Assessment Guide - Level 4 - OB

Organisational Behaviour
Assignment Guide-Essay
This Assignment guide below sets out the requirements of the task and a suggested structure
for the essay and should be used with the Assignment Brief. Its purpose is to provide guidance
on the best way to meet the task requirements in the assignment brief. It also provides guidance
the marker will be following for this essay.
OVERVIEW
This assignment will encourage the students to apply the learning from the module to a topic
and will be submitted in form of an essay.
DESCRIPTION OF THE TASK – WHAT YOU ARE BEING ASKED TO DO?
The submission of a written essay that discusses variety of topics using a wide range of
research materials (4,000 words). Throughout the module we will be examining a variety of
concepts of management, work and organisation issues through the use of a variety of research
materials.
Essay (4,000 words) – 100%
1
Task:
Discuss the theories, concepts and frameworks of organisational behaviour and why they
are important to organisational life.
The essay must:
1. Examine the changing management practices from the early 20th century.
2. Discuss the current theories, concepts, and evidence in organisational behaviour.
3. Demonstrate an understanding of personality, individual differences and the relevance
of different motivation theories and their application.
4. Show understanding of the influences of organisational culture and structure.
5. Demonstrate knowledge of managing groups and teams, workforce diversity and
globalisation.
6. Examine the concept of learning organisations.
7. You should apply examples of industry practice from different organisations.
You must:
▪ Give the full CCCU Harvard reference within the reference page for each item used,
and the correct CCCU Harvard ‘shortened’ reference within the essay.
▪ Include both direct and indirect citations from a wide variety of sources. Include a
minimum of 30 references.
▪ Make use of the relevant core texts, additional resources provided in Moodle and
research items from within the module.
▪ Your cover page would be the first page of your Essay. Include student-ID number,
module name, tutor name, academic year/group name.
2
Description of the task – What you are being asked to do.
The guidance below sets out the requirements of the task and a suggested structure for the
essay.
Introduction (200 words) - A suggested format would be to create an introduction which

defines organisation, organisational behaviour and outline the aim of the essay which describes
what you will cover in the rest of the essay.
The areas of discussion for the rest of the essay include a discussion of the concepts of
management, work and organisation and the relationship between management practices and
experiences of organisational life and conclusion. See suggestions below:
The first section (300 x 2 paragraphs = 600 words) - should examine changing management
practices from the early 20th century. What you need to do here is to discuss and compare 3
theories only (See teaching material week 1).
The second section (300 x 2 paragraphs = 600 words) - should discuss current theories,
concepts and evidence in organisational behaviour. What you need to do here is to discuss
Modern theories and give example of an organisation that adopts similar ideas (See teaching
material week 1).
The third section (300 x 2 paragraphs = 600 words) should describe personality, individual
differences and the relevance of different motivation theories and their application (See
teaching material week 2). For extra reading resources for this section - use either of this book
mentioned below:
• Buchanan, D. A. and Huczynski, A. A. (2019) Organisational Behaviour, 10 th ed.
Harlow: Pearson Education – available in the library.
• Rollinson, D. (2008) Organisational Behaviour and Analysis, 4th ed. Harlow:
Pearson Education - available in the library.
The fourth section (300 x 2 paragraphs = 600 words) should examine the influences of
organisational culture and structure (See week 3, Day 2 teaching material)
The fifth section (300 x 2 paragraphs = 600 words) should analyse the concept of managing
groups and teams; workforce diversity and globalisation. (See week 2, Day 1 & Week 4
teaching material)
The sixth section (300 x 2 paragraphs = 600 words) should discuss concept of learning
organisations. (See week 3, Day 1 teaching material)
Conclusion (200 words) - Summarise your findings reiterating the key points and arguments.
3
Word count: 4,000 words +/– 10% words.
You must reference all information used in the essay, using the Harvard Referencing Guide.
See attached grid for grade descriptors.
Notes:
1. The task requirement is an essay not a report or reflective journal. You must
therefore ensure that your structure, outline, content, style and presentation accord with
academic writing conventions for an essay.
2. Ensure appropriate formatting. For example, you should use 12-point font size, 1.5 line
spacing and distribute your text evenly between margins.
3. You must use the correct Canterbury Harvard Referencing conventions* for your in-
text citations and reference list
4. You must use and reference at least four of the core texts and academic resource
materials provided in Moodle.
5. You must use a minimum of 30 sources including textbooks, journals and other
reliable and credible published and web sources.
6. Do not use Wikipedia or unverifiable blogs
7. Include your student ID number, module name, tutor name, academic year/group
bubble in your cover page which should be the first page of your essay
*Please refer to the Canterbury Harvard Referencing Guide.

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Organisational Behaviour

DESCRIPTION OF THE TASK – WHAT YOU ARE BEING ASKED TO DO?

Essay (4,000 words) – 100%

The essay must:

Introduction (200 words) - A suggested format would be to create an introduction which

See attached grid for grade descriptors.

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