What cultural competencies should a global leader possess?

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COURSEWORK

MODULE TITLE: Global Management Skills.

FORM AND TITLE OF ASSESSMENT:

Component 1: Individual design of a mini business conference. 60%

DEADLINE DATE FOR SUBMISSION BY STUDENTS:

Component 1: March 13th 2015

NOTES FOR STUDENTS:

This assessment will be in 2 components:

Component 1: summative. Individual conference

Weighting: 60%

Individual Conference 60%

section1: individual conference-Annotated Conference slides. 40%

section 2: Individual Conference Pack -Annotated pack material. 10%

section 3: individual participation/feedback. 10%

Section 1.

You are required to produce a conference, on a new topic (from attached list) comprising of 20 power point slides with an annotation of 50 words per slide describing how the facilitator would deliver the information on the slide to the target audience.

Section 2.

You are required to produce a power point slide, describing what you would include in your conference pack with a rationale for its conclusion.

Section 3.

Your participation/feedback mark is carried forward.

The conference titles for this year are:

What cultural competencies should a global leader possess?

Component 1: Mini Business Conference. 60% weighting.

Assessment Criteria	% Weighting	Learning Outcomes
Ability to manage delegates and present well researched information in a professional manner. Demonstrating teamwork. Design & apply appropriate learning strategies to a range of problems. Demonstrated- Throughout.	40%	LO1 – Students will able to analyse the complexities of the skills required to work effectively in an intercultural environment. LO2 – Students will have developed their own inter-cultural ability to understand the perspectives of individuals from different cultures & respond to them. LO3 – Students will be able to benchmark their own capabilities against the competencies required by companies in a global market place. LO4- Students will have practised their effectiveness in preparation for graduate employment
Ability to communicate intellectual understanding of researched topic. As well as demonstrating theoretical underpinning of concepts covered in the module	30%	LO1,LO2, LO4
. Academic skills and competences Clarity, fluency and logical layout of material presented. With all work duly referenced and a full bibliography	10%	LO3, LO4.
To prepare & submit a Conference Pack, Must have agenda, evidence of media, academic material.	10%	LO1,LO2, LO3, LO4
Demonstrate constructive & critical feedback to team delivering conference. Delegate feedback/ participation.	10%	LO1, LO3, LO4

CRITERIA	70% and above	60% and above	50% and above	40% and above	Less than 40%
Design & content of conference. Professional delivery. Evidence of the management of delegates, & well presented & researched information with clear agenda. 40%	Content is comprehensive and of a very high standard. All material is highly relevant. Activities are very appropriate, well prepared and very well executed. Objectives achieved. An excellently structured programme Possible use of guest speaker. Room dressed.	Content is very good and comprehensive and of a high standard. Almost all material is relevant. Activities are appropriate, well prepared and well executed presented. Most objectives achieved. A very well structured programme. Possible use of guest speaker. Room dressed.	Content is good and of a good standard. The majority of the material is relevant. Most activities are appropriate and executed to an acceptable standard. The majority but not all objectives achieved. A well-structured programme. Some room dressing.	Content is acceptable and mainly of a reasonable standard, although there may be some omissions and/or irrelevancies. Activities not always appropriate, well prepared and /or well executed. Majority of objectives not achieved. Room for improvement in programme structure.	Content is poor and contains omissions. Standard is unacceptable. The majority of material is of a poor standard and may be irrelevant.. Activities may be appropriate or inappropriate, but are poorly prepared and executed. Objectives of presentation not achieved. A poorly structured programme.
Preparation & planning of conference demonstrated. Demonstration of understanding of theoretical concepts 30%	Extensive evidence of preparation including rehearsal of whole programme. All team members very knowledgeable and in excellent command of material. Excellent evidence of responsiveness to formative feedback ( conference pack)	Very good evidence of preparation including rehearsal of whole programme, including pre-course activities and evaluation. Team members knowledgeable and in very good command of material Very good evidence of responsiveness to formative feedback ( conference pack)	Good evidence of preparation including rehearsal of whole programme, including pre-course activities and evaluation. Team members fairly knowledgeable and mainly in command of material. Good evidence of responsiveness to formative feedback (conference pack)	Limited evidence of preparation including rehearsal of whole programme, including pre-course activities and evaluation. Team members lack knowledge in some areas and not always in command of material. Limited evidence of responsiveness to formative feedback (conference pack)	Little evidence of preparation including rehearsal of whole programme, including pre-course activities and evaluation. Team members demonstrate poor knowledge and show poor command of material. Very little evidence of responsiveness to formative feedback (Conference pack)
Team work with evidence of the ability to communicate with delegates & other team members. 20%	Excellent balance of contribution between team members. Very strong evidence of mutual support. Body language and individual behaviour are very appropriate. Whole team deliver with great confidence and enthusiasm. Excellent time management.	Very good balance of contribution between team members. Good evidence of mutual support. Body language and individual behaviour are appropriate. Whole team deliver with good confidence and enthusiasm. Good time management.	Good balance of contribution between team members. Some evidence of mutual support. Body language and individual behaviour are mainly appropriate. Most of team deliver with good confidence and enthusiasm. Good time management.	Acceptable balance of contribution between team members. Limited evidence of mutual support. Body language and individual behaviour are usually appropriate. Some of team deliver with confidence and enthusiasm. Satisfactory time management.	Poor balance of contribution between team members. No evidence of mutual support. Body language and individual behaviour are inappropriate at times. Team do not deliver with confidence and enthusiasm required. Poor time management
Academic skills & competencies. With all work duly referenced & full bibliography. 10%	Slides, visual aids, hand-outs, questionnaires and any other materials used are all of an excellent standard. Sources are referenced accurately in the Harvard system with no omissions.	Slides, visual aids, hand-outs, questionnaires and any other materials used are of a very good standard. Sources are referenced in the Harvard system with very few accuracies and/or omissions.	Slides, visual aids, hand-outs, questionnaires and any other materials used are of a good standard. Sources are referenced in the Harvard system with some accuracies and/or omissions.	Slides, visual aids, hand-outs, questionnaires and any other materials used are of an acceptable standard. Sources are referenced in the Harvard system but with considerable accuracies and/or omissions.	Slides, visual aids, hand-outs, questionnaires and any other materials used are of a poor standard. Some sources are referenced in the Harvard system but with extensive accuracies and/or omissions.