BMBA5007 Consulting Project (Simulator) Assessment 2 Brief | DMU

Assessment Information: What do you need to do?

This assignment is an individual assignment. This assignment requires students to

• Reflect and describe their simulated experience in engaging with business analysis and  decision-making;
• Describe the learning process of business development through applying business diagnostics for business enhancement, stakeholder engagement and goal pursuits; and
• Describe personal growth through the salience of leadership role enactment.  

This assignment requires you to conduct a reflective process of the Consulting Project (Simulator) Module stage by stage.  This will complete the transformative learning process for you to redefine what you have learnt and who you are.

This final report has three parts. 

Part 1

Share the simulated experience of running a business. By focusing on your specific role, reflect on how far you have developed transferrable skills for your future career.

Part 2

Elaborate on the experiential learning experience, particularly in the areas of knowledge and skills you have honed in the leadership role(s) you have taken up. 

Part 3
Describe the extent of your personal growth in terms of conducting team pursuit, problem-solving ability, decision-making, strengthening your creativity, and developing your leadership identity, in boosting your self-confidence. 

Assignment Structure of the Final Report

BMBA5007 is a Learning by Doing Journey.  Congratulations on embarking on and completing this module!   

This Final Report documents your experience of learning, the outcomes of your learning and your personal growth, which has been contributed by the knowledge, skills, and experience transformation you have attained through your learning engagement.

Leadership development of the learners is the goal of this module.  It is believed that when learners are actively engaged in meaningful learning in adulthood, the learning experience can lead to personal development.  Learners can take on learning actively and independently because their basic human needs are closely linked to the development of the self in terms of competence, autonomy and growth (Ryan & Deci, 2002).  Your urge for knowledge and personal enhancement has prompted you to embark on the Global MBA programme.  This module is one of the important steps that you have engaged in to unleash your potential and lift your knowledge and skill levels.

‘Transformative learning is the process in which the learner changes his or her perspectives and frames of reference for certain topics through self-reflection on existing assumptions, validation of beliefs, new actions to act on new insights, and evaluation of the steps taken’ (Chui, Hodgson & Wong, 2016). As a result of your ‘learning by doing’ in completing an entrepreneurial pathway, your transformation requires reflection to be completed.  With your instructor, you will understand better how your ‘self-regulated behaviours’, skill enhancement in business analysis, your sharpened decision-making skill, your ability in evaluating the shortfall of bad business results, and your ability to solve business issues all contribute to your confidence, self-belief and personal development that your leadership development can be advanced.   You can find 

The spirit of this assignment is to allow your reflection to crystallise your personal growth and development upon the completion of this module.

Criteria for Assessment - How will you be Marked?  See rubrics for the Different levels of Scores.

1. Simulated experience of business development (30%) – Recount your experiential learning experience during your entrepreneurial journey of the phone business development with other team members. 

2. Experiential learning and leadership experience (30%) – Evaluate how the multiple learning aspects impact your simulation actions.

3. Leadership development and personal growth experience (30%) – Reflect on how the experiential learning experience facilitates the transformation of your knowledge, skills, and personal growth.

4. Conclusion (5%) – Conclude with how you support or do not support the ‘learning by doing’ approach.  

5. Writing quality, spell check, proper formatting and attractive layout are expected to reach a professional standard (5%)

How to Submit Your Assessment

The assessment must be submitted by 1200 Noon (UK Time) on 20 September 2024. No paper copies are required. You can access the submission link through the module website.

File name: ‘BMBA5007_A2_Your last name_PXXXXXXX(student number)’

Your coursework will be given a zero mark if you do not submit a copy through Turnitin. Please take care to ensure that you have fully submitted your work. 

Please ensure that you have submitted your work using the correct file format; unreadable files will receive a mark of zero. The Faculty accepts Microsoft Office and PDF documents, unless otherwise advised by the module leader.

All work submitted after the submission deadline without a valid and approved reason will be subject to the University regulations on late submissions.

• If an assessment is submitted up to 24 hours late, the mark for the work will be capped at the pass mark of 40 per cent for undergraduate modules or 50 per cent for postgraduate modules
• If an assessment is submitted beyond 24 hours late, the work will receive a mark of zero per cent
• The above applies to a student’s first attempt at the assessment. If work submitted as a reassessment of a previously failed assessment task is submitted later than the deadline, the work will immediately be given a mark of zero per cent
• If an assessment, which is marked as pass/fail rather than given a percentage mark, is submitted later than the deadline, the work will immediately be marked as a fail.

The University wants you to do your best. However, we know that sometimes events happen which mean that you can’t submit your coursework by the deadline – these events should be beyond your control and not easy to predict.  If this happens, you can apply for an extension to your deadline for up to five working days, or if you need longer, you can apply for a deferral, which takes you to the next assessment period (for example, to the re-sit period following the main Assessment Boards). You must apply before the deadline for your assessment. You will find information about applying for extensions and deferrals here.

Students MUST keep a copy and/or an electronic file of their assignment.

Checks will be made on your work using anti-plagiarism software and approved plagiarism checking websites.

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You identify the sources that you have used by citing them in the text of your assignment (called citations or in-text citations) and referencing them at the end of your assignment (called the reference list or end-text citations). The reference list only includes the sources cited in your text. The main referencing guide can be found here and includes information on the basics of referencing and achieving good academic practice. It also has tabs for the specific referencing styles, depending on whether you require the Harvard style used in business.

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Final Report (Assignment 2) Assessment Rubrics

Reference

Chui, S., Hodgson, P., & Wong, A. (2015). Impacts of Learning through Experience: An Application of Service Leadership in Whole Person Development. In Shek, D., & Chung, P. (eds). Promoting Service Leadership Qualities in University Students. Singapore: Springer.   

Gibbs, G. (1998).  Learning by doing: A guide to teaching and learning methods.  Further Education Unit.  Oxford Polytechnic: Oxford.

Ryan, R. M., & Deci, E. L. (2002).  Handbook of Self-Determination Research.  Rochester, NY: The University of Rochester Press.