ASSESSMENT ITEM 2: (INDIVIDUAL)

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ASSESSMENT ITEM 2: (INDIVIDUAL)
Your second assessment task will build upon your first essay and the content you have learnt in the
second half of the session.
The Individual Assignment (IA) comprises two components: (1) Essay and (2) Reflective response.
OBJECTIVES
This assessment relates to the following subject learning objectives:
1. apply critical and analytical thinking, including a capacity to question existing practices and
assumptions, to the study of management and organisations
2. evaluate the theoretical foundations of the fields of management and organisational studies;
contextualise contemporary managerial practices in the light of this theory
3. explore management and organisational problems and issues relevant to organisations
operating in a global and diverse workplace.
PART 1: ESSAY
Write an academic essay of 1500 words (+/-10% excluding references) in which you further develop
the arguments of your first essay in the context of ONLY ONE of the ‘managing practices, structures
and processes’ topics from the second half of the semester (weeks 8-11):
• Managing cultures
• Managing sustainably: Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
• Managing Communication
• Managing knowledge, innovation and change
Topic:
Discuss how managing organisational practices, structures and processes has changed with
the advance of post-bureaucratic management approaches
You may use the same references from your first essay, however you may not copy and paste any of
the text.
Structure
The work should include the following sections (but please do not include headings – these are just a
guide for you):
Introduction
Set the context by presenting your overall topic, take a position and you may like to mention
selected references you plan to use to demonstrate your overall argument.
Body
Discuss your argument within the context of the literature. Discuss new insights/practices that have
emerged and the underlying assumptions of these insights/practices. Compare and contrast the
arguments and assumptions embedded in your different source materials (i.e. managerialism vs.
Critical Management Studies or stakeholder perspectives). Approach the topic from different
perspectives; whose voices are dominant or missing, what are the implications and what are the
new emerging questions?
Illustrate your arguments with live cases from the lectures or relevant reports from reputable media
outlets as secondary sources. You may also draw material from the recommended textbook by
Clegg, Kornberger and Pitsis (2016).
Conclusion
Briefly summarise your argument to draw a concluding thesis statement.
References
Present a reference list with at least eight references from quality academic sources. Select at least
six sources from the tutorial readings, prescribed additional readings listed on UTSOnline and the
reference lists at the end of each lecture. Supplement your argument with at least two references
from other relevant quality journal articles. You are encouraged to read widely.
Note: Further guidance on the process and structure of writing an essay will be provided in tutorials.
Additional resources can be found on UTSOnline.
Formatting
Cover Sheet, original authorship statement and reflective response:
Each essay must be accompanied by a completed cover sheet, including the original authorship
statement, signed by the student. By signing this sheet the student acknowledges their role and the
submission process. The completed reflective response should be appended to the end of the essay.
Format:
Double-space your text and use 2.54-centimetre margins. The text should be in a 12-point Times
New Roman font and left-justified. Pages should be numbered, with the numbers appearing in the
bottom right-hand corner of the pages.
References:
All sources must be properly acknowledged using the Harvard (UTS) referencing style. Any source
referenced ‘in-text’ must be listed in the reference list at the end of the essay. Any essay that
contravenes the referencing policy may draw severe penalties and be referred to the student
conduct committee.
PART 2: REFLECTIVE RESPONSE
In preparing your essay, you are expected to engage in a meaningful, reflective drafting process,
making use of writing analysis tools that can provide you with individualised feedback on your
written communication. As such your second task is to write a reflection of approximately 300 words
(+/-10%), to the feedback your tutor provided to your first essay and from other sources listed
below.
As part of this exercise you need to (at a minimum):
1. Prepare a draft of your essay by Week 11 (9pm, Sunday 14 October). This draft will not be
graded but will form the basis of analysis and reflection of your written communication.
(NOTE: although there is no grade/mark attached to the draft, failure or late submission of
this draft to Turnitin by the due date will result in penalties applied to your final essay mark.)
2. Submit your draft essay to at least one writing analytics tools by Week 11 from the list
below.
3. Reflect on the feedback provided by the writing analysis tool.
4. Re-draft your essay using this feedback.
5. Prepare a “Writing reflection” (instructions below), accounting for how you used the
feedback from assignment 1, the analytics tool, Turnitin similarity report and other
resources to improve your written communication in your essay, which you submit, with
supporting evidence (e.g. samples of writing analysis reports) in Week 12.
