GSM Leadership and Organisational Behaviour
Individual Assessment
Criteria Excellent
Completeness 15 or more appropriate sources,
including all sources required in the
assignment description.
Analysis Includes a variety of sources from high-
quality journals and publications.
Evidence Organisation pattern demonstrates
understanding of the topic (historical,
general to specific, segments of the
topic, etc.) and organisational plan
enhances the presentation, promoting
ease in reading.
Synthesis and Summarises and insightfully synthesises
Conceptual the literature information both in text
Framework and conceptual framework/model,
including analysis of gaps in and/or
limitations of the research.
Research Research proposal is concise yet
Proposal informative. An intruding research
overview based on facts leads clearly
into the research proposal.
Research questions are stated very
clearly. The proposal effectively
demonstrates its potential value.
Style Contains no spelling or grammatical
errors, demonstrates creative use of
language, conscientiously follows style
manual, uses quotations and citations to
enhance written narrative, smooth
transitions. Adheres to required length.
Meet Expectations
6 to 10 appropriate sources, including
all sources required in the assignment
description.
Includes primary research articles from
well-respected journals in the field.
Well organised with organisational
plan obvious throughout.
Summarises the overall picture
obtained from the literature review
and synthesises the knowledge gained
both in text and conceptual
framework/model.
A fairly well formulated research
overview with some evidence to
support the topic leads into the
research proposal. Research questions
are fairly well stated but the proposal
did not demonstrate its potential value
well.
Contains few spelling or grammatical
errors, generally follows style manual,
uses quotations and citations
appropriately, transitions included.
Adheres to required length.
Approaches Expectations
3 to 5 appropriate sources.
Over-reliance on low quality journals
and/or a few sources are not reliable.
Organisational plan is inconsistent.
Summarises the overall picture
obtained from the literature review
both in text and conceptual
framework/model but lacks synthesis.
Research overview is not well
constructed, uninteresting, or does not
lead into the research proposal.
Research question is not clearly stated
and/or the proposal did not state its
potential value.
Contains noticeable but not distracting
spelling or grammatical errors,
generally follows style manual, uses
quotations and citations appropriately,
transitions included.
Needs Improvement
Fewer than 3 sources appropriate
sources (do not meet the specifications
in the assignment description).
Most sources are unreliable.
No clear organisation.
Lacks summary or synthesis of the
information, leaving each article as a
stand-alone piece and/or misinterprets
the information and/or makes
statements unsupported by the
literature.
Lacks a proper research overview. No
research questions are provided. No
statement depicting the value of the
study is provided.
Contains numerous distracting spelling
or grammatical errors, and/or does not
follow style manual, and/or lacks or
uses quotations and/or citations
ineffectively or inappropriately, and/or
lack of transitions.