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BIRMINGHAMCITYBUSINESSSCHOOL

POSTGRADUATE DEGREES

COURSEWORK FRONT SHEET

MODULE TITLE: Investigating a business issue from a HR perspective

MODULE CODE: IHR 7023

LECTURER: F Preen

ISSUE DATE: September 2012

HAND IN DATE: 27 September 2013

HAND BACK DATE: 27 November 2013

Learning outcomes and pass attainment level:

1. Identify and plan a project that is of strategic relevance to the organisation

2. Present a business report, to include a literature review, critique of research methods, data collection, analysis, findings, conclusions and recommendations.

3. Write a reflective account of what has been learned during the project and how this can be applied in the future.

See attachment for Distinction; Merit; Pass and Fail attainment levels

Assignment Title : The Poster Presentation

The Business report provides the opportunity for learners to demonstrate the ability to diagnose and investigate a live business issue from an HR perspective, to locate the work within the body of contemporary knowledge, to collect and analyse data, to derive supportable conclusions and to make practical and actionable recommendations for change, improvement or enhancement of current practice.

The assessment for the module comprises a portfolio of a written report (10,000 words) and a poster presentation. The weighting is 80% for the written report and 20% for the poster presentation.

Posters are an effective way of communicating concisely, visually and attractively, and can be a powerful way of getting information across. Academic posters summarise information or research concisely and attractively, to help publicise it and generate discussion.

Posters are widely used in the academic community, and most conferences include poster presentations in their programmes. Academic posters can reach a wide audience as they may be displayed for several hours or days, at national or international conferences. They may also be published online as part of conference proceedings, becoming part of a permanent record of research activity.

Assignment task

For this part of the assessment you are required to produce one A1 size poster that explains what you have done for the Business report; what you have found and the recommendations from your research. It should explain the following:

· What was the problem; why the issue was important; the specific aims, objectives and scope of your research

· What the existing literature told you about the problem

· How you went about your research to obtain primary data; which methods you used

· Your findings and conclusions

· Your recommendations

The assessment criteria will include the extent to which you have explained these aspects of your research in an attractive and concise summary as well as the demonstration of critical evaluation.

As well as handing in your poster on the deadline date you are asked to attend a poster display event and answer possible questions about your poster. The event will be held on the same date between 10.00 am and 11.30 am and you are asked to pin your posters to the display points in a room to be notified nearer the time through Moodle. You will need to take down your poster to hand in to G521 by the 12.00 noon deadline.

Guidance on Posters

Detailed guidance will be given on the production of an academic poster in the Research Methods module and it is strongly recommended that all students attend this session.

Further advice and guidance will be placed on Moodle.

Useful websites include,

http://lorien.ncl.ac.uk/ming/Dept/Tips/present/posters.htm

http://www.gcal.ac.uk/coursework/presentations/posters.html

Note that whether prepared using PowerPoint or on separate sheets mounted on card, the Poster must be prepared to be displayed at a maximum size of one sheet of

A1. This is equivalent to 8 sides of A4.

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA FOR THE POSTER PRESENTATION OF THE BUSINESS REPORT

	FAIL	PASS	MERIT
Explains all the essential elements of what was undertaken in the research ie: · Which organisation; the problem; why important; the specific aims, objectives and scope of the research · What the existing literature told you about the problem · How you went about your research to obtain primary data; which methods you used · Findings and conclusions · Recommendations	Does not explain all the elements required or only part explains each of them	Explains all the elements in the poster	Explains all the elements in the poster and demonstrates critical evaluation
Summarises information: · Succinctly · Simplicity and clarity · Clearly in terms of design, text and images · Laid out in a logical order	Rambling and/or incoherent rather than succinct; not clear or simple; the design, text and/or images do not explain the research clearly. No logical order.	The poster presents information succinctly and clearly. There is a clear logical order to the information. The design, text and images are appropriate	The poster is succinct, but conveys a lot of information about the research that fully explains what it encompassed
Attractiveness: • Visually – colour used appropriately • Grammatically, syntax, spelling, referencing	Visually the poster is not attractive and puts people off from wanting to know more about the research. An infelicitous style.	The poster is attractive to the viewer visually and the grammar, spelling syntax do not need amending	The presentation used attracts the viewer to it and to read it. It is so appealing that it prompts further discussion with the presenter