support@essaywritingexpert.orgPersonal Effectiveness Summative Brief
Please use the table below as your cover sheet for the 1st page of the submission. The sheet should
be before the cover/title page of your submission.
Programme
Module name
Personal Effectiveness
Student Reference Number (SRN)
Report/Assignment Title
Date of Submission
(Please attach the confirmation of any
extension received)
Declaration of Original Work:
▪ I hereby declare that I have read and understood BPP’s regulations on plagiarism and that
this is my original work, and that I have researched, undertaken, completed and
submitted in accordance with the requirements of BPP School of Business.
▪ I declare that where I have used any AI tools, it was for the following reasons (highlight as
appropriate):
To review a draft
To correct language errors
Other (please describe)
_______________________________________________________
▪ I have copied & retained for BPP University’s reference, all AI prompts used in the
creation of AI content and all AI-generated responses in support of my assignment and
attached relevant evidence in the appendices.
▪ I understand that I may be required to participate in a viva voce, where I will be
questioned on any aspect of my assignment, including key concepts, theories, examples
used, & any sources included.
▪ The word count, excluding contents table, bibliography and appendices, is ___ words.
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BPP School of BusinessMSc Management
Personal Effectiveness
Coursework Assessment Brief1.
General Assessment Guidance
- Your summative assessment for this module is made up of this coursework submission which
accounts for 100% of the marks.
- Please note late submissions will not be marked.
- You are required to submit all elements of your assessment via Turnitin online access. Only
submissions made via the specified mode will be accepted and hard copies or any other digital
form of submissions (like via email or pen drive etc.) will not be accepted.
- For coursework, the submission word limit is 2,500 words. You must comply with the word count
guidelines. You may submit LESS than 2,500 words but not more. Word Count guidelines can be
found on your programme home page and the coursework submission page.
- Do not put your name or contact details anywhere on your submission. You should only put
your student registration number (SRN) which will ensure your submission is recognised in the
marking process.
- A total of 100 marks are available for this module assessment, and you are required to achieve
minimum 50% to pass this module.
- You are required to use only Harvard Referencing System in your submission. Any content which
is already published by other author(s) and is not referenced will be considered as a case of
plagiarism.
You can find further information on Harvard Referencing in the online library on the Hub. You can
use the following link to access this information: https://bpp.libguides.com/home/business
- BPP University has a strict policy regarding authenticity of assessments. In proven instances of
plagiarism or collusion, severe punishment will be imposed on offenders. You are advised to
read the rules and regulations regarding plagiarism and collusion in the GARs and UPPs which
are available on the HUB in the Help and Support section under Documents and Forms.
- Use of AI in assessments is only allowed for the purposes of reviewing a draft, correcting
language errors or if specified in the summative assessment brief. If you have used AI for any of
these purposes, you should indicate this on the Assignment Cover sheet. For more information
regarding acceptable and unacceptable use of AI, please enrol onto the Generative AI
Foundations course on the HUB.
- You should include a completed copy of the Assignment Cover sheet. Any submission without
this completed Assignment Cover sheet may be considered invalid and not marked.1. Assessment Brief
The required submission for this assignment is a 2500 words “Personal Effectiveness Report”. Your
report will include reflection on skills for a chosen career, comparison of own skill set/habits to
choice of career, and analysis of methods for enhancing personal effectiveness.
Students are required to complete Three tasks:
- Reflect on your own skill set in relation to a career goal.
- Assess your habits/behaviours and how they may impact your career.
- Analyse methods of enhancing personal effectiveness and improving personal branding.
The Learning Outcomes to successfully pass this assessment are:
(LO1) Critically evaluate how people learn for professional development.
(LO2) Appraise the key skills and behaviours required to be effective in a professional context.
(LO3) Demonstrate understanding of a range of methods of supporting personal effectiveness in a
professional environment.
Your Personal Effectiveness Report should contain the following:
Introduction
You should begin by an introduction to concept of personal effectiveness.
You should also give a brief overview of tasks 1, 2 and 3.
TASK 1
- a) Using a model of reflective practice, reflect on a task that you completed at work or university to
identify your own skill set. Identify both your strengths and weaknesses.
