Semester 2 Assessment Guidance 2021 / 2022
Assessment Context
This assessment is 50% weighted and covers the semester 2 content as outlined below:
Human resource planning: key contemporary future of work labour market trends and their significance for workforce planning.
Contemporary business issues: anticipating and responding to contemporary business challenges that impact HRM.
Assessment Brief
Prepare a 2000-word business report that critically evaluates the factors that need to be considered when implementing a HR strategy related to a contemporary issue covered in semester 2.
The assessment must be presented as a business report and include the following:
- A cover page indicting the title of your report; the word count; the module name and code; and your student number. Please do NOT include your student name as all assignments for this module are marked anonymously.
- A contents page;
- An introduction;
- The main body of the report which may be presented in various subsections;
- A conclusion;
- A set of recommendations;
- A full reference list in Harvard@Newcastle format.
The business report should include:
- Definitions of key terms related to your selected topic.
- Reference to the key models, theories and frameworks relevant to your selected topic.
- A detailed analysis of the factors to be considered for your selected topic.
- Reference to appropriate case study examples and industry data / examples to support your discussions.
- A good balance of good quality academic and practitioner reference sources.
- The report should be presented in Arial or Times New Roman, font size 12; include page numbers; and conform to the norms of Harvard@Newcastle referencing.
Formative Assessment Feedback
- Peer and tutor feedback: This will be available through participation in the seminar activities.
- Pre-assessment support: This will be available in the form of assessment guidance tutorials.
Submission Instructions
Your FINAL report should be submitted ONCE electronically via Canvas
Marking Criteria
This assessment will be marked in accordance with the marking rubric presented below.
Re-Sit Assessment:
Make good original assessment based on marker feedback.
BUS2040 Semester 1 Assessment Marking Rubric
| 0%-29% | 30%-39% | 40%-49% | 50%-99% | 60%-69% | 70%- 79% | 80%+ | |
| Poor fail | Marginal fail | Marginal pass | Satisfactory | Good | Very Good | Excellent | |
| Knowledge and understanding of the key concepts discussed during the module. [15%] | No evidence of knowledge and understanding of the key concepts covered in the module. | Evidence of a limited knowledge and understanding of the key concepts covered in the module. | Evidence of some knowledge and understanding of the key concepts covered in the module however, some key components are omitted. | Evidence of an adequate knowledge and understanding of some of the key concepts covered in the module although this could have been further evidenced in parts of the assessment. | Evidence of a generally good knowledge and understanding of the key concepts covered in the module. However, some aspects were only partially evidenced. | Evidence of a detailed synthesis of the key concepts covered in the module. | Evidence of a comprehensive interpretation and evaluation of the key concepts covered in the module. |
| Use of academic and practitioner literature sources to support the discussion. [25%] | No engagement with the module reading materials to support the discussion. No evidence of wider reading to support the discussion. | Some engagement with some of the module reading materials. No evidence of wider reading and / or much irrelevant literature used. | Some engagement with some of the module reading materials. Some appropriate wider reading to support the discussion. | An adequate use of the directed and independent reading materials to support the discussion. | A good use of the module reading materials to support the discussion. Evidence of appropriate wider reading to support the discussion. | A very good use of the module reading materials which are used effectively to support arguments, ideas and solutions. A very good range of good quality and independently sourced materials used to support the discussion. | Excellent engagement with the module reading materials which are used effectively to support arguments, ideas and solutions. A comprehensive range of good quality, independently sourced materials used to support the discussion. |
| Use of case study material to support the discussion. [25%] | No links to practice are made. | Little reference to practice. | Some links to practice are made but these could be developed. | Adequate use of case study materials used to link concepts to practice. | Concepts are consistency applied to practice. | There is evidence of a sound ability to critically interrelate theories with examples from practice. | There is evidence of an exceptional ability to critically interrelate theories with practice. |
| Critical analysis of the key concepts covered in the module. [25%] | The assessment is descriptive with no critical analysis of concepts. | The assessment is descriptive and lacking in consistent critical analysis | The assessment is mainly descriptive with intermittent critical analysis. | There is evidence of critical analysis throughout the assessment but this could be further enhanced. | There is good critical analysis of concepts throughout the assessment. | Very good critical analysis of concepts throughout the assessment. | Excellent critical analysis of the concepts throughout the assessment. |
| Good academic practice, structure, writing and presentation [10%] | There is little evidence of good academic practice, no discernible structure, referencing is missing and the presentation impairs the reading of the work. | There is some evidence of good academic practice, but the work is generally poorly structured with a number of presentational and referencing issues. | There is some evidence of good academic practice, some coherence in structure, referencing is largely adequate and there are many presentational issues. | There is adequate evidence of good academic practice, coherent structure, referencing is adequate and there are some presentational issues. | There is evidence of good academic practice, good coherent structure and evolving narrative, referencing is good and there are few presentational issues. | There is evidence of very good academic practice, very good coherent structure and clear narrative, referencing is at a high standard and there are minimal presentational issues. | There is evidence of excellent academic practice, excellent coherent structure and sophisticated narrative, referencing is at an exemplary standard and presentation is to a professional standard. |
