Mgmt2002 Assignment Qualified Communication Professional

1. ASSESSMENT

1. Formal Requirements

To pass this course, you must:

• Achieve an overall composite mark of at least 50%

1. Assessment Details

1. Assessment Format

4.3.1 Assessment One – Four Multiple Choice Pop Quizzes – Value 5% each.

Rationale for this assessment

• To reward students who start and maintain good study habits by regularly reviewing course content
• To provide students with progressive feedback on their understanding and knowledge of the course topics

Each quiz will consist of five multiple choice questions based on the content of lectures delivered after the previous quiz and will include the lecture on the day of the previous quiz. The quizzes will be conducted without notice four times over the semester during lectures.  Each question has a value of one mark and the quizzes will be conducted under exam conditions.  Results of each quiz will be entered in the Grade book on Moodle.  

There will be no makeup quizzes except in extenuating circumstances.

4.3.2 Assessment Two – Case Analysis Report, Value: 25%

 Word count: 2000 minimum to 2500 maximum.  All text uploaded to Turnitin will be included in the word count and includes the Reference List

DUE: Must be uploaded to Turnitin by 2400 hours (12 midnight) on Friday, 19 July 2019

(week seven)

        Rationale for this assessment

• To test your critical thinking and analysis skills
• To test your understanding of the theoretical concepts taught in the course and your ability to apply them to a case study organisation

The case study for analysis this semester can be found on the course website on Moodle.  

For this assessment, you are to assume the role of a qualified communication professional, who has been hired by the client organisation who has a problem with staff absenteeism and has not been able to identify the cause. You are to conduct a Communication and Ethics Audit to identify the causes of their problems and other relevant issues.  As such, you are to submit the report to the client from this perspective, not from the perspective of a student submitting to academic staff.  This will be further explained in the report writing seminar in week five along with guidelines on structuring a business report

You are to undertake a critical analysis of the case from a communication perspective and submit the results of your analysis in a business report format. You are encouraged to identify as many key ethical and communication issues as possible and link them to relevant theoretical concepts taught in the course. Your links to course content should be restricted to the content of current lectures and relevant readings from weeks one to six. Your writing style should be in the passive voice. You will find helpful information on report writing and case analysis on the course website on Moodle.

The required referencing system for this report is Harvard author-date, in text referencing with a Harvard style Reference List. No other referencing system should be used.  

Please note that you are required to supply a Reference List, not a Bibliography.  That is, your Reference List must show the sources of your in text citations only.

Marking criteria