BMO0116 Task Specific Guidance: You are required to write a 2500-word reflective and reflexive essay on your intercultural and professional development during the time you have studied at the Universit

BMO0116 Assessment Task

Individual 2,500-word reflective and reflexive assignment

BMO0116 Task Specific Guidance:

You are required to write a 2500-word reflective and reflexive essay on your intercultural and professional development during the time you have studied at the University. This essay describes your experience. You are expected to tell your personal story. You should make specific reference to the content, materials, and models which you were introduced to in the lectures; the seminar discussions you have engaged with; your subject modules; and your independent group work collaboration.

• To evidence your intercultural development, you are required to select 3 of the models that are introduced in the lectures and write both reflectively and reflexively on how you have applied these models to facilitate your intercultural development, providing examples from your intercultural experiences.
• To evidence your professional development, you are required to examine how your future professional career or role will be enhanced by the understanding, skills and strategies developed on this module and write reflectively and reflexively about your experience of your course and subject modules, and the discussion questions you had in seminars. You must include clear self-development planning in terms of your future career goals. A final section of approximately 250 words focusing on your independent group work collaboration is also required.

Please see the table below for the structure of the assignment:

Section	Number of words	Overall Focus
Introduction	150
Module model: Choice #1	400	Intercultural Development
Module model: Choice #2	400
Module model: Choice #3	400
Employability: Course skills & competencies	750	Professional Development
Group work collaboration	250
Conclusion	150

BMO0116 General study guidance:

• Cite all information used in your work that is clearly from a source. Try to ensure that all sources in your reference list are seen as citations in your work, and all names cited in the work appear in your reference list.
• Reference and cite your work in accordance with the APA 7th system – the University’s chosen referencing style. For specific advice, you can talk to your Business librarians or go to the library help desk.
• The University has regulations relating to academic misconduct, including plagiarism. The Learning Innovation and Development Centre can advise and help you with how to avoid ‘poor scholarship’ and potential academic misconduct. You can contact them at [email protected].
• If you have any concerns about your writing, referencing, research or presentation skills, you are welcome to consult the Learning Innovation Development Centre team at [email protected]. It is possible to arrange a 1:1 consultation with a LIDC tutor once you have planned or written a section of your work, so that they can advise you on areas to develop.
• Do not exceed the word limit.

BMO0116 Assessment Criteria

The Assessment Criteria are shown at the end of this document. Your tutor will discuss how your work will be assessed/marked and will explain how the assessment criteria apply to this piece of work. These criteria have been designed for your level of study.

These criteria will be used to mark your work and will be used to support the electronic feedback you receive on your marked assignment. Before submission, check that you have tried to meet the requirements of the higher-grade bands to the best of your ability. Please note that the marking process involves academic judgement and interpretation within the marking criteria.

The Learning Innovation Development Centre can help you understand and use the assessment criteria. To book an appointment, either visit them on The Street in the Charles Sikes Building or email them at [email protected]

BMO0116 Learning Outcomes

This section is for information only.

The assessment task outlined above has been designed to address specific validated learning outcomes for this module. It is useful to keep in mind that these are the things you need to show in this piece of work.

On completion of this module, students will need to demonstrate:

• Have a theoretical and practical understanding of a range of frameworks, models and concepts which may be applied to your professional development for the global workplace
• Have an awareness of the key elements and impact of intercultural effectiveness and employability skills on their working relationships
• Have an awareness of the systematic process (such as reflection, reflexion, action planning and flexible response) for developing intercultural and professional skills for their specific subject area
• Apply the principles of effective professional behaviour and intercultural effectiveness to a variety of common workplace scenarios
• Have a clear understanding of personal position in terms of intercultural and professional effectiveness and potential for movement from that position
• Express and justify their perspective on aspects of intercultural effectiveness and employability
• Construct a proactive strategy for the expansion of their repertoire of behaviours to function effectively in a diverse workplace

Please note that these learning outcomes are not additional questions.

Appendix 1 PGT Assessment Criteria

These criteria are intended to help you understand how your work will be assessed. They describe different levels of performance of a given criterion.

Criteria are not weighted equally, and the marking process involves academic judgement and interpretation within the marking criteria.

The grades between Pass and Merit should be considered as different levels of performance within the normal bounds of the module. The higher-level categories allow for students who, in addition to fulfilling the basic requirement, perform at a superior level beyond the normal boundaries of the module and demonstrate intellectual creativity, originality and innovation.

PGT Generic Assessment Criteria

	Unacceptable			Unsatisfactory	Pass	Merit	Distinction
	0 – 9	10-19	20-34	35-49	50-59	60-69	70-79	80-89	90-100
Fulfilment of relevant learning outcomes	Not met or minimal	Not met or minimal	Not met or partially met	Not met or partially met	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass
Response to the question /task	No response	Little response	Insufficient response	Adequate response, but with limitations	Adequate response	Secure response to assessment task	Very good response to topic; elements of sophistication	Clear command of assessment task; sophisticated approach	Full command of assessment task; imaginative approach demonstrating flair and creativity

	Unacceptable A superficial answer with only peripheral knowledge of core material and very little critical ability			Unsatisfactory Some knowledge of core material but limited.	Pass A coherent and logical answer which shows understanding of the basic principles	Merit A coherent answer that demonstrate s critical evaluation	Distinction An exceptional answer that reflects outstanding knowledge of material and critical ability
	0-9	10-19	20-34	35-49	50-59	60-69	70-79	80-89	90-100

Conceptual and critical understanding of contemporary / seminal knowledge in the subject	Entirely lacking in evidence of knowledge and understanding	Typically, only able to deal with terminology, basic facts and concepts	Knowledge of concepts falls short of prescribed range Typically only able to deal with terminology, basic facts and concepts	Marginally insufficient. Adequate knowledge of concepts within prescribed range but fails to adequately solve problems posed by assessment	A systematic understanding of knowledge; critical awareness of current problems and/or new insights; can evaluate critically current research and can evaluate methodologies	Approachin g excellence in some areas with evidence of the potential to undertake Research. Well- developed relevant argument, good degree of accuracy and technical competence	Excellent. Displays (for example): high levels of accuracy; evidence of the potential to undertake research; the ability to analyse primary sources critically.	Insightful. Displays (for example): excellent research potential; flexibility of thought; possibly of publishable quality.	Striking and insightful. Displays (for example): publishable quality; outstanding research potential; originality and independent thought; ability to make informed judgements.
Presentation	Length requirements may not be observed; does not follow academic conventions; language errors impact on intelligibility	Length requirements may not be observed; does not follow academic conventions; language errors impact on intelligibility	Length requirements may not be observed; does not follow academic conventions; language errors impact on intelligibility	Length requirement met and academic conventions mostly followed. Minor errors in language	Length requirement met and academic conventions mostly followed. Possibly very minor errors in language	Good standard of presentation ; length requirement met, and academic conventions followed	Very good standards of presentation	Professional standards of presentation	Highest professional standards of presentation
Use of evidence and sources to support task	Some irrelevant and/or out of date Sources	Some irrelevant and/or out of date Sources	Some irrelevant and/or out of date Sources	Limited sources	Comprehensiv e understanding of techniques applicable to own research or advanced scholarship	Complex work and concepts presented, key texts used effectively	Full range of sources used selectively to support argument	Full range of sources used selectively to support argument	Full range of sources used selectively to support argument
Development of ideas	Argument not developed and may be confused and incoherent	Argument not developed and may be confused and incoherent	Argument not developed and may be confused and incoherent	Argument not fully developed and may lack structure	The argument is developed but may lack fluency	Argument concise and explicit	Coherent and compelling argument well presen