Writing

BCO113 WRITING COMMUNICATION SKILLS Final Task brief & rubrics

Final task: Academic writing

 This task is to completed individually

 You will be writing a 5-paragraph essay on one of the following topics:

o Working remotely and its effects on business

o The Short and Long-term effects of Covid-19 on business and commerce

o The future of work and jobs

 Your essay must include a clear thesis statement.

 Your essay must be accompanied by a detailed outline.

 You must upload your document via Turnitin

Formalities:

 Write between 1000-1500 words

 Cover, Outline, and References are excluded from the total wordcount.

 Font: Arial 12,5 pts.

 Text alignment: Justified.

 The in-text References and the Bibliography have to be in Harvard referencing style.

Submission: Week 8 – Via Moodle (Turnitin). Sunday, 19 th

July, no later than 23.59CET (Barcelona time).

Weight: This task is worth 60% of your total grade for this subject.

Learning outcomes assessed:

 Understand the differences between business and academic writing.

 Illustrate an awareness of how to apply principles of proper referencing: paraphrase, summarize, and quote other authors’ work.

Rubrics

Exceptional

100-90

Good

89-80

Fair

79-70

Marginal

69-60

Fail

10 pts

Identification &

understanding of the

concepts

30%

The student identifies all

relevant key concepts and

demonstrates superior

understanding of them

The student

identifies key

concepts and

demonstrates good

understanding of

them.

The student identifies

some relevant key

concepts fairly well

and demonstrates

some understanding

them (although some

are lacking).

The student identifies few

key concepts and

demonstrates marginally

inadequate understanding

of them (several may be

lacking or irrelevant).

The student fails to identify

key concepts and

demonstrates inadequate

understanding of any

concepts (several may be

lacking and/or irrelevant)

Application of

relevant data

25%

The student considers several

sources of relevant data and

literature to skillfully construct

an argument.

The student

considers several

sources of relevant

data and literature

to construct an

argument.

The student considers

some data (although

may be lacking

relevance) and

literature and

attempts to construct

an argument

The student considers

little data (which may be

lacking relevance) and

literature and makes

insufficient attempts to

construct an argument.

The student does not

consider any data (or

includes highly irrelevant

examples) nor literature and

makes no appreciable

attempt to construct an

argument.

Evaluation

25%

The student critically discusses

the statement and/or provides

data driven or literature-based

conclusions.

The student shows

evidence of critical

discussion of the

statement and/or

makes a good

attempt at

providing data-

driven or literature-

based conclusions.

The student makes

some attempt to

critically discuss the

statement and/or

provides conclusions

(which may not be

drawn from the data

and literature).

The student makes little

attempt to critically discuss

the statement and/or

provides conclusions.

The student makes no

appreciable attempt to

critically discuss the

statement and/or provide

conclusions

Understanding

communication skills

20%

The student shows exceptional

understanding of paraphrasing

and summarizing skills.

The student quotes

exceptionally well to support

his/her ideas.

Flawless use of Harvard

referencing conventions.

The student shows

good

understanding of

paraphrasing and

summarizing skills.

The student quotes

well to support

his/her ideas.

Makes correct use

of Harvard

referencing

conventions.

The student shows fair

understanding of

paraphrasing and

summarizing skills.

The student quotes to

support his/her ideas.

Makes use of Harvard

referencing

conventions with

some errors.

The student shows

marginally inadequate

understanding of

paraphrasing and

summarizing skills.

The student uses quotes

that are sometimes

irrelevant to his/her ideas.

Makes use of Harvard

referencing conventions

sometimes or with many

mistakes/omissions.

The student does not show

understanding of

paraphrasing and

summarizing skills.

The student uses quotes that

are irrelevant or does not

quote at all.

Makes correct use of

Harvard with multiple errors

or fails to use said

conventions.