Study Guide

Objective

This course provides in depth knowledge of organisational behaviour.

Content

The role and responsibility of leadership in conflict situations, dealing with problems in the work community, work satisfaction, encouragement, reward and skills development.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

An excellent and commendable essay based on the set learning assignment completed by the student that is informative and comprehensive and covers all areas stipulated in the question/set assignment.
All sources used in the learning assignment have been appropriately and visibly applied when answering and breaking down the set questions.
The points of view presented by various sources have been evaluated, compared and linked so that the central themes and concepts of the subject are fluently presented
The text also contains your own thoughts, appropriately reasoned and justified, applications and criticism.
The text is clearly divided up and progresses in a logical way ensuring that all the areas of the assignment have been equally covered.
The source references have been recorded correctly and the general external appearance of the learning assignment is neat and well organised and edited.
The student has presented the issues and topics stipulated in the assignment/question set, in an original and creative way.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student has written an essay that clearly presents the central theories and concepts of the topic covered, based on the set assignment/essay question.
The learning assignment includes coverage of all sources, but the evaluation of the contents presented in the source information, the overall cohesiveness of the source information presented, and the comparison of sources is random and requires more thought.
The text, though informative, is slightly unnatural (mechanical in nature), boring and based on summary and quotation. It only contains a little original thought.
The source references may contain some inaccuracies
As a whole, the essay has covered all topics and themes as stipulated in the question in an organised and cohesive way.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

An essay which superficially covers the set question or assignment in a disorganised fashion will be evaluated as satisfactory (grade 2) in a learning assignment.
Source coverage will be erratic, relying on a single source in detail and leaving other sources out or only covering them sketchily.
The essay almost totally lacks a combination of information, comparison and critical thought.
The text is unclearly divided, making it difficult to perceive a cohesive narrative.
The student has managed to present the theories and concepts appropriate to the subject of the question/task in a comprehensible way and has attempted to apply them to the question in hand.
Some references are missing.
A learning assignment awarded a grade 1 contains most of the elements required to be awarded a grade 2.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

An essay/dissertation etc. assessed as requiring further work can be described as follows:
The essay clearly lacks content in terms of the question/learning assignment set. Central theories and concepts have not been covered and applied profoundly enough nor in an appropriate way. A crucial part of the coverage of the assignment set may have been left out. Sources have not been used properly, e.g. one basic source has not been sufficiently used or has not been used at all during the writing process. The text may simply summarise sources, even copy directly from other texts. References have been recorded incorrectly or are even missing.