OBHRM-ECM62EKM-Spring 2017-CW1-QP ECM62EKM (QP) Page 1 of 7 Introduction You are to gather and critically analyse data, draw conclusions and make recommendations about the structure and practices of a chosen organisation. The organisation you select should be from ONE of the following: 1. The organisation for which you work 2. An organisation that you know well 3. An organisation from which you can obtain high quality data (e.g. from websites, company documents, through primary data collection methods, etc.). Please note that a Non-disclosure agreement/confidentiality agreement provided by the organisation must be given in the report. Your Task (Group of 3-4) – GROUP REPORT [30% of module marks] 1. Report: Consider yourself a Management Consultant Team. Provide the organisational structure adopted by the organisation selected and critically evaluate the structure. You are expected to highlight the factors affecting the structure and the hybrid nature of structures which might be existing in the organization. You must use theories related to organisation structure (e.g. unity of command, delegation, departmentalisation etc.) to highlight deficiencies which you may come across. You must also refer to the theories related to organisational behaviour like communication, motivation, leadership and managerial roles. Provide your suggestions to improve the current structure. You must support your ideas by providing relevant academic citations and references. (3000 words, 10% more/less). (70 marks) 2. Proposal: Group members have to submit a proposal within one week of assignment discussion. Separate link will be created in Moodle for proposal submission (500 words, 10% more/less). Assessment 1: Group Report Spring 2017 Module: Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management (ECM62EKM) Level: M Max. Marks: 100 Duration: 3 weeks OBHRM-ECM62EKM-Spring 2017-CW1-QP ECM62EKM (QP) Page 2 of 7 Proposal should include; i. A very brief general profile of the company. ii. Clear idea on the tasks given in the assignment and plan of completing the tasks. Proposal should mention group work division. (10 marks) 3. Presentation: Group members are expected to present their analysis and recommendations. All group members are expected to be ready on the day of the presentation. Presentation will be continued with a viva voce. Students’ performance during viva voce will be used to differentiate the group report marks. (10 marks) 4. Individual reflection: Each student in the group needs to submit an individual reflection outlining their learning experiences of working in a group. For the reflection paper you may refer to the questions given below. Please note that questions are given as a guideline (500 words, 10% more/less). o What was the one most useful thing you learned during the group work? o What suggestions would you give other students on ways to get the most out of this assignment and the module? o In which areas did you improve the most? (Your KSAs) o What problems did you encounter in working as a group? o Who impressed you the most in the group and why? (10 marks) Notes  You should provide material supported by appropriate citations, references [Refer to Coventry Harvard Referencing guide on Moodle] and appendices to support your report.  A minimum of five references are expected at this level of study.  You should provide a word count at the end of each task.  The report should contain a title, table of contents, introduction (goal and objectives of report, main sources used, structure, etc.), body, conclusion (revealing all findings, directly related to objectives), list of references, appendices (NDA document, etc).  Adequate referencing (use CU Harvard style of referencing) should be done in the report.  The computer generated report should be in 12, Times New Roman and black and white. Coloured graphs and charts are allowed. Please label diagrams, charts and annexures accordingly. Intended Module Learning Outcomes On completion of the assessment, student shall be able to: 1. Demonstrate an understanding of theoretical concepts of organisation structure and behaviour, and the practice of organising. OBHRM-ECM62EKM-Spring 2017-CW1-QP ECM62EKM (QP) Page 3 of 7 Assessment Criteria Report For a mark of >70% For a mark of 60-69% For a mark of 50-59% For a mark of 40-49% For a mark of  40% Provide the organisational structure adopted by the organisation selected and critically evaluate the structure. You are expected to highlight the factors affecting the structure and the hybrid nature of structures which might be existing in the organization. You must use theories related to organisation structure (e.g. unity of command, delegation, departmentalisatio n etc.) to highlight deficiencies which you may come across. You must also refer to the theories related to organisational behaviour like communication, motivation, leadership and managerial roles. Provide your suggestions to improve the current structure. You must support your ideas by providing relevant Demonstratin g outstanding knowledge and depth of relevant theories, concepts and practices related to organisational structure. Outstanding analysis of the