Task/assessment brief: This assessment is in Two parts of 600 words each, totalling 1200 .
Question 1: You are required to write a precis of approximately 600 words.
For this question, you will be required to summarise 4 to 5 journal articles in a critical analysis, highlighting the main issues and conclusions of these journal articles. You will be provided with 2 journal articles relevant to key theoretical approaches in management change in modern organisations with special reference to:
Organisational structure
Organisational culture
conflict management
In your analysis, you must focus on the management of change. Your precis should cover:
a. Introduction
b. Main body
c. Conclusion
Please note that there are NO subheadings in any of these sections of the precis.
Question 2. You are required to write a precis of approximately 600 words.
You will be required to summarise 4 to 5 journal articles in a critical analysis, highlighting the main issues and conclusions of these journal articles. You will be provided with 2 journal articles relevant to organisational behaviour in various organisational contexts. In your discussion, you should focus on complex scenarios in changing organisational external environment. Your focus should be on:
Organisational behaviour in any context AND
The Changing Organisational external environment
In your analysis, you must focus on organisational behaviour journal articles. Your precis should cover:
a. Introduction
b. Main body
c. Conclusion
Please note that there are NO subheadings in any of these sections of the precis.
For this assessment, your precis must be approximately 600 words for each of the questions and must include:
Atitle for each of the questionsAsummary of the main text in the articles in your own words by paraphrasing the themes in the articles for each of the questionsAcritical analysis of the themesAflow in your analysisCitationsfrom the articlesAreference list made up of the articles in both questions (One reference list for both questions)
Yourprecis must NOT include:Listof contentssubheadingsDirectquotes from the articlesYourown opinions or critic of the articleDescriptions(avoid descriptive analysis)Bulletpoints or numberings
You will be provided with 4 journal articles for both questions (2 for each question). You are expected to source for additional 4 to 6 journal articles relevant to the elements of both questions. Please do NOT use more than 5 journals for each of the questions, including the one provided by your tutor.
Pleasefocus on the main arguments of each of the journal articlesAvoidusing jargons in your writingUsea font size of 12 with 5 spacing
Remember, your wordcount DOES NOT include the title and your reference list.
You must attach as appendices, the first cover of each of the journal articles used for both questions, except the ones provided by your tutor.
Other important Precis criteria
Wordcount
The precis must not be longer than 1200 words (excluding diagrams, tables and quotations from academic references).
Wordcount does not include everything in the assignment. Wordcount starts from the Introduction through to the conclusion. This means that the:
Title page is NOT included in the wordcount. Reference List is NOT included in the wordcount. Appendices are NOT included in the wordcount.
Referencing
All your references must be from *credible sources such as peer-reviewed journal articles.
(*A credible source in academic writing is one written by an expert in the subject area and edited and fact-checked by multiple other experts to ensure that the information is accurate, comprehensively researched, and as free as possible from bias).
All the academic resources used in this precis must be accurately referenced using the Harvard referencing system. If you are unsure about what constitutes academic honesty, or if you want to learn how to quote and reference correctly, please visit the citation section of the Cardiff Met academic skills website: http://tsr.cardiffmet.ac.uk/Learning/AcSkills/Skills/Pages/Citation.aspx .
Precis style
The individual precis must conform to the following style: 12 point, Times New Roman/Calibri/Arial font
line spacing of 1.5 lines language set as English left aligned or justified.
Word count (or equivalent):
1200 words (excluding diagrams, tables and quotations from academic references)
This reflects the effort required for the assessment. Word counts will normally include any text, tables, calculations, figures, subtitles and citations. Reference lists and contents of appendices are excluded from the word count. Contents of appendices are not usually considered when determining your final assessment grade.
Artificial Intelligence Models Guidance for this assessment:
Artificial Intelligence (AI) models can be a powerful tool to support your learning. The University has provided some resources to support you in its appropriate usage:
Library Services AI Hub
Student Guide to AI and Assessment
Code of Conduct for Students on the use of AI
Cite Them Right resource on citing materials relating to AI (if permitted)
As per the academic regulations (Academic Handbook Ah1_08), in all cases you must submit work that is your own, acknowledging any part of it that has been informed by another source including that which is AI generated. Upon submission of work, you will be asked to confirm the following statement:
I confirm that this assignment is my own work, except where I have acknowledged the use of works from other sources, including the use of any artificial intelligence (AI) tools, in accordance with what is allowable as described in the assessment brief.
