英国作业指导：personal skills development

英国essay指导：personal skills development

 

Module Aims

 

• To develop students’ personal generic skills to enable them better to benefit from a Master’s programme in business and management.

• To enable students to identify needed personal development after completion of the programme in the light of career objectives.

 

Module Outcomes

 

By the end of this module participants will be able to:

 

• Develop research and generic study skills to enable them better to benefit from a Master’s programme in business and management

• Develop personal and management skills to enable them better to benefit from a Master’s programme in business and management

• Identify required personal development after completion of the programme in the light of their career objectives

• To construct a personal development plan linked to their career ambitions

 

These intended module learning outcomes contribute to the Masters of Management Knowledge and Understanding Programme Learning outcomes. 

•要培养学生的个人通用的技能，使他们更好地受益于业务和管理硕士课程。

为了让学生识别职业生涯目标计划完成后，需要个人发展。

 

模块的成果

 

•开发研究和通用学习技能，以使他们更好地受益于业务和管理硕士课程

•开发个人和管理技能，以使他们更好地受益于业务和管理硕士课程

•确定所需的个人发展的计划完成后，在自己的职业生涯目标

•要构造一个个人发展计划与自己的职业野心

 

这些目标模块的学习成果有助于向大师管理知识和理解课程的学习成果。

 

In addition, participants will also be able to:

 

• Plan, work and study independently, using relevant resources in a manner that reflects good practice

• Work with self direction and originality in identifying and addressing problems

• Be self aware, identify areas for self improvement and generate solutions#p#分页标题#e#

• Present ideas, arguments and results in the form of a well-structure report

 

These intended generic learning outcomes contribute to the Masters of Management Programme Learning Skills outcomes.

 

Teaching and Learning Methods

 

The Core Skills element of the module will be taught formally (see Module Guide for CB951 Business Report), but the development and writing of the management skills report will be mentored throughout the year with group and individual work.  An essential contribution to the Management Skills Report is the Personal Development Plan workshops, designed and delivered by our dedicated careers consultant, Irena Jennings, during the Autumn term. Students are expected to research and write their Management Skills and Personal Development Report between mid-Summer term and the end of August, with submission on 16th September 2011.

 

You will not be allocated a supervisor for this report, as supervision is inappropriate for a self reflective piece of work.

 

Assessment

 

Assessment will be based entirely on the Management Skills Report which should be between 5000 and 7000 words in length. The report should demonstrate understanding of the relevant literature on the skills managers require in the 21st Century, and should be self reflective – which will then give you a better understanding of what you can offer in your future career.  You are recommended to keep a diary, and attend the Personal Development Plan Workshops; the follow links may help:

 

Marking Criteria

 

Can I please draw your attention to the marking template which is to be found on Moodle. This will give you important information about the way in which your reports will be marked and graded. 

 

Submission Dates

 

Please note that late submission is no submission, and no extensions will be granted. 

 

Guidance – Structure and Content of the Management Skills Report

 

Introduction

 

The Management Skills Report has been introduced into the MSc suite of programmes in support of your personal development and future career.  It should focus on the skills managers require for the 21st Century, and be a self reflective piece of work.  You will need to research the extensive literature on management skills, and then apply the literature to your own skills base, identifying your strengths and weaknesses using examples.  It is not appropriate to ask other people for their opinion of you, nor to use other managers or organisations as examples to illustrate your chosen managerial skills. You are the case study! This will give you a better understanding of what you can offer organisations in terms of managerial skills, both now and in the future. This report is a self reflective, individual piece of work, and so you will have to use the first person I/me when writing and referring to your own experiences.  管理技能报告已引入MSC支持你的个人发展和未来的职业生涯中的方案套件。应着眼于面向21世纪的管理需要的技能，工作是一种自我的反光片。您将需要研究大量文献的管理技能，然后运用自己的技能基础的文学，找出自己的长处和短处使用例子。你问其他人，也不使用其他经理或组织作为例子来说明你选择了管理技能，这是不恰当的。您是案例研究！这会给你更好地了解你能提供什么组织在管理技能方面，无论是现在和将来。这份报告是一个自我反省，个人的工作，所以你将有我/我用第一人称写作时提到自己的经验。#p#分页标题#e#

 

You are strongly advised to keep a diary, or access the online facilities (see above links), and adopt the strategies recommended to you in the Personal Development Plan Workshops to help you record your audit of skills and experiences.

