Learner assessment submission and declaration

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Assignment Brief – BTEC
Higher National Diploma in Business (Level 5)

Assignment 2

Student Name /ID Number

Unit Number and Title

Unit 6 : Managing a Successful Business Project

Academic Year

Spring 2019-2020

Unit Assessor

Dr Omar Ali Ibrahim/ Mr Hibbathul Careem Feroskhan

I. V. Name

Mr. Vaheed

Assignment Title

Presentation for a business case on equality and diversity practices in

workplace

Issue Date

18th April 2020

Formative Feedback Date

19th May 2020

Final Submission Date

One working week from date of formative valuation completion

Submission Format:

1. The submission is in the form of an individual presentation. This should be written in a concise, formal business style using single spacing and font size 12.

2. You are required to make use of headings, paragraphs and subsections as appropriate, and all work must be supported with research and referenced using the Harvard referencing system.

3. Please provide a bibliography using Harvard referencing system if you referred any sources for theoretical parts or questions.

4. The document must be submitted to turnitin in power point presentation.

5. The total word count (excluding bibliography) of the presentation should be around 2,500 words (including special notes) , but you will not be penalised for exceeding the word limit.

6. Presentation of the work using PowerPoint followed by a viva. Keep the number of slides in your presentation to a maximum of 15. There will be 20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for viva covering the entire learning outcomes.

7. The file must be saved in the format: student ID-MSBP-Formative-A2, for formative submission and student ID-MSBP-Summative-A2, for summative assignment.

8. In case of extenuating situations, the relevant college policies apply

Unit Learning Outcomes:

LO3 Present the project and communicate appropriate recommendations based on meaningful conclusions drawn from the evidence findings and/or analysis

LO4 Reflect on the value gained from conducting the project and its usefulness to support sustainable organizational performance

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Assignment Brief and Guidance:

Scenario:

Evidence has shown that maintaining equality and diversity in organizations brings many benefits including improved productivity; increased market share; more innovation problem-solving; a better reputation with staff, suppliers and customers; better work environment for staff; and reduced risk of damaging discrimination cases (Angel and Tahir, 2016)[footnoteRef:1]. Equality ensures that everybody has the same access to the same opportunities without any discrimination. Diversity considers differences between people and groups of people, by placing a positive value on those differences. [1: Angel Sharma | Tahir Nisar (Reviewing Editor) (2016) Managing diversity and equality in the workplace, Cogent Business & Management, 3:1, DOI: 10.1080/23311975.2016.1212682 ]

A diverse and inclusive workplace values people’s different backgrounds, knowledge, skills, and experiences, and uses these differences to create a productive and effective workforce. Managing both equality and diversity is equally important as it impacts all the employees working in an organisation. Business cases have proven that biases and discrimination within the workplace can impede business growth and productivity and therefore, many businesses look beyond any legal considerations and policies to effectively promote equality and diversity to improve productivity, opportunity, and competitiveness (Moore, 1999)[footnoteRef:2]. [2: Moore, S. (1999). Understanding and managing diversity among groups at work: Key issues for organisational training and development. Journal of European Industrial Training, 23, 208–218. DOI: 10.1108/03090599910272086 ]

Nowadays, many organizations in Oman have started to integrate equality and diversity in their overall human resources (HR) policy and to disseminate that to all staff by way of inductions and team presentations. Equality and diversity policy is integrated into day-to-day customer care and workplace practices including marketing, communications, staff welfare and recruitment. Some of the practical steps taken included reviewing publicity information to ensure that illustrations on handbooks and websites were representative of diversity and that the content communicated clearly complies with companies equality and dignity at work policies and procedures. Some companies organized cultural food days and celebrated staff’s national days. Equality issues are kept on the agenda through the staff newsletter. Others have equality policy on public display and produced an abbreviated form of its full equality policy for day-to-day use.
Assume you are working as an HR manager in an organization in Oman, which during the past five years had significant growth in terms of sales and workforce. Over this period, the workforce has become very diverse, including more than 75 employees, which necessitates to have a clear policy related to equality and diversity in the organization. The CEO of your organization intends to make policy level changes in the organization with the aim of embedding equality and diversity into the corporate culture to enhance the overall

performance of the organization. The CEO requested you to initiate the project, and submit a business case report coupled with a presentation for the main findings.

By using the above scenario, prepare a PowerPoint presentation. The presentation should critically evaluate and reflect on the project outcomes, the decision-making process and changes or developments of the initial project management plan to support justification of recommendations and learning during the Project. To facilitate preparation of the presentation of your business case, you are required to review the “learning and grading criterion table” on page 4.

