Solent University Coursework Assessment Brief Assessment Details Unit Title: Maritime Organisations Unit Code: MBU405 Unit Leader: Dr Alex Dimitriadis Level: 4 Assessment Title: Organisational Chart Assessment Number: AE1 Assessment Type: Poster Restrictions on Time/Word Count: A3 paper size Consequence of not meeting time/word count limit: It is essential that assignments keep within the time/word count limit stated above

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Coursework Assessment Brief

Assessment Details

Unit Title:	Maritime Organisations
Unit Code:	MBU405
Unit Leader:	Dr Alex Dimitriadis
Level:	4
Assessment Title:	Organisational Chart
Assessment Number:	AE1
Assessment Type:	Poster
Restrictions on Time/Word Count:	A3 paper size
Consequence of not meeting time/word count limit:	It is essential that assignments keep within the time/word count limit stated above. Any work beyond the maximum time/word length permitted will be disregarded and not accounted for in the final grade.
Individual/Group:	Individual
Assessment Weighting:	100%
Issue Date:	Week commencing 25-Jan-21
Hand In Date:	26-Apr-21
Planned Feedback Date:	within 20 working days of the submission date (this does not apply to work submitted late)
Mode of Submission:	Online via Turnitin
Number of copies to be submitted:	1
Anonymous Marking	This assessment will be exempt from anonymous marking as it falls within an exempt category under the University’s Anonymous Marking Policy.

Assessment Task

You are to produce a commented Organisational Chart (also known “Organisation Diagram” or just “Organigram”) of a maritime company of your choice.

By reading this chart the reader should be able to understand what sort of company it is AND what is its internal structure. In other words, you need to show what the company DOES and WHO does it (or at least which department does it).

Each student must select a different company. This will be done via SOL.

The company’s main activity must be maritime-related (so please do not choose an oil company such as BP for example or a logistics company such as DHL).

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Assessment
Criteria	A1 – A2	A3 – A4	B1 – B3	C1 – C3	D1 – D3	F1	F2 – N
Coverage of the company’s activities (40%)	Rivals the coverage of a corporate communication.	Provides activity information that goes beyond what was covered in class.	Every important activity is included.	Most of the activities are included. Any omission is not considered critical to the analysis.	Some of the activities are included. Any omission is considered to be critical to the analysis.	The scale of omission concerning the company’s activities is too important.	Failure to provide relevant information to the company’s activities.
Presentation of the company’s organisational structure (40%)	Rivals the detail of a corporate organigram.	Provides organisation information that goes beyond what was covered in class.	Every important department is included.	Most of the departments are included. Any omission is not considered critical to the analysis.	Some of the departments are included. Any omission is considered to be critical to the analysis.	The scale of omission concerning the company’s structure is too important.	Failure to provide relevant information to the company’s structure.
Layout and graphic design (20%)	Quasiprofessional design.	An eyecatching and creative design. The information flows well and the layout is appealing.	An attractive or creative design. The information flows well and is easy to understand	Use of diagrams and words and is easy to understand. A weakness may be too few or too many words or charts or images. Graphics or font is too large or too small.	Either too crowded or too sparse. Font/graph colour/shape combination make some sections indecipherable. Unappealing or conflicting colour scheme.	Either difficult to understand or follow due to a layout that does not flow/is not logical/is outright Illegible; or large sections have been “cut and pasted”.	No attempt to create an organigram, as per instructions.

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Learning Outcomes

This assessment will enable students to demonstrate in full or in part the learning outcomes identified in the module descriptor.

Late Submissions

Students are reminded that:

If this assessment is submitted late e. within 5 working days of the submission deadline, the mark will be capped at 40% if a pass mark is achieved;
If this assessment is submitted later than 5 working days after the submission deadline, the work will be regarded as a non-submission and will be awarded a zero;
If this assessment is being submitted as a referred piece of work then it must be submitted by the deadline date; any Refer assessment submitted late will be regarded as a non-submission and will be awarded a zero.

http://portal.solent.ac.uk/documents/academic-services/academic-handbook/section-2/2o assessment-principles-and-regulations.pdf?t=1534423842941

Extenuating Circumstances

The University’s Extenuating Circumstances procedure is in place if there are genuine circumstances that may prevent a student submitting an assessment. If students are not 'fit to study’, they can either request an extension to the submission deadline of 5 working days or they can request to submit the assessment at the next opportunity (Defer). In both instances students must submit an EC application with relevant evidence. If accepted by the EC Panel there will be no academic penalty for late submission or non-submission dependent on what is requested. Students are reminded that EC covers only short term issues (20 working days) and that if they experience longer term matters that impact on learning then they must contact the Student Hub for advice.

A summary of guidance notes for students is given below:

http://portal.solent.ac.uk/documents/academic-services/academic-handbook/section-2/2p extenuating-circumstances.pdf?t=1534423896787

Academic Misconduct

Any submission must be students’ own work and, where facts or ideas have been used from other sources, these sources must be appropriately referenced. The University’s Academic Handbook includes the definitions of all practices that will be deemed to constitute academic misconduct. Students should check this link before submitting their work.

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Procedures relating to student academic misconduct are given below:

http://portal.solent.ac.uk/support/official-documents/information-for-students/complaints conduct/student-academic-misconduct.aspx

Ethics Policy

The work being carried out by students must be in compliance with the Ethics Policy. Where there is an ethical issue, as specified within the Ethics Policy, then students will need an ethics release or an ethical approval prior to the start of the project.

The Ethics Policy is contained within Section 2S of the Academic Handbook: http://portal.solent.ac.uk/documents/academic-services/academic-handbook/section-2/2s university-ethics-policy.pdf

Grade marking

The University uses a letter grade scale for the marking of assessments. Unless students have been specifically informed otherwise their marked assignment will be awarded a letter grade. More detailed information on grade marking and the grade scale can be found on the portal and in the Student Handbook.

http://portal.solent.ac.uk/documents/academic-services/academic-handbook/section-2/2o annex-2-assessment-regulations-grade-marking-scale.pdf?t=1534424273208

Guidance for online submission through Solent Online Learning (SOL)

http://learn.solent.ac.uk/onlinesubmission