SUMMATIVE ASSIGNMENT – BUSI45JI5
Consulting
Answer one of the following questions.
1. Discuss how consultants can help an organization to change. Illustrate your
answer with references to model/s covered during the Module and to relevant
literature.
2. Identify the key skills and knowledge required of a consultant and discuss why
they are important. Illustrate your answer with reference to an individual, team
or organization which you are familiar with and with references to relevant
literature.
3. Discuss how a consultant can understand the issues faced within a client
organisation. Illustrate your answer with references to model/s covered during
the Module and to relevant literature.
Overall word limit: 2,500
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SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
Your completed assignment must be uploaded to Learn ULTRA
no later than 11:59am (UK time) on 17 March 2023.
It is your responsibility to back up your work. IT issues are not a valid reason
for a late submission.
You should back up your work on more than once device.
A penalty will be applied for work uploaded after 11:59am as detailed in the
Late submission policy. You must leave sufficient time to fully complete the
upload process before the deadline and check that you have received a
receipt. At peak periods, it can take up to 30 minutes for a receipt to be
generated.
Assignments should be typed, using 1.5 spacing and an easy-to-read 12-point font.
Assignments and dissertations/business projects must not exceed the word count
indicated in the module handbook/assessment brief.
The word count should:
Include all the text, including title, preface, introduction, in-text citations, quotations,
footnotes and any other items not specifically excluded below.
Exclude diagrams, tables (including tables/lists of contents and figures), equations,
executive summary/abstract, acknowledgements, declaration, bibliography/list of
references and appendices. However, it is not appropriate to use diagrams or
tables merely as a way of circumventing the word limit. If a student uses a table or
figure as a means of presenting his/her own words, then this is included in the word
count.
Examiners will stop reading once the word limit has been reached, and work beyond
this point will not be assessed. Checks of word counts will be carried out on submitted
work, including any assignments or dissertations/business projects that appear to be
clearly over-length. Checks may take place manually and/or with the aid of the word
count provided via an electronic submission. Where a student has intentionally
misrepresented their word count, the School may treat this as an offence under
Section IV of the General Regulations of the University. Extreme cases may be viewed
as dishonest practice under Section IV, 5 (a) (x) of the General Regulations.
Very occasionally it may be appropriate to present, in an appendix, material which
does not properly belong in the main body of the assessment but which some students
wish to provide for the sake of completeness. Any appendices will not have a role in
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the assessment – examiners are under no obligation to read appendices and they do
not form part of the word count. Material that students wish to be assessed should
always be included in the main body of the text.
MARKING GUIDELINES
Performance in the summative assessment for this module is judged against the
following criteria:
Relevance to question(s)
Organisation, structure and presentation
Depth of understanding
Analysis and discussion
Use of sources and referencing
Overall conclusions
The word count should include all the text (plus endnotes and footnotes), but exclude
diagrams, tables, bibliography, references and appendices. Guidance on referencing
can be found on Sharepoint; Examinations and Assessment (sharepoint.com)
PLAGIARISM AND COLLUSION
Students suspected of plagiarism, either of published work or the work of other
students, or of collusion will be dealt with according to School and University
guidelines.
Your assignment will be put through the plagiarism detection service.
END OF ASSESSMENT
