Dynamic Market (Www:3/11/2021)

Assessment name:

Culture Reflection

Task description:

Create a reflection outlining individual strengths and challenges and demonstrate a clear understanding about how the group will work effectively together to respond to the assessments that are central to the group work.

Due date:

Week 4, Sunday at 11.59pm (Brisbane time).

Length:

400-word reflection plus group contract (no word limit)

Weighting:

20%

Individual/Group:

Individual

Formative/Summative:

Formative and summative

Assessment and feedback:

Grading scale using a rubric

What you need to do:

You will take on the role of a professional consultancy team that helps real-world organisations analyse the external and internal environments of the organisation to address issues they may face. Being effective will require you to be open with one another to explore and reflect on your individual strengths, limitations, and collective expectations.

You meet your team members in the first tutorial and will complete learning activities that are designed to support this exploration and provide you with enough information about each other to create a cohesive team culture. You will define your individual strengths and limitations through the 400-word reflection and define collective expectations through the completed group contract.

You will complete the steps below.

Step 1: Prepare an individual reflection, key requirements include:

a) Your characteristics as an individual

b) how your characteristics impact team interactions

c) what does the mix of individuals in your team mean for working with each other

Step 2: As a team, prepare the group contract.

Learning outcomes measured:

Learning Outcome 4: Use professional communication skills and technologies to present ideas and business solutions to diverse audiences

Learning Outcome 5: Work in diverse teams using effective teamwork tools and skills to create and convey recommendations to business audiences

BSD106 Dynamic Markets – Assessment Task 1

CRICOS No. 00213J

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Criteria

High Distinction

(7)

Distinction

(6)

Credit

(5)

Pass

(4)

Marginal Fail

(3)

Fail

(2)

Low Fail

(1)

No Evidence

Higher Order Thinking (HO 2.2): Independent judgement and decision-making.

Adaption of team effectiveness theory/ frameworks

Weighting: 40%

Excellent demonstration of application and critical integration of extensive and relevant theory/ frameworks to provide highly insightful discussion in the evaluative reflection.

Very good demonstration of application and integration of a wide range of theory/ frameworks relevant to the insightful discussion in the reflection.

Good demonstration of application and some integration of a limited range of relevant theory/ frameworks to provide support for your discussion in the reflection

Sufficient demonstration of application of theory/ frameworks to support for your discussion in the reflection. Use of information from superficial and / or theory may be predominantly from other texts rather than material taught.

Lack of application of appropriate theory/ frameworks. A description of the type of decision maker you are in the assignment was given, but no thought given to why.

Very limited application of appropriate theory/ frameworks. A limited description of the type of decision maker you are in the assignment was given.

No application of appropriate theory/ frameworks. A very limited description of the type of decision maker you are in the assignment was given.

Teamwork and self (TS 4.1): Exercise self-reflection.

Reflection on strengths, limitations and impacts on the team environment

Weighting:40%

Demonstrates a comprehensive understanding of strengths, limitations, and impacts on the team environment, including opportunities for personal development. All claims are supported by appropriate evidence.

Demonstrates a strong understanding of strengths, limitations, and impacts on the team environment, including opportunities for personal development. Most claims are supported by appropriate evidence.

Demonstrates a sound understanding of strengths, limitations, and impacts on the team environment, including opportunities for personal development. Most claims are supported by appropriate evidence.

Demonstrates a somewhat incomplete understanding of strengths, limitations, and impacts on the team environment, including some opportunities for personal development. Claims are supported by appropriate evidence.

Demonstrates an inadequate understanding of strengths, limitations, and impacts on the team environment, and fails to acknowledge where there are opportunities for personal development. There is very limited evidence provided.

Fails to demonstrate an understanding of strengths, limitations, and impacts on the team environment, and fails to acknowledge where there are opportunities for personal development. There is no evidence provided.

Does not demonstrate understanding of strengths, limitations, and impacts on the team environment, and do not acknowledge where there are opportunities for personal development. There is no evidence provided.

Teamwork and self (TS 4.2): Teamwork knowledge and skills.

Group Contract

Weighting: 20%

The group provides a comprehensive understanding of core team culture to promote collective expectations and cohesion.

The group provides a very good understanding of core team culture to promote collective expectations and cohesion.

The group provides a sound understanding of core team culture to promote collective expectations and cohesion.

The group provides a somewhat incomplete understanding of core team culture to promote collective expectations and cohesion.

The group provides a lack of understanding of core team culture to promote collective expectations and cohesion.

The group provides very little understanding of core team culture to promote collective expectations and cohesion.

The group provides no understanding of core team culture to promote collective expectations and cohesion.