ROYAL DOCKS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND

LAW

Module Title: People and Organizations

Module Code: HR4003

Assessment Handbook
Module Leader
Dr Andrew Boocock
Student Hours: Tuesday 15.00-16.00

1.1 Assessment Deadlines

Component Deadline date and time
1. Portfolio of activities 19th December 2019 15.00
– see below

1.2 Feedback and return of work

Feedback on your assessment will be on 19th January 2020.

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Assessment: Deadline: December 19th 2019 15:00

Part 1 – You should prepare a 1200 word report on the topic of the
effectiveness of Work and Organisation at Tesla.

Your task is to research the effectiveness of work and organisation at Tesla

using good quality academic and journalistic sources. Please see the links
below:

Spotlight on Tesla culture

Leadership at Tesla

Employees at Tesla

You should consider a range of views and seek to integrate them into a coherent
argument. This may be informed by good quality journalistic sources but, more
importantly, you must also show considerable evidence of using good quality
‘Peer Reviewed’ Journal Articles.

The key topics which you should include in your report on the effectiveness of
work and organisation at Tesla are:

1. Organisational context

 The impact of globalisation.

2. The whole organisation

 The rational and social organisation,

 Power and politics
 Governance, organizational Culture and organisational leadership

3. Groups and Teams

 Groups and teams

4. The Individual Level

 Motivation and job design

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You will not need to draw on all organisational behaviour theories that you read
but should select instead those which are most applicable to Tesla. It is more
important to show knowledge of key debates within the literature on
organisational behaviour, to be critical in your writing and to ensure a good level
of integration and coherence than to include all theories. Please work on the
level of criticality and the coherence and flow of your report. This will require
effective discussion and debate.

Part 2 – Reflection on group work (900 words)

In Part 2, you should write a 900 word reflection on your experience of group
work. This would ideally be based on your experiences as a group member in
this module within seminars but could include a consideration of group activities
in other modules or in work experience. Do not just describe your experience of
working in a group but situate your reflection within the wider literature on groups
and teams.

To assist you with this you should use a Theory of Reflective Practice such as
Kolb’s Learning Cycle. Themes that you may explore include:

• Difference between a group and a team

• Team roles
• Balance of team roles
• Stages of group formation
• Asch effect and Groupthink
• Group dynamics, including unconscious group dynamics
• Were you a pseudo team? Potential team? Real team? High performance
team?
• Leadership of the team

The emphasis should be on a critical evaluation, not on self-promotion. Try to

identify strengths and weaknesses, and areas for personal development
informed by the literature on groups and teams.

Part 3 - Personal Reflections on Employment (900 words)

You should write a reflection on what you have learned about the nature of
employment in undertaking the People and Organisations module. In this
reflection, you should make reference to any organisational behaviour literature
that is relevant. You may address the following key themes in your analysis

1. What types of organization would most engage and motivate you? Why
would you be more productive in these organizations? Compare and
contrast with other organisations where you would be less engaged and
productive. You might in your reflections draw on the literature on

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 leadership, classical, human relations and contemporary approaches to
organisational behaviour, culture, motivation, or teamwork.
2. You might also reflect on how the literature on identity, personality and
emotions relate to your experience of work
3. What are your strengths and weaknesses when it comes to
employment?
4. How will you address your weaknesses? What targets will you set for
your development?

Please note that a significant amount of the marks are awarded on the basis of
wider reading, referencing, academic integrity and academic writing
conventions. Please read the assessment criteria below:

Assessment Criteria:
In assessing HR4003 we will use the following criteria:

Part 1:

1. Effective analysis undertaken within the report informed by

organisational behaviour literature appropriate to the case. (20%)
2. A well-structured and organised report involving cogent argument in
line with academic convention (10%)
3. Wider reading in the report involving both seminal and contemporary
articles/ books (5%)
4. Accurate and effective use of citations and references in the report
(5%)

Part 2:
5. Effective reflection on groupwork informed by literature on groups
and teams (15%)
6. A well-structured and organised reflection on groupwork (5%)
7. Wider reading evident in reflection on groupwork (evidenced
through use of literature on groups and teams) to inform reflections (5%)
8. Accurate and effective use of citations and references in the
reflection on group work (5%)
Part 3:

9. Application of academic concepts and models to reflection on

employment (15%)
10. Presentation and organisation of reflection on employment (5%)
11. Wider reading evident in reflection on employability (5%)
12. Referencing in reflection on employment (5%)

Deadline: 19th December 2019

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Referencing

As a student you will be taught how to write correctly referenced essays

using UEL's standard Harvard referencing system from Cite Them Right. Cite
them Right is the standard Harvard referencing style at UEL for all Schools
apart from the School of Psychology which uses the APA system. This book
will teach you all you need to know about Harvard referencing, plagiarism and
collusion. The electronic version of “Cite Them Right: the essential referencing
guide” 9th edition, can be accessed whilst on or off campus, via UEL Direct.
The book can only be read online and no part of it can be printed nor
downloaded.

Further information is available at

Cite Them Right - http://www.citethemrightonline.com/

Harvard referencing:
https://uelac.sharepoint.com/LibraryandLearningServices/Pages/HarvardReferencing-.aspx

Academic Integrity: https://uelac.sharepoint.com/LibraryandLearningServices/Pages/Academ ic-

integrity.aspx g

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