Module title: Mental Wealth and Applied Research (HR7004)

Assessment task: Individual Applied Report

Word count limit: 6000 words +/-10% (excluding references and appendices)

Avoid Plagiarism

By submitting this report, you declare that original work and that the material and sources of information used, including internet sources, have been fully identified and properly acknowledged (referenced). In addition, you confirm that the presented work has not been submitted for any other reasons (assessment) in the past. You also acknowledge that I reserve the right to investigate allegations of plagiarism and other forms of misconduct which, if proven and dependent on the severity level of the offence, may result in a penalty.

By submitting your work, you acknowledge that you have read and agreed with the above statements.

General Guidance

Your assignment should be MS Word processed using Times New Roman size 12 font, double spaced, with numbered pages and your student number printed as a footer on every page. Note this is a report supported by academic research so you should adhere to the appropriate referencing guidance. The word limit stated for this assignment excludes the list of references at the end of the assignment but includes all text in the main body of the assignment (including direct quotations, in-text citations, footnotes, tables, diagrams and graphs). Please be aware that exceeding the word limit will affect the academic judgement of the piece of work and may result in the award of a lower mark. Appendices are not considered a supplement and will not be assessed as part of the content of the assignment. As such, they will not contribute to the grade awarded; however, it may be appropriate to use an Appendices section for any material which is a useful reference for the reader. Please note that appendices are not included in the word count. The majority of references should come from primary sources (e.g. journal articles, conference papers, reports, etc.) although you can also utilise area specific textbooks. You must ensure that you use the Harvard style of referencing. Please indicate the word count length at the end of your assignment. Marking and assessment This assignment will be marked out of 100% and contributes to 50% of the total module mark. The pass mark is 50%. However, it is important to note that you must achieve at least 40% for each assignment in order to pass the module. The marking rubric is attached, which offers guidance on the assessment criteria and weighting.

Learning objectives applied in this assessment

Identify and justify a business issue that is of strategic relevance to the organisation and to pose and solve organisational problems (IC) (CC)
Effectively understand connected digital social and economic space relevant to your professional discipline (IC) (DP) (SID) (CC)
Compare and contrast the relative merits of different research methods and their relevance to different situations (IC)
Complete Expertise route to Digital Skills Planner (DP) (SID)
Develop ability to identify, assess, and regulate one’s own emotions and moods; to discriminate among them and to use this information to guide one’s thinking and actions and where one has to make consequential decisions for oneself (EID) (SID)
Critically analyse and discuss existing literature, contemporary professional policy and practice relevant to your subject discipline (IC)

Use ICT effectively; to understand the importance of the proliferation of technology and access to information; and to develop competencies to realise opportunities in the connected digital, social and economic space within your subject discipline (DP)

Develop the interpersonal ability to identify & understand the underlying emotions of individuals and groups, enhancing communication efficacy, empathy, resilience and influence (EID) (SID)
Develop the ability to perceive and optimise physiological activity and responses to influence emotion and solve problems that could otherwise affect behaviour (EID) (SID)
Develop capacity for self-discipline, managing stress and physical resilience (EID) (SID) (UGB)

Assessment guidelines:

Task: You will prepare a report outlining further details of your chosen research that will form the basis of your Dissertation/Applied Business Project.

Format: You should use the following structure for your Individual Applied Report – Research Proposal. You should present your applied report/proposal in a single document with an appropriate front page, contents page, headings and a correctly formatted reference list (University of East London Harvard style).

The applied report/proposal should include the following:

Section 1: Research topic, aim and objectives

○ Identify your proposed research topic and offer a clear rationale, along with aim and objectives

■ In this section you should present your research topic and explain the topic area. The section should include appropriate background information and it should explain the rationale for selecting this research topic and what is the potential contribution of the proposed research. Also, the section should clearly present the aim and objectives of the proposed research. ● Section 2: Literature review

○ The literature review should analyse and synthesise relevant academic literature, critically engaging with the field of scholarship. In the literature review, you should discuss how your research topic will fit within existing published work. You should find at least 12-15 sources of literature (mainly academic) connected

to your proposed research and analyse them to show how your research will attempt to contribute to existing knowledge. You should aim to compare and contrast the sources and make appropriate links with your proposed research. Keep in mind that you should paraphrase the sources in your own words (and cite and reference the sources appropriately) and you should synthesise the potential contribution of these sources to your research. Your literature review should not be presented as a ‘list’ of articles.

Section 3: Methodology, methods and ethical considerations

○ Identify and justify a research methodology appropriate to your proposed research

○ Identify and justify research methods and data appropriate to your proposed research

○ Identify key ethical considerations relevant to your proposed research

■ In this section you should discuss your research methodology. You should consider your epistemological approach and how this impacts your research design. Also, you should discuss your data collection methods as well as the types of data that you will collect for your research and the sources of this data. You should be able to justify your choice of methodology and methods by referring to your research aim and objectives. Also, you should comment on the feasibility of your research and your ability to access the required data. Finally, this section should outline the ethical considerations related to your research.

