NBS-7108B – Managing People and Organisations Summative Assessment Brief 2025/26

NBS-7108B Assignment Tasks

Part 1: The first part is to undertake a case study analysis of the people management approach within 2 very different organizations. This is the more substantive part of the assessment and will count for 80% of it.

Part 2: The second part is to provide thoughtful reflections about your career development. This part will count for 20% of the summative assessment.

Part 1: 2000-word limit and counts for 80% of your mark.

• 1A: (Strategic) Human Resource Management.

Introduction and background: briefly describe both companies and their approach to people management, using approaches and models from the academic literature to do so.

• 1B: Leadership and Organisational Culture at BrewDog.

How would you describe the leadership at Brewdog?  Evaluate the leadership approach concerning leadership theories and research.  What impact does it have on the business?

What is it like to work for BrewDog? Analyze the organizational culture and the employment relationship at the firm.

• 1C: Talent Management at Accenture

What is Talent Management as described in the academic literature?  Critically analyze Accenture’s approach to Talent Management, how does Accenture seek to strategically manage its talent?  

How does Accenture recruit new talent? Analyze its approach to the best practice literature

• 1D: Recommendations

What could Brewdog learn from Accenture in re-designing its recruitment and selection processes? What 2-3 recommendations would you make? Ensure that you support these concerning academic theory and research.

Part 2: Professional Career Reflection (500-word limit and counts for 20% of the marks).

Your task it to identify a job role you would like to do after graduating and discuss the following:

• The key skills and competences that are needed for the job.
• How can you demonstrate those skills and competencies effectively to prospective employers during the recruitment and selection process. 
• Complete a Personal Development Plan (PDP) that sets out how you might further develop these skills and competences during your Masters degree to support your professional development.

NBS-7108B Assessment Criteria

• Argument and Understanding (25%)
• Criticality and Analysis (25%)
• Use of Sources of Evidence (25%)
• Academic Referencing (12.5%)
• Written Communication (12.5%)

* This is based on UEA's standardised senate scale assessment criteria.

Grade Boundaries:

Please note that scoring 50%+ overall is a pass, scoring 60%+ overall is a merit and scoring 70%+ overall is a distinction.
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