BPP Coursework Cover Sheet

Please use the table below as your cover sheet for the 1 st page of the submission. The sheet should
be before the cover/title page of your submission.
Programme MSc Management
Module name Personal Effectiveness
Schedule Term
Student Reference Number (SRN)
Report/Assignment Title
Date of Submission
(Please attach the confirmation of any
extension received)

Declaration of Original Work:

I hereby declare that I have read and understood BPP’s regulations on plagiarism and that this is
my original work, researched, undertaken, completed and submitted in accordance with the
requirements of BPP School of Business and Technology.
The word count, excluding contents table, bibliography and appendices, is words.
Student Reference Number: Date:
By submitting this coursework you agree to all rules and regulations of BPP regarding assessments
and awards for programmes. Please note, submission is your declaration you are fit to sit.
BPP University reserves the right to use all submitted work for educational purposes and may
request that work be published for a wider audience.
BPP School of Business and Technology

MSc Management

Personal Effectiveness

Coursework Assessment Brief

Submission mode: Turnitin online access

1. General Assessment Guidance

 Your summative assessment for this module is made up of this Coursework
submission which accounts for 100% of the marks.
 Please note late submissions will not be marked.
 You are required to submit all elements of your assessment via Turnitin online
access. Only submissions made via the specified mode will be accepted and hard copies or
any other digital form of submissions (like via email or pen drive etc.) will not be accepted.
 For coursework, the submission word limit is 2500 words. You must comply with the
word count guidelines. You may submit LESS than 2500 words but not more. Word Count
guidelines can be found on the Assessment tab for your module.
 Do not put your name or contact details anywhere on your submission . You should
only put your student registration number (SRN) which will ensure your submission is
recognised in the marking process.
 A total of 100 marks are available for this module assessment, and you are required
to achieve minimum 50% to pass this module.
 You are required to use only Harvard Referencing System in your submission. Any
content which is already published by other author(s) and is not referenced will be
considered as a case of plagiarism.
You can find further information on Harvard Referencing in the online library. You can use the
following link to access this information: http://bpp.libguides.com/Home/StudySupport 
 BPP University has a strict policy regarding authenticity of assessments. In proven
instances of plagiarism or collusion, severe punishment will be imposed on offenders. You
are advised to read the rules and regulations regarding plagiarism and collusion in the GARs
and MOPP which are available on The Hub in the Academic registry section (found via Help &
Support).
 You should include a completed copy of the Assignment Cover sheet. Any
submission without this completed Assignment Cover sheet may be considered invalid and
not marked.

2. Assessment Brief
The required submission for this assignment is a 2500 words “Personal Effectiveness Report”. Your
report will analyse a business leader’s personal effectiveness skills, evaluate social media
platforms, and analyse methods of enhancing personal effectiveness.

Students are required to complete Three tasks:

1. Analyse key competencies of a global business leader
2. Evaluate social media platforms
3. Analyse methods of enhancing personal effectiveness using social media
The Learning Outcomes that you have to meet in order to pass this assessment are:
(LO1) Critically evaluate how people learn for professional development.
(LO2) Appraise the key skills and behaviours required to be effective in a professional context.
(LO3) Demonstrate understanding of a range of methods of supporting personal effectiveness in a
professional environment.

Your Personal Effectiveness Report should contain the following:

 
Introduction
You should begin by an introduction to concept of personal effectiveness.
You should also give a brief overview of tasks 1, 2 and 3.

TASK 1

Using the CEO Genome Project ONLY, assess how different business leaders demonstrate or lack key
skills or behaviours of personal effectiveness.

N.B. To support your answer, you should refer to case studies and use additional reading resources
from this module. You should also include ideas from articles on wider leadership concepts and
personal effectiveness from the online library.

(This task meets LO2)

(Total marks for Task 1: 30% weighting) 

TASK 2

1. Describe the role of social media platforms in learning.

2. Critically evaluate the ability of social media platforms to enhance learning for
professional development.

You should consider platforms such as LinkedIn, Google Docs or YouTube, and your
evaluation should examine positive and negative aspects.

N.B.
 You should support this evaluation with references to additional reading resources
from this module. You should also include ideas from articles in the online library.

(This task meets LO1) 

(Total marks for Task 2: 30% weighting) 
TASK 3

1. Conduct a self-assessment (by applying a Personal SWOT analysis, Covey’s 7 Habits

questionnaire or Ryff’s Six-Factor test) to identify areas of improvement for your personal
effectiveness.

2. Based on the results of your self-assessment, analyse methods for enhancing your
personal effectiveness using social media platforms in a professional environment.

N.B. You should support your answer with references to additional reading resources from this
module. You should also include ideas from articles in the online library.
(This task meets LO3) 
(Total marks for Task 3: 30% weighting) 

Conclusion

You will need to summarise the key points of the assessment tasks.

You should end with a concluding statement on the main topic of the report.

