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MODULE: PEOPLE MANAGEMENT GROUP ASSIGNMENT

A. LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the estalished !on!epts and pra!ti!es
whi!h shape the management of people in work organi"ations.
#. $ommuni!ate effe!ti%el& information and arguments' prin!ipall& in written form.
B. QUESTIONS
$hoose ONE (1) of the following (uestions and write &our answer in not more than 1')00 words.
*his group assignment represents 30% of the total marks for this module.
Ques!"# 1: Le$%e&s'!(
+dentif& someone &ou think is an effe!ti%e leader. ,hat traits and skills does this person possess
that make him or her' an effe!ti%e leader-
Ques!"# ): M$#$*e+e# ", s&ess
$ompare and !ontrast the differen!es etween stress pre%ention and stress management. +n &our
own opinion' whi!h is more appli!ale to &ou- Pro%ide rele%ant e.amples in &our answer.
Ques!"# 3: C"++u#!-$!"#
,h& is it important for managers to differentiate etween formal and informal !ommuni!ation
!hannels in their organi"ations- Support &our answers with rele%ant e.amples.
C. REQUIREMENTS
*he assignment must adhere to standard a!ademi! do!umentation standards. /0ailure to do so
will result in loss of marks in the 0ormat' $itations and 1eferen!es !riterion.2
3ou are to write the !itations and referen!es following the .$&/$&% S0se+.
3ou are re(uired to use T!+es Ne1 R"+$# as the font t&pe and 1) (s as the font si"e.
4erti!al5line spa!ing is to e 1.2 3!#e s($-!#*.
3ou are re(uired to pro%ide page numers to &our pages.
3ou must use enough of &our own words to !on%in!e that &ou understand what &ou are
writing. 6%iden!e of originalit& in &our writing refle!ted & effort of paraphrasing and
use of own personal e.pression in &our indi%idual anal&sis and e%aluation. 3ou should
not sumit a 7!op& and paste8 work as &ou ma& onl& e awarded at most a PASS e%en
though proper !itations and referen!ing are gi%en.
3ou should on no a!!ount make referen!e to www.wikipedia.!om' www.aout.!om or
the likes as sour!es for &our work. *hese wesites !an e useful to pro%ide &ou with the
definitions and the general ideas aout the !on!epts and theories within the module ut
the& are not a!!eptale to e inserted into &our a!ademi! writing as referen!es.
3ou are en!ouraged ut not limited to use P&"4ues /a!!essile at
http955pro(uest.umi.!om5login: otain the login and password from the uni%ersit&-!ollege
lirarians2.
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=ther re!ommended wesites whi!h &ou !an refer to are9
So!iet& of >uman 1esour!e ?anagement' http955www.shrm.org.
@nowledgeA,harton' http955knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu.
3ou ma& in!lude diagrams' figures' tales et!. without word penalt&. +f &ou are to present
information in tale format' ensure the information is presented riefl&. 3ou are not to
write paragraphed information in the tale in order to a%oid word !ount.
3ou must ha%e $ 3e$s 2 &e,e&e#-es from sour!es of authorit& /i.e. a!ademi! Bournals'
a!ademi! wesites' or te.tooks2. >owe%er' for students who wish to re!ei%e more
marks in their assignment /whi!h will go into the 5#"13e%*e $#% U#%e&s$#%!#* and
A#$30s!s $#% E/$3u$!"# !riteria2' the& should stri%e to go e&ond the minimal
re(uirement & looking for more rele%ant and authoritati%e sour!es of information.
3ou must ensure that &our writing is !lear and !on!ise as (uantit& does not alwa&s
guarantee (ualit&. *herefore' &ou should not e.pe!t & writing more will enale to get a
high mark unless the information is presented with !larit& and rele%an!e with high degree
of anal&sis and e%aluation.
A sliding s!ale of penalties for e.!ess length will e imposed a!!ording to the amount &
whi!h the limit has een e.!eeded. 3our word !ount must e indi!ated on &our !o%er
page.
6"&% C"u# Pe#$30
1')00 C 1'D)0 words Eo penalt&
1'D)1 C 1'<00 words 10F penalt&
1'<01 C 1'G)0 words #0F penalt&
1'G)0 and ao%e ?arks will e !apped at a pass
e.g. )0 marks
D. ASSIGNMENT STRUCTURE
3our do!ument should in!orporate the following items9
A !o%er page
*ale of !ontents
Answer to the (uestion /with proper headings and suheadings2
1eferen!es and Biliograph&
Appendi. /optional2
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E. DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS
C"/e& P$*e
*he assignment !o%er page should !ontain information as stated elow in order9
U$*+ ;ogo
Assignment Des!ription /+ndi%idual Assignment2
Assignment *itle /follow the title stated in the (uestion2
Student Eame
Student +d Eo.
?odule Eame and $ode
;e!turer Eame
+ntake Eumer
Sumission Date
,ord $ount
T$73e ", C"#e#
*he tale of !ontents should follow the title page. +t must list the 1oman numeral se!tions and
the page on whi!h ea!h se!tion starts. *he tale of !ontents page/s2 will not e numered.