organisational structure of the organisation selected. Outstanding display of suggestions for the improvement s in the organisational structure. Outstanding presentation, logically Show a clear understandin g and good use of relevant theories, concepts and practices related to organisationa l structure. Clear analysis of the organisationa l structure of the organisation selected. Clear display of suggestions for the improvement s in the organisationa l structure. Good presentation, completely Show an acceptable understanding and use of relevant theories, concepts and practices related to organisational structure. Display knowledge of some of the principles, theories, methodologies , and practices related to organisational structure. Acceptable display of suggestions for the improvements in the organisational structure. Acceptable presentation and structure, Show an adequate understanding of the organisational structure and display knowledge of some of the principles, theories, methodologies , and practices related to organisational structure. Attempt some analysis and discussion. Adequate display of suggestions for the improvements in the organisational structure. Adequate presentation and structure, Made an attempt to complete the tasks. Show little or no understandin g of the principles, theories, and practices related to organisationa l structure. Little or no evidence of analysis. Made an attempt to suggest improvement s in the organisationa l structure. Poor/weak presentation, grammar and OBHRM-ECM62EKM-Spring 2017-CW1-QP ECM62EKM (QP) Page 4 of 7 academic citations and references. structured, using correct grammar and spelling, excellent crossreferencing and links to supporting evidence. Presented to a publishable standard. Accurate referencing and bibliography correctly using the CU Harvard Style structured, acceptable grammar and spelling, acceptable links to supporting evidence. Generally well referenced with correct use of the CU Harvard Style acceptable grammar and spelling, adequate links to supporting evidence. Acceptable referencing. Generally accurate use of CU Harvard Style. grammar and spelling, links to supporting evidence. Adequate referencing. CU Harvard Style used but may contain some inaccuracies. spelling, links to supporting evidence and/or unacceptable presentation, grammar and spelling, structure is very poor, links to supporting evidence. Little or no referencing, incorrect style, or very inaccurate use of CU Harvard. Presentation/Viva voce Criteria Marking Ranges (0 - 1) Not Satisfactory (2) Satisfactory (3) Good (4) Very Good (5) Outstanding Summary of all findings and design (5 marks) Presentation failed to capture all tasks. Presentation needs improvement in the design and other aspects. All tasks in the report are captured fairly in the presentation. Satisfactory design. Presentation clearly captures all the tasks. Good design. Presentation captured all tasks very well. Very good design. Presentation excellently captured all findings/tasks of the study. Excellent design/ Presentation skills (5 marks) Poor presentation skills. Not able to understand what is presented by the student. Satisfactory presentation. Needs improvement to make it more understandable to audience. Good presentation. There is room for further improvement to make it more understandable. Very Good presentation. Engaged the audience. Excellent presentation. Engaged the audience well. Total Marks (10 marks) OBHRM-ECM62EKM-Spring 2017-CW1-QP ECM62EKM (QP) Page 5 of 7 Criteria Marking Ranges (0 – 39%) Not Satisfactory (40– 49%) Satisfactory (50 – 59%) Good (60 – 69%) Very Good (70 – 100%) Distinction Viva voce to capture Individual contribution to the report and overall understanding (no marks given, but it will affect the group report marks) Individual Contribution is not well captured. Small amount of work undertaken. Satisfactory answers were not given for most of the questions. A reasonable understanding is not demonstrated. Basic understanding of the individual contribution is demonstrated. Most of the questions are answered with a reasonable clarity. Answers given show that the student has a basic understanding about the tasks. Good understanding on the individual part is demonstrated. Student fairly answered all the questions. Answers given show that the student has a good understanding about the tasks. Very good understanding is shown. Answered all the questions in detail. Individual part is well understood by the student. All the questions are answered clearly showing that the student has understood the tasks very well. Outstanding individual contribution is evident. All questions are very clearly answered. It is evident that the student has very well understood the report. Important note Soft copy of the report handed in after the submission date as well as not undertaking the presentation on scheduled time will be subject to MEC Regulations on the late submission of work. Please do not search the internet for an article and merely present it as your own. Plagiarism will be dealt with as per the MEC Plagiarism Policy. Date of Submission of Group Report  Week 8 of the semester  Submission of work has to