MGT601_Ass2_220708.docx
ASSESSMENT 2
BRIEF
Subject Code and Title
Assessment Assessment 2: Reflexive Report
Individual/Group Individual
Length Up to 2,000 words
Learning Outcomes a) Explore and reflect on self- development as a
leader to build self-awareness
) Through critical reflection on key leadership
theories develop a personal leadership
development strategy.
c) Analyse and develop the capacity to
influence, motivate and inspire others in you
workplace and/or community organisations.
Weighting 30%
Total Marks 100 marks
Context:
The learning design of this subject is to focus on your own leadership journey and
not to study leadership as some remote, theoretical concept that applies to othe
people. This assessment enables you to build self-awareness and a clear sense of
how you came to be the person and emerging leader that you are today. It
encourages deep reflection on your life and leadership journey to your present
position. It helps you to increase your understanding of your cu
ent leadership
capabilities and potential. The assessment requires you to establish a mentoring
elationship with another student in the class so that you can provide mutual
learning support and exchange constructive feedback with each other.
Your Task:
Your task in Assessment 2 is to reflect on you own leadership journey up until now,
your cu
ent role or position, how you influence others, how you lead, contribute to
or react to organisational and cultural changes and your cu
ent level of
self-awareness and self- confidence to lead others in your organisation and/o
community.
It is important to consider “leadership” as a way of thinking and behaving and not a
position in a hierarchy. Consider your experiences in your family, friendship groups,
school, university, sports, clubs, community, religious or charitable organisations and
any relevant experiences in the workforce.
Assessment 3, which is due at the end of the subject, builds on the first and asks
you to prepare a plan for the next stage of your leadership journey. The
assessments are integrated pieces of work and you should bear in mind the final
part as you work on this part. All assessments need to be strongly based on the
established theories and models of leadership to help you interpret and explain
your leadership challenges.
Working with Your Partner:
Partners will be allocated by your Learning Facilitator after you post your personal
introduction on the “Welcome and Introductions” Discussion Forum. Partners will
e allocated on the basis of maximum diversity of backgrounds to enrich you
learning experience. Where possible, partners will be in similar time zones. More
detailed guidelines for working with your partner are provided at the end of this
section.
● You should include a discussion of the process of giving and receiving
feedback with a peer.
● A summary of the feedback you receive from your partner and others,
combined with your reflection and interpretation of this feedback in the context
of your leadership journey is also required.
● You may wish to also include a summary of the feedback that you gave you
partner and reflect on it. Feedback often says as much about the person who
gives as the person who receives it. The feedback summaries can be included
as appendices, where they will not be included in the word count.
While the assessment includes feedback from the interaction with your partner,
each person is to submit his or her own, individual report. This discussion must be
authentic and genuine and is not to be fictional or invented.
More detailed guidelines for working with your partner are shown at the end of this
ief.
Possible Structure:
A possible structure for your report is as follows:
1. The use of an “Executive Summary” to summarise the content of your report.
2. A clear logic flow, demonstrated by using a “Table of Contents” page
and section headings. The Table of Contents should be attractively
formatted to present a positive first impression to readers.
3. An “Introduction” to set the context and provide background to the aim.
4. An “Aim” that communicates exactly what the report is setting out to achieve. This
should reflect and summarise the precise question set in the assessment
ief.
5. The body of your report should address the following issues. The
percentages in
ackets indicate a suggested proportional length of each
section.
● Who has recognised your leadership in the past? This is not about
jobs you have held, this is about recognising the people you have
influenced. (10%)
● Key “moments of truth” in your background to date. This should not be
a chronology or a CV. It is a reflection on a small number of the most
influential aspects or turning points in the establishment of your natural
leadership behaviours. This is not to be fictional or invented –
please reflect deeply on the nature of your interactions with others
around you over time and consider the moments when you felt
empowered or aligned with the moment. (15%)
● Summarise the results of two (2) other personality or leadership style
inventories that you have completed, and your interpretation of the
esults. Are they basically aligned with the results from Genos?
Identify and explain any variances you identify. (15%)
● Explain the process of giving and receiving constructive feedback with
a peer, and the outcomes and the of that activity. This is not to be
fictional or invented. (15%)
● Assess the implications of the feedback and provide your reflection on
its significance. It could include your preliminary thinking on how you
might use these insights in future, to be expanded in your second
submission. (25%)
● Links to theory and conceptual frameworks discussed specifically in
the topics in this subject that relate to your experiences and feedback.
This is to happen throughout the report and be consistent with the topic
areas of this subject. The important point is that you anchor you
submission with appropriate models or theories that have been
presented in this subject as a minimum. (20%)
6. A “Conclusion” to capture your key learnings is desirable in a business
subject. Detailed, supporting information such as psychometric results and
planning templates should be placed in an appendix, where they will not be
included in the word count.
7. A list of References formatted in the co
ect APA style. These sources need
to have actually been consulted in the drafting of the assignment, and must
contain the information attributed to them.
8. Appendices may be used to hold information that is relevant to you
discussion but not suitable (too lengthy, complex, etc) for inclusion in the
ody of your report. All items included in appendices must be refe
ed to
specifically in the report.
Please note that Executive Summary, Table of Contents, References and
Appendices are not included in the word count calculation.
This structure is a suggestion only and is not mandatory, however using this
structure co
ectly will enable you to build a logical and comprehensive na
ative.
Other structures would be appropriate, provided that they enable you to
demonstrate your learning according to the ru
ic shown at the end of this
ief.
Reflexive Writing - First Person:
You should write in the first person, because this is about YOU, your reflections
and your interpretations. (eg “I considered this advice to be….. because it had a
ig impact on my……..and it helped me to understand my ”).
Try to be as specific as possible, use
ief examples to illustrate your points and try to
select examples that enable you to demonstrate learning against the attributes in the
u
ic.
All other principles of academic writing apply, including strict
eferencing, acknowledgement of the work of others and avoidance
of plagiarism.
Referencing:
You should include a list of specific references that you have actually used in you
eport. As per all postgraduate reports each factual statement must be referenced,
as must intellectual property (theories, frameworks and models) from other authors.
Please cite original authors, not textbooks or secondary sources. These sources
need to have actually been consulted in the drafting of the assignment, and must
contain the information attributed to them.
It is essential that you use appropriate APA style for citing and referencing
esearch. Please see more information on referencing here: