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. Academic reading and writing in English Part 3: The role of sources

What you will be able to do

• 1.1 Examine the differences between a group and a team in an organisation context.
• 1.2 Discuss the developments that have given rise to the interest of teams within organisations.
• 1.3 Assess the benefits to an organisation linked to team systems of working.
• 2.1 Evaluate models of teambuilding or group development at an organisation.
• 2.2 Evaluate the features of high-performance teams at an organisation
• 2.3 Critically analyse the issues that can occur around team building and offer solutions in an organisation context.
• 2.4 Assess management team development programmes i.e: Dyer’s approach; Belbin’s approach and team management wheel in an organisational setting.
• 3.1 Analyse the concept of organisational demography in an organisational context.
• 3.2 Discuss the significance of values and attitudes and conflict situations in a team.
• 3.3 Critically evaluate the role of trust in team management in an organisation.

Activity

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

Study materials

Videos

• Academic reading and writing in English Part 3: The role of sources · YouTube · Leiden University - Faculty of Humanities · 11 min · for registered students

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