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 Analyse theories of team development.
• 1.2 Suggest strategies to overcome common team work challenges.
• 1.3 Evaluate the impact of leadership styles on a team.
• 1.4 Assess the importance of accountability and trust in a team.
• 1.5 Compare and contrast methods of managing conflict within a team.
• 2.1 Explain the components of a positive culture within a team.
• 2.2 Describe how systems and processes support a positive culture in a team.
• 2.3 Explain how to foster creative and innovative ways of working in a team.
• 3.1 Explain the links between individual, team and organisational objectives.
• 3.2 Explain factors which influence forward planning in a team.
• 3.3 Explain how to identify areas of individual and team responsibility in achieving objectives.
• 3.4 Explain how to identify and agree aims and objectives to promote a shared vision within own team.
• 3.5 Evaluate how the vision and strategic direction of a team influences team practice.
• 4.1 Apply techniques to monitor progress in achieving team objectives.
• 4.2 Demonstrate how to provide constructive feedback when underperformance is identified.
• 4.3 Explain how team members are managed when performance does not meet agreed requirements.
• 5.1 Explain the impact of legislative and regulatory requirements on recruitment and selection processes in health and social care settings.
• 5.2 Analyse how serious case reviews and inquiries have contributed to the establishment of policies and procedures within recruitment which are necessary to safeguard vulnerable people.
• 5.3 Explain how to establish the criteria that will be used in the recruitment and selection process.
• 5.4 Describe how to involve others in the recruitment process.

Activity

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

Study materials

Further resources

• 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
• Harvard Referencing quick guide 2025 (York St John University) · PDF · Other, report · for registered students