 

Report Format

 

Your report should follow the following format (subtitled and numbered):

 

Title page, author, addressee, date and word count

Contents list

Executive Summary

Introduction

Aim

Background

Main and subsidiary sections

Conclusions

Recommendations

Appendices

References

 

Guidance Notes

Contents list: You will only be able to put this together when you have completed the report, but it should accurately reflect the structure of the report and allow the reader to find their way around the report easily. 

 

Executive Summary: This is an important part of the Report. It must be no longer than one page in length and should summarise the whole report. A busy executive should be able to read the executive summary, and get an accurate picture of the contents and on that basis decide whether to read further. It should contain a brief statement of the original problem and then the key issues addressed followed by the conclusions.

 

Introduction: This sets the scene, outlines the problem and tells the reader how you plan to structure your report. It should state the resources you plan to use and where these will be coming from. It is an important part of the paper. As you write the report you should always be checking to make sure that you are adhering to the structure you set out in this introduction.

 

Aim: This is crucial. Get the aim of the report wrong and you will fail. The aim defines the problem/issue that the report is being written for and the rest of the report should be focused on achieving this. Common mistakes here are:

 

• Having an aim that is unachievable in the time and space you have

• Having an aim that is unclear

• Having more than one aim. Within the aim you can have a number of objectives, but you can have only one aim!

• Having an aim which the paper fails to address

 

Background:  This is helpful for the reader who is new to the topic. It provides the context in which the paper is being set and will also give the reader the necessary information on what has led to the present situation.#p#分页标题#e#

 

Main Section: This is the main body of the report and should conform to the structure you set out in the introduction. You might want to use a Chapter for each of the areas that you will be looking at. Get the structure right; is it logical? does each section follow the next? Decide what information you want to use to support your arguments – this is a very personal and self reflective piece of work, and you need to use evidence from your own experiences to do this. You may have a chapter discussing the literature and then another where you apply the theory to your own experiences.  Alternatively, you may combine the literature and your experiences in one Chapter.  This is also where the bulk of your marks will be obtained. Remember that we are looking for:

 

• Analysis. We don’t just want a descriptive account of an issue or a set of data. We want you to look at the issues and really work out what it is saying – what it means. Always ask the question…SO WHAT?…. when you are presenting information. Good papers will always include your analysis of what is really behind the information you are presenting.

• Academic/Business Support. Support your arguments with the academic/business literature using appropriate tools techniques and frameworks that have been introduced throughout the programme. You need to make a judgement on which are the most appropriate. Don’t include an inappropriate model because you think it looks good…it won’t work.  If you fail to do this, you will not pass

• Always reference your work correctly both in the body of the report and in the References section at the end. You have had guidance on this. 

 

Conclusions: If you get the structure right then the conclusions will naturally fall out of the work you have done so far. This pulls the report together. Don’t introduce new material into this section and make sure that it does reflect what you have been saying so far. Be careful of writing conclusions that do not reflect the main body of the report!

 

Recommendations: In most cases your report will be very personal, and and you cannot complete the report without making recommendations for your own personal development. This is a key part of the report and many busy executives will look at the executive summary, conclusions and recommendations only. Again these need to stem from what you are saying. Don’t make a recommendation that would come as a complete surprise to the reader. Make sure that your recommendations are also realistic!

 

Appendices: These give you the opportunity to provide more detailed information for a reader if they wish to access it. #p#分页标题#e#

 

References: This is where you record all the sources of data you have used. It is not difficult but is often done badly. Remember Kent Business School uses the Harvard referencing system and you should review your notes from the research methods classes if you have forgotten. In addition to the References section, ensure that you reference correctly in the report itself. You will be penalised if you do not use this system!

 

Conclusions

 

You should now have a clear idea of what is expected of you. The literature on management skills is extensive, and you may feel that you would benefit from selecting one area or a limited number.  However, you must justify such an approach. This is an important piece of work and will not only enhance your CV but also stand you in good stead under interview conditions.

 

Finally a word about plagiarism…The University now uses a software tool, TURNITIN that identifies material which has not been referenced correctly. Where there is evidence of plagiarism you will automatically be given a mark of zero and your work referred to the Kent Business School Disciplinary Committee. If you are unclear about what constitutes plagiarism please refer to the referencing guidance notes that you have already been given, or ask your project advisor.