FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
Final mark awarded: _____
Assessment Briefing & Criteria
Module Code:
SD4S05 Module Title:
Partnership Service Improvement and Delivery Module Lecturer:
Stuart Morgan
Assessment Title: Management Report on Service Integration Assessment No. 1B Business Report
No. of pages submitted in total including this page:
Completed by student Word Count of submission
(if applicable): Completed by student
Date Set:
9 Feb 2023
Submission Date:
3 June 2024 before 23:59hrs Return Date:
5 July 2024
Assessment Task (what you are required to do)
In relation to a named Indian public service organisation of your choosing, outline within 2,000 words the potential benefits and obstacles to service integration. You will prepare this in the form of a Business Report, properly laid out, pages numbered, and a contents sheet. You must use USW style Harvard references, and all diagrams must be placed in any appendices. The Business Report you write should be addressed to the board of management of the named organisation; and it must include recommendations, and a conclusion.
Presentation and formatting of the report accounts for 10% of the marks awarded. The word count applies to the main body of the Business Report only.
Note: By public service organisation we refer to a legal entity such as
a public sector body e.g., a municipal health clinic or a public health laboratory;
a charity or voluntary sector body providing public services e.g., a food bank or a research body; or
a private company, which provides public services e.g., a care home or a hospital or prison service etc.
Marking Criteria:
* This assignment will be marked out of 100;
* This assignment contributes to 50% of the total module marks
Assessment Criteria to be applied1.Analysis of theory (this includes the understanding and use of theory. Do not provide long descriptions of theory but instead summarise/ synthesise it and use the theory to build sound arguments). (approx. 45%)
2.Application of theory to practice (provide a good range of examples from your chosen organisation to illustrate/ reflect on the theoretical issues). (approx. 25%)
3.Clarity and persuasiveness of argument (approx. 10%)
4.Range of sources used (approx. 10%)
5.Presentation (Report Format, grammar, spelling, etc) (approx. 10%)
Word Length: 2,000 words, contribution to overall mark = 50%
You need to keep within the word limit. Assignments which depart by more/less than 10% of the word length will be subject to an additional penalty of 10% reduction in all marks awarded.
* Please also see copies of the Faculty of Business and Creative Industries PG Marking Criteria for post graduate Assessments that will be used to grade the assessment.
Learning Outcomes to be assessed:
Critically appraise the recent approaches to managing and improving performance in the named public service.In this respect, your report must deal with what has happened or what is actually happening.
Apply these approaches to a named public service organisation.
Extenuating Circumstances
If there are any exceptional circumstances that may have affected your ability to undertake or submit this assignment, make sure you contact the Advice Zones on your campus prior to your submission deadline. Please contact Treforest Campus Advice Zone hereIf you have any questions and or queries about Extenuating Circumstances Guidance, then please contact Treforest Campus Advice hereFit to sit policy:
The University operates a fit to sit policy whereby you, in submitting or presenting yourself for an assessment, are declaring that you are fit to sit the assessment. You cannot subsequently claim that your performance in this assessment was affected by extenuating factors.
Plagiarism and Unfair Practice Declaration:
By submitting this assessment, you declare that it is your own work and that the sources of information and material you have used (including the internet) have been fully identified and properly acknowledged as required.
Additionally, the work presented has not been submitted for any other assessment. You also understand that the Faculty reserves the right to investigate allegations of plagiarism or unfair practice which, if proven, could result in a failure in this assessment and may affect your progress. Do not fall foul of the university regulations on plagiarism, which include the use of AI.
Details of Submission:
Note: All work handed in after the submission date and within 5 working days will be capped at 40%. No marks will be awarded if the assessment is submitted after the late submission date unless extenuating circumstances are applied for and accepted (Advice Zone to be consulted).
FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
Final mark awarded:_____
Assessment Briefing & Criteria
Module Code:
SD4S05 Module Title:
Partnership, Service Improvement and Delivery Module Lecturer:
Stuart Morgan
Assessment Title: Academic Poster Assessment No. 1A
No. of pages submitted in total including this page:
Completed by student Word Count of submission
(if applicable): Not relevant
Date Set:
9 Feb 2024 Submission Date:
25 May 2024 before 23:59hrs Return Date:
25 June 2023
Assessment Task (what you are required to do)
Produce a poster (size A2 landscape mandatory) about one of the following subject areas in a named Indian public service organisation of your choice:
Service improvement;
Partnerships; or
Service delivery.
The poster should critically analyse either:
A problem;
A proposed solution; or
A recent change or innovation.
Notes:
The poster should help the reader to understand i) the subject area, for example, why the partnership should matter; ii) the problem, solution or innovation; and iii) come to a conclusion.
Your poster should be attractive, but also needs to include academic evidence and citations, which need to be referenced. Your ability to demonstrate critical thinking is important.
Your poster can be printed, hand made or handmade with printed materials. Turn this into a pdf file (e.g. by photographing and saving as a pdf). The file should be submitted through Learning Tool (LTI) link on BB, ONLY as a pdf file.
Save your pdf file with a file name ONLY in the format: [module#_yourstudent#_poster_date]. Failure to adopt this style will lose you marks in the assessment.
Your submission should include a list of Harvard references (this may be included either on the poster OR as a second pdf sheet merged within one single file). Use only the USW listed styles of Harvard references. Marks will be lost at assessment for failure to adopt the USW protocol format.
Assessment Criteria
The following criteria will be applied to your mark:
1.Analysis of theory (this includes the understanding and use of theory. Do not provide long descriptions of theory, but instead summarise/ synthesise it and use the theory to build sound arguments). (approx 45%)
2.Application of theory to practice (provide a good range of examples from your organisation to illustrate/ reflect on the theoretical issues). (approx 25%)
3.Clarity and persuasiveness of argument (approx 10%)
4.Range of sources used (approx 10%)
5.Presentation (Report Format, grammar, spelling etc) (approx 10%)
* This assignment will be marked out of 100;
* This assignment contributes to 50% of the total module marks;
* The poster will be marked against the USW PG FBCI marking criteria.
D is a distinction, M merit, P pass and F fail. Please see copies of the Faculty of Business and Creative Industries Marking Criteria for postgraduate assessments that will be used to grade the assessment.
Learning Outcomes to be assessed:
Critically evalute recent approaches to managing and improving performance in an organisation in the public service. Application of these approaches to a real (and named) public service organisation
Extenuating Circumstances
If there are any exceptional circumstances that may have affected your ability to undertake or submit this assignment, make sure you contact the Advice Zones on your campus prior to your submission deadline. Please contact Treforest Campus Advice Zone hereIf you have any questions and or queries about Extenuating Circumstances Guidance, then please contact Treforest Campus Advice hereFit to sit policy:
The University operates a fit to sit policy whereby you, in submitting or presenting yourself for an assessment, are declaring that you are fit to sit the assessment. You cannot subsequently claim that your performance in this assessment was affected by extenuating factors.
Plagiarism and Unfair Practice Declaration:
By submitting this assessment, you declare that it is your own work and that the sources of information and material/images that you have used (including the internet) have been fully identified and properly acknowledged as required. Additionally, the work presented has not been submitted for any other assessment. You also understand that the Faculty reserves the right to investigate allegations of plagiarism or unfair practice which, if proven, could result in a fail in this assessment and may affect your progress. DO NOT fall foul of the unfair practice regualtions.
Details of Submission:
Note that all work handed in after the submission date and within 5 working days will be capped at 40%. No marks will be awarded if the assessment is submitted after the late submission date unless extenuating circumstances are applied for and accepted (Advice Shop to be consulted).