Please note the following:
AI shouldnot be used as a substitute for your own knowledge, and you should never include any material that you do not understand and could not explain if asked.Notbeing able to explain your work when asked is likely to be a key factor when considering cases of academic misconduct related to AI.
The following information provides specific guidance for this assessment about what level of AI use is appropriate for this assessment. Remember that in all cases you must submit work that is your own, acknowledging any part of it that has been provided by another source.
NO USE OF GENERATIVE AI EXPECTED
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Your assignment should be produced using information sourced by you from your learning materials and academic sources and cited appropriately.
AI tools for checking spelling, grammar and referencing may be used.
AI ACKNOWLEDGED
You can use AI tools to learn about your topic, as part of your study, or in preparing initial guidance on assignments (e.g. headline structure, suggestions for inclusion of topics).
Any materials that you have sourced from AI should be rewritten or reconfigured and integrated into your own work and referenced appropriately. It is recommended that this is confirmed by a relevant academic source.
Any support gained from AI should be acknowledged in a statement at the end of the assignment, making clear what the support was, and how you used it and developed it for your own work. Example statements are
available in the Student Code of Conduct [link].
AI EMBEDDED
Use of AI is an integral and expected part of the assessment.
The explicit inclusion of AI within the assessment means that instructions on the expected use will be part of the assessment brief.
Your assessment brief will describe how you should acknowledge the way in which you used AI tools.
Submission Details
Submission Deadline:
28th March 2025
Estimated Feedback Return Date
This will normally be 20 working days after initial submission.
Submission Time:
By 2.00pm on the deadline day.
Moodle/Turnitin:
Any assessments submitted after the deadline will not be marked and will be recorded as a non-attempt unless you have had an extension request
agreed or have approved mitigating circumstances. See the School Moodle pages for more information on extensions and mitigating circumstances.
File Format:
The assessment must be submitted as a pdf document (save the document as a pdf in your software) and submit through the Turnitin submission point in Moodle.
Your assessment should be titled with your:
student ID number, module code and assessment ID,
e.g. st12345678 MBA7100 WRIT1
Feedback
Feedback for the assessment will be provided electronically via Moodle. Feedback will be provided with comments on your strengths and the areas which you can improve. View the guidance on how to access your feedback.
All marks are provisional and are subject to quality assurance processes and confirmation at the programme Examination Board.
Assessment Criteria
Learning outcomes assessed
1. Critically analyse key theoretical approaches to the management of change with reference to structure, culture, conflict.
2. Critically examine organisational behaviour in a variety of contexts and develop discussion based on complex scenarios and the changing external environment.
Other skills/attributes developed
This includes elements of the Cardiff Met EDGE (Ethical, Digital, Global and Entrepreneurial skills) and other attributes developed in students through the completion of the module and assessment. These will also be highlighted in the module guidance, which should be read by all students completing the module. Assessments are not just a way of auditing student knowledge. They are a process which provides additional learning and development through the preparation for and completion of the assessment.
Ethical: The module develops students skills in questioning sustainable people and organisations management strategies focusing on equality, diversity, and inclusion in terms of strong ethical foundation and compliance ability. The module also enables students understand the importance of correctly attributing the work of others through citations, quotations, and correctly formatted reference lists, avoiding plagiarism, copying, and pasting of ideas or images.
Digital: The module equips students with the understanding of the importance of digitalisation in shaping innovative transformation in a global context. The module also focuses on using MetSearch and the Universitys website as the sole sources of academic and company research, thus navigating your way around different IT systems and databases, whilst also ensuring that your research comes from reliable business and academic sources (ethical).
Marking/Assessment Criteria: See overleaf
Marking/Assessment Criteria
To achieve a Pass: IMPORTANT: Please also refer to the Generic Level 7 Band Descriptors which can be found in Cardiff Metropolitan Universitys Academic Handbook 2024/25 Volume 1 04.3 Guidance on Assessment Marking, Table E: Generic Band Descriptors , and in Module Essentials for this Moodle module. Students must satisfy themselves as to the assessment criteria and academic standards required to achieve certain marks as outlined above. It is the students responsibility to seek clarification on any of these matters prior to submitting their coursework
Element
90- 100% Worthy of Publication
80- 89%
Excellent
70 – 79%
Very Good
60 69%
Good
50- 59%
Threshold
Question 1:
50 marks available
10%
20%
10%
The student demonstrated outstanding evidence of:
Identifying key elements of the main arguments in the articles 10%
Critically analysing the issues identified with emphasis on the key arguments raised and the conclusion reached in the articles 20%
Use of relevant and appropriate academic opinions and
theories in the
The student demonstrated excellent evidence of:
Identifying key elements of the main arguments in the articles.
