BPP Business School

Coursework Cover Sheet

Please use this document as the cover sheet of for the 1st page of your assessment.
Please complete the below table – the grey columns

Module Name Personal Effectiveness

Programme Name
Student Reference Number
(SRN)
Assessment Title

Please complete the yellow sections in the below declaration :

Declaration of Original Work:
I hereby declare that I have read and understood BPP’s regulations on plagiarism and that this is my
original work, researched, undertaken, completed and submitted in accordance with the
requirements of BPP School of Business and Technology.
The word count, excluding contents table, bibliography and appendices, is ______ words.

Student Reference Number: __________ Date: ______

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and awards for programmes.
Please note that by submitting this assessment you are declaring that you are fit to sit this
assessment.
BPP University reserves the right to use all submitted work for educational purposes and may
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 MSc Management

Personal Effectiveness

Formative Assessment
Coursework Assessment Brief
Submission mode: Turnitin online access

1. General Assessment Guidance

• Your summative assessment for this module is made up of this coursework
submission which accounts for 100% of the marks
• Please note late submissions will not be marked.
• You are required to submit all elements of your assessment via Turnitin online
access. Only submissions made via the specified mode will be accepted and hard copies or
any other digital form of submissions (like via email or pen drive etc.) will not be accepted.
• For formative coursework, the submission word limit for task 1 is 800 words. (Plus
optional 200 word introduction) words. You must comply with the word count guidelines.
You may submit LESS than 800 words for task 1 but not more. Word Count guidelines can
be found on your programme home page and the coursework submission page.
Do not put your name or contact details anywhere on your submission. You should only put your
student registration number (SRN) which will ensure your submission is recognised in the marking
process.
• You are required to use only Harvard Referencing System in your submission. Any
content which is already published by other author(s) and is not referenced will be
considered as a case of plagiarism.
You can find further information on Harvard Referencing in the online library on the VLE. You can
use the following link to access this information: http://bpp.libguides.com/Home/StudySupport
• BPP University has a strict policy regarding authenticity of assessments. In proven
instances of plagiarism or collusion, severe punishment will be imposed on offenders. You
are advised to read the rules and regulations regarding plagiarism and collusion in the GARs
and MOPP which are available on VLE in the Academic registry section.
• You should include a completed copy of the Assignment Cover sheet. Any
submission without this completed Assignment Cover sheet may be considered invalid and
not marked.

2. Assessment Brief
The required submission for this formative assignment is a 800 words (plus 200-word introduction
optional) “Personal Effectiveness Report”.

Students are required to complete one task:

1. Reflect on your own skill set in relation to a career goal.

The Learning Outcomes to successfully pass this assessment are:

(LO2) Appraise the key skills and behaviours required to be effective in a professional context.

TASK 1

1. Using a model of reflective practice, reflect on how you attempt any task at work or
university to identify your own skill set. Identify both strengths and weaknesses.
 2. Analyse the skills you identified with reference to your choice of career or job.

N.B. To support your answer, you should refer to the reflective model by Gibbs or Schön and
additional reading resources from this module. You should also include ideas from articles on wider
leadership concepts and personal effectiveness from the online library.

(This task meets LO2)

(Total marks for Task 1: 35% weighting)

Structure
Your business report should contain the following:

• BPP assignment cover sheet (including SRN and word count)

• Business report title page

• Contents page

• Introduction (200 words) - Optional

• Task 1 – Case Study Review (800 words)

• References (Correct Harvard Referencing applied throughout, including in-text citation and
reference list)

• Appendices

• Glossary (optional)
 3. Marking Guide
Assessment task 0-29% 30-39%
Fail
Task 1 Inadequate reflection with
little or no clarity and
(35% weighting, precision in identifying
LO2) personal skill set. Fails to
use a reflective model
effectively. Does not
identify both strengths and
weaknesses.
Inadequate analysis of
skills with little or no clarity limited clarity in the link to some clarity in the link to the with explicit links to the
in the link to the chosen
career or job. Fails to
reference the choice of
career effectively.
Weak reflection with
limited clarity in identifying
personal skill set. Applies a
reflective model but with
limited depth. Identifies
some strengths and
weaknesses with limited
analysis.
Weak analysis of skills with
the chosen career or job. chosen career or job.
Makes some reference to
the choice of career but
with limited depth.
40-49% 50-59%
Low Fail Pass
Limited reflection with some Satisfactory reflection with
clarity in identifying personal explicit identification of
skill set. Applies a reflective personal skill set. Applies a
model effectively to some reflective model effectively.
extent. Identifies both Identifies both strengths and
strengths and weaknesses weaknesses with a
but lacks depth in analysis. satisfactory level of depth
and analysis.
Limited analysis of skills with
Satisfactory analysis of skills Good analysis of skills with Excellent analysis of skills with Outstanding analysis of skills
chosen career or job.
References the choice of
References the choice of
career but lacks depth in
career effectively with a
analysis.
satisfactory level of depth
and analysis.
60-69% 70-79% 80-100%
Merit Distinction
Good reflection with clear Excellent reflection with a Outstanding reflection with an
identification of personal deep and balanced exceptional and comprehensive
skill set. Applies the understanding of personal skill understanding of personal skill
reflective model set. Applies the reflective set. Applies the reflective model
effectively. Identifies both
model exceptionally well. with outstanding depth and
strengths and weaknesses Identifies both strengths and coherence. Identifies both
with depth and clarity in weaknesses comprehensively strengths and weaknesses with
analysis. with exceptional depth and exceptional clarity and
precision. coherence.
clear and coherent links to a thorough understanding of with an exceptional and
the chosen career or job. their relevance to the chosen comprehensive understanding
References the choice of career or job. References the of their direct application to the
career effectively with choice of career chosen career or job.
depth and clarity in comprehensively with References the choice of career
analysis. exceptional depth and with exceptional clarity and
precision in analysis. coherence in analysis.

Presentation (10% Inadequate references
with inconsistencies, errors
weighting)
or omissions. Limited
structure and expression.
Weak references but may Limited references with Satisfactory with full and Good with precise, full and Excellent with precise, full and Outstanding with precise, full
contain inconsistencies, errors or inconsistencies. appropriate references. appropriate references. appropriate and appropriate references.
errors or omissions. Limited Limited structure and Satisfactory structured Well-structured layout and references. Excellent Outstanding structured layout
structure and expression. expression. layout and mainly accurate professional and accurate structured layout and and professional and accurate
expression. expression. professional and accurate expression.
expression.