be through Moodle. Date of Presentation  Week 9 of the semester OBHRM-ECM62EKM-Spring 2017-CW1-QP ECM62EKM (QP) Page 6 of 7 VIVA Upon the discretion of the faculty, students may be called for the viva. Failing to appear for VIVA or to respond to the questions asked during VIVA may lead to fail in the assessment. Clarification on Plagiarism Policy As per MEC policy, any form of violation of academic integrity will invite severe penalty. Plagiarised documents, in part or in whole, submitted by the students will be subject to this policy. A. First offence of plagiarism a. A student will be allowed to re-submit the assignment once, within a maximum period of one week. However, a penalty of deduction of 25% of the marks obtained for the resubmitted work will be imposed. b. Mark deduction: When the work is resubmitted, the marking will be undertaken according to the marking criteria. In compliance with this policy, the 25% deduction is then made on the marks obtained. For example, in an assessment that carries a maximum of 50 marks, suppose a student were to obtain 30 marks for the resubmitted work, the final marks for that assessment will be 22.5 (after deducting 25% of the marks actually obtained for the resubmitted work). c. Period of resubmission: The student will have to resubmit the work one week from the date he or she is advised to resubmit. For example, if the formal advice to resubmit was communicated to the student on a Sunday (latest by 5 pm), the student will have to resubmit the work latest by next Sunday 5 pm. d. If the re-submitted work is also detected to be plagiarized, then the work will be awarded a zero. e. Resubmission of the work beyond the maximum period of one week will not be accepted and the work will be awarded a zero. B. Any further offence of plagiarism a. If any student is again caught in an act of plagiarism during his/her course of study (either in the same module, same semester or in any other semester), the student will directly be awarded zero for the work in which plagiarism is detected. In such cases, the student will not be allowed to re-submit the work. C. Guidelines a. Type 1: In case plagiarism is detected in any component or part submission (submitted at different times) of one assessment (assignment), the deduction in marks will be applicable for the whole assessment (assignment), even if only the component or part submission alone needs to be resubmitted. OBHRM-ECM62EKM-Spring 2017-CW1-QP ECM62EKM (QP) Page 7 of 7 b. Type 2: In case plagiarism is detected in a group assessment, all students of the group will be considered as having committed an act of plagiarism irrespective of whether plagiarism is on account of the act of all or a few or only one member. The policy will then be applied to all students. c. Type 3: Combination of Type 1 and Type 2: In case plagiarism is detected in any component or part submission (submitted at different times) of a group assessment (assignment), the deduction in marks will be applicable for the whole assessment (assignment), even if only the component or part submission alone needs to be resubmitted. All students of the group would be considered as having committed an act of plagiarism irrespective of whether plagiarism is on account of the act of all or a few or only one member. The policy will then be applied to all the students of the group. d. Type 4: Variation of Type 1 and Type 2: In cases where the assessment consists of components or part submissions that could be a group assessment component (e.g. group assignment) and an individual assessment component (e.g. individual reflection), the following will be applicable: 1. If plagiarism is detected in the group assessment component, all students of the group will be considered as having committed an act of plagiarism, irrespective of whether plagiarism is on account of the act of all or a few or only one member. The policy will then be applied to all students of the group. In such cases the group assessment component will be resubmitted as per the policy. 2. If plagiarism is detected in the individual assessment component, the individual assessment component will be resubmitted as per the policy. The policy will then be applied to that student alone. 3. In both cases (a) and/or (b), the deduction in marks will be applicable for the whole assessment (assignment). D. Amount of similar material a. The total amount of similar material in any form of student work from all sources put together should not exceed 30% (including direct quotations). b. The total amount of quoted material (direct quotations) in any form of student work from all sources put together should not exceed 10%. c. The total amount of similar material in any form of student work from a single source should not exceed 7 percent. However, cases having a similarity of less than 7 percent in such cases may still be investigated by the faculty depending on the seriousness of the case. d. If faculty member find enough merit in the case of a student work with a similarity (with a single source) of more than 7 percent as not a case of plagiarism, the faculty member should provide detailed comments/remarks to justify the case.