Higher Diploma in Business Management

Assignment Cover Sheet

Qualification Module Number and Title

HD in Business Management BM 4151: Introduction to Management

Student Name & No. Assessor

Name:
Student No: Mr. Sanjeewa Weerasinghe

Handout date Submission Date

11.02.2021 20.05.2021
Assessment type Duration/Length of Weighting of Assessment
Assessment Type
Coursework Report (4500 words) 100%

Learner declaration

I, ………………………………………….certify that the work submitted for this assignment is

my own and research sources are fully acknowledged.

Marks Awarded

First assessor

IV marks

Agreed grade

Signature of the assessor: Date:

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FEEDBACK FORM
INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE OF BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY

Progra 1st Attempt 2nd Attempt

HD in Business Management No of
m (Original  (Re-
Attempt
Unit No BM 4151 Submission) submission)
Unit Introduction to Management Assessment type & Individual Report
(Weight) (100%)
Student Assessors’ Name & Mr. Sanjeewa
Name Sig. Weerasinghe
Date of Evaluation

Task No Task Assessors’ Feedback

“Managers of an organization should

essentially engage in functions of planning,
organizing, staffing, directing and controlling
aiming to accomplish organizational goals
and objectives in the dynamic organizational
environment. The person who is engaging in
these functions is recognized as a manager”.
1
Identify and briefly explain the roles what
should be played by managers in the business
environment for accomplishing its goals and
objectives and knowledge and skills needed
for managers to ensure the better performance
of their roles in executing management
functions. (25 Marks)
Identify and explain the management theories
that are followed by the organizations and
2
highlight the places where these theories are
used. (15 marks)

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External business environment is so dynamic

compared to the internal business
environment. This dynamism is mostly
created by ever-changing broad forces what
cannot be controlled by an organization.
These broad forces directly affect the profit
3
intention and other goals and objectives of all
the organizations regardless of the size,
nature or type. Discuss how these broad
forces affect the businesses in a positive or
negative way with reference to the selected
organization. (25 marks)
"Management starts from planning and ends
up with controlling". Discuss this statement,
4
giving suitable examples. (25 marks)

A Proper report by following the guidelines.

5 (10 marks)

*Please note that the final result of an assessment is subject to Exam Board review. Above is a
constructive feedback only.

Learning outcomes covered

LO1 - Identify the organizational environment, role of a manager and knowledge and skills
needed in management.

LO2 - Explain the historical development of management theories and contemporary

management theories.

LO3 - Discuss the nature and types of organizations.

LO4 - Examine the management functions in organizations

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Scenario and the Tasks

Individual Report (100%) – End-Term Assessment

Select a well-established business-oriented organization of your choice (Medium or Large scale)
in your area and prepare a report by obtaining realistic and accurate data from the selected
organization.

1. “Managers of an organization should essentially engage in functions of planning,

organizing, staffing, directing and controlling aiming to accomplish organizational goals
and objectives in the dynamic organizational environment. The person who is engaging in
these functions is recognized as a manager”. Identify and briefly explain the roles what
should be played by managers in the business environment for accomplishing its goals and
objectives and knowledge and skills needed for managers to ensure the better performance
of their roles in executing management functions. (LO 01 - 25 marks)

2. Explain the management theories that are followed by the selected organization and
highlight the places where these theories are used. (LO 02 - 15 marks)

3. External business environment is so dynamic compared to the internal business

environment. This dynamism is mostly created by ever-changing broad forces what cannot
be controlled by an organization. These broad forces directly affect the profit intention and
other goals and objectives of all the organizations regardless of the size, nature or type.
Discuss how these broad forces affect the businesses in a positive or negative way with
reference to the selected organization. (LO 03 - 25 marks)

4. "Management starts from planning and ends up with controlling". Discuss this statement by
giving suitable examples. (LO 04 - 25 marks)

5. A Proper report by following the guidelines. (10 marks)

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Assessment Criteria

Criteria for marking – Individual Report

An excellent Very good Very poor

Tasks Good answer Poor answer
answer answer answer
Task 1 25-21 20-16 15-11 10-06 05-00
Excellent Very good Good Poor A very poor
identification identification identification identification answer which
of role of a of role of a of role of a of role of a did not satisfy
manager and manager and manager and manager and the
skills needed skills needed skills needed skills needed requirement of
for the for the for the for the the task
objective objective objective objective majorly. The
achievement. achievement achievement achievement. standard of
Noted Noted Moderate effort Answer is not work is very
individual individual was seen to structured; poor.
judgments with judgments but make the information is
clear lapses in some answer more scattered which
justifications. certain areas logical and showed that
structured. student had
poor theoretical
knowledge and
the application
knowledge.

