SG 7001: Managing Strategy, Operations and Partnerships

ASSESSMENT BRIEF AND MARKING RUBRIC

Module title: Managing strategy, operations and partnerships (SG7001)

Assessment point: Assessment point 1 (Week 6)

Assessment task: Report

Word count limit: 4500 words +/- 10% (excluding references and appendices)

Width: 75% of overall module grade

Procedure in the event of illness or other valid cause (extenuating circumstances)

If you believe that:

• your performance in assessment or reassessment has been impaired, or;

• you were unable to attend for an assessment or reassessment, or;

• you were unable to submit assessed or reassessed work by the scheduled date due to

illness or other valid cause (as defined in the Procedures Governing Extenuating

Circumstances), may submit an application for extenuation for the relevant component(s) to

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.

By submitting your work, you acknowledge that you have read and agreed with the above

statements.

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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 75% 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 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

2. [critically] Evaluate the impact of current and emerging trends on organizations.

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3. Demonstrate an ability to effectively analyse problems and issues employing a range of

appropriate concepts, theories and approaches.

6. Apply tools and techniques of strategic and operations analysis.

8. Develop succinct business reports.

Assessment guidelines

Produce a 4500-word report (+/- 10%) (excluding the list of references) which offers students

the ability to demonstrate their developing knowledge and application of the teaching and

learning material covered in weeks 1 to 5. It also encourages students to develop their thoughts

and perspectives on contemporary business issues, and be intellectually creative (underpinned

by credible resources).

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