Trimester 1 - 2017 MPM731 – Business Communication for Managers Assessment Tasks 1 MPM731 – Business Communication for Managers Trimester 1 2017 Assessment Tasks ASSIGNMENT 1 FOLIO A: REFERENCING AND REFLECTION SKILLS DUE DATE: Friday 24th March 2017 at 11.59pm (electronic submission via CloudDeakin ONLY) TOTAL WORD LENGTH: 1500 words (+/- 10%) MARKS: 20 Marks = 20% of final unit score INSTRUCTIONS This is an individual assignment The purpose of this assignment is to develop writing skills: 1. Folio A, Part 1: Academic Referencing Skills Exercise, and 2. Folio A, Part 2: Reflective writing using the DIEP Method. 1. Folio A, Part 1: Academic Referencing Skills Exercise (750 words) Write three (3) brief reports (250 words each) summarising one of the key ideas from each of the articles listed below. The articles are discussed in Seminars one, two and three. In each report, you are required to refer to the relevant article at least twice using the Harvard referencing system. Use your own words and full sentences when completing each section. DO NOT copy the Abstract, as this will be picked up by Turnitin and your mark will be automatically reduced to zero as a consequence. The three (3) academic referencing reports are to be no more than 250 words each to give a total of 750 words for Assignment 1, Folio A, Part 1. The following articles are to be used for this exercise: • Sharp, MR & Brumberger, ER 2013, ‘Business Communication Curricula Today: Revisiting the Top 50 Undergraduate Business Schools’, Business Communication Quarterly, vol. 76, no. 1, pp. 5-27. • Russ, T, Drury-Grogan, ML 2013, ‘Assessing the Impact of a Business Communication Simulation on Students’ Self-Perception’, Communication Quarterly, vol. 61, no. 5, pp. 584-595. • Lesavre, L 2012, ‘Are theatre and business links relevant? A conceptual paper and a case study’, Journal of Management Development, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 243-252.Trimester 1 - 2017 MPM731 – Business Communication for Managers Assessment Tasks 2 2. Folio A, Part 2: Reflection writing using the DIEP Method (750 words) The purpose of writing a self-reflection assignment is to demonstrate that you have experienced, thought about, and integrated information associated with that experience. It is not documenting an activity or repeating something you have read or heard. It is the process of examining the impact of your personal values, beliefs, styles of communication, and experiences, and enables self-awareness, personal and professional growth. It can help to make meaning of complex situations and enable learning from experience. During the trimester, you are encouraged to observe the process of communication in your life and within an organisation to which you are connected. This exercise requires you to report on experiences from six (6) examples of such communication that directly involve you. For each experience, you are to write ONE reflective piece (250 words). The reflective pieces are to be structured using the four stages of the DIEP Method (Describe – Interpret – Evaluate – Plan). This method is described in the prescribed text (Ch. 23, Dwyer, 2016, 6th Edition), and will also be discussed in the seminars. After you have written the six (6) reports, you are to choose the best three (3) of your reflective writing pieces (using the DIEP Method) to submit as ‘Assessment 1, Folio A, Part 2’. Each of these reflective writing pieces is to be no more than 250 words to give a total word count of 750 words Assignment 1, Folio A, Part 2. Notes: Each student is to compile both parts (Part 1 Academic Referencing Skills Exercise (750 words) and Part 2 Reflective writing using the DIEP Method (750 words), which equates to a total of 1500 words as their submission of ‘Assignment 1, Folio A’ for marking. Please refer to ‘Rubric for Assignment 1, Folio A’ for more details.Trimester 1 - 2017 MPM731 – Business Communication for Managers Assessment Tasks 3 A REMINDER ABOUT PLAGIARISM Definition: Any one of the following is classified as plagiarism: a. the submission of an answer that is substantially similar to an answer submitted by another student in the same, or earlier years, either at this or another University b. the submission of an answer that is not substantially the student's own work (or, in the case of joint work, not substantially undertaken by the individuals named as having undertaken the joint work) c. the submission of an answer that contains substantial quotations from other works, such as books or journals, without appropriate reference to the source. Please note that (a) applies not only to the student who has copied an report, but also to the student from whom the answer was copied. The piece of work that you finally submit should be your own: