| am I required to do in this assignment? |
| This is an individual assignment based on a critical analysis of a real organisational issue and includes a presentation of findings. To complete this assignment you must choose one of the case studies from the choice provided. Part A: Developing a strategy to lead equality, diversity and inclusion Task 1 Create a presentation (10 key slides plus additional slides with supporting notes) for the manager in the case study on leading in the context of equality, diversity and inclusion in the organisation. The presentation must include the following: A critical evaluation of the issues the organisation is currently facing and how they might be resolved.Critical discussion of why equality, diversity and inclusion is important to the organisation, the individual and the team as an enabler of performance.Explain and analyse how a strategy for equality, diversity and inclusion strategy could be implemented for cultural change in the organisation.Critically evaluate and discuss how the leadership style impacts upon equality, diversity and inclusion in the organisation. It is expected that appropriate models, academic sources and good practice theory will be applied and be academically rigorous to support your work. (1,500 words, 40% of marks) Task 2 Your case study organisation has recently undertaken a brief staff survey to be more informed on how they are leading and developing people within the organisation. Draft a set of briefing notes in response to the survey findings to present to the organisation to guide their future strategy. Include this information on additional slides in standard text. The survey has revealed the following: 65% look forward to going to work in the morning;80% feel valued and supported by their work colleagues, 55% by their line manager, but only 20% by senior managers;60% are satisfied with their physical work environment;21% are satisfied with their pay and benefits, but no-one says they are ‘very satisfied’55% are happy with their work life balance;33% are satisfied with their training and development opportunities;83% say their workload has increased in the past year;70% are satisfied with their promotion opportunities;90% say that they ‘sometimes feel stressed’ when they are at work;74% say they ‘feel safe’ at work;88% are happy with the business’s equality and diversity practices;28% are ‘listened to when they are at work’;36% are happy with their job security;27% say they feel their efforts at work are properly recognised;54% are actively seeking alternative employment. The set of briefing notes must: a) Identify which THREE of the key findings from the survey, the manager and senior team should prioritise for immediate attention and strategic action. Provide a critical rationale for your answer, explaining why these THREE findings are important in leading and developing people in the organisation. |
Use your answers to part a (above), to choose and critically evaluate ONE strategic initiative, which should be developed and embedded into the organisation to improve one of the findings identified in part a.
- Include a draft email. The company is keen to send an email to all staff headed, ‘You Said, We Listened’, summarising the company’s leadership and management perceptions of the staff survey findings and setting out what practical steps it is intending to take. Prepare the draft, ‘You Said, We Listened’, e-mail that should be sent.
(1,500 words, 40% of marks)
Part B: Personal and Professional Account
Task 3
Write a reflective personal and professional account
Create a journal entry reflecting on any one of the professional areas from the CMI Code of Conduct and Practice, www.managers.org.uk/code ensuring you also elaborate further on how you would apply it to your own current or future professional career (include this information on additional slides using standard text).
(500 words, 10% of marks)
Overall presentation and application (applies to both parts A and B)
Ability to communicate arguments in a clear and appropriate structure and professional writing style with appropriate sources accurately referenced and listed. (10% of marks)
Note: In your responses, you are allowed to make reasonable assumptions to the case study details provided. However, the case study should not be changed or compromised in any way. If you use a different case study to the ones provided you will fail and receive 0% grade.
Please refer to the Module Handbook for more detailed information for each section of the assessment.
| How will my assignment be marked? |
| Your assignment will be marked according to the criteria below. You can use the criteria below to evaluate your own work and consider your grade before you submit. |
| Criteria | 80-100% Distinction | 70-79% Distinction | 60-69% Merit | 50-59% Pass | 40-49% Adequate Pass | 30-39% Fail | 20-29% Fail | 0-19% Fail |
| Task 1 40 % | ||||||||
| Task 1a | Outstanding evaluation of the organisation’s issues and how they might be resolved. | Excellent evaluation of the organisation’s issues and how they might be resolved. | Very good evaluation of the organisation’s issues and how they might be resolved. | Satisfactory description of the organisation’s issues and how they might be resolved. | Adequate description of the organisation’s issues and how they might be resolved. | Very limited description of the organisation’s issues and how they might be resolved. | Clear failure Vague knowledge or understanding of the organisation’s issues and how they might be resolved. | Clear failure No understanding of the organisation’s issues and how they might be resolved. Wrong case study used. |
| Task 1b | Outstanding discussion of the importance of equality, diversity and inclusion to key areas of the organisation. | Excellent discussion of the importance of equality, diversity and inclusion to key areas of the organisation. | Very good discussion of the importance of equality, diversity and inclusion to key areas of the organisation. | Satisfactory description of the importance of equality, diversity and inclusion to one or two areas of the organisation. | Adequate description of, diversity and inclusi the importance of equality on to one or two areas of the organisation. | Very limited description of the importance of equality, diversity and inclusion to any one area of the organisation. | Clear failure Vague knowledge or understanding of the importance of equality, diversity and inclusion to any area of the organisation. | Clear failure No knowledge or understanding of the importance of equality, diversity and inclusion to the organisation. Wrong case study used. |
| Task 1c | Outstanding explanation and analysis of how an equality, diversity and inclusion strategy could be implemented. | Excellent explanation and analysis of how an equality, diversity and inclusion strategy could be implemented. | Very good explanation and analysis of how an equality, diversity and inclusion strategy could be implemented. | Satisfactory description with some explanation of how an equality, diversity and inclusion strategy could be implemented. | Adequate description with limited explanation of how an equality, diversity and inclusion strategy could be implemented. | Very limited description and comments on how an equality, diversity and inclusion strategy could be implemented. | Clear failure Vague description with minimal/no comments on how an equality, diversity and inclusion strategy could be implemented. | Clear failure Irrelevant or no attempt made to describe relevantly how an equality, diversity and inclusion strategy could be implemented. Wrong case study used. |