Structure

Your business report should contain the following: 

 BPP assignment cover sheet (including SRN and word count) 

 Business report title page 
 Contents page
 Introduction (250 words)
 Task 1 (800 words)
 Task 2 (600 words)
 Task 3 (600 words)
 Conclusion (250 words)
 References (Correct Harvard Referencing applied throughout, including in-
text citation and reference list)
 Appendices (if required)
 Glossary (optional) 

*(Total marks for introduction, conclusion and structure: 10 Marks)

Use of evidence in the report

Your report must contain evidence that you have read and understood the theories, models,
additional reading and case studies in Personal Effectiveness on the Hub, and supplement this with
reference to your own personal research in the online library.  

Which forms of evidence must be in the report

 In-text citations and a bibliography: there must be frequent citations

throughout your assignment; they should be supported by a reference list
 Links to theoretical frameworks: there must be at least one framework
applied in Task 1
 References to the case studies: in the Case Study Review there must be
frequent references to the case studies which can be found in the Apply section of
every topic on the Hub
 References to additional reading and your own personal research:
throughout your assignment there must be frequent references to the articles and
 videos in the Additional Reading and Videos section, which can be found in the
Prepare section of every topic in the Hub

3. Marking Guide
Assignment Fail (0-39%) Low Fail (40- Pass (50-59%)   Merit (60- Distinction (70-
task   49%)   69%)   100%)  
Task 1   Guidelines:  
(30%  Identification of positive and negative skills/behaviours of a business leader 
weighting,  Link to case studies 
LO2)    Evaluation of benefits and limitations of skills/behaviours 
 Application of theory 
  Weak and often implicit Limited and increasingly Satisfactory knowledge of Good knowledge of Excellent knowledge of
knowledge of business explicit knowledge of business leaders’ skills and business leaders’ skills business leaders’ skills and
leaders’ skills and business leaders’ skills and behaviours. Adequate use and behaviours. Good behaviours. Excellent use of
behaviours with behaviours. Limited use of of evidence to support use of evidence to evidence with extensive and
significant gaps in evidence to support argumentation. support argumentation original personal research
understanding. Limited argumentation. Limited Satisfactory evaluation with some personal into broader topics. Excellent
use of evidence evaluation supported by a supported by well- research into broader evaluation supported by
supported by some broad evidence base. reasoned arguments. topics. Good evaluation original, imaginative and
evidence. Weak Begins to analyse theory of Explicitly analyses theory supported by original coherent arguments. Deeply
evaluation supported by effective skills and of effective skills and and imaginative explores and applied theory
a broad evidence base. behaviours.  behaviours.   arguments. Explores and with clear originality and
No theory is present.  analyses theory with autonomy. 
considerable originality. 
Task 2   Guidelines:  
(30%  Identification of the role of social media platforms in learning 
weighting,  Evaluation of the ability of social media to enhance learning 
LO1)  
  Weak and often implicit Limited and increasingly Satisfactory knowledge of Good and clear Excellent knowledge of the
knowledge of the role of explicit knowledge of the learning styles the role of knowledge of the role of role of social media in
social media in learning. role of social media in social media in learning. social media in learning. learning. Outstanding critical
Weak or absent critical learning. Limited critical Satisfactory critical Good critical evaluation evaluation of social media
evaluation of social evaluation of social media evaluation of social media of social media platforms platforms to enhance
media platforms to platforms to enhance platforms to enhance to enhance learning.   learning.  
enhance learning.  learning.  learning.  
Task 3   Guidelines:  
(30%  Summary of self-assessment results
weighting,  Analysis of social media platforms to enhance own personal effectiveness 
LO3)    
  Weak and often implicit Limited and increasingly Satisfactory knowledge of Good understanding of Excellent understanding of
knowledge of self- explicit knowledge of self- self-assessment methods. self-assessment self-assessment methods.
assessment methods. assessment methods. Explores and explicitly methods. Explores and Explores and explicitly
Implicit or absent Begins to explore and analyses methods of explicitly analyses analyses methods of
analysis of methods of analyse methods of supporting personal methods of supporting supporting personal
supporting personal supporting personal effectiveness through personal effectiveness effectiveness through social
effectiveness through effectiveness through social social media.   through social media media with considerable
social media.  media.   with considerable originality and autonomy.  
originality.  
Presentation   Guidelines:  
(10%  Clear structure and layout  
weighting)    Writing style: professional and concise  
 Appropriate Harvard referencing: range and credibility of the sources use and correct
application of Harvard referencing style throughout report and appendices  
Inadequate references Limited references with Satisfactory with full and Good with precise, full Excellent with precise, full
  but may contain errors or inconsistencies.   appropriate references.   and appropriate and appropriate references.  
inconsistencies, errors Limited structure and Satisfactory structured references.   Outstanding structured
or omissions. Limited expression.   layout and mainly Well-structured layout layout and professional and
structure and accurate expression.   and professional and accurate expression.   
expression.  accurate expression.