it should contain your ideas and be written in your own words. Consequences • Any student who (i) copies or otherwise uses the work of another person or (ii) allows • another person to copy or otherwise use his or her answer when both are completing the same or similar assessment will either lose credit for that assessment, the subject, or be disciplined in some other way. Plagiarism and Collusion Plagiarism and collusion constitute extremely serious academic misconduct. They are forms of cheating, and severe penalties are associated with them, including cancellation of marks for a specific assignment, for a specific unit or even exclusion from the course. The University’s definitions of plagiarism and collusion are as follows: • Plagiarism occurs when a student passes off as the student’s own work, or copies without acknowledgment of its authorship, the work of any other person. • Collusion occurs when a student obtains the agreement of another person for a fraudulent purpose with the intent of obtaining an advantage in submitting an assignment or other work. • You should note that the University views plagiarism and collusion very seriously and may impose serious penalties. • The University’s policy on plagiarism and collusion sets out your responsibilities as a student in regard to plagiarism and collusion. Students are responsible for ensuring that: • They are familiar with the expected conventions of authorship and the appropriate use and acknowledgement of all forms of intellectual material relevant to their discipline. • Work submitted for assessment is their own. • They take all reasonable steps to ensure their work can not be accessed by others who might seek to submit it, in whole or in part, as their own. • Turnitin Guide: http://www.deakin.edu.au/students/clouddeakin/help-guides/assessment/plagiarism Whenever you refer to another person’s research or ideas (either by directly quoting or by paraphrasing them), you must acknowledge your source. If you are ever in doubt about how to properly cite a reference, consult your lecturer or the academic skills website www.deakin.edu.au/current-students/study-support/study-skills/. The University policy of plagiarism and collusion is available from The Guide www.deakin.edu.au/theguide. Regulation 4.1(1)—Student Discipline also contains important information regarding academic misconduct.Trimester 1 - 2017 MPM731 – Business Communication for Managers Assessment Tasks 4 Unauthorised Collaboration Unauthorised collaboration is a form of collusion. It involves working with others with the intention of deceiving your markers about who actually completed the work. If you have collaborated with others in preparing an individual assessment item, you must disclose this to your lecturer. Assignments will sometimes be set as group work, but even in these cases generally you will still have to write up and submit your own report. If you have any doubt as to what constitutes authorised or unauthorised collaboration, consult with your lecturer. Penalties The Assessment Panel or Faculty Academic Progress and Discipline Committee will impose a penalty on any student who is found to have committed an act of academic misconduct such as plagiarism, collusion, or unauthorised collaboration. These penalties can include: • Allocate a zero mark or other appropriate mark for the unit or the assessment task • Suspend from the course for up to 3 trimesters • Exclude from the course for 2 trimesters or more • Impose a fine of up to $500.00 • Additional/substitute actions: • Require an apology • Reprimand and caution the student • Allow resubmission an assessment task • Recommend counseling (on a voluntary basis) • Unacceptable Activities • There are some activities that are never acceptable in the preparation of assignments at the tertiary level. Students who engage in any of the following activities create some doubt in the mind of the reader that the student's work is original. Many of these activities leave the student open to charges of plagiarism. Students should never: • Submit an assignment without providing a list of references used. • Copy one or more sentences from a reference source (book, journal, web page, etc.) without formatting the material as a quotation. • Use data in the form of numbers, tables, graphs, diagrams or other images without citing the source of the material. • Use program source code, even if it is freely available in the public domain, without citing the source of the code. • Take material from reference material and paraphrase it (write it in your own words) without citing the source of the material. • Use an idea made by another person without citing the source of the idea.Trimester 1 - 2017 MPM731 – Business Communication for Managers Assessment Tasks 5