Assessment 3: Final
Assessment – Individual Report

Weighting: 50%

Due: Week
12

Lenght: 2000 words

Aim: The aim of
this task is to challenge students with a real life situation, and to give them
the opportunity to demonstrate their understanding of the covered topics

Description: Write a report about
your workplace analysing it in terms of diversity. Convince your manager to
develop a “Diversity Management Strategy” by explaining the advantages of
having such a strategy. Support your argument with evidence, research and
statistics.

Assume your manager loves this idea and now develop a
Diversity Management Strategy for your workplace. Some examples of Diversity
Plans are under our Moodle page.

Please
pay attention to the format of your report. Do not forget to include the title
page, table of contents, introduction, conclusion, abstract and the executive
summary. Executive Summary, abstract, references and table of contents are not
included in the word count.

Plagiarism
is not acceptable and will be reported as explained under the UBSS plagiarism
policy. Please see MyGCA policies page for further details.

The academic policies and procedures for
UBSS apply to this subject. Important policies you need to be aware of and
abide by are listed below. These policies are located in your MyGCA Account in
the Policies & Procedures section in the document titled “UBSS Academic
Polices & Procedures”.

4.1 Assessment&
Examinations:

The UBSS Assessment & Examinations: Principles and Guidelines Policy
(Section 3) specifies the requirements for assessments and exams at UBSS. The
assessments for this subject are set by the lecturer in accordance with this
policy. In general, you are required to achieve a mark of 50/100 to pass the
subject overall. Some subjects may require you to pass the final examination in
order to pass the subject overall. This is advised in the assessment section
above.

4.2 Plagiarism

Plagiarism and penalties for plagiarism are
outlined in the “UBSS Academic Polices
& Proceduresdocument (Plagiarism
Policy). Penalties vary depending on whether a student is a first, second
or third time offender. It is your responsibility to read this policy and
ensure you understand what plagiarism is and what penalties apply. If in doubt,
speak to your lecturer.

4.3 Copyright Regulations

According
to Australian Copyright Regulations 1969 the following rules applies in case of
copies:

(a)
In the case of a published work in hardcopy form that is not less
than 10 pages and is not an artistic work, 10% of the number of pages, or one
chapter, is a reasonable portion;

(b)
In the case of a published work in electronic form only, a
reasonable portion is not more than, in the aggregate, 10% of the number of words
in the work.

You are strongly advised
that copying more than 10% of any textbook is a breach of the Copyright Act
(Cth) and UBSS policy. Any copies of the text in breach of the Copyright Act
(Cth) may be confiscated and you may subject to disciplinary action for
academic misconduct.

4.4 Submission of Assignments

Is covered in
the UBSS Assessment & Examination
Policy. Grounds for extensions of assignments or absences from examinations
are covered in Section 4.8 and 4.16 respectively of this policy.

All assignments
must be submitted in soft copy on the Moodle learning system. You are strongly
advised to submit your assignment to the Turnitin software package before you submit it to your lecturer to
determine if any plagiarism is detected. If you need help to use this software,
seek help from IT support on level 5.

Marked
assignments should be returned to you within two weeks of submission.

4.5Attendance
Requirements:

Attendance
Requirements are outlined in the UBSS Academic
Progress & Intervention Policy contained in the UBSS Academic Policies & Procedures Manual. A class attendance
rate of 80% or more is strongly
recommended to ensure satisfactory academic progress.

4.6Grades

4.7

Grades awarded are outlined in the UBSS Academic Policies and Procedures
manual that include the marks to be attained for each grade.