You are required to reflect on the success of the project and performance in a personal performance review at the end of the project. This written reflection should be around 500 words. A template of the personal performance review is attached as appendix.

NOTE

· Please do not forget to attach the personal performance review with the slides

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Grading Criteria

Learning Outcome

Pass

Merit

Distinction

LO3 Present the project and communicate appropriate recommendations based on meaningful conclusions drawn from the evidence findings and/or analysis

P5 Present findings and data using appropriate tools and techniques.

P6 Communicate appropriate recommendations as a result of findings and data analysis to draw valid and meaningful conclusions.

M3 Evaluate the selection of appropriate tools and techniques for accuracy and authenticity to support and justify recommendations.

LO3 and LO4

D2 Critically evaluate

and reflect on the

project outcomes, the decision-making

process and changes or developments of the

initial project

management plan to

support justification of recommendations and learning during the

project.

LO4 Reflect on the value gained from conducting the project and its usefulness to support sustainable organizational performance

P7 Reflect on the value of undertaking the project to meet stated objectives and own learning and performance.

M4 Evaluate the value of the project management process to meet stated objectives and support own learning and performance.

PLEASE READ THIS PAGE CAREFULLY TO ENSURE YOU COVER WHAT IS REQUIRED TO SATISFY THE GRADE

Learner Assessment Submission and Declaration

When submitting evidence for assessment, each learner must sign a declaration confirming that the work is their own.

Please list the evidence submitted for each task. Indicate the page numbers where the evidence can be found or describe the nature of the evidence (e.g. video, illustration).

Task ref.

Evidence submitted

Page numbers or

Description

LO 3

LO4

Additional comments to the Assessor:

Learner declaration

I certify that the work submitted for this assignment is my own. I have clearly referenced any sources used in the work. I understand that false declaration is a form of malpractice.

Learner signature: Date:

ASSESSMENT RECORD SHEET – FORMATIVE FEEDBACK

Programme

BTEC HND BUSINESS LEVEL 5

Learner name

Assignment title

Presentation for a business case on equality and diversity practices in workplace

Assessor name

Dr. Omar Ali

Mr. Feroskhan

Unit no. & title

Unit 6 : Managing a Successful Business Project

Targeted learning aims/assessment criteria

L.O 3 & L.O 4

First Submission

Deadline

Date submitted

Targeted criteria

Criteria achieved

Assessment comments

P5

P6

P7

M3

M4

D2

General comments

Assessor declaration

I certify that the evidence submitted for this assignment is the learner’s own. The learner has clearly referenced any sources used in the work. I understand that false declaration is a form of malpractice.

Assessor signature

Date

Date of feedback to learner

Resubmission authorisation

by Lead Internal Verifier*

Date

* All resubmissions must be authorised by the Lead Internal Verifier. Only one resubmission is possible per assignment, providing:

· The learner has met initial deadlines set in the assignment, or has met an agreed deadline extension.

· The tutor considers that the learner will be able to provide improved evidence without further guidance.

· Evidence submitted for assessment has been authenticated and accompanied by a signed and dated declaration of authenticity by the learner.

**Any resubmission evidence must be submitted within 15 working days of receipt of results of

assessment.

ASSESSMENT RECORD SHEET - RESUBMISSION – SUMMATIVE FEEDBACK

Deadline

Date submitted

Targeted criteria

Criteria achieved

Assessment comments

P5

P6

P7

M3

M4

D2

General comments

Learner Declaration

I certify that the evidence submitted for this assignment is my own. I have clearly referenced any sources used in the work. I understand that false declaration is a form of malpractice.

Learner signature

Date

Assessor declaration

I certify that the evidence submitted for this assignment is the learner’s own. The learner has clearly referenced any sources used in the work. I understand that false declaration is a form of malpractice.

Assessor signature

Date

Date of feedback to learner

Performance Review Template

Performance Review

What was the project supposed to accomplish?

• Did the project succeed in its aims? How do you know? Specifically, please outline any evaluation and assessment undertaken.

• What things do you think worked well and why? Evaluate all aspects of the project (e.g. initial inception, project activities and project outcomes) from a range of perspectives.

• What problems emerged during the project and how were they tackled? Was there timely identification of issues and resolution during the project process?

• What did you learn from undertaking the project?

• How would you rate your performance as project manager?

• What strengths and weaknesses of your performance did you identify?

How will this inform and support your continuous professional development?