2000 words assignment

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Module title & code

BO16-2 Organizational Behaviour

Assignment number and title

A2

Assessment type

Individual Assignment ( In lieu of final exam)

Weighting of assessment
40%

Module learning outcomes

1. Recognize the dynamics of individual and group behaviour that impacts the performance of an organization.
2. Evaluate the impact of employees’ behaviour at individual, group and
organisational level using relevant theories and models from a chosen organization.

What am I required to do in this assignment?

Assessment 2 is an individual written assignment wherein the student is required to give an open-ended discussion and substantiation on the best practices of a chosen company wherein the following topics are applied: Motivation, Group and Teamwork, Leadership and Management of Conflict. The report should be able to demonstrate understanding of the concepts and theories of organizational behaviour and application to improving organizational performance.
In order to sufficiently address the task, you will have to refer back to the lecture notes and gather theoretical information to substantiate and display the level of critical thinking required. Moreover, your report should follow the tasks below:

· Choose a local or international company operating in Oman and write a report of the organization’s best practices manifesting the organization’s behavioral impact in motivating employees, developing and maintaining group relationships, describing the management/leadership styles and managing organizational conflicts.
· The report should be supported by specific theories and models used to describe the organization’s best practices such as the following:
1. Motivation theories by Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory of motivation

2. Group and Teamwork – stages of group development and benefits of team working

3. Leadership – Action centered leadership
4. Management of conflict – identifying the common sources and levels of organizational conflicts and how the company resolve or manage the levels of conflicts.
· Provide a detailed discussion of the company’s best practices manifesting the application of the theories mentioned above and describing how the company is able to respond to behavioral issues.
· Provide an overall summary of your narratives by highlighting the company’s edge or strengths over other organizations in the area of developing human behavior.

Suggested Assignment Structure:
· Introduction
· Theoretical Framework
· Company’s Best Practices and its impact to employees’ behavior
· Conclusion
· References

General Instructions:
Your work will be graded on the following aspects:
• This is a group assignment.

• The assignment MUST be submitted on-line (through MOVE) on or before the due date.

• Your assignment shall reflect the depth and breadth of your original analyses clearly and coherently.

• Use of the relevant academic literature to support ideas and issues discussed. The range of academic sources
such as texts and journals to support your arguments and comments.

• This assignment follows an essay format and must be original and creative. An analytical piece of work is
required. The use of ‘cut and paste’ approach will be penalized. It must be presented in a structured manner,
with appropriate cover page, content page, introduction, body (with appropriate heading / sub-headings),
conclusion, references, page numbered and any required appendices.

• The cover page should be attached with the assignment and uploaded through MOVE (on-line). Name of the
student, The Programme, Module Title, Assignment Title and number of words must be reflected on the cover
sheet.

• All assignments must adhere strictly to the deadlines specified by Majan University College. Failure to hand in
the assignment for any reason and without prior approval and a valid written extension from the module tutor
will not be marked and will be awarded a grade G (0) irrespective of the quality of the work. See section 4.4 of
Under Graduate student handbook. Soft copy of the student handbook is available on MOVE

• Unacknowledged use of work of others (plagiarism) is regarded as a dishonest practice and will be penalized.
See section 5.7 & 5.8 of Under Graduate student hand book.

• Any reference to authors and other writers shall be quoted with due acknowledgement in your assignment
report using the Harvard Referencing System. For details of Harvard referencing style, refer section 7.3 of
Under Graduate student handbook.

Deliverables

Submission

At the time of submission, you need to make sure that the assignment is your own and all the sources have been acknowledged.

Submission of the individual assignment will be done via Turnitin link on MOVE. At the time of submission, you need to make sure that the assignment is your own and all the sources have been acknowledged.

The Assignment Submission link on MOVE will be open, a week ahead of the submission date.

• You can submit your assignment multiple times, until the submission deadline. Note that Turnitin could take
up to 24 hours to produce similarity reports for submissions.

• The last submission, within the deadline, will be considered as your final submission.

• Assignments should be submitted by 6 pm on the day of the deadline. There is a grace period until midnight to
allow for any technical difficulties, but any assignments submitted after this will be counted as late. Technical
problems will not be accepted as an excuse for submitting after the day of the deadline.

• You are required to tick to confirm the statement: “I confirm that this assignment is my own and all sources
have been acknowledged. I understand that the use of other people’s work or ideas without acknowledgement
is plagiarism and could result in failing the assignment”. You will not be able to submit the assignment without
ticking this box.