■ You are advised to include a secondary data collection for your proposal, and not primary. This is because for the final module of this programme (Dissertation) you are not allowed to proceed with primary data collection, but only with secondary. ● Section 4: Research schedule/plan

○ Induce a provisional project schedule/plan for your proposed research

■ In this section you should outline the key milestones for the completion of your research project and propose the length of time that each milestone will require to complete. You should try to be as realistic as you can and you should consider things like work schedule and busy periods at work as well as holidays and other breaks. It will be useful to present your schedule/plan on a table listing the milestones, the duration of each milestone as well as a brief note for each milestone that will offer a description of the role of the milestone in the process and a justification for the assigned duration, including any concerns, contingency plans, or limitations to completing the milestone.

The research topic area will be based on your Week 3 Individual Written Task submission.

Your Research Proposal should follow this structure:

Section/Aspect

Content to cover

Marks

available

Section 1: Research topic, aim and objectives (1300 words)

● Research topic clearly framed and presented

● Clear and consistent research aim and objectives

● The section provides relevant background information and explains the rationale for selecting the research topic

● The section is supported with relevant literature and evidence

20 per cent

Section 2:

Literature review

(2600)

● Outlines what the literature review will include and/or leave out (scope).

● A good range of literature been used to discuss relevant concepts, models and theories

● The sources used are up to date, and of sufficient academic weight

● The literature review offers evidence of critical evaluation of the material

● A good ability to synthesize that goes beyond just presenting arguments and ideas from the source material and demonstrates ability to link these theories together, combine them and indicate a good level of understanding

35 per cent

	● The key themes and issues surrounding the research topic are clearly drawn from the literature ● Summarise gap(s) in the literature and where the proposed research will attempt to contribute
Section 3: Research Methodology, Methods and ethical considerations (1600 words)	● Clearly identifies the research methodology and provides justification for the selection, on the basis of relevant evidence and support from outside sources and the nature of the research topic ● Clearly identifies research methods, data and data sources and justifies the selection, using evidence and support from outside sources ● Clearly identifies key ethical considerations relevant to your proposed research, using evidence and support from outside sources	30 per cent
Section 4: Research Schedule/Plan (500 words)	● Clear and consistent plan of work ● Realistic milestones ● Relevant comments explaining the milestones	5 per cent
Formatting and Referencing (list of references not included in word count)	High quality presentation of the material that conforms to principles of academic writing and contains minimal errors in sentence construction, grammar and punctuation. The assignment followed appropriate academic conventions regarding in-text citations and referencing.	10 per cent

Total: 6000 words

100 per cent


	Assessment Title:		Module Assessment Point				Weighted: 100%
Criteria and weighting	90-100% Highly Exceptional Work	80 – 90% Outstanding Work	70 – 79% Excellent Work	60 – 69% Very Good Quality Work	50 – 59% Good Quality Work	40 – 49% Acceptable work with some good aspects	20 – 39% Work does not satisfy assessment criteria	0-19% Work fails to meet the assessment criteria

Understanding and knowledge

Exceptional and outstanding integration of the appropriate data, contextualised with commercial awareness, business maturity and skill.

Excellent integration of the appropriate data, contextualised with good evidence to show commercial awareness, business maturity and skill.

Very good integration of the appropriate data, contextualise d with evidence to show commercial awareness, business maturity and skill.

Good

integration of the appropriate data, contextualised with good evidence to show overall awareness, business maturity and skill.

Adequate

integration of the appropriate data, contextualised with good evidence to show overall awareness, business maturity and skill.

Some integration of the appropriate data, contextualised with limited evidence to show awareness, business maturity and skill.

Poor quality of integration of the appropriate data, contextualised with very limited evidence to show awareness, business maturity and skill.

No integration of the appropriate data, contextualis e d with very poor evidence to show awareness, business maturity and skill.

Application of theory and critical evaluation

All relevant theories/concept ual models accurately and extensively presented. Exceptional application of theory and supporting materials.

All relevant theories/conce ptual models accurately and extensively presented. Excellent delivery of applied theory.

Virtually all relevant theories/conc eptual models accurately and extensively presented. High level delivery of applied theory.

Most of the relevant theories/conce ptual models accurately presented.

Good level delivery of applied theory.

Some of the relevant theories/conce ptual models accurately presented. A reasonable delivery of applied theory.

Omissions and inaccuracies in the presented of theories/concept ual models. Some level of delivery of applied theory.

Many deficiencies and omissions in theories/concept ual models. Delivery of applied theory is inadequate or wholly absent.

Major deficiencies and omissions

theories/conc eptual models. Delivery of applied theory is wholly absent.

Language, Reading and Referencing

Exceptionally innovative. Outstanding professional and appropriate delivery and language. Accurate referencing

throughout

Highly innovative. Very professional and appropriate delivery and language. Very well referenced throughout.

Very innovative. Strongly professional and appropriate delivery and language. Well referenced throughout.

High standard of innovation. Professional and appropriate delivery and language. Referencing most accurate.

Good standard of innovation. Appropriate delivery and language.

Many referencing errors.

Reasonable standard of innovation. Reasonably appropriate delivery and language. Referencing was inaccurate and/or inconsistent.

Low quality of innovation. Poor and inadequate delivery and language. Referencing very poor.

No reasonable attempt at innovation. Poor and inadequate delivery and language. Referencing absent.

Impact Brief – Assessment