assignment 81

Assessment Cover Sheet

School/ Department Name: School of Business/Management Department

Course Name: Professional Development and Communication Skills

Course Code: 20SMGB315 (Fall Online 2020)

Instructor Name: Dr. Dieter Thom

Student’s Name:

Student ID No:

INSTRUCTIONS

All four (4) semester assessments are attached to this assessment cover sheet.

DO NOT WRITE IN THE AREA BELOW:

1.	Group Team Agreement	________/20
2.	Individual Written Journal	________/20
3.	Group Presentation	________/20
	Individual Questions	________/20
4.	Group Written Report	________/20

Feedback: ________________________________________________________________

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Instructor’s signature:

__________________________

Student’s Signature:

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TASK DETAILS:

Assessment 1:

Group Team Agreement (as per the examples) Due: 3 December 2020, end of Week 5.

Length: 500 words Total: 20 marks Weight: 20%

You will submit the assessment through the link on the Turnitin LMS.

The examiners will use the School of Business Marking Rubric for all Coursework.

Assessment 2:

Individual Written Journal (as per the outline) Length: 10 pages Total: 20 marks Weight: 20%

Due: 7 January 2021, end of Week 10, one page for each of the first ten weeks.

You will submit the assessment through the link on the Turnitin LMS.

The examiners will use the School of Business Marking Rubric for all Coursework.

Assessment 3:

Group & Individual Defense Presentation [Due 17 January 2021, start of Week 12] Total: 1 hour (40 marks) Weight: 40%

The group will have an hour to defend their final project according to the Project Outline.

The examiners will use the School of Business Marking Rubric for all Presentations.

1.	Group presentation of highlights of project.	(10	- 15 mins) (20 marks) Weight: 20%
2.	Individual questioning of students by examiners.	(20	- 30 mins) (20 marks) Weight 20%
3.	Deliberation of Examiners and Feedback	(10	– 15 mins)
Assessment 4:
Group Written Report [Due 4 February 2021]	Total: 20 pages (20 marks) Weight: 20%

The group will submit their final written report on Turnitin according to the Project Outline.

The examiners will use the School of Business Marking Rubric for all Coursework.

Length: 5000 words overall including cover page and reference list.

CQU Harvard Referencing is required with at least 10 academic journal articles or textbooks.

10 additional references like interviews, company documents, and news items are also required.

Every paragraph should have at least one reference and every page a good quote.

Marks will be deducted where correct academic and professional formatting is lacking.

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Assessment 2: Journal

In this unit you will be writing a page of 10 weekly notes in a Word document.

You can use the following outline for your topic headings:

1. Your Planning (At the beginning of the week)

a. Individual

b. Group

c. Company

2. Lecture notes (2 per week)

a. What you learn or don’t understand from each chapter of the book.

b. What your group can take from the lecture for your project.

c. What issues are relevant to your company.

3. Meeting Record (Every week either internal group or external company)

a. What you need to do as an individual.

b. Decisions that are made by the group.

c. What you learn from the company.

4. Reflection (At the end of the week)

a. What you are individually learning about the unit.

b. How your group is growing through this process.

c. What you have learnt from the company.

You will submit the completed journal through the link on the Turnitin in the LMS.

The examiners will use the School of Business Marking Rubric for all Coursework.

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Project Outline

Find a company in Kuwait that will allow you to study a particular project that they are running over the last few months of 2020.

1. Introduction

a. No executive summary.

b. Give some essential background about the company.

c. Mention the industry, size, values, services and products.

d. Describe the mentor, department and project you are working on.

2. Team Agreement (how the ACK group members will be organised)

a. Members

b. Individual roles and responsibilities

c. Group expectations and accountability

d. Company requirements

3. Team Charter (how the ACK group members will relate to the company)

a. Background

b. Project description

c. Risks

d. Stakeholders

4. Macro Environment and Industry-Level PEST Analysis (of the company and project)

a. Political

b. Economic

c. Social

d. Technology

5. Project Management Plan (an overview of the entire project of the company)

a. Objectives

b. Schedule

c. People

d. Other

6. Progress Report (state of company project as of 31 December 2020)

a. Objectives

b. Schedule

c. People

d. Other

7. Lessons Learned (what the company and you as a group have learned)

a. Objectives

b. Schedule

c. People

d. Other

8. Conclusions (of the company’s project)

a. Strengths

b. Weaknesses

c. Opportunities

d. Threats

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Suggested Research Strategy

1. Group Formation

a. Choose a group of around 3 people to do the following sections:

i. Introduction, team agreement and team charter (sections 1, 2 & 3).

ii. PMP, progress report and lessons learned (sections 5, 6 & 7).

iii. MEA, SWOT and reference list (sections 4, 8 & reference list).

b. Choose one person to be your group leader.

c. Register your names and IDs ASAP with your professor by email.

d. Email any changes to the professor during the course of the semester.

e. Have one formal internal group meeting by the end of the first week.

f. Send a progress report to the instructor at the end of every week.

2. Company Connection

a. Each member suggests a few possible companies.

b. Consider where you have contacts that help you get information and interviews.

c. Register your company name ASAP with your professor.

d. Have one formal meeting with the company by the end of the second week.

e. Send a progress report to the instructor at the end of every week.

3. Initial Research

a. Collect basic information on the company website and the internet

i. News items

ii. Research articles

iii. Annual company reports

b. Ask your contacts to email (or give) you relevant company material

i. Policies

ii. Procedures

iii. Processes

iv. Internal reports

c. Confidentiality

i. Emphasize that the information will be kept confidential.

ii. Send me their email addresses if they need official confirmation from ACK.

4. Interviews

a. Arrange five bi-weekly interviews with key managers and employees.

b. Prepare interview questions and submit these questions to your lecturer for review.

5. Final Draft

a. Check that your referencing is 100% according to CQU Harvard.

b. Submit a draft of your report to me that is basically complete in week 11.

c. I will only be accepting ONE draft, so make sure it is nearly complete.

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