• In a case of group work, it is recommended that the group should identify a leader who can be responsible for
uploading the assignment on Turnitin and to share the feedback received from lecturers with the group
members.

• The similarity percentage of your final submission will be one of the factors considered, for assessing the
originality of your assignment. However, the decision to report an assignment for plagiarism is taken by the
Lecturers, who mark your assignment.

• The Lecturers will consider a number of factors such as Assignment type, Part of the assignment where
similarity occurs, Nature of similarity etc., along with the similarity percentage of your assignment, to assess
the originality of your assignment. Therefore, similarity percentage will not be accepted as a basis for
disputing academic judgments regarding plagiarism.

• Note that the similarity percentage of your submission can change until the submission deadline if the
submissions of other students have similarity to your assignment. Therefore, the similarity percentages are not
final, till the assignment submission is closed.

Is there a word limit (Number of Words ± 10%)?

The report should be discussed comprehensively in 2000 words +/- 10%. It should follow the font Times New Romans, 1.5 spacing and 12 font size.

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

In order to pass the assessment you will need to:

At least meet the minimum satisfactory requirements of the tasks which is defined in the attached criteria for marking showing satisfactory understanding of the topic supported by readings and critical analysis.

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

In order to produce high quality output in this assessment, you will need to:

Demonstrate an exemplary application of the concepts as defined in the attached criteria for marking which is over and above the minimum conditions. Moreover, it should show evidence of wide readings and critical, logical, and substantive analyses and evaluation of the topics relating to organizational behavior. An exemplary use of the language and grammar is expected in the output. An exceptional use of a wide range of appropriate and current sources, focusing on research based reviews indicating personal research and critical awareness of their status and relevance.

How does assignment relate to what we are doing in scheduled sessions?

Organizational behavior is a practical tool that develops individual, group and organization to improve performance to achieve goals and objectives. Students will be able to demonstrate and express their theoretical understanding of the topics and critically discuss these by the organization’s best practices. Thus, students are engaged through the given task to demonstrate the learning they gain from the lectures and interactive discussions.

Through the assessment task, students will evaluate the dynamics of individual and group behaviour that impacts the performance of an organization, apply their knowledge and understanding of the given topics and further demonstrate the ability to express beyond given points based on the insights drawn. Students will enable to manifest the learning insights in writing.

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How will my assignment be marked?

Your assignment be marked according to the threshold expectations and the criteria on the following page.
You can use them to evaluate your own work and estimate your grade before you submit.

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Criterion

Weighing (%)

Sub Standard / No Attempt
(0 Marks)

Poor
(20 Marks)

Satisfactory
(40 Marks)

Good
(50 Marks)

Very Good
(60 Marks)

Excellent
(70 Marks)

Outstanding
(100 Marks)

1

Information and research

completion of tasks, detailed information search

20

There is no evidence for information search/ Tasks are incomplete

Sources not used to support substantive assertions or argument.

Information search is not adequate. Very limited resources are used to discuss the tasks.

Limited and uncritical use of a restricted range of sources

Information search is evident.

There is an attempt to address some tasks. All the tasks lack proper focus in discussion.

Although the information supports the task, some of them are not properly analyzed and lack paraphrasing at some areas.

Relevant information search is evident, but not adequate.

There is a good attempt to address the tasks.

All the tasks are discussed but one or two tasks lack focus or clarity.

Very good usage of variety information from various sources.

Contents are properly paraphrased. The usage of information can be better if it relates to the context.

All tasks are discussed properly.

Excellent application of the relevant information from variety of sources.

Excellent usage and quoting of the literature at relevant discussions.

All the tasks are discussed astutely with proper focus.

Use of a wide range of appropriate sources, indicating critical awareness of their status and relevance.

Exceptional use of a wide range of appropriate and current sources, focusing on research based reviews indicating personal research and critical awareness of their status and relevance.

2

Understanding of Issues

Reference to appropriate theoretical background, illustrations

20

No evidence of understanding the issues.

Limited evidence of understanding the issues.

General understanding of the various issues. Some reference to related theoretical background is evident.

Good understanding of the various issues.

Majority of the tasks show evidence of good understanding of related appropriate theoretical background.

Evidence of very good understanding of relevant theory and research in all tasks.

Evidence of excellent understanding of relevant theory and research.

