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
4. Planning your search strategy 2025
5. Academic writing workshop
6. Academic reading and writing in English Part 6: How to cite sources

What you will be able to do

• 1.1 Analyse and discuss stress and describe its physical manifestations in an organisation context.
• 1.2 Assess definitions of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and burnout.
• 1.3 Appraise the cost linked with stress at work in an organisation context.
• 1.4 Demonstrate understanding of key theoretical models to facilitate workplace health and wellbeing at an organisation
• 2.1 Analyse typical stressful conditions for people in the workplace in an organisation context.
• 2.2 Evaluate the relevance of factors emanating from the workplace in the context of stress in an organisation.
• 2.3 Evaluate the relevance of factors originating from the individual and outside the workplace in the context of stress in an organisational setting.
• 3.1 Critically analyse a variety of remedies for stress management in an organisational context.
• 3.2 Examine the similarities and differences between CBT and REBT
• 3.3 Evaluate the likely benefits to organisations and individuals from health promotion programmes or wellness schemes in the workplace in an organisational context.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Plan the unit assignment against every criterion; source and reference the evidence.

Study materials

Videos

• Planning your search strategy 2025 · YouTube · University of Staffordshire Student Life · 24 min · for registered students
• Academic writing workshop · YouTube · University of Staffordshire Student Life · 14 min · for registered students
• Academic reading and writing in English Part 6: How to cite sources · YouTube · Leiden University - Faculty of Humanities · 17 min · for registered students

Further resources

• Harvard Referencing quick guide 2025 (York St John University) · PDF · Other, report · for registered students
• Evaluating Information: Applying the CRAAP Test · 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