Assignment Breif

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BM4118 Assessment 1 Brief:. Portfolio - 1500 words standard submission. Weighting: 60%
What is an academic 'business' portfolio? 
An academic portfolio is an organised, and selective collection of documents that illustrate what you've accomplished in terms of research and /or professional evidence. The three major areas of academic work you’ll want to address in your academic portfolio include:
  • Scholarship and research
  • Professional documentation / evidence (material etc)
  • Service activities (your contributions to the activity/task - discipline)
Your portfolio may look different from your colleagues. It’s also likely that you’ll emphasise some areas over others, depending on the purpose for creating the portfolio (i.e. which topic/task chosen). An effective portfolio includes both documentation and reflection. Document Your Research, Scholarship or Creative Activities.

Our chosen topic is:

A:   The role of internal management and leadership;
1. The impact of people motivation and engagement in the workplace
Tasks:
  • Read and analysis relevant academic literature (academic journals, textbooks, etc)
  • Find examples of motivation and engagement strategies used by organisations (news articles, organisation websites, etc)

2. How organisations aspire to operate efficiently by managing people performance & outputs.
Tasks:
  • Read and analysis relevant academic literature (academic journals, text books, etc)
  • Investigate how organisations do this:

  1.  Contact organisations directly and interview management in person/by phone, 
  2. Find (online) or request organisation handbooks, 
  3. Look at job advertisement/descriptions for performance metrics, 
  4. Look at news articles/company websites.

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