Reference to appropriate theoretical background provides support to the discussion.

Some illustrations that support the theoretical background are evidenced in the discussions.

Evidence of exemplary understanding of relevant theory and research.

Reference to appropriate theoretical background provides support to the discussion.

Illustrations are provided that amplify the theoretical background.

3

Application and Analysis

Detailed discussion on the tasks involved and critical awareness

35

Lack of analysis of information.

No discussion is evident.

The discussed tasks are completely out of focus.

Task are not properly addressed.

Limited evidence of critical evaluation of material.

Poor analysis of information. Although there is evidence of some discussion, they are discrete and lacking focus.

It does not reflect critical application of the concepts to the case.

Use of a range
of appropriate
sources. but
without critical evaluation, or missing some significant items

Evidence of a general critical stance.

Evidence of limited critical evaluation in some areas, with some lost opportunities or misunderstandings.

There is good evidence for critical analysis and reasoning in some areas.

Evidence of critical evaluation in some areas, although some material not evaluated.

Use of a wide range of appropriate sources with some critical awareness of their status and relevance.
Very good application of the information to the case.

There is evidence for in-depth analysis of data. However, all tasks are not consistent in analysis and can be presented in a better manner.

Evidence of good critical appreciation
and evaluation of relevant theory and research and a systematic attempt to relate it to the topic

Excellent analysis of the information and precise application to the case.

Critical reasoning is evident while discussion of all the tasks.

Evidence of thorough critical appreciation and evaluation of relevant theory and research and a systematic and creative attempt to relate it to the topic.

Critical reasoning is consistently evident across the discussions.

The tasks have exemplary discussion and detailed narration.

4

Presentation and structure

(15%)

Clear introduction, logical structure, reference to appropriate theoretical background, illustrations, good use of the limited number of words allowed, clear layout, overall organisation of the report.

15

The report is unorganized to the point of being virtually unreadable.

Lacks cohesion and orderly flow.

The assignment has unacceptable failings in structuring and / or clarity of written expression.

The report is difficult to read due to overwhelming errors or misspellings

Though discussion of the ideas is clear, a coherent flow of thought is not evident.

The report is unorganized, but can be read. Poor flow of the report structure.

The assignment has failings in structuring and / or clarity of written expression, which impair its capacity to communicate

Frequent compositional errors or misspellings, but the report can be read

Evidence for a coherent presentation is evident, but lacks uniformity throughout the essay.

The report is somewhat organized. The flow is not coherent and needs improvement.

While the assignment has some failings in structuring and / or clarity of written expression, these do not impair its capacity to communicate.

More than occasional errors or misspellings.

The report is well organized. There is orderliness in the structure. Coherence is also evident but there is still scope for improvement.

A generally well-structured and expressed assignment, that communicate clearly.

Well executed. Few grammar or writing errors. Reads easily.  Is fairly well organized

The report is well organized with a cohesive discussion.
The structure of the report is excellent.

An assignment whose clear structure and expression significantly enhances its argument

Reads easily. Is well organized

The structure is exemplary. Execution is excellent. Discussions are free of grammar or writing errors.

A clear layout augments the presentation.

Excellent overall organisation of the report.

5

References

10

The references do not clearly comply with the basic requirements of HARVARD STYLE format.

The references do not clearly comply with the basic requirements of HARVARD STYLE format. The references are inadequate to support the literature used in the report.

Sources used show limited relevance and currency.

The report shows some compliance to HARVARD STYLE referencing, but shows many errors.

Very few references quoted which are inconsistent with the amount of literature used in the report.

Some sources of information are relevant while others are dated.

The report demonstrates a basic level of HARVARD STYLE referencing, but still contains major deficiencies.

No sophistication is evident i.e. Websites do not follow Harvard Referencing style.

Majority of the sources are relevant and current.

The report demonstrates a solid understanding of the basic elements of HARVARD STYLE formatting. In-text citations if presented at relevant areas will lend more appropriateness to the report.

Sources used to support the discussions are relevant and current.

The report demonstrates excellent HARVARD STYLE formatting skills. In-text citations are presented at relevant areas.

Consistent use of relevant and current sources that enhance the discussions.

Accurate use of Harvard Referencing style.

Student recognizes the concept of intellectual property, can defend him / herself if challenged, and can properly incorporate the ideas / published works of others into their own work building upon them.

Skillful use of credible, relevant and current sources of information that augments quality of discussion.

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