- b) Analyse the skills you identified with reference to your choice of career or job.
N.B. To support your answer, you should refer to the reflective model by Gibbs or Schön and
additional reading resources from this module. You should also include ideas from articles on wider
leadership concepts and personal effectiveness from the online library.
(This task meets LO2)TASK 2
- a) Using the Covey self-assessment questionnaire, identify your own strengths and
weaknesses. Explain these with examples from your own life. (Include a screenshot of the
results from the questionnaire in the appendix).
- b) Discuss how your weaknesses can impact your chosen career.
N.B. You should support your analysis with references to additional reading resources from this
module. You should also include ideas from articles in the online library.
(This task meets LO1)TASK 3
Choose a maximum of two areas for improvement (weaknesses) from Tasks 1 and 2.
Develop a concise short-term plan using the SMART model or the Agile model to improve
these areas. Explain how these plans will enhance your personal brand.
N.B. You should support your answer with references to additional reading resources from this
module. You should also include ideas from articles in the online library.
(This task meets LO3)
Conclusion
You will need to summarise the key points of the assessment tasks.
You should end with a concluding statement on the main topic of the report.
Structure
Your Personal Effectiveness report should contain the following:
- BPP assignment cover sheet (including SRN and word count)
- Personal Effectiveness report title page
- Contents page
- Introduction (200 words)
- Task 1 (800 words)
- Task 2 (800 words)
- Task 3 (500 words)
- Conclusion (200 words)
- References (Correct Harvard Referencing applied throughout, including in-text citation and
reference list)
- Appendices (if required)
- Glossary (optional)2. Marking Guide
Numerical Grade 30-39%
40-49%
50-59%
60-69%
70-79%
80-100%
Final Grade
Fail
Low Fail
Pass
Merit
Distinction
High Distinction
LOs
LO1 (Critically
evaluate how
people learn for
professional
development.)
Inadequate or
weak identification
and discussion of
own
weaknesses/poor
habits. No clarity in
the link to personal
development and
chosen career.
Does not include
questionnaire
results Provides a
weak explanation
of personal
strengths and
weaknesses
without examples.
Limited
identification and
discussion of own
weaknesses/poor
habits. Limited
clarity in the link
to personal
development and
chosen career.
Questionnaire
results are
missing or
incomplete.
Provides limited
explanation
without
examples.
Satisfactory
identification
and discussion
of own
weaknesses/po
or habits with
some examples
included. Link to
personal
development
and chosen
career is
evident. Results
of questionnaire
included but
lacks depth in
analysis.
Good identification and
discussion of own
weaknesses/poor habits
with clear personal
examples included
illustrating their list of
habits. Results of
questionnaire included
and clearly referred to
throughout the task
with satisfactory depth
in analysis. Clear links to
personal development
and chosen career.
Excellent
identification and
discussion of own
weaknesses/poor
habits with explicit
personal examples
included. Results of
questionnaire
included and
explicitly referred to
throughout the task
with good level
depth in analysis.
Explicit links to
personal
development and
chosen career.
Outstanding identification
and discussion of own
weaknesses/poor habits
with explicit personal
examples used to illustrate
identified skills/habits.
Results of questionnaire
included and explicitly
referred to throughout the
task with exceptional depth
in analysis. Explicit links to
personal development and
chosen career with a clear
understanding of the links
between personal
development and career
growth.LO2 (Appraise
the key skills and
behaviours
required to be
effective in a
professional
context.)
Weak reflection
and limited clarity
in appraising key
skills and
behaviours
required in a
professional
context. Doesn’t
apply any reflection
or applies a model
but lacks depth.
Limited reflection
with some clarity
in identifying
personal skill set.
Applies Schon or
Gibbs reflective
model effectively
to some extent.
Identifies both
strengths and
weaknesses but
lacks depth in
analysis.
Satisfactory
reflection with
explicit
identification of
personal skill
set. Applies a
reflective model
effectively.
Identifies both
strengths and
weaknesses
with a
satisfactory
level of depth
and analyses
with reference
to a chosen
career.
