This week’s topics
Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
- Drafting against the criteria
- Tutor and peer feedback
- Improving the final submission
- Feedback and peer review
- Things To Do Before You Hand In Your Assignment
- 5 Steps To Write a First Class Essay: PROFESSOR EXPLAINS
What you will be able to do
- 1.1 Assess the skills and attributes needed for leadership.
- 1.2 Evaluate the differences between leadership and management.
- 1.3 Compare and contrast leadership styles for different management positions.
- 2.1 Evaluate ways to motivate staff to achieve organisational objectives.
- 2.2 Assess the connection between motivational theories and reward.
- 2.3 Assess the effectiveness of a reward system in leading an organisation.
- 2.4 Evaluate the methods employers use to monitor employee engagement and performance.
- 3.1 Analyse the factors involved in planning the monitoring and assessment of work performance.
- 3.2 Discuss how development needs of an individual employee can be assessed.
- 3.3 Evaluate the success of an assessment process.
- 4.1 Discuss theories related to team building.
- 4.2 Evaluate the benefits of team-working for an organisation.
- 4.3 Analyse ways in which managers can resolve conflicts within a team to achieve organisational goals.
Activity
Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Draft the assignment, get feedback and improve it before submission.
Study materials
Videos
- Feedback and peer review · YouTube · Akademiskt skrivande/Academic Writing · 6 min · for registered students
- Things To Do Before You Hand In Your Assignment · YouTube · University of Staffordshire Student Life · 22 min · for registered students
- 5 Steps To Write a First Class Essay: PROFESSOR EXPLAINS · YouTube · Professor Mark Egan · 8 min · for registered students
Further resources
- Writing Guide with Handbook, ch. 7.3: Criteria, evidence, evaluation · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 214–216 · for registered students
- Supporting learners' agentic engagement with feedback: a systematic review · PDF · Reading, article · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.