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Management Consultancy

Coursework 2 requires students, individually; to submit a personal reflective report on their learning experiences (3000 words). Such a personal report would be expected to include issues such as group dynamics, handling the host organisation and evaluation of key learning points for future development. The individual report will require the student to contextualise the individual and group learning process with relevant conceptual frameworks.

Learning Outcome 1: Critically reflect upon and review the processes involved in undertaking the project from both a personal and team perspective

Learning Outcome 2: Identify and evaluate the learning gained from the project process and relate it to their future personal and professional development

Assessment Guidance (Things to reflect upon)

How was the group formed and organised; (Can you apply Tuckman's model to your experience?)

How was the evaluation of strategy completed? (Any criticisms of the models applied?)

Was there any evolution of roles within the group as the task progressed, and if so, why were they needed? (Could you apply a leadership theory to understand this?)

How were relationships/ conflicts within the group handled, any issues here? (Could you apply the Thomas-Kilmann strategies to help broaden your understanding?)

What problems arose during the project and how were they resolved? Could they have been handled any differently? (What does the literature on problem solving say?)

What have you learned from this process? Have any development needs been identified? Would you do anything differently next time, and why?

Assessment Criteria

Has an appropriate reflective model (e.g. Rolfe or Gibb's) been used correctly and effectively?
Have theoretical concepts and frameworks (literature) been applied in the reflective analysis?
Has the analysis resulted in suitable developmental actions? (Action plan)

Is the report well structured, of appropriate length, free from spelling and grammatical errors, and including a bibliography?