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BSS064-6 Leading and Managing Organisational Resources - University of Bedfordshire

Assignment - ePortfolio

Learning outcome 1: Demonstrate the following knowledge and understanding
- Demonstrate a systematic understanding and critical appreciation of the integration between leadership, operation management in the context of contemporary work organisations and how the funding and operations of these functions can impacton the reported financial performance.

Learning outcome 2: Demonstrate the following skills and abilities
- Critically evaluate and synthesise theories and models in practice to improve performance through effective leadership, operations management and financial analysis to inform decision making

You are required to compile an e-Portfolio over the 6-week block, which is an online representation of your academic and professional accomplishments and achievements. It is a great way to keep all your learning and assessment in one place to highlight your abilities and capabilities as a professional and to demonstrate your achievement of the learning outcomes for the unit.

Assessment Task:
You will build an e-portfolio throughout the unit with a mandatory summative assessment in week 3 using following assessment type:

In order to pass the assessment, you will need to:
• Demonstrate adequate knowledge and understanding of the challenges and opportunities in integrating leadership, operations and financial management and the contribution of information systems to decision making as appropriate.
• Apply theories, models and frameworks to adequately analyse in-depth their relevance to support decision making and improve performance.
• Adequately evaluate complex cases through the application of relevant theories and models of leadership, operations and financial management to synthesise resource capability, add value and optimise organisational performance
• Demonstrate adequate knowledge, skills, abilities, and approaches to orchestrate the effective utilisation of organisational resources, systems and processes.

We will be filling this section in together in class onClick or tap to enter a date.make sure you have downloaded/printed out the Assignment Brief and bring it to the session with you.
Here are some of the requirements we will be discussing in the assignment workshops:
• You need to complete the guided learning to develop your understanding of influential contributors
• You need to extend this through independent research using quality academic and practitioner sources
• You will apply theory in practice for critical, in-depth analysis in the context of the allocated live project and case study
• Consider what are the main conclusions derived from in-depth analysis?
• Make feasible recommendations that are directly actionable
• You must use in-text citations throughout to acknowledge others' ideas in support of your critical analysis
• You must use the Harvard style of referencing.
• A random sample of students will be called to attend a viva voce to check the authenticity of their work

A flipped classroom approach is used to allow practical application in scheduled workshops. It is essential that you complete the guided learning detailed in the unit study guide in advance of the scheduled classes.

In scheduled sessions you will participate in discussions of the ‘hot topic(s)' specified in the context of a live consultancy project(s) or in the context of contemporary case studies. Group discussions guided by the teaching team will support your understanding of the integration of theory and practice in relation to leadership, operations and information systems including a consideration of how these might impact financial statements. In this way you will develop an understanding and critical appreciation of how the integration of theory and practice in context supports problem solving and decision making to improve performance in real life organizations.In this way you will demonstrate the knowledge, skills, abilities and approaches to orchestrate the effective utilization of organizational resources, systems and processes.

Attachment:- ePortfolio.rar