Higher National Certificate/Diploma in Business
Assessment Brief
| Student Name/ID Number | |
| Unit Number and Title | 12 Organisational Behaviour |
| Academic Year | 2018-2019 |
| Unit Assessor | |
| Assignment Title | Individual and group behaviour in organisations |
| Issue Date | 18/10/2018 |
| Submission Date | 19/11/2018 |
| IV Name & Date |
| Submission Format |
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You
should attach a cover sheet clearly stating college name, your name, surname,
Cohort and the student number, together with the following learner
declaration in the front of your assignment. ———————————————————————————————————————– Learner declaration: I certify that the work submitted for this assignment is my own and research sources are fully acknowledged. Student signature: Date: ———————————————————————————————————————-Identify and understand the assessment verbs. Please find a list of common assessment verbs on the last pages of this brief. In your answers, highlight each task clearly – identifying task numbers as stated in the assignment brief. Word process in Arial; Size: 12; Line and Paragraph Spacing: 1.5, Text alignment; Justify Insert Page Numbering (bottom center). All sources MUST be acknowledged fully. Follow Harvard Referencing system.Spell check the document and read thoroughly for grammatical errors even though the mistakes in spelling and grammar would not influence assessment decisions.Produce an academic report, addressing all the tasks with an approx. word limit of 3500, with +/- 10% margin. A common report format includes: Introduction (analyse the question), Underpinning Knowledge (write about the relevant theory/points), Applied knowledge (Application to a business scenario and supported by applicable data) and Conclusions and Recommendations (summarizing the whole scenario)Your submission should be uploaded on to Turnitin in the submission period as assigned. Collusion and Plagiarism must be avoided.Assignments submitted after the deadline will not be accepted unless the evidence of mitigating circumstance is provided. Assignments submitted after the submission date may not be eligible for support towards feedbacks.Resubmission is capped to a pass. You are allowed to resubmit only once and if they fail to pass at the time of resubmission, you would be advised to retake the unit.Start each answer on a new page and pages should be numbered. Highlight each question clearly.Include a References list/Bibliography at the end of the assignment. Use the Harvard referencing system.In order to Pass you need to address all Pass criteria.In order to get a Merit, you need to address all the Merit criteria along with Pass criteria.In order to get a Distinction, you need to address all the Distinction criteria along with Pass and Merit criteria. |
| Unit Learning Outcomes |
| LO1 Analyze the influence of culture, politics and power on the behaviour of others in an organizational context. LO2 Evaluate how to motivate individuals and teams to achieve a goal. LO3 Demonstrate an understanding of how to co-operate effectively with others. LO4 Apply concepts and philosophies of organisational behaviour to a given business situation. |
| Assignment Brief and Guidance |
| Task 1 Scenario You have been invited to attend a local Employer Advisory Forum that is presenting a discussion topic on organisational behaviour. You are to choose an organisation of your choice (those in work should use their organisation of employment) to research and produce a report (2000 words). The purpose of the discussion forum will be to establish the influence that organisational culture and motivation has upon behaviours and performances within the workplace. You will be required to discuss and critically analyse the various organisational cultures and motivational theories, and to identify which ones can be found in your organisation. The discussion must then critically evaluate how the above-mentioned theories influence behaviours within organisations and how this affects the performance of each organisation. You will conclude with recommendations on how your organisation could improve the performance of their staff to meet goals. You are required to produce and submit a report and it will be an overview of your chosen organisation’s culture, politics and power, with relevant examples of how these aspects of organisational behaviour have influenced behaviour in the workplace. It should also include how motivational theories and techniques have been applied in your organisation, supported by relevant examples. Task 2 You are also required to submit a written presentation to demonstrate your understanding of teamwork and application of organisational behaviour theories. (1500 words) For your presentation, consider an organisational situation of your chosen organisation (for example, application of digital technology in business to increase efficiency, customer satisfaction or cost minimisation). Using teamwork theories, you are required to explainwhat makes an effective team as opposed to an ineffective team. Furthermore, you will applyconcepts and philosophies within your chosen organisation in the business situation that you have chosen. There is a reward for outstanding presentation. Therefore, you will critically analyse and evaluatethe relevance of team development theories in context of organisational behaviour concepts and philosophies that influence behaviour in the work place. Your presentation is based on analysisof relevant team and group development theories to support the development of dynamic cooperation. You will also explore and evaluatehow concepts and philosophies of OB inform and influence behaviour in both a positive and negative way. |
| Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria | ||
| Pass | Merit | Distinction |
| LO1 Analyse the influence of culture, politics and power on the behaviour of others in an organisational context | LO1 & 2 D1 Critically evaluate the relationship between culture, politics, power and motivation that enables teams and organisations to succeed providing justified recommendations. | |
| P1 Analyse how an organisation’s culture, politics and power influence individual and team behaviour and performance. | M1 Critically analyse how the culture, politics and power of an organisation can influence individual and team behaviour and performance. | |
| LO2 Evaluate how to motivate individuals and teams to achieve a goal | ||
| P2 Evaluate how content and process theories of motivation and motivational techniques enable effective achievement of goals in an organisational context. | M2 Critically evaluate how to influence the behaviour of others through the effective application of behavioural motivational theories, concepts and models. | |
| LO3 Demonstrate an understanding of how to cooperate effectively with others | LO3 & 4 D2 Critically analyse and evaluate the relevance of team development theories in context of organisational behaviour concepts and philosophies that influence behaviour in the work place. | |
| P3 Explain what makes an effective team as opposed to an ineffective team. | M3 Analyse relevant team and group development theories to support the development of dynamic cooperation. | |
| LO4 Apply concepts and philosophies of organisational behaviour to a given business situation | ||
| P4 Apply concepts and philosophies of organisational behaviour within an organisational context and a given business situation. | M4 Explore and evaluate how concepts and philosophies of OB inform and influence behaviour in both a positive and negative way. |
| Sources of information |
| ARCHER, D. and CAMERON, A. (2013) Collaborative Leadership; Building Relationships, Handling Conflict and Sharing Control. 2nd Ed. London: Routledge. BY, R.T. and BURNES, B. (2013) Organizational Change, Leadership and Ethics: Leading Organisations Towards Sustainability. London: Routledge. HUCZYNSKI, A. and BUCHANAN, D. (2013) Organisational Behaviour. 8th Ed. Harlow: Pearson. LEVI, D. (2014) Group Dynamics for Teams. 4th Ed. London: SAGE. ROLLINSON, D. (2008) Organisational Behaviour and Analysis: An Integrated Approach. 4th Ed. London: Pearson. HN Global – Core Textbook |
| Guide to Assessment Verbs |
| Analyse: Break the subject or complex situations into separate parts and examine each part in detail; identify the main issues and show how the main ideas are related to practice and why they are important; reference to current research or theory may support the analysis Evaluate: Examine strengths and weaknesses, arguments for and against and/or similarities and differences; Judge the evidence from the different perspectives and make a valid conclusion or reasoned judgment Critically evaluate: This is a development of ‘evaluate’ with a debate on the validity of claims from the opposing views and producing a convincing argument to support the conclusion or judgement Critically Analyse: Implies careful, exact, in-depth or detailed analysis. Tends to focus more on the components and to comment on their significance, causal relationships or impact on the whole. Requires informed judgement with reference to some conceptual theory, idea, practice or experience so will always be fairly high level of cognitive skill. |
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