Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement

This week’s topics

Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement

1. Drafting against the criteria
2. Tutor and peer feedback
3. Improving the final submission
4. Academic writing workshop

What you will be able to do

• 1.1 Explain the growing importance of projects in organisational context.
• 1.2 Appraise the complexities involved in managing projects.
• 1.3 Explain the processes and methodologies related to projects.
• 2.1 Understand the various types of research projects.
• 2.2 Explain the differences between organisational projects and research projects.
• 2.3 Understand research funding landscape.
• 2.4 Explain the stages of a DBA project.
• 2.5 Discuss how to manage risk in a DBA project.
• 3.1 Divide the research project into work packages, activities, milestones, estimate duration and establish relationship between activities.
• 3.2 Estimate resource, cost requirements for a given activity.
• 3.3 Identify critical path and optimize resource usage.
• 4.1 Apply project life cycle approach to examine the project management challenges.
• 4.2 Identify best practices related to project management.
• 4.3 Provide recommendations for successful delivery of projects.

Activity

Start with this week’s video, then: Draft the assignment, get feedback and improve it before submission.

Study materials

Videos

• Academic writing workshop · YouTube · University of Staffordshire Student Life · 14 min · for registered students

Further resources

• Writing Guide, 3.5: Peer review and using feedback · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 92–94 · for registered students
• Supporting learners' agentic engagement with feedback: a systematic review · PDF · Reading, article · for registered students