B"%0 ", 6&!e# E#&0
*he od& of the written entr& egins with +ntrodu!tion and !ontinues in the se(uen!e outlined
ao%e. *he first page of the od& is numered 1 and all following pages are numered in
se(uen!e. *he numered pages !ontinue through referen!es.
Re,e&e#-es
All the referen!es used in the assignment should e gi%en in this page and must e in >ar%ard
1eferen!ing formats. Separate &our referen!es into two se!tions C one for HBooks and Printed
Arti!lesI and one for H=nline 1esour!esI. 6nsure that &our referen!es are written in !onsistent
format.
A((e#%!8
An appendi. is optional. +n!lude in the appendi. an& e.hiit appropriate to the written entr& ut
not important enough to in!lude in the od&: these might in!lude sample (uestionnaires used'
newspaper arti!les' general a!kground data of !ompanies' et!. Please indi!ate in the od& of
&our writing when the appendi. should e referred to.
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:. MAR5ING CRITERIA
C&!e&!$
N".
Ie+s M$&;s $33"-$!"#
1 5#"13e%*e $#%
U#%e&s$#%!#*
)0 +$&;s
- This need to be supported by originality in writing and effort
to paraphrase
- Marks vary according to detail of explanation, number of
concepts used and originality of work
) A#$30s!s $#%
E/$3u$!"#
10 +$&;s
- Marks vary according to the breadth of analysis and depth of
evaluation
3 L$#*u$*e<
S(e33!#* $#%
G&$++$&
2 +$&;s
- 2 marks for clarity and conciseness in writing; to achieve
clarity students are encourage to paragraph their ideas and
avoid writing long paragraphs where the markers may have
difficulty identifying the main idea the students are trying to
present
- 3 marks for proper spelling and use of grammar
9 :"&+$<
C!$!"#s< $#%
Re,e&e#-es
12 +$&;s
- 3 marks allocated for format which include proper layout of
assignment contents and cover page, use of heading and
subheading, evidence of page numbering, indication of word
count, use of correct font types and font size, and right
spacing between lines
- 2 marks allocated for evidence of citations written in
consistent manner following !arvard "ystem
- #$ marks allocated for relevant references written in the
re%uired !arvard "ystem; each references will worth two
marks & # mark for proper referencing according to re%uired
format and # mark if the references are from acceptable
sources of authority
T"$3 20 +$&;s
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G. GRADING
?arks are awarded ased on the following guidelines9
G&$%e Assess+e# Gu!%e3!#es
D!s!#-!"#
=2% $#%
$7"/e
- 6%iden!e of resear!h effort from the numer of rele%ant referen!es
e.!eeding the minimal re(uirement gi%en & students.
- 6%iden!e of high degree of depth of anal&sis and e%aluation.
- 6.!ellent use of language with minimal or no grammati!al errors and
spelling mistakes.
- 1eferred more than :I>E (2) rele%ant sour!es of authorit&.
- Answer shows !ompetent referen!e to different !on!epts.
- 0ormat is followed properl& and oth !itations and referen!es are
written in !onsistent manner in adheren!e to >ar%ard 1eferen!ing
S&stem.

C&e%!
62% ? =9%
- Good knowledge and understanding of the theories and !on!ept of the
module: oth theories and !on!ept are rele%antl& and a!!uratel&
applied.
- 6%iden!e of anal&sis and e%aluation are gi%en.
- Assignments follow the proper format with page numer' !orre!t
arrangement of the assignment !omponents' e%iden!e of headings and
suheadings' !lear paragraphing of ideas' all elements of the !o%er
page are present'
- Good use of language with minimal spelling and grammati!al
mistakes.
- 6%iden!e of referen!es following the >ar%ard 1eferen!ing S&stem
written !onsistentl& and presented in alphaeti!al order.
P$ss
20% ? 69%
- 6%iden!e of asi! knowledge and5or understanding of the theories and
!on!epts of the module: howe%er e.planation gi%en is limited or
un!lear.
- ;imited anal&sis and e%aluation gi%en.
- Students displa& some understanding of the theories and !on!epts ut
there are parts of ina!!ura!& and irrele%an!e in the answer.
- 0ulfill the minimal re(uirement of :I>E (2) rele%ant referen!es of
a!ademi! authorit& ut no e%iden!e to look for more.
- 1eferen!es are present ut not written !onsistentl& a!!ording to
>ar%ard 1eferen!ing S&stem.
- $itations are missing in some part of the assignment where the& are
re(uired.
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0% ? 9@%
- Answer fails to address the issues within the (uestion.
- ;a!k of or no anal&sis and e%aluation e%ident in the answer.
- +mproper la&out su!h as no page numering' asen!e of headings and
suheadings' missing elements in the !o%er page.
- Answer is highl& fragmented: ideas fail to flow !ohesi%el& when read
- ;a!k of originalit& in writing e%iden!e & 7!ut and paste8 work
/whi!h !an e refle!ted & information written in point form or
ulleted format at %arious pla!es of the assignment: sustantial usage
of (uoted information dire!tl& taken from the sour!e: e%iden!e of
irregularit& in the use of language gi%ing suspi!ion of !op&ing' et!.2
- 6%iden!e of man& grammati!al errors and spelling mistakes.
- $itations are missing in parts of the answer where the& are re(uired
or5and the& do not ha%e the rele%ant referen!es presented at the end of
the assignment.
- $itations and referen!es are presented in in!onsistent format and are
not written in adheren!e to the >ar%ard 1eferen!ing S&stem.
- 1eferen!es are not from the rele%ant sour!es of authorit& /e.g. su!h as
students make referen!e to www.wikipedia.!om2
- ;ess than the minimal referen!es are gi%en showing la!k of effort in
doing resear!h.
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