Assessment Detail
GB519 Assessment 4: Critical Reflection
Weighting: 15%
Length: 1000 words
Due: End of Week 7 – due on 31st October 2014 (Friday) at 11:59 PM (AEST) Note: Students in Adelaide and Brisbane – please allow for time difference
Description: In Assessment 3: A critical decision, you had to practically apply the decision making models and tools you learned about throughout the subject. Reflect on your experience in completing this assessment. What major learning on measurement and decision making can you apply in practice as a manager in your organisation?
The list below provides some questions you may wish to consider in your critical reflection. These are suggestions only. You may address issues that are not on this list.
• Has what you have learned in this subject created an increased awareness of the importance of decision making as a management activity? Why or why not?
• Which model or tool most influenced you as you worked your way through the subject? Why?
• How critical do you believe the quality of decision making is to an organisation? Why?
• Which of the models and tools would you use as a manager? Why?
Feedback: Comments and a mark will be returned to you by the Sunday of Week 7.
The Assessment Rubric for Assessment 4 Critical Reflection is set out below.
Evaluative criteria Levels of achievement
Outstanding High Sound Limited
Critical reflection on learning and practical application (10 marks) Comprehensively describes learning events and experiences related to measurement and decision-making.
With great rigour and a high degree of insight attempts to make meaning from these events and experiences.
Adds depth and breadth to these meanings by
skilfully and sophisticatedly analysing, reconsidering and questioning these meanings and relating these meanings to previous knowledge, skills and experiences, and to current and future practice.
9–10 marks Comprehensively describes learning events and experiences related to measurement and decision-making.
With rigour and a reasonable degree of insight attempts to make meaning from these events and experiences.
Adds depth and breadth to these meanings by skilfully analysing, reconsidering and questioning these meanings and relating these meanings to previous knowledge, skills and experiences, and to current and future practice.
7–8 marks Reasonable to limited description of learning events and experiences related to measurement and decision-making.
Attempts to make meaning from these events and experiences but lacks some rigour and insight.
Adds some depth and breadth to these meanings by reconsidering and questioning these meanings and relating these meanings to previous knowledge, skills and experiences, as well as to current and future practice, but attempts are limited and lack sophistication and skill. Limited or no description of learning events and experiences related to measurement and decision-making.
Limited or no attempts to make meaning from these events and experience.
If attempted, attempts lack rigour and insight.
No attempt, or limited and unsophisticated attempts, to relate meanings to previous knowledge, skills and experiences, or to current and future practice.
5–6 marks 0–4 marks
Evaluative criteria Levels of achievement
Outstanding High Sound Limited
Organisation and structure of the critical reflection Clear and logical structure and organisation with a clear and well integrated introduction, body and conclusion. Conclusion is clear, convincing and logical and clearly and skilfully draws from the body of the reflection.
Adheres to the word limit.
Accurately applies Harvard referencing standard.
4.5-5marks Clear and logical structure and
organisation with a clear introduction, body and conclusion. The conclusion is clear and logical and clearly draws from the body of the reflection.
Adheres to the word limit.
Accurately applies Harvard referencing standard.
3.5–4 marks Basic structure and organisation, lacking some clarity and logic. The conclusion is reasonable but lacking in some logic and clarity. It draws from the reflection but not strongly.
Adheres to the word limit.
Accurately applies Harvard referencing standard. Poor structure and organisation.
Introduction, body and conclusion are missing or not clear. If there is a
conclusion it is not clear and may not draw from
the body of the reflection.
Doesn’t adhere to the word limit.
Harvard referencing standard not, or often not, applied.
(5 marks) 2.5–3 marks 0-2marks
Total marks: /15
Subject mastery level rubric relevant to Assessment 4
Subject learning outcome 4: Critically reflect on your skills and knowledge in measurement and decision-making acquired through this subject.
Covered in Weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6
Level of mastery Evaluative criteria
Mastery Comprehensively describes learning events and experiences. With great rigour and a high degree of insight attempts to make meaning from these events and experiences. Adds depth and breadth to these meanings by skilfully and sophisticatedly analysing, reconsidering and questioning these meanings and relating these meanings to previous knowledge, skills and experiences.
Proficient Comprehensively describes learning events and experiences. With rigour and a reasonable degree of insight attempts to make meaning from these events and experiences. Adds depth and breadth to these meanings by skilfully analysing, reconsidering and questioning these meanings and relating these meanings to previous knowledge, skills and experiences.
Practiced Reasonable to limited description of learning events and experiences. Attempts to make meaning from these events and experiences but lacks some rigour and insight. Adds some depth and breadth to these meanings by reconsidering and questioning these meanings and relating these meanings to previous knowledge, skills and experiences but attempts are limited and lack sophistication and skill.
Emergent Reasonable to limited description of learning events and experiences. Limited attempts to make meaning from these events and experiences and attempts lack rigour and insight. No attempt, or limited and unsophisticated attempts, to relate meanings to previous knowledge, skills and experiences.
Introductory Limited description of learning events and experiences. Limited or no attempts to make meaning from these events and experience. If attempted, attempts lack rigour and insight. No attempt, or limited and unsophisticated attempts, to relate meanings to previous knowledge, skills and experiences.
No progress Limited or no description of learning events and experiences, No attempt to make meaning of these events and experiences.