Students must submit their draft essay to at least one of the following writing analytics tools:
• UTS Academic Writing Analytics: https://acawriter.uts.edu.au/
• Grammarly: https://app.grammarly.com/
• ProWritingAid: https://prowritingaid.com
• Hemmingway Editor: http://www.hemingwayapp.com/
We also encourage you to make use of other tools and resources:
• Marking rubric and tutor feedback from assessment 1
• Several re-drafting stages (i.e. don’t just submit and re-draft once)
• Multiple online tools (feel free to use ones not listed here)
• Peer feedback
• U:PASS Write Workshops and other HELPS Advice:
o WriteNow! Writing Support sessions: http://www.uts.edu.au/currentstudents/support/helps/writenow-writing-support-sessions
o Daily workshops: https://www.uts.edu.au/current-students/support/helps/dailyworkshops
o One-on-one assignment writing consultations: http://www.uts.edu.au/currentstudents/support/helps/assignment-writing-assistance
o HELPS Self Help resources: http://www.uts.edu.au/currentstudents/support/helps/self-help-resources
Writing reflection
Accompanying your final report, you are required to submit a reflective response, accounting for
how you improved the written communication in your essay.
This account should address the following issues:
• What tools and resources did you use?
• How did you use these tools and resources to improve the written communication of your
essay? (HINT: Try to be as specific as possible in making clear the link between your use and
interpretation of the feedback from these tools and the improvements you made to your
essay)
• In your opinion how helpful do you think these tools and resources are improving written
communication? (HINT: You can write about your personal experience in using the tools,
your intentions about how you might use these again, or what recommendations or advice
you would make to others about using these tools or resources, etc.)
Style
This account should be in the style of a personal reflection. You should aim to convey your ideas as
clearly as possible. However, the form and structure are much more flexible than an essay or report.
For example, you should write in the first person (i.e. using “I”) and there is no need to cite other
reference material.
Format
The reflective response should be on a separate page following the essay reference list. It can be
structured according to the tools and resources you used or the criteria from the marking rubric
from assignment 1. Double-space your text and use 2.54-centimetre margins. The text should be in a
12-point Times New Roman font and left-justified. Pages should be numbered, with the numbers
appearing in the bottom right-hand corner of the pages.
Supporting evidence
Following your reflective response please attach relevant supporting evidence, e.g. pictures or
screen shots of samples of feedback from assignment 1 or writing analysis tools, samples of
feedback from peers, details and notes from other activities, workshops, resources, you used. The
supporting evidence should clearly show the feedback from the tool/resource before your changes
and how you changed your essay in response to this feedback. This should be highlighted so the
marker can clearly see the changes to your essay before and after the tool/ resource. Note: Please
do not append more than 3 pages of evidence.
EVALUATIVE CRITERIA
The weighting of the evaluative criteria against which your assignment will be marked are as follows:
Argument (10%), Organisation and Structure (10%), Critique (20%), Understanding and Content
(20%), Academic English (10%), Format and Referencing (10%), Reflective Response (20%). Detailed
explanations of unsatisfactory to highly-proficient performance in each of these areas are provided
in the marking rubric.
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*Students must submit their draft report to at least one writing analytics tool listed above
GUIDELINES FOR SUBMITTING ASSESSMENTS USING ‘TURNITIN’
Your draft and final essays must be submitted electronically using the ‘Turnitin’ program on
UTSOnline (under the relevant Assessment in the Assessments tab on the MPO page) by 9pm on the
due date. Final essays submitted late will lose an automatic 5% per day.
Turnitin will also produce a plagiarism report that will be available to your tutor when they mark
your work (which you should indicate on your cover sheet). The report will indicate any passages in
your essay that are not original. You are required to submit a draft of your essay to Turnitin to help
you to modify your essay. You are welcome to submit as many versions of your final essay to
Turnitin however please remember that it will be at least 24 hours before Turinitin will give you your
report so factor this in when submitting your final essay.
As a guide, if your overall Turnitin score is over 20%, please ensure that you revise your essay. If you
do not revise, you could face severe penalties and may be referred to the Dean of Teaching and
Learning. You must not submit anybody else’s essays except your own to Turnitin for any reason.
Also, please do not, under any circumstances, think that you can present somebody else’s
unreferenced writing in your essay as your own – whether this is from previous student’s essays,
material you have found on the web, or elsewhere. The penalties for plagiarism are extremely
severe and all cases will be referred to the Dean of Teaching and Learning.
