part C – What Next: Establishing Areas for Development (500 words) 10% of overall mark

This final part establishes the ‘processual’ – the ‘what next’ element to your career development

 Based on your self-analysis in Part B outline three areas for development - aligned to the
topics under discussion in Parts A and B - which will enable you to bridge the gap between
where you are now and where you need to be in the future to ensure career success in
your target profession/industry/sector.

 Provide an action plan in table format to demonstrate how you will achieve these areas for
development

NB. The contents of this action plan are not included in the word count for your submission

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Professional presentation of your essay: 10% of overall mark

 You must present all component parts in one document.

 You must use the template provided on the Blackboard site to set out your strengths and
weaknesses in Part B.

 You must present your work to the academic standard commensurate with Level 7 and
that you use APA referencing throughout.

 You are not required to submit your tool kit findings as an appendix. If you include an
appendix you will be penalised, and lose marks in this section.

Academic Misconduct
The Assessment Regulations for Taught Awards (ARTA) contain the Regulations and
procedures applying to cheating, plagiarism and other forms of academic misconduct.

The full policy is available at: http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/sd/central/ar/qualitysupport/asspolicies/

You are reminded that plagiarism, collusion and other forms of academic misconduct as referred to
in the Academic Misconduct procedure of the assessment regulations are taken very seriously by
Newcastle Business School.  Assignments in which evidence of plagiarism or other forms of
academic misconduct is found may receive a mark of zero.

Mapping to Programme Goals and Objectives:

At the end of your programme of study you will have achieved the following goals:

Goal 1: To develop the skills necessary for employment and career progression
Goal 2: Be culturally and ethically aware
Goal 3: Have developed leadership and management capability
Goal 4: Have developed and applied knowledge of international business and management theory
Goal 5: Have developed a range of research skills and project capabilities

All of the learning that takes place within modules is designed to enable you to achieve the above
goals and your assessment tasks are mapped directly to these goals. In this module you will be
assessed on objectives relating to Goal 1 :

1.1 Demonstrate awareness of your personal strengths and weaknesses and the ability to engage
in continuing self-development

1.2 Critically review and develop your inter-personal and intra-personal skills

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Criteria Scales
0-39% 40-49% 50-59% 60-69% 70-79% Exceeds 80-89% Exceeds 90-100%
Standard Not Standard Not Met Meets Standard 1 Meets Standard 2 Standard 1 Standard 2 Exceeds Standard
Met 1 2 3
Part A (40%) Completely Evidence of Adequate evidence Good evidence of Very good Excellent evidence Outstanding
Insufficient: Essay knowledge and of knowledge and knowledge and evidence of of knowledge and evidence of
Critical evaluation not submitted OR understanding of understanding of understanding of knowledge and understanding of knowledge and
of self-awareness work giving how chosen topics how chosen topics how chosen topics understanding of how chosen topics understanding of
and 2-3 module evidence of are related to self- are related to self are related to self- how chosen topics are related to self chosen topics and
topics in relation serious academic awareness is awareness. An awareness. are related to self- awareness. their role in
to your career misconduct insufficient. Very introduction and References are used awareness. Topic Relevant links developing your
development (subject to limited evidence of conclusion are to good effect for links to your target have been made to self awareness. A
regulations in research (e.g., you provided, and identification of profession/industry your target wide range of
ARNA Appendix provide few relevant links of relevant links to are supported with profession/industry sources have been
1) OR work references). Links topics to target target relevant academic and your critical utilised critically
showing no of topics to target profession/industry profession/industry and professional appreciation of and creatively to
evidence of the profession/industry/ and career success and career success. sources, and there academic and discuss links
knowledge, sector is unclear. have been Good discussion of is a very good professional between these
understanding and There is little identified. There is your own attitudes attempt to sources and how topics and their
skills appropriate discussion of your adequate discussion towards self- critically evaluate they support your importance in your
to level 7. own attitudes of your own analysis and how this literature. argument is target
towards self- attitudes towards these attitudes will Insightful excellent. profession/industry.
analysis. Large self-analysis. help or hinder you discussion is Excellent in-depth Conclusion
sections are However, large in your career provided on your discussion of your highlights several
irrelevant to the sections of your development. own attitudes and own attitudes and implications of
essay topic. Essay essay are how they will how they will help your attitudes
structure requires descriptive, and impact on your or hinder your towards self-
significant additional career career awareness and their
improvement. supporting sources development development impact on your
are required in career success. An
parts. exemplary piece of
academic work
providing in-depth
discussion and
understanding.