Critically analysing the key issues identified with emphasis on the arguments raised and the conclusion of the articles.
Use of relevant and appropriate academic or professional opinions and theories to underpin their answer.
Using correct Harvard reference
The student demonstrated very good evidence of:
Identifying key elements of the main arguments in the articles.
Critically analysing the issues identified with emphasis on the arguments raised and the conclusion of the articles.
Use of relevant and appropriate academic or professional opinions and theories to
underpin their
The student demonstrated good evidence of
Identifying key elements of the main arguments in the articles.
Critically analysing some of the issues identified with emphasis on the arguments raised and the conclusion of the articles.
Use of relevant and appropriate academic or professional opinions and theories to underpin their
The student demonstrated
satisfactory evidence of:
Identifying key elements of the main arguments in the articles.
Critically analysing and discussing some of the issues identified with emphasis on the arguments raised and the conclusion of the articles.
Use of relevant and appropriate academic or professional opinions and theories to underpin their answer.
10%
articles to underpin their answer 10%
Using correct Harvard reference format for in-text citations and in reference list
10%
format for in-text citations and in reference list.
answer.
Using correct Harvard reference format for in-text citations and in reference list.
answer.
Using correct Harvard reference format for in-text citations and in reference list.
Using Harvard reference format for in-text citations and in reference list with only minor errors.
Question 2:
50 marks available
10%
20%
10%
The student demonstrated outstanding evidence of:
Identifying key elements of the main arguments in the articles 10%
critically analysing the issues identified with emphasis on the arguments raised and the conclusion of the articles 20%
Use of relevant and appropriate academic opinions and theories in the articles to underpin
The student demonstrated excellent evidence of:
Identifying key elements of the main arguments in the articles.
Critically analysing the key issues identified with emphasis on the arguments raised and the conclusion of the articles.
Use of relevant and appropriate academic or professional opinions and theories to underpin their answer.
Using correct Harvard reference format for in-text
The student demonstrated very good evidence of:
Identifying key elements of the main arguments in the articles.
Critically analysing the issues identified with emphasis on the arguments raised and the conclusion of the articles.
Use of relevant and appropriate academic or professional opinions and theories to underpin their
The student demonstrated good evidence of
Identifying key elements of the main arguments in the articles.
Critically analysing some of the issues identified with emphasis on the arguments raised and the conclusion of the articles.
Use of relevant and appropriate academic or professional opinions to underpin their answer.
The student demonstrated
satisfactory evidence of:
Identifying key elements of the main arguments in the articles.
Critically analysing and discussing some of the issues identified with emphasis on the arguments raised and the conclusion of the articles.
Use of relevant and appropriate academic or professional opinions to underpin their answer.
Using Harvard reference format
10%
their answer 10%
Using correct Harvard reference format for in-text citations and in reference list 10%
citations and in reference list.
answer.
Using correct Harvard reference format for in-text citations and in reference list.
Using correct Harvard reference format for in-text citations and in reference list.
for in-text citations and in reference list with only minor errors.
Work which fails:
40 to 49%
Not met some Learning Outcomes
20 to 39%
Not met many learning outcomes
1- 19%
No learning outcomes met in full
1. Question One 50 marks available
The student demonstrated limited or inconsistent evidence of:
Identifying key elements of the main arguments in the articles
Critically analysing the issues identified with emphasis on the arguments raised and the conclusion of the articles
Use of relevant and appropriate academic or professional opinions and theories to underpin their answer
Ability to utilise Harvard format for in-text citations and in reference list and/or the student is unable to
paraphrase or has
The student demonstrated very limited evidence of:
Identifying key elements of the main arguments in the articles.
Critically analysing the issues identified with emphasis on the arguments raised and the conclusion of the articles
Use of relevant and appropriate academic or professional opinions to underpin their answer.
Ability to utilise Harvard format for in-text citations and in reference list and/or the student is unable to paraphrase or has heavily plagiarised the work of others.
