Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing

This week’s topics

Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing

1. Unpacking the assignment brief and criteria
2. Finding and evaluating sources
3. Planning and referencing

What you will be able to do

• 1.1 Differentiate between leadership and management.
• 1.2 Explain key leadership theories.
• 1.3 Explain key management theories.
• 2.1 Explain what is meant by the term ‘team development.’
• 2.2 Explain what is meant by the term ‘high performance team.’
• 2.3 Compare different team development models.
• 3.1 Explain techniques used to improve individual and team performance.
• 3.2 Explain the importance to an individual of improving own performance.
• 3.3 Explain the importance to a business of effective individual and team performance.
• 3.4 Discuss the role of motivation theories in improving individual and team performance.
• 3.5 Explain the contemporary challenges of leading and managing staff.
• 4.1 Apply techniques to determine own capacity to be an effective leader and manager.
• 4.2 Assess own ability to improve knowledge and skills to be an effective leader and manager.

Activity

Plan the unit assignment against every criterion; source and reference the evidence.

Study materials

Further resources

• Harvard Referencing quick guide 2025 (York St John University) · PDF · Other, report · for registered students
• Writing for Success, ch. 8.1–8.3: Prewriting, outlining and drafting · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 281–318 · for registered students
• Evaluating Information: Applying the CRAAP Test · PDF · Other, report · for registered students