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Level 7 Diploma in Business and Organisational Psychology

Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing

BOP702 · Motivation, Job design, and Extrinsic Rewards — Week 13 of 16

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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 Discuss major aspects of the motivation process in an organisation.
  • 1.2 Assess the differences between content and process theories of employee motivation in an organisation.
  • 2.1 Critically evaluate the different approaches to job design in an organisation.
  • 2.2 Assess how job design is used to motivate employees in an organisation.
  • 3.1 Evaluate the differences between extrinsic and intrinsic rewards in an organisational context.
  • 3.2 Explain the ways rewards can be determined in an organisation context.

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
  • 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
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Foundations of Organisational Motivation
  • Week 2: Socio-Cultural Contexts of Workplace Motivation
  • Week 3: Content Theories of Employee Motivation
  • Week 4: Process Theories and Comparative Analysis
  • Week 5: Evolution and Models of Job Design
  • Week 6: Contemporary Job Design and Technological Impacts
  • Week 7: Mobilising Job Design for Employee Motivation
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Intrinsic and Extrinsic Reward Paradigms
  • Week 10: Mechanisms of Reward Determination
  • Week 11: Performance-Related Pay and Strategic Reward Governance
  • Week 12: Applying Motivation, Job design, and Extrinsic Rewards in p…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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