Subject Name:
Assessment Title:
Capstone
Reflective Essay
Assessment Description
Students and required to reflect on the learnings gained from undertaking the capstone subject and assessments. In addition, students are to look back at their MBA course as a whole and identify the specific skills developed that will assist them in becoming effective practitioners in the workplace.
Learning is a persistent change in performance or potential that results from experience and interaction (Driscoll, 2005). Reflective learning is the process of stepping back from the experience and reflecting on how skills, attitudes, mindset and behaviours have evolved.
A reflective essay of 2,500 words that covers the following:
• Introduction.
• Summary of reflective capability and learning, that includes the knowing, being and competencies and four essential capstone skills following as:
Theoretical Skills
Applied Skills
Practical Skills
Reflective Skills
• A personal reflection on learnings from the capstone subject and consultancy research process:
Week 1: Knowing Doing Being
Week 2: Marketing and the Future
Week 3: Where Do Good Ideas Come From and Innovation
Week 4: Business Model
Week 5: Business Planning and Research
Week 6: The Emotions of Change and Managing Change
Week 7: Business Intelligence (BI)
Week 8: Soft Skills, The Future of Work, and Understanding Disruption
• A personal reflection on skills developed over the MBA.
• A personal reflection on how these will assist in future career endeavours.
• Conclusions.
• References.
The reflective essay should include discussion of learnings from both a theoretical and practical perspective. Additionally, insights from undertaking assessments and research, capstone lessons as well as group activities from this and other subjects over the duration of the course. Specific examples should be cited to support and justify all points.
Other subject I studied
MBA 1: People, Culture and Contemporary Leadership: key concepts in managing the human resources
MBA 2: Governance, Ethics and Sustainability the role of the board in the assessment of strategy and risk
MBA 3: Financial and Economic Interpretation and Communication assessing the liquidity, performance, and financial position of a company
MBA 4: Consumer Behaviourand Marketing Psychology: how consumer behaviouris linked to business strategy for market share
MBA 5: Dynamic Strategy and Disruptive Innovation developing corporate strategy; creating value through innovation; and applying dynamic capabilities
MBA 6: Emotional Intelligence, Cultural Intelligence, and Diversity: appraising cultural differences are within the organization and all theory I studied:
Assessment Information
Criteria F (Fail)
0%-49%
P (Pass)
50%-64%
CR (Credit)
65%-74%
D (Distinction)
75% - 84%
HD (High Distinction)
85%-100%
Mark
Assessment Content (Subject Specific) OUT OF 80 MARKS
Introduction Provides poor context and does not link to the assessment in a clear and coherent way. May be missing entirely.
Summary of Learning and Skills Summary is poorly presented, not thorough and identifies an unsatisfactory amount of the pertinent theories.
Provides satisfactory context but links to the assessment in only a partially clear and coherent way.
Summary is satisfactorily presented, not very thorough and only identifies a few of the pertinent theories.
Provides reasonable context
and links to the assessment in a fairly clear and coherent way.
Summary is well presented, reasonably thorough and identifies some of the pertinent theories.
Provides solid context and links to the assessment in a clear and coherent way.
Summary is very well presented, very thorough and identifies most of the pertinent theories.
Provides excellent context and links to the assessment in an extremely clear and coherent way.
Summary is excellently presented, extremely thorough and identifies all the pertinent theories.
/10
/15
Personal Reflections – MBA Capstone
Reflections poorly explained, poorly analysed, and poorly applied with respect to own learnings and objectives.
Reflections reasonably well explained, reasonably well analysed, and reasonably well applied with respect to own learnings and objectives.
Reflections well explained, well analysed, and well applied with respect to the own learnings and objectives.
Reflections very well explained, very well analysed, and very well applied with respect to own learnings and objectives.
Reflections excellently explained, skilfully analysed, and thoughtfully applied with respect to own learnings and objectives.
/15
Personal Reflections – MBA Course
Reflections poorly explained, poorly analysed, and poorly applied with respect to own learnings and objectives.
Reflections reasonably well explained, reasonably well analysed, and reasonably well applied with respect to own learnings and objectives.
Reflections well explained, well analysed, and well applied with respect to the own learnings and objectives.
Reflections very well explained, very well analysed, and very well applied with respect to own learnings and objectives.
Reflections excellently explained, skilfully analysed, and thoughtfully applied with respect to own learnings and objectives.
/15
Personal Reflections – Future
Career
Reflections poorly explained, poorly analysed, and poorly applied with respect to own learnings and objectives.
Reflections reasonably well explained, reasonably well analysed, and reasonably well applied with respect to own learnings and objectives.
Reflections well explained, well analysed, and well applied with respect to the own learnings and objectives.
Reflections very well explained, very well analysed, and very well applied with respect to own learnings and objectives.
Reflections excellently explained, skilfully analysed, and thoughtfully applied with respect to own learnings and objectives.
/15
Conclusion Provides poor context and does not link to the reflections in a clear and coherent way. May be missing entirely.
Provides satisfactory context but links to the reflections in only a partially clear and coherent way.
Provides reasonable context and links to the reflections in a fairly clear and coherent way.
Provides solid context and links to the reflections in a clear and coherent way.
Provides excellent context and links to the reflections in an extremely clear and coherent way.
/10
Structure Format and Presentation (Consistent across all courses) OUT OF 20 MARKS
Answer clearly and logically presented.
Appropriate theory and research used to answer question posed.
Correct academic writing style used, including correct spelling, grammar and punctuation.
Answer presented is not clear and logical.
Answer unsatisfactorily incorporates, integrates and applies theory and research.
Essay inadequate standard with substantial errors.
Answer presented is somewhat clear and logical.
Answer satisfactorily incorporates but only minimally integrates and applies theory and research.
Essay reasonable standard but
with quite a few errors.
Answer presented is very clear and logical.
Answer solidly incorporates, integrates and applies theory and research.
Essay a good standard with some errors.
Answer presented is substantially clear and logical.
Answer predominantly incorporates, integrates and applies theory and research.
Essay a high standard with minimal errors.
Answer presented is /4 exceptionally clear and logical.
Answer skilfully incorporates, /4 integrates and applies theory
and research.
Essay an impeccable standard /4 with errors that are only
negligible.
Format of answer/wordcount consistent with question requirements and KBS guidelines.
In-text referencing and reference list follows Harvard style and consistent with KBS guidelines.
Format of answer/wordcount poorly follows the question requirement and KBS guidelines.
Frequent errors and/or inconsistent application of Harvard referencing conventions.
Format of answer/wordcount partially follows the question requirement and KBS guidelines.
Some errors and/or inconsistent application of Harvard referencing conventions.
Format of answer/wordcount solidly follows the question requirement and KBS guidelines.
Occasional errors and/or inconsistent application of Harvard referencing conventions.
Format of answer/wordcount substantially follows the question requirement and KBS guidelines.
Minimal errors and/or inconsistent application of Harvard referencing conventions.
Format of answer/wordcount /4 almost faultlessly follows the question requirement and KBS guidelines.
Negligible errors and/or /4 inconsistent application of
Harvard referencing
conventions.
Comments: /80
/20
/100