Assignment Task This is an individual assignment based on a critical analysis of a real organisational issue and includes a presentation of your findings. To complete this assignment, you must choose ONE of the case studies from the choice provided
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Contents: Assignment Information Assignment Task Marking and Feedback Assessed Module Learning Outcomes Assignment Support and Academic Integrity Assessment Marking Criteria The work you submit for this assignment must be your own independent work, or in the case of a group assignment your own groups’ work. More information is available in the ‘Assignment Task’ section of this assignment brief.
Assignment Information Module Name: Leading Diverse Workforces
Module Code: 7049CRB
Assignment Title: Coursework
Assignment Due: Monday 23 March 2026 at 18:00hrs UK time (6.00pm) (semester JANMAY2526)
Assignment Credit: 10 credits
Word Count (or equivalent): 3,500 words +/- 10%
Assignment Type: Percentage Grade (Applied Core Assessment). You will be provided with an overall grade between 0% and 100%. To pass the assignment you must achieve a grade of 40% or above.
Assignment Task This is an individual assignment based on a critical analysis of a real organisational issue and includes a presentation of your findings. To complete this assignment, you must choose ONE of the case studies from the choice provided in the Your Assessment folder on Aula, they are:
Derby County Community Trust Rampton Hospital Sky Part A: Developing a strategy to lead equality, diversity and inclusion The Management Team in the case study has asked you to prepare a presentation in readiness for delivery to colleagues and peers on the importance of communicating up-to-date and relevant research evidence to inform and measure the impact of people practices. Your Presentation Pack must include presentation slides and presenter/supporting notes. It is expected that your presentation pack is aimed at the appropriate audience and is professionally formatted.
Task 1 Prepare a presentation in readiness for delivery (10 presentation slides plus additional slides with supporting notes) for the management team in the case study. Your Presentation Pack must respond to the following tasks and be professionally formatted.
Using a relevant/appropriate tool/technique/model for environmental analysis (internal/external factors considered), provide a critical evaluation of the issues your chosen case study organisation is currently facing and how they might be resolved. Provide a critical discussion of why equality, diversity and inclusion is important to the organisation, the individual and the team as an enabler of performance. Critically evaluate and discuss what should be an appropriate style of leadership in the case study organisation also analysing how this style impacts promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in the organisation. Note: It is expected that appropriate models, academic sources and good practice theory will be applied and be academically rigorous to support your work.
In your responses, you are allowed to make reasonable assumptions to the case study details provided. However, the case study should not be changed or compromised in any way. If you use a different case study to the ones provided you will fail in all areas and receive 0% grade. (1,500 words, 40% of marks)
Task 2 Your case study organisation has recently undertaken a brief staff survey to be better informed on how they are leading and developing people within the organisation. Draft a set of briefing notes in response to the survey findings to present to the organisation to guide their future strategy. Include this information on additional slides in standard text.
The survey has revealed the following: 65% look forward to going to work in the morning 62% find their work to be rewarding, 13% enjoying it ‘greatly’ 43% are satisfied with the variety of work they are required to do 80% feel valued and supported by their work colleagues, 55% by their line manager, but only 20% by senior managers 60% are satisfied with their physical work environment 55% are happy with their work life balance 83% say their workload has increased in the past year 70% are satisfied with their promotion opportunities 15% say change is managed well by the business 90% say that they ‘sometimes feel stressed’ when they are at work 74% say they ‘feel safe’ at work 37% are satisfied with the ‘amount of discretion’ they are allowed to exercise in their jobs 28% are ‘listened to when they are at work’ 36% are happy with their job security 27% say they experience no conflicts in the workplace 54% are actively seeking alternative employment. Please note: this survey has been fictitiously created for the purpose of the assignment brief and not drawn from the actual organisation.
The set of briefing notes must: a)Identify which THREE of the key findings from the survey, the manager and senior team should prioritise for immediate attention and strategic action. Provide a critical rationale for your answer, explaining why these THREE findings are important in leading and developing people in the organisation.
b)Use your answers in part 2a to suggest and critically evaluate ONE strategic initiative which should be developed and how it could be embedded into the organisation to improve ONE of the findings identified in part 2a.
c)Include an Infographic (illustrative flyer). The company is keen to send a response to ALL staff summarising the company’s leadership and management perceptions of the staff survey findings and setting out what practical steps it is intending to take. Design an informative infographic (illustrative flyer) for circulation to all staff. Justify the importance of the infographic’s content in a brief to senior management in no more than 300 words. Note that the Infographic itself is not included in the word count. (1,500 words, 40% of marks)
Part B: Personal and Professional Account Task 3: Write a reflective personal and professional account.
As soon to be fCMgrs you are expected to be reflective practitioners as part of your continuous professional development. Choose ONE of the professional areas from the CMI Code of Conduct and Practice to critically reflect upon. The six professional areas are:
Behaving in an open, honest and trustworthy manner. Acting in the best interests of your organisation, customers, clients and/or partners. Continually developing and maintaining professional knowledge and competence. Creating a positive impact on society. Respecting the people with whom you work. Upholding the reputation of the profession and the Institute (www.managers.org.uk/code). You must select and use a reflective tool to aid your discussion and in elaborating further on how you would apply the chosen professional area to your own present and future professional career (include this information on additional slides using standard text).
