Classwork for English
Classwork for English
Academic English Skills Coursework 1: Source Report
Name:
Class:
Date:
Essay title or question:
Title:
If organizational culture is simply the way we do things around here, discuss using business examples, why organizational culture is important to business success.
Plan for overall structure of essay:
Plan for overall structure
Introduction :
Organizational culture is arguably the most important point of discussion in last 20 years. There is on-going debate on organizational culture on whether it affects the business success or overblows the workplace out of proportion. Organizational culture is the most primary tool that fosters the success in the organization. Organizational culture is the one sure thing that reinforces the importance of the values and behaviour within the company and assist in changing the unfit values and behaviours. Given the modern discussion, it is claimed that company culture improves the quality of employees and productivity of company leading toward success. A great organizational work culture inspires employees to contribute to the growth of overall business and company.
P1. Scholarly definitions of organizational culture
P2. Why care about organizational culture
P3. Benefits of strong culture
P4. How culture is actually leads to success
P5. Big corporations inspiring healthy organizational culture (business examples)
Conclusion
Part 1: Annotated List of Sources
Select TWO sources you have read and plan to use in your essay and complete the table below outlining:
why the text is useful for your essay
how you found the source.
You will focus on three different sources in part 2. Note that you should summarise and paraphrase key information in the text in order to demonstrate that you have understood the sources. You may use bullet points. You are not marked for your language accuracy, but you will be penalised for copying text from the source.
Include a reference in the following format:
Books / chapters of books:
Surname, I. and Surname, I. (Year) Title of the book Place of Publication: Publisher
Surname, I. (Year) Chapter of the book In: I. Surname & I. Surname (Eds) Title of the book Place of Publication:
Publisher pp.1 – 18
Journal articles (print/ online)
Surname, I. (Year) The Title of the Article The Name of the Journal 1 (1), pp. 1- 18
Reports / articles online
Surname, I. (Year) The Title of the Article or Report [Online] The Name of the Organisation or website. Available at:
url [Last Accessed 23.07.19]
Lectures / talks
Surname, I. (Year) The Title of the Lecture or Talk [Online] TED Available at: url [Last Accessed 23.07.19]
Source 1
Type of source:
Research Article
Reference:
Warrick, D. D. (2017). What leaders need to know about organizational culture. Business Horizons, 60(3), 395-404.
This source is relevant because
The research paper is very adequate in providing insight on the organizational culture and why it is important in the business setting. The research article states about the influence of organizational culture on productivity and moral of employees. Developing organizational culture in the company is the responsibility of a leader and unfortunately the company leaders are not aware of the effectiveness of organizational culture and its influence in producing strong and successful business integrated practice. Through understanding this article, the importance of organizational culture becomes more prominent in the modern business setting and effectively elaborates the position of present day leaders in company.
I found this source by
I utilize Google Scholar search engine for finding this article. I opened the scholars web page and entered the key word organizational culture and leadership. Many interesting research articles were lined up and among them I picked this article for my essay.
Source 2
Type of source:
Research article
Reference:
Adekoya, O. D., Jimoh, I., Olajide, M., & Olawoyin, F. (2019). The Significance of Organizational Culture and Leadership Behaviour on Organizational Success. International Journal of Science and Management Studies. 2(5). 48-61
This source is relevant because
The research article provides on-going understanding and debate about the importance of organizational culture with respect to organizational performance. Culture of company includes values, assumption, approaches and even leadership style, but performance of company is based on positive organizational behaviour motivated by leader. Furthermore, this article stands as foundation to provide relationship between organizational culture and organizational success under empirical data. Through establishing business goals and link, culture is noted as two way effect on company success. This research article narrates the influence of top management and positive outcome of company under the organizational culture perspective.
I found this source by
I found is research article from Google search engine while searching for relationship between culture and success in business sources. The key words for this search were targeted for broader understanding. relationship between culture and company success were my search key words and abstract of this article was given. I was able to get the whole article after downloading the article.
Part 2: Source Report
Complete the source report for THREE more sources you have read. Include:
The reference
How you have identified the source as suitable for academic use
Three main points from the source which are useful for your essay, the supporting information for each idea or argument and which paragraph in the essay each main point is useful for. Make sure you cover at least three different aspects of your essay.
Conclusions you have drawn from your reading.
Source 3
Reference:
Tran, S.K. (2017). GOOGLE: a reflection of culture, leader, and management.Int J Corporate Soc Responsibility2,10.
Source Evaluation
Currency
When was the text published? Are the citations and references used in the text current?
The research article is published in 2017 by a journal publication making its information correct in time frame. The references and citations used in this article expand from more than a decade, making this article well researched. The facts and information provided are relevant to the topic extensively.
Authority
Who is the author / organisation? Are they qualified? Is the source peer-reviewed?
The research article is published by academic scholar. So the authority of author over the information is authenticated. Furthermore, this article is published in peer reviewed journal and this indicates that author is experiences and professional in the academic publication and has appropriate degree in management sciences.
Accuracy
Where does the information in the article come from? Are academic conventions used?
The article is published in peer review journal. It has well researched information and holds authentication from journal peer review as well. The citation and references used in this article are academic publication and there are no possible contradictions in information.
Use of Source
Relevant key point from the text
Supporting evidence / example/ data for the key point
This point is useful for paragraph
1. Culture is listed as number one in many factors leading to success of