Part B (40%)

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Completely Reflective Adequate reflective Good reflective Very good Excellent Outstanding
Goal 1 Objective 2 Insufficient: You statement is statement, statement. There is reflective reflective reflective
Critically review do not use the insufficient. It is demonstrating a good attempt to statement. You statement. You statement. You
and develop your template provided. lacking in detail on adequate discussion discuss patterns of have demonstrated have demonstrated have demonstrated
inter-personal and Reflective patterns of of patterns of behaviour and/or a very good an excellent an outstanding and
intra-personal statement not behaviour and/or behaviour and/or the implications of understanding of understanding of in-depth
skills (in relation to submitted OR the implications of the implications of your self-analysis the implications of how your patterns understanding of
what employers in work giving your self-analysis your self-analysis with regard to your patterns of of behaviour and how your patterns
your chosen evidence of with regard to your with regard to your career choice. behaviour and self- identified strengths of behaviour and
industry/profession serious academic career readiness for career of choice. There is good analysis with and weaknesses the results of your
seek in misconduct your However some evidence of regard to your will have self-analysis have
postgraduate (subject to industry/profession parts tend to be reflection on all career of choice implications for implications for
students) regulations in of choice . Large descriptive rather these elements. and made links to you in terms of you in terms of
ARNA Appendix parts of reflective than reflective with Overall, you have the topics your career of your career of
1) OR work statement are insufficient linkage demonstrated a discussed in Part choice . You have choice and
showing no unclear/irrelevant between the self- good understanding A. There is little drawn on the discussed at length
evidence of the analysis and the of the extent of description but discussions from the particular topics
knowledge, topics discussed in your career very good use of Part A to evaluated in Part A.
understanding and Part A. As a result readiness for your evidence and strengthen your This discussion
skills appropriate implications for choice of understanding of argument. This is demonstrates
to level 7. your career success industry/sector etc key issues you incisive discussion outstanding levels
industry/sector face with excellent use of critical
could be stronger of evidence and in- evaluation and use
depth of evidence to
understanding of demonstrate
key issues. understanding of
the key issues you
face to prepare for
your career.

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Part C (10%) Completely Insufficient Identification of Good awareness of A very good Excellent Outstanding
insufficient awareness of appropriate personal strengths awareness of awareness of awareness of
Goal 1 Objective 1 awareness of strengths and strengths and and weaknesses personal personal strengths personal strengths
Demonstrate personal strengths weaknesses weaknesses which which lead to strengths and and weaknesses and weaknesses
awareness of their and weaknesses demonstrated by lead to an adequate detailed areas for weaknesses from which demonstrated by
personal strengths demonstrated by inconsistent areas discussion on personal demonstrated by evidence-based detailed and
and weaknesses inappropriate areas for development relevant areas for development, and a very strong and areas for personal evidence based
and the ability to for development identified. The development. The detailed action plan appropriate areas development are areas identified for
engage in identified. There is action plan is action plan is identified for identified. The personal
continuing self- no action plan superficial adequate personal objectives in the development. An
development development. A action plan are outstandingly
very good and SMART. detailed action plan
detailed action with SMART
plan objectives

Professional Presentation and Presentation and Presentation and Good presentation Very good Excellent An outstandingly
presentation (10%) formatting formatting formatting are throughout presentation professional crafted piece of
throughout are throughout are adequate Spelling and throughout presentation work which is
completely insufficiently Few spelling and grammar of a good Spelling and throughout. professionally
insufficient professional grammatical errors standard grammar of a Excellent spelling presented
Numerous spelling Many spelling and Most references are Very good high standard and grammar. throughout.
and grammatical grammatical errors presented referencing Very good APA referencing APA referencing
errors Referencing appropriately in the throughout the main referencing used throughout used throughout the
Failure to cite throughout and in main text text throughout the the main text and main text and for
references correctly the reference list is List of references is Accurate list of assignment list of references the list of references
in the main text. No insufficiently accurate references
reference list correct.

Overall Mark [0-39] [40-49] [50-59] [60-69] [70-79] [80-89] [90-100]

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