BSc (Hons) Business Management
1. General Assessment Guidance
• Your summative assessment for Managing Knowledge and Information Systems is a coursework
submission. • You are required to submit your assessment via Turnitin online access. Only submissions made via the specified mode will be accepted and hard copies or any other digital form of submissions (like via email or pen drive etc.) will not be accepted. • For coursework, the submission word limit is 2,000 words. You must comply with the word count guidelines. You may submit LESS than 2,000 words but not more. Word count includes everything in the main body of the text (including headings, tables, citations [e.g. (John et al., 2008)], quotations, figures, lists). The list of references, appendices and footnotes are not included in the word count. You must specify total word count on the front page of your report. • For coursework, please use font size 12 for body text and the typeface (font) should be Arial or Times New Roman with minimum 1.5 spacing. • For headers and titles, please use font size 14. Your submission must have standard margins and page numbers. • Please use English (UK) as your language in the submission. • Do not put your name or contact details anywhere on your submission. You should only put your student identification number (SRN) which will ensure your submission is recognised in the marking process. • A total of 100 marks are available for this module assessment and you are required to achieve minimum 40% to pass this module. • You are required to use only Harvard Referencing System in your submission. Any content which is already published by other author(s) and is not referenced will be considered as a case of plagiarism. • You can find further information on Harvard Referencing in the online library on the VLE. You can use the following link to access this information: http://my.bpp.com/vle/mod/data/view.php?d=223&rid=596 • BPP University has a strict policy regarding plagiarism and in proven instances of plagiarism or collusion, severe punishment will be imposed on offenders. You are advised to read the rules and regulations regarding plagiarism and collusion in the GAR and MOPP which are available on VLE in the Academic registry section.
• You should include a completed copy of the Assignment Cover sheet. Any submission without this
completed Assignment Cover sheet will be considered invalid and not marked. 2.2 Assessment Brief
The summative assessment of managing knowledge and information systems module is a coursework
submission as a written report. It is important to appreciate the significance of academic and professional sources and recognise the limitations of web sources. Therefore, you are required to use only peer reviewed published academic/professional articles, books, business/industry reports to support your discussions.
2.1 Assessment Questions 1. Discuss the strategic importance of knowledge management in helping organisations to achieve their long‐term objectives. (20 marks)
2. Evaluate the impact of emerging technologies like radio‐frequency identification (RFID) on the efficiency and effectiveness of manufacturing processes. (20 marks)
3. Discuss one implementation challenge and one success factor of RFID technology in manufacturing
sector. (20 marks)
2.2 Submission Structure (5 marks) Your report should be structured according to the followings:
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Main section(s)
You need to create relevant headings. Don’t copy and paste the questions as headings. Use the marking scheme sections as a guide. All the section except references must be numbered. All the figures/tables used in the report must have captions and, wherever needed, properly referenced and mentioned in the report. Appendixes References Submission Note: You are required to name your submission document with your SRN number e.g. [BP1234567.doc] 2.3 Assessment Marking Scheme (Student Version)
The assignment is marked out of 100. The following table shows the mark allocation and the approach
required. Assessment Part Mark Approach Introduction 5 The introduction, which gives a general overview and organisation of report. Avoid using citations in this section. A suggestion of no more than 500 words.
1. Discuss the strategic importance of knowledge management in helping organisations to achieve their long‐ term objectives. 30 Students need to demonstrate a good knowledge of KM strategy in
providing supporting citations from peer reviewed sources. For excellent performance, the student must show evidence of quality research and wider understanding of KM strategy in implementing KM practices.
2. Evaluate the impact of emerging technologies like radio‐frequency identification (RFID) on the efficiency and effectiveness of manufacturing processes. 30 Students need to provide a thorough examination with supporting arguments form peer reviewed sources addressing the impact of RFID technology on the efficiency and effectiveness of manufacturing processes. For excellent performance students demonstrate good knowledge and understanding of RFID technology and demonstrate their ability to analyse the impact of emerging technologies on operational excellence in context of manufacturing sector.
3. Discuss one implementation challenge and one success factor of RFID technology in manufacturing sector.
20 Students need to demonstrate a good knowledge and understanding of the limitations RFID technology and factors contributing to the successful integration of such technology into the manufacturing processes.
For excellent performance students demonstrate use of evidence for supporting augments from peer reviewed sources. Submission Structure
Students should follow instructions in section 2.2 Submission Structure and General Assessment Guidance of this document. Students should clearly structure their paper, using report style titles, subtitles, numbered sections and subsections. All sections except references must be numbered. All the figures/tables used in the report must have captions and, wherever needed, properly referenced and mentioned in the report. The figures/tables which are not mentioned in the report will not be marked.
Referencing and Language 10 Students should use Harvard referencing and the language should be
appropriate to the academic context and business communication. Avoid personal language:
Academic writing is impersonal. You should not use words like I, my, me, myself etc. There are three main ways of doing this: • use a passive rather than an active verb • use an impersonal phrase such as ‘it is believed’ • make words such as ‘the essay’, ‘this section’ etc. the subject of the sentence