| Task 1d | Outstanding evaluation of the impact of leadership styles on equality, diversity and inclusion. | Excellent evaluation of the impact of leadership styles on equality, diversity and inclusion. | Very good evaluation of the impact of leadership styles on equality, diversity and inclusion. | Satisfactory description of the impact of leadership styles on equality, diversity and inclusion. | Adequate description of the impact of leadership styles on equality, diversity and inclusion. | Very limited description of the impact of leadership styles on equality, diversity and inclusion. | Clear failure Vague comments made on the impact of leadership styles on equality, diversity and inclusion. | Clear failure Irrelevant/no comments made on the impact of leadership styles on equality, diversity and inclusion. |
| Wrong case study used. | ||||||||
| Task 2 40% | ||||||||
| Task 2a | Outstanding identification, prioritisation and evaluation of the importance of three findings to leading and developing people. | Excellent identification, prioritisation and evaluation of the importance of three findings to leading and developing people. | Very good identification prioritisation and evaluation of the importance of three findings to leading and developing people. | Satisfactory identification with some prioritisation and description of the importance of the three findings to leading and developing people. | Adequate identification and description of the importance of the three findings to leading and developing people. | Very limited identification or description of the importance of three or fewer findings to leading and developing people. | Clear failure Vague identification and description of three or fewer findings to leading and developing people. | Clear failure No identification or description of any findings or their importance to leading and developing people. Wrong case study used. |
| Task 2b | Outstanding critical evaluation of a strategic initiative to improve one of the findings. | Excellent critical evaluation of a strategic initiative to improve one of the findings. | Very good critical evaluation of a strategic initiative to improve one of the findings. | Satisfactory description and reasonable justification of a strategic initiative to improve one of the findings. | Adequate description and justification of a strategic initiative to improve one of the findings. | Very limited description and justification of a strategic initiative to improve one of the findings. | Clear failure Vague description or justification of a strategic initiative to improve one or more of the findings. | Clear failure No description or justification of a strategic initiative to improve one of the findings. Wrong case study used. |
| Task 2c | Outstanding draft email produced. | Excellent draft email produced. | Very good draft email produced. | Satisfactory draft email produced. | Adequate draft email produced. | Very limited draft email produced. | Clear failure Vague draft email produced. | Clear failure No draft email produced. Wrong case study used. |
| Task 3 Reflection 10% | Exceptional and critical reflection undertaken on the chosen CMI professional area. Outstanding attempt made to apply to current/future professional career. | An excellent critical reflection undertaken on the chosen CMI professional area. Excellent attempt made to apply to current/future professional career. | A very good critical reflection undertaken on the chosen CMI professional area. Very good attempt made to apply to current/future professional career. | Satisfactory reflection undertaken on the chosen CMI professional area. Reasonable attempt made to apply to current/future professional career. | Adequate reflection undertaken on the chosen CMI professional area. Adequate attempt made to apply to current/future professional career. | Minimal reflection undertaken on the chosen CMI professional area. Limited/if any attempt made to apply to current/future professional career. | Clear Failure Vague reflection undertaken on random professional area. Vague attempt made to apply to current/future professional career. | Clear failure No reflection undertaken. No attempt made to apply to current/future professional career. |
| Overall Presentation and Application 10% | Work completed with an outstanding degree of accuracy, proficiency and autonomy. Outstanding communication and expression demonstrated throughout. Comprehensive range of appropriate sources accurately referenced and listed. | Fully logical structure between and within sections. Fully coherent argument. Excellent control and range of appropriate language. Wide range of appropriate sources accurately referenced and listed (any errors are minor). | Mostly logical structure between and within sections. Argument mostly coherent. Generally good control and range of language. Good range of appropriate sources all referenced and listed though with a few errors. | Structure between and within sections shows mixture of strengths and weaknesses. Argument sufficiently coherent. Control of language satisfactory, but limited in range. Slightly limited range of appropriate sources; referencing may have some errors and in listing. | Structure between and within sections shows significant weaknesses. Argument unclear. Quite weak control and very limited language range. Limited range of sources, partly inappropriate; referencing and listing have many serious errors. | Little or no logical structure. Argument very unclear or unintelligible. Grasp of language inadequate for the tasks. Sources are entirely inappropriate, or no references are given, or use of sources and referencing are completely inadequate and poorly listed. | Clear failure Illogically structured with few or no headings or direction provided between sections. Argument is unintelligible. Grasp of language below adequate for the task. Little relevant material present and informed from very | Clear failure No structure to this piece of work. Argument presented is unintelligible and may be irrelevant. There is little grasp of appropriate language. Little or no relevant material may be present and informed from minimal sources. No |
| limited sources. Serious and fundamental errors in referencing, listing, and virtually no evidence of relevant research. | evidence of engagement with any relevant academic materials. | |||||||
| How well did your work meet the stated assessment criteria? | Comments to be placed in general feedback area in Turnitin | |||||||
| How could you improve your future performance in this type of task? | Comments to be placed in general feedback area in Turnitin | |||||||
| Have you exceed the 3,500-word count? | Comments to be placed in general feedback area in Turnitin |