Note Well: If you do not reflect on one of the CMI Code of Conduct areas stated above or reflect broadly, vaguely or randomly on a made-up area, or do not use a reflective tool you are likely to achieve very low to zero marks in this section. (500 words, 20% of marks)
Please refer to the Module Handbook and see the Assessment Folder on Aula for additional information about the assessment.
Submission Instructions
A guide and a sample presentation template to submitting your work has been provided in the assessment folder on your AULA page. You are expected to submit a single PowerPoint file saved as a PDF for ease of submission/uploading. All task sections must be entered into PowerPoint slides and presented as requested, with relevant headings used per section as illustrated in the template guide. Please ensure that the page below (also in the template document, in editable format) is included as requested. Save and upload final draft as, Final_Case study name_SID number_7049CRB; E.g. Final_SKY_123456789_7049CRB.
See assessment sample template in order to complete the student declaration page. This page must be included in your assignment submission.
Marking and Feedback How will my assignment be marked? Your assignment will be marked by the module marking team.
How will I receive my grades and feedback? Marks will be released once agreed at the Module Assessment Panel (Examination Board) in June 2026. Feedback will be provided on Turnitin.
What will I be marked against? Details of the marking criteria for this task can be found at the bottom of this assignment brief.
Assessed Module Learning Outcomes The Learning Outcomes for this module align to the marking criteria which can be found at the end of this brief. Ensure you understand the marking criteria to ensure successful achievement of the assessment task. The following module learning outcomes are assessed in this task:
Module Learning Outcomes
LO1
Critically evaluate ethical and inclusive approaches to leadership and diversity in professional practice
LO2
Critically reflect on the qualities and skills necessary for effective leadership in cross-cultural contexts from a personal professional development perspective
PSRB Learning Outcomes
PSRB LO1
Understand the principles for leading and developing people
PSRB LO2
Understand leadership and development strategy
PSRB LO3
Understand equality, diversity and inclusion at a strategic level
PSRB LO4
Know how to develop strategic priorities for equality, diversity and inclusion
Assignment Support and Academic Integrity If you have any questions about this assignment please see the Student Guidance on Coursework for more information.
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Note Well: It is your responsibility to keep a record of how you have developed your assessment as you progress through to submission. Appropriate evidence could include: version controlled documents, developmental sketchbooks, or journals for example. This evidence can be called upon if academic misconduct is suspected. (Academic Regulations 24/25: 5.2.3E)
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Administration of Assessment Module Leader Name: Janice Johnson Module Email: 7049CRB@coventry.ac.uk Assignment Category: Written
Attempt Type: Standard
Component Code: CW
Assessment Marking Criteria Your assignment will be marked according to the criteria below. You can use the criteria below to evaluate your own work and consider your likely grade before you submit.
Task 1
40%
80-100%
Distinction
70-79%
Distinction
60-69%
Merit
50-59%
Pass
40-49%
Adequate Pass
30-39%
Fail
20-29%
Fail
0-19%
Fail
TASK 1 – 40%
Task 1a
Outstanding
Excellent
Very good
Satisfactory
Adequate
Very limited
Clear failure Vague knowledge or understanding of the organisation’s issues and how they might be resolved.
Vague/no identification and application of an appropriate tool to analyse the environment of
the company.
Clear failure No understanding of the organisation’s issues and how they might be resolved. Wrong case study used.
No identification and application of an appropriate tool to analyse the environment of the company.
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Outstanding
Excellent
Very good
Satisfactory
Adequate
Very limited
Clear failure Vague knowledge or understanding of the importance of equality, diversity and inclusion to
any area of the organisation.
Clear failure No knowledge or understanding of the
importance of equality, diversity and inclusion to the organisation.
Wrong case study used.
Task 1b
discussion of the
discussion of the
discussion of the
description of the
description of
description of
importance of
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diversity and
the importance
equality, diversity
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Task 1c
Outstanding evaluation of the impact of leadership styles on equality, diversity and inclusion.
Excellent evaluation of the impact of leadership styles on equality, diversity and inclusion.
Very good evaluation of the impact of leadership styles on equality, diversity and inclusion.
Satisfactory description of the impact of leadership styles on equality, diversity and inclusion.
Adequate description of the impact of leadership styles on equality, diversity and inclusion.
Very limited description of the impact of leadership styles on equality,
diversity and inclusion.
Clear failure Vague comments made on the impact of leadership styles on equality,
diversity and inclusion.
Clear failure Irrelevant/no comments made on the impact of leadership styles on equality, diversity and inclusion.
Wrong case study used.
Outstanding slides produced overall.
Excellent slides produced overall
Very good slides produced overall
Satisfactory slides produced overall
Adequate slides produced overall
Weak slides produced overall
Main slides not discernible
No Main slides produced