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Assessment Brief 2024/25

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Course Code	MGT4051
Course Title	Management in the Voluntary and Community Sector
Course Coordinator	Saurabh Lall
Weighting	40%
Question release date	27th February 2025
Submission date:	20 th March 2025, 12pm
Grades and Feedback to be released on:	10 th April 2025
Word limit	1000 word countt(+/- 10%)
Action to be taken if word limit is exceeded	Apply a penalty of one secondary band, to students who exceed the word limit by more than 10%

1. Question

Individual Assignment

Critically reflect on an issue or situation you have experienced or identified in a real VCSO or the VCS as a whole. This should be done via your involvement within a VCSO e.g. as an employee/volunteer/trustee, or via one of the case studies provided on Moodle.2

2. Further Details

In reflecting on the issue or situation you should link to relevant theory that you have become familiar with during this course (note, this does not need to be content covered by the teaching team, but can be content you have explored independently). You should answer one of the following questions:

1. How did theory help you make sense of or engage with the issue or situation?

2. How did the issue or situation help you understand theory?

3. Assessment Rubric/Criteria

A holistic rubric provides a list of assessment criteria together with broad description of the characteristics that would be expected for each level of performance.

Criteria	Below Expectation	To Expectation	Above Expectation
Organisation of content	Lack of coherent structure, for example, no sign-posting and no clear logical progression of a narrative clearly related to the assignment questions. It is difficult to relate some parts of the assignment to the assignment question.	Most elements of the assignment are clearly aligned to the assignment question and the reader is often helped to understand the purpose of the sections through sign-posting and linkage between arguments.	All elements of the text are clearly and logically related to the overall assignment question, for example, evidenced by a clear opener that introduces the reader to the topic and sets out the structure of the paper. Subsequent use of sub-headings and/or signposting is instrumental to organising content and helps the reader to understand the flow of the text. The reader is never in doubt about the relevance of a given section or paragraph.
Clarity of concepts and context	Limited ability in outlining and explaining key terminology,concepts and contexts.	Demonstrates ability to outline, define and explain the relevant terminology, concepts and contexts.	Key terminology, concepts and contexts are outlined, defined and explained in a clear, concise and nuanced manner that demonstrates an excellent level of 3 understanding of them and critical evaluation of their relevance for the assignment question.
Critical engagement with literature	Insufficient or unsuitable range of literature used to discuss the assignment question (e.g. no or limited use of peer-reviewed articles or text books). Limited linkages made with the assignment question.	Clear evidence of relevant literature (e.g. peer-reviewed papers published in VCS management related journals or key text books) used to answer the assignment question, but the engagement with key sources is descriptive (e.g. insights from literature is summarised, but not related critically to the assignment question).	Excellent engagement with and employment of key literature and theories (e.g. peer-reviewed papers published in VCS management related journals and key text books, focused on relevant management approaches) in analysing your chosen challenge. Clear rationale of your selections of relevant management literature and approaches used to answer the assignment question.
Developing ideas	No clear evidence of attempt to develop own ideas or critique of existing ideas.	Clear evidence of development of own ideas and/or critique of existing ideas, but with the underlying justification needing further reinforcement. Discussion and conclusions are more descriptive than analytical.	Clear evidence of development of own ideas and/or critique of existing ideas, with an advanced use of independent reasoning to underpin and motivate own views. This is evidenced through focusing the discussion and conclusions on suggesting creative solutions to address challenge.

4. Feedback

For this assignment, individual feedback will be provided via Moodle. Generic (classlevel) feedback and grade profiles will be posted on Moodle.

Students can use academic staff office hours for additional feedback on your work.

5. Submitting

Submit your coursework using the named submission link in the Assessment Section of your Course Moodle page. Take care to submit by the deadline or you may face lateness penalties.

Document creation- Individual Written

1. Please name files in the following way:

StudentID_CourseCode_QuestionNo. e.g. 7299019_MGT4051_1. If there is no question choice, use 1 as the default.

2. The file type must be saved as .doc, .doxc, .xls, .xlsx or .pdf.

3. Include your student ID in your document, ideally in the header on each page with the course code and title, e.g. 2489545_ACCFIN1003_Finance1.

4. The maximum file size limit on Moodle is 230MB

1. Student conduct

Referencing and bibliography

For information, please go to the University Library webpage.

Plagiarism

For advice and more information, please go to:

• Student Learning Development web pages

• University Plagiarism Statement

If you make use of AI at any point in your research or writing process, no matter at what stage, you must acknowledge the use of that source/platform as you would any other piece of evidence/material in your submission.

Turnitin

Your coursework will be processed through Turnitin for similarity checking. You can submit a draft of your coursework to Turnitin before submitting your final copy. You will find information about using Turnitin in the Student Information Point Moodle [USIP/PSIP]

2. Generative AI

Generative AI offers many new opportunities for learning and the development of academic skill although, like any technology, it must be used judiciously. Students should consider the data protection and privacy issues that can be caused by using AI. Consider how your personal information will be used before signing up to AI tools and ensure you read any data6 protection policies before interacting with AI. You should not feel pressured into using AI tools if you are uncomfortable with the data protection or privacy issues. Bear in mind that responses to AI queries can be biased due to the inherent biases present in their training data. This can lead to unfair and discriminatory responses.

Copying (including paraphrasing) AI responses to queries would be considered as plagiarism, as it would for copying the response from any internet search.

Further information can be found here.

8. Extensions and non-submission with good cause

Extension of up to 5 days

If you experience extenuating circumstances which prevent you from completing your assessment by the deadline, you can request an extension of up to 5 days via Moodle.

Good cause for non-submission, late submission and extension of more than 5 days

We understand that during your studies, events that you cannot control (e.g., death of a family member, personal circumstances, physical and mental ill health, etc.) may impact your ability to perform well in or complete assessments.

If you are experiencing such circumstances, you can submit a good cause claim in MyCampus.

You have five working days from the assessment deadline date to submit your good cause claim. If you are prevented from submitting your claim within five days for good reason, you must detail this in your claim. You will receive an acknowledgement on MyCampus when you submit. After you have submitted your claim, you have five working days to retract it.

If you have any questions, please contact your subject team: [email protected]

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MGT4051 Management in the Voluntary and Community Sector