Assignment 2

Submission Deadline Marks and Feedback

Before 10am on: 20 working days after deadline (L4, 5 and 7)
15 working days after deadline (L6)
Week 6 Friday 4 Nov 2022 10 working days after deadline (block delivery)
22 November 2022

Unit title & code
Assignment number and title
Assignment type
Weighting of assignment
Size or length of assessment
Unit learning outcomes
BSS064-6 Leading and Managing Organisational Resources
Assignment 2 ePortfolio
CW-ePO
60%
3600 words equivalence
On completion of this unit you should be able to:
1 Demonstrate the following knowledge and understanding
 Demonstrate a systematic understanding and critical appreciation of the integration
between leadership, operations management in the context of contemporary work
organisations and how the funding and operations of these functions can impact on the
reported financial performance.
2 Demonstrate the following skills and abilities
 Critically evaluate and synthesise theories and models in practice to improve performance
through effective leadership, operations management and financial analysis to inform
decision making

What am I required to do in this assignment?

You are required to compile an ePortfolio over the 6-week block, which is an online representation of your academic and professional
accomplishments and achievements. It is a great way to keep all of your learning and assessment in one place to highlight your abilities and
capabilities as a professional and to demonstrate your achievement of the learning outcomes for the unit. Assessment 2 is a summative
assessment and will comprise a business report.

Assessment Task: Please review the case study “Case Study for Business Report: WeWork” and prepare a business report of 3600
words of the case study analysis based on the topic below:

“Effectively and efficiently develop sustainable leadership initiatives to improve the resource management, enhance productivity and
performance with a focus on finance performance and people.”

What do I need to do to pass? (Threshold Expectations from UIF)

In order to pass the assessment you will need to:

 Demonstrate adequate knowledge and understanding of the challenges and opportunities in integrating leadership, operations
 and financial management and the contribution of information systems to decision making as appropriate.
 Apply theories, models and frameworks to adequately analyse in-depth their relevance to support decision making and improve
performance.
 Adequately evaluate complex cases through the application of relevant theories and models of leadership, operations and
financial management to synthesise resource capability, add value and optimise organisational performance
 Demonstrate adequate knowledge, skills, abilities, and approaches to orchestrate the effective utilisation of organisational
resources, systems and processes.

How do I produce high quality work that merits a good grade?

We will be filling this section in together in class on Click or tap to enter a date. make sure you have downloaded/printed out the
Assignment Brief and bring it to the session with you.
Here are some of the requirements we will be discussing in the assignment workshops:
 You need to complete the guided learning to develop your understanding of influential contributors
 You need to extend this through independent research using quality academic and practitioner sources
 You will apply theory in practice for critical, in-depth analysis in the context of the allocated live project and case study
 Consider what are the main conclusions derived from in-depth analysis?
 Make feasible recommendations that are directly actionable
 You must use in-text citations throughout to acknowledge others’ ideas in support of your critical analysis
 You must use the Harvard style of referencing.
 A random sample of students will be called to attend a viva voce to check the authenticity of their work

How does this assignment relate to what we are doing in scheduled sessions?
A flipped classroom approach is used to allow practical application in scheduled workshops. It is essential that you complete the guided
learning detailed in the unit study guide in advance of the scheduled classes.
In scheduled sessions you will participate in discussions of the ‘hot topic(s)’ specified in the context of a live consultancy project(s) or in the
context of contemporary case studies. Group discussions guided by the teaching team will support your understanding of the integration of
theory and practice in relation to leadership, operations and information systems including a consideration of how these might impact
financial statements. In this way you will develop an understanding and critical appreciation of how the integration of theory and practice in
context supports problem solving and decision making to improve performance in real life organizations. In this way you will d emonstrate
the knowledge, skills, abilities and approaches to orchestrate the effective utilization of organizational resources, systems and processes.

Assessment Details:
Assignment 2
You will continue to build your e-Portfolio throughout the unit with one summative assessment in week 6 comprising one
contribution of 3600 words. You will need to complete a business report on a topic of contemporary relevance
“Effectively and efficiently develop sustainable leadership initiatives to improve the resource management, enhance productivity
and performance with a focus on finance performance and people.”

1. A written business report regarding WeWork case study (3600 words)

How to present your work:
 Front page which should include: Title, Unit Number, Student number, Location and date of submission.
 Contents page, clearly numbering all sections
 Number each section, clearly state activity type and week number the activity is referring to
 If one of your activities is a video presentation, clearly state activity type and week number the activity is referring to,
include the hyperlink, were we can view the video
 Include in-text citations as appropriate with full bibliographic details in the reference list.

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How will my assignment be marked?
Your assignment will be marked according to the threshold expectations and the criteria on the following page.

You can use them to evaluate your own work and consider your grade before you submit.

Pass – 40-49% Pass – 50-59% Commendation – 60-69% Distinction– 70%+

Applies some Applies a good range of Applies most theories, Applies major theories,
theories, models and theories, models and models and frameworks models and frameworks
frameworks drawing frameworks drawing on drawing on published drawing on published
on published published academic and academic and practitioner academic and practitioner
Application of academic and practitioner sources sources introduced. sources introduced.
Theory (35%) practitioner sources introduced but with limited Good evidence of Substantial evidence of
introduced. evidence of wider reading. independent reading using independent reading using
appropriate quality appropriate quality
publications. publications.
In-depth analysis in In-depth critical analysis in In-depth critical analysis in In-depth critical analysis in
context of leadership, context of leadership, context of leadership, context of leadership,
operations and operations and information operations and information operations and information
information systems systems and their impact on systems and their impact on systems and their impact on
and how they impact financial statements. financial statements. financial statements.
financial statements, Demonstrates a good Informed by a very good Informed by an excellent
informed by some understanding and practical range of relevant quality range of relevant quality
Analysis (35%) relevant sources. awareness of challenges and academic and practitioner academic and practitioner
Demonstrates opportunities in integrating sources. sources
adequate knowledge theory and practice, Demonstrates a very good Demonstrates an excellent
and understanding of informed by a good range of understanding and practical understanding and practical
challenges and relevant quality academic awareness of challenges and awareness of challenges and
opportunities in and practitioner sources. opportunities in integrating opportunities in integrating
integrating theory theory and practice. Less in- theory and practice.
and practice. depth than for an A grade.
Conclusions are not Conclusions are mainly Conclusions are clearly Conclusions are valid and
clearly derived from derived from analysis derived from in-depth clearly derived from in-depth
analysis. Validity of through application of analysis through application analysis and reflection
Conclusions (20%) conclusions is theoretical contributors. of most major theoretical drawing on application of
unconvincing. Limited and not entirely contributors. Largely major theoretical
convincing. convincing contributions. Entirely
convincing.
Recommendations Recommendations are Clear and appropriate Clear and appropriate
Recommendations
are vague. Doubtful reasonably clear and mostly recommendations. . recommendations.
(10%)
feasibility realistic Professional applicability