The student demonstrated little or no evidence of:
Identifying key elements of the main arguments in the articles.
Critically analysing the issues identified with emphasis on the arguments raised and the conclusion of the articles
Use of relevant and appropriate academic or professional opinions to underpin their answer
.
Ability to utilise Harvard format for in-text citations and in reference list and/or the student is unable to paraphrase or significantly plagiarised the work of others.
plagiarised the work of others
Question 2: 50 marks available
The student demonstrated limited or inconsistent evidence of:
The student demonstrated very limited evidence of:
The student demonstrated little or no evidence of:
Identifying key elements of the main arguments in the articles.
Identifying key elements of the main arguments in the articles..
Identifying key elements of the main arguments in the articles.
Critically analysing the issues identified with emphasis on the arguments raised and the
conclusion of the articles
Critically analysing the issues identified with emphasis on the arguments raised and the conclusion of the articles
Critically analysing the issues identified with emphasis on the arguments raised and the conclusion of the articles
Use of a range of contrasting academic viewpoints in relation to those models.
Ability to utilise Harvard format for in-text citations and in reference list and/or the student is unable to paraphrase or has plagiarised the work of others.
Use of a range of contrasting academic viewpoints in relation to those models.
Ability to utilise Harvard format for in-text citations and in reference list and/or the student is unable to paraphrase or has heavily plagiarised the work of others.
Use of a range of contrasting academic viewpoints in relation to those models.
Ability to utilise Harvard format for in-text citations and in reference list and/or the student is unable to paraphrase or has significantly plagiarised the work of others.
Assignments which Fail to meet the standard required for Masters Study:
40 to 49%
Unsatisfactory
20 to 39%
1 to 19%
Marks between 45 and 49% might indicate a narrow fail.
There is uneven attainment.
Work falls well below Masters standard.
May have partially met one or two
Work is very poor/incomplete and/or irrelevant and demonstrates a serious
lack of comprehension.
Marks below 45% indicate a clear fail – some learning outcomes not met.
Some assessment criteria not addressed.
learning outcomes.
Many assessment criteria are not addressed.
Students may have misunderstood or misinterpreted the set task.
No learning outcomes are met in full although there may be minimal attainment in relation to one or two.
Further Information
Who can answer questions about my assessment?
Questions about the assessment should be directed to the staff member who has set the task/assessment brief. This will usually be the Module Leader. They will be happy to answer any queries you have.
Staff members can often provide feedback on an assignment plan but cannot review any drafts of your work prior to submission. The only exception to this rule is for Dissertation Supervisors to provide feedback on a draft of your dissertation.
Referencing and independent learning
Please ensure you reference a range of credible sources, with due attention to the academic literature in the area. The time spent on research and reading from good quality sources will be reflected in the quality of your submitted work.
Remember that what you get out of university depends on what you put in. Your teaching sessions typically represent between 10% and 30% of the time you are expected to study for your degree. A 20-credit module represents 200 hours of study time. The rest of your time should be taken up by self- directed study.
Unless stated otherwise you must use the HARVARD referencing system. Further guidance on referencing can be found in the Study Smart area on Moodle and using Cite Them Right (use your university login details to access the site). Correct referencing is an easy way to improve your marks and essential in achieving higher grades on most assessments.
Technical submission problems
It is strongly advised that you submit your work at least 24 hours before the deadline to allow time to resolve any last-minute problems you might have. If you are having issues with IT or Turnitin you should contact the IT Helpdesk on (+44) 2920 417000. You may require evidence of the Helpdesk call if you are trying to demonstrate that a fault with Moodle or Turnitin was the cause of a late submission.
Extensions and mitigating circumstances
Short extensions on assessment deadlines can be requested in specific circumstances. If you are encountering particular hardship which has been affecting your studies, then you may be able to apply for mitigating circumstances. This can give the teachers on your programme more scope to adapt the assessment requirements to support your needs. Extensions and mitigating circumstances policies and procedures are regularly updated. You should refer to your degree programme or school Moodle pages for information on extensions and mitigating circumstances.
Unfair academic practice
Cardiff Met takes issues of unfair practice extremely seriously. The University has procedures and penalties for dealing with unfair academic practice. These are explained in full in the University’s Unfair Practice regulations and procedures under Volume 1, Section 8 of the Academic Handbook. The Module Leader reserves the right to interview students regarding any aspect of their work submitted for assessment.