Good reflection with
clear identification of
personal skill set and
personalisation. Applies
the reflective model
effectively. Identifies
both strengths and
weaknesses with depth
and clarity in analysis
with explicit reference
to a chosen career.
Excellent reflection
with a deep and
balanced
understanding of
personal skill set
showcased through
personalisation and
examples. Applies
the reflective model
exceptionally well.
Identifies both
strengths and
weaknesses
comprehensively.
Analyses skill set
with explicit
reference to a
chosen career which
includes exceptional
depth and precision.
Outstanding reflection with
an exceptional and
comprehensive
understanding of personal
skill set with clear
personalisation and
examples. Applies the
reflective model with
excellent depth and
coherence. Identifies both
strengths and weaknesses
with exceptional clarity and
coherence. Analyses skill set
with explicit reference to a
chosen career, including
exceptional depth and
precision.
LO3
(Demonstrate
understanding of
a range of
methods of
supporting
personal
effectiveness in a
professional
environment.)
Inadequate or
weak identification
of areas of
development with
limited relevance
to the previous
tasks. Creates a
short-term plan
with some gaps
and limitations.
Identifies and
analyses some
methods but lacks
Limited
identification of
areas of
development
with relevance to
the previous
tasks. Creates a
short-term plan
with some
elements but
lacks depth and
specificity.
Identifies and
Satisfactory
identification of
two areas of
development
with explicit
relevance to the
previous tasks.
Creates a short
term plan with a
satisfactory
level of depth
and specificity.
Identifies and
Good identification of
two areas of
development with clear
and coherent relevance
to the previous tasks.
Creates a short-term
plan with depth and
clarity in objectives and
actions. Identifies and
analyses methods with
good depth and clarity
in analysis. Clearly links
Excellent
identification of
areas of
development with a
thorough
understanding of
their relevance to
the previous tasks.
Creates a
comprehensive
short-term plan with
exceptional depth,
precision, and
Outstanding identification
of areas of development
with an exceptional and
comprehensive
understanding of their
direct application to the
previous tasks. Creates a
short-term plan with
exceptional clarity,
coherence, feasibility, and
innovation. Identifies and
analyses methods with
Outstanding clarity, depth and
relevance. Doesn’t
link to personal
branding.
analyses some
methods but has
limited depth and
relevance.
Limited link to
personal
branding.
analyses
methods with a
satisfactory
level of depth
and relevance.
Links personal
development to
personal
branding
satisfactorily.
personal development
to personal branding.
feasibility.
Comprehensively
identifies and
analyses methods
with Excellent depth
and precision.
Explicitly links and
explains personal
development to
personal branding.
coherence, feasibility, and
innovation. Links personal
development to personal
branding with exceptional
clarity, coherence,
feasibility, and innovation.
Academic skills
Inadequate or
weak
academic/intellect
ual skills with few
difficulties. Largely
original work with
some evidence of
reflection and
critique. Structure
and accuracy in
expression
beginning to
emerge.
Limited
academic/intellec
tual skills. Original
work with
personal
reflection and
broad evidence
based critique.
Solid structure
and accuracy in
expression.
Practical/professi
onal skills
evident.
Satisfactory
academic/intell
ectual skills.
Wholly original
work with good
reflection and
solid, well
reasoned
judgements
forming from
evidence-based
critique.
Consistent
structure and
accuracy in
expression.
Practical/profes
sional skills
established.
Good
academic/intellectual
skills. Demonstrates
intellectual originality
and imagination
Excellent
academic/intellectua
l skills. Demonstrates
intellectual
originality, integrity,
coherence and
imagination.
Outstanding
academic/intellectual skills.
Demonstrates intellectual
originality, integrity,
coherence, creativity and
imagination working
consistently in the higher
cognitive domains to a
professional standard.Referencing
Inadequate or
weak references
and notes with
minor or
insignificant errors
or omissions.
Limited and full
and appropriate
references and
notes with minor
or insignificant
errors
Satisfactory
with precise, full
and appropriate
references and
notes.
Good with precise, full
and appropriate
references and notes at
a high standard.
Excellent with
precise, full and
appropriate
references and notes
at near-publishing
standard.
Outstanding with precise,
full and appropriate
references and notes at
publishing standard.