ASSESSMENT SPECIFICATION

Programme: BA (Hons) Business and Management

Module: Management Thought and Practice

Contribution to
Module code: UGB261 100%
Overall Module
Assessment (%):

Module Leader: Afzal Sayed Munna

Assignment Title: The growth and development Word count (or 3000 words
of an organisation equivalent):

Submission Tuesday 8th February 2022 at 2pm

All written assessments, where practical and possible, must be submitted via
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successfully submit your work for marking. Your submission links will become
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detailed instructions on how to submit your assignment.

Academic Academic honesty is required. In the main body of your submission, you must
honesty / give credit to authors on whose research and ideas your work is based. Append
referencing: to your submission a reference list that indicates the books, articles, etc. that
you have used, cited, or quoted to complete this assessment. For further
information regarding Assessment Regulations, extenuating circumstances or
extensions and academic integrity, please refer to your Programme Handbook
on the University of Sunderland in London information page on Canvas.
 Module Learning Outcomes

MODULE AIM

The module aims to introduce various aspects of management and functional view of various
management roles which impact business and organisational decision-making process.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Upon the successful completion of this module, the student will be able to:

K1. Understanding of theories and conceptual frameworks regarding the discipline of ‘Management’

K2. A detailed and critical awareness of a variety of ideas and contexts around Management
functions skills

S1. An ability to identify appropriate solutions to Management issues

ASSESSMENT

Mode of assessment Volume Weighting

TASK DESCRIPTION

You are working as a Junior Operations Manager in a well-known organisation of your choice. As part of your
responsibility, you have been asked to demonstrate the contribution of an operations manager to the growth
and development of an organisation. You are to produce a report for the board of directors in response to the
following:

You need to recommend two management approaches which the organisation could take to ensure its
management functions effectively to contribute to the design of the organisation in an emerging or changing
environment. The report should cover the following:
 • How does operations management support the business aims and objective of your organisation?

• Investigation into two management approaches to show how the organisation could ensure the
business management functions contribute toward the growth and development of the organisation.

• Analyse the importance of motivation in the workplace business

• How does effective communication and teamwork support the business performance?

GENERAL SUBMISSION GUIDANCE

1. All your submissions must include a title page that clearly states your
name, your student number, the module code and title, your
lecturer’s name, and your assignment title.
2. All your submissions should be typed in Arial font, size 11.
3. All your submissions should be typed with 1.5 line spacing.
4. All your submissions should have an appropriate structure, include
page numbers, and have a reference list.

GUIDANCE FOR STUDENTS IN THE COMPLETION OF TASKS

1. Engagement with Literature Skills

Your work must be informed and supported by scholarly material that is relevant to and focused on the task(s)
set. You should provide evidence that you have accessed an appropriate range of sources, which may be
academic, governmental, and industrial; these sources may include academic journal articles, textbooks,
current news articles, organisational documents, and websites. You should consider the credibility of your
sources; academic journals are normally highly credible sources while websites require careful
consideration/selection and should be used sparingly. Any sources you use should be current and up-to-
date, mostly published within the last five years or so, though seminal/important works in the field may be
older. You must provide evidence of your research/own reading throughout your work, using a suitable
referencing system, including in-text citations in the main body of your work and a reference list at the end of
your work.
2. Knowledge and Understanding Skills

At this level, you should be able to demonstrate knowledge of the underlying concepts and principles
associated with your area(s) of study. Knowledge relates to the facts, information, and skills you have
acquired through your learning. You demonstrate your understanding by interpreting the meaning of the facts
and information (knowledge). This means that you need to select and include in your work the concepts,
techniques, models, theories, etc. appropriate to the task(s) set. You should be able to explain the theories,
concepts, etc. to show your understanding. Your mark/grade will also depend upon the extent to which you
demonstrate your knowledge and understanding.

3. Cognitive and Intellectual Skills

You should be able to present, evaluate and interpret qualitative and quantitative data, to develop lines of
argument and make sound judgements in accordance with basic theories and concepts of your subject(s) of
study. You should be able to evaluate the appropriateness of different approaches to solving problems related
to your area(s) of study and/or work. Your work must contain evidence of logical, analytical thinking. For
example, to examine and break information down into parts, make inferences, compile, compare information.
This means not just describing what! But also justifying: Why? How? When? Who? Where? At what cost?
You should provide justification for your arguments and judgements using evidence that you have reflected
upon the ideas of others within the subject area and that you are able to make sound judgements and
arguments using data and concepts. Where relevant, alternative solutions and recommendations may be
proposed.

4. Practical Skills

At this level, you should be able to apply the basic underlying concepts and principles to evaluate and
interpret these within the context of your area of study. You should be able to demonstrate how the subject-
related concepts and ideas relate to real world situations and/or a particular context. How do they work in
practice? You will deploy models, methods, techniques, and/or theories, in that context, to assess current
situations, perhaps to formulate plans or solutions to solve problems, or to create artefacts. This is likely to
involve, for instance, the use of real-world artefacts, examples and cases, the application of a model within
an organisation and/or benchmarking one theory or organisation against others based on stated criteria.

5. Transferable Skills for Life and Professional Practice

Your work must provide evidence of the qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment requiring
the exercise of some personal responsibility. This includes demonstrating that you can communicate the
results of your study/work accurately and reliably, and with structured and coherent arguments; that you can
initiate and complete tasks and procedures, whether individually and/or collaboratively; fluency of expression;
clarity and effectiveness in presentation and organisation. Work should be coherent and well-structured in
presentation and organisation.
Generic Assessment Criteria