EXTENSIONS AND LATE ASSIGNMENTS
Essays submitted after the due time/date will incur late penalties as listed below. Late submissions
will not incur the late penalties listed, only if the tutor or Subject Coordinator has granted a formal
extension of time. This extension should be approved BEFORE the submission deadline where
possible and will only be approved in exceptional circumstances (normally on grounds of ill health or
misadventure). Work submitted more than 5 days after the stated submission date will not be
accepted for assessment unless the Subject Coordinator, on receipt of a Special Consideration form,
has granted a formal extension of time. Students cannot expect to receive verbal or written
feedback for late work.
Late Penalties
Teams that do not conform to the submission timeline will incur the following penalties:
1) Draft essay (Turnitin) – 2% penalty (of 35 marks) for every day late, applied to final report
mark. A day is a 24 hour period or part thereof. For example if you submit your draft essay at
9:15pm on Sunday 14 October, you will receive a 0.7 mark reduction of the overall mark given
for the assessment. The submission time is the time Turnitin records once the document has
uploaded. During peak assessment periods, upload time can take a while to upload. Students
are therefore advised to submit their assignment well in advance of the time due.
2) Final essay (Turnitin) – 5% penalty (of 35 marks) for every day late, applied to final report
mark.
Applying for extensions
If you are unable to submit your assignment on time due to illness or misadventure, and require an
extension of less than one week, you should submit your supporting documentation and request an
extension by emailing your tutor well before the hand-in deadline of the essay. If you require more
than a one-week extension, please submit an application for ‘Special Consideration’ with relevant
supporting documentation attached, prior to the due date of the assessment.
The extension application form is available through the Student Administration Offices or may be
downloaded at: http://www.sau.uts.edu.au/forms/index.html.
GRADING AND FEEDBACK
Your assessments will be graded according to the criteria indicated in the marking rubric on
UTSOnline. Your tutor will grade your assessments on REVIEW – there is a link to this on UTSOnline.
You are encouraged to self-assess your assessments using REVIEW. We strongly recommend that
you familiarise yourself with the marking rubric well in advance, and raise any questions with the
MPO teaching staff before your submission. In addition to the above instructions and guidelines,
your tutors will talk you through the process of assessment and will provide feedback on your essay
outline in-class.
Grade categories
• High Distinction 85 per cent and above
• Distinction 75 per cent to 84 per cent
• Credit
 65 per cent to 74 per cent
• Pass 50 per cent to 64 per cent
• Fail (Z) Less than 50 per cent
All forms of assessment must be attempted and an overall mark of 50% or more must be achieved to
pass this course.
Feedback
As specified in the submission timetable above, you will receive different types of feedback relating
to your report, including Turnitin reports (about similarity scores), writing analysis feedback,
completed marking rubrics and grades from your tutor.
Draft essay
The draft essay is not formally marked or assessed.1 While your tutor will provide you with
individualised feedback using the marking rubric on the final essay and writing reflection, the reflective
writing exercise encourages you to make use of other sources of feedback on your earlier drafts (e.g.
writing analytic tools, peers, self-review). As this process is central to the assessment exercise (you
will be receiving marks for doing this!), students are expected to complete their essays without
substantive input from MPO teaching staff before the final submission. If you have general questions
about the assessment requirements, please ask your subject coordinator at weekly lectures or on the
dedicated forum in the UTSOnline Discussion Board. We have also organised in-class activities to
ensure opportunities for informal feedback. Please ensure you attend class to take advantage of these
opportunities.
Final essay
You can view the completed marking rubric in REVIEW, showing how your submission was assessed
according to the marking criteria.
Marking queries, reviews and appeal process
To maintain consistency between the tutorials, the MPO teaching team meets and confers to discuss
and compare the marking of assessments to ensure consistency in marking across classes. The
coordinator may also moderate the marks prior to releasing the grades back to the students.
However, if you (or the consensus of your team members – for group assignments) have concerns
regarding your marked assessment, please email your tutor for an appointment to discuss your
concerns. Before meeting with your tutor, you must email your tutor a detailed request explaining
precisely which criteria of the grading sheet and elements of feedback you disagree with or have
questions on. Your tutors will not be able to discuss your concerns unless such a document has been
submitted to them.
If you are unable to come to an agreement about your final assessment mark with your tutor, then
you may request an appointment with the subject coordinator who may decide to have your
assignment remarked by another tutor. Please be aware that remarking your assessment may result
in, 1) retaining the same mark, 2) increasing the mark or 3) reducing the mark. For group
assignments individual group members can nominate beforehand to not be included in the
remarking process.
Note: Your action to appeal the grade must occur within 5 days of the marks being released.
1 You will attract penalties if these components are not completed on time.