Task 2 15-13 12-10 09-07 06-04 03-00

Excellent Very Good Good Poorly A very poor
discussion of discussion of discussion of discussion of discussion
management management management the which did not
theories and the theories and the theories and the management satisfy the
usage of it in usage of it in usage of it in theories and the requirement of
the company. the company. the company. A usage of it at in the task
Very Clear Clear Fair attempt of the company. majorly. The
identification identification the task. Insufficient facts were not
and explanation and explanation attempt. identified even
of management of management clearly. The
theories are the theories are the standard of
expectation of expectation of work is very
this task. this task. poor.

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Task 3 25-21 20-16 15-11 10-16 05-00

Student has Student has Student has Student has Student failed
demonstrated demonstrated a demonstrated a demonstrated to answer each
an excellent in- good moderate on the information sub division of
depth understanding internal and in a poor way. the task as
understanding on internal and external Some areas are instructed.
on internal and external organizational not covered, Very poor
external organizational environment. but it was seen discussion on
organizational environment. Average that student has how external
environment. Good discussion on put an effort to environment
Excellent discussion on how external answer the factors affect
discussion on how external environment question. Lacks the businesses
how external environment factors affect discussion on with reference
environment factors affect the businesses how external to the selected
factors affect the businesses with reference environment organization.
the businesses with reference to the selected factors affect
with reference to the selected organization. the businesses The
to the selected organization. with reference information
organization. Noted few to the selected provided is not
Noted approaches of organization. valid, accurate
Noted individual collecting data. and not up to
individual judgments but Answer is not the standard.
judgments with lapses in some Moderate effort structured, Poor report of
clear certain areas. was seen to information is information
justifications. Noted several make the scattered which with lot of
Noted several approaches of answer more showed that grammatical
and innovative collecting data. logical and student had and technical
approaches of structured. poor theoretical mistakes.
collecting data. knowledge and
the application Poor adherence
knowledge. to the
assignment
criteria.
Task 4 25-21 20-16 15-11 10-06 05-00
Excellent Very good Good Poor discussion A very poor
discussion of discussion of discussion of of four answer which
four functions four functions four functions functions of did not satisfy
of management of management of management management the
for the for the for the for the requirement of
the task

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objective objective objective objective majorly. The

achievement. achievement achievement achievement standard of
Noted Noted Moderate effort Answer is not work is very
individual individual was seen to structured, poor.
judgments with judgments but make the information is Poor adherence
clear lapses in some answer more scattered which to the
justifications certain areas. logical and showed that assignment
structured student had criteria.
poor theoretical
knowledge and
the application
knowledge.
Task 5 10-9 8-7 6-5 4-3 2-0
Excellent use of Good use of Average use of A basic use of
Poor referencing
Harvard Harvard Harvard Harvard o may have not
referencing. referencing. referencing. May referencing. May
followed
Correctly placed Placed not include in- not include in-
Harvard
the references in text references text references
referencing
references in the
the text and and prepared the and prepared the
style. No in-text
text and
reference list. reference list.
reference list
and relevant
reference list.
Followed the Fairly followed with errors.
end-text
Followed the referencing.
guidelines for a the guidelines Poorly
guidelines for a
report for a report followed the Incomplete
report
preparation. An preparation. A guidelines for a report structure.
preparation. A
excellent report fair report report
good report
submitted. submitted. preparation. A
submitted.
poor report
submitted.

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Marks obtained by
Total marks
This submission will be assessed as follows the student for the
Allocated
answer provided
Criteria for marking – Individual Report

Task 1 25

Task 2 15

Task 3 25

Task 4 25

Task 5 10

Total Marks 100

Submission Guidelines

Coursework (Final Report)

 Submission format : Report

 Paper Size : A4
 Words : 4500 words
 Printing Margins : LHS; RHS: 1 Inch
 Binding Margin : ½ Inch
 Header and Footer : 1 Inch
 Basic Font Size : 12
 Line Spacing : 1.5
 Font Style : Times New Roman
 Referencing should be done strictly using Harvard Referencing style

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Note to learner

 Please note that collusion with others’ coursework and plagiarism is considered an
Academic Unfair Practice and will be dealt with relevant ICBT rules & regulations.

 Plagiarism is copying and writing content of others’ work in your own work without
referencing. This applies to copying and pasting of website content too.

 Paraphrasing is the practice of writing other author’s work using your own word. This is
a good academic practice however, paraphrased content must be properly referenced with
the original author.

 Direct quoting (or copy and pasting) should be referenced and be limited to no more than
3 lines per page.

 Learner must engage in his/her own research to collect data and produce an original
report.

 Word Count excludes Acknowledgement, TOC, Executive Summary, Reference List and
Tables and graphs

 Please note for academic acceptance, it is important to refer adequate sources in building
critical arguments with regard to this assignment. Generally, the lecturer expects
minimum 5 sources per each assessment component from accepted required reading,
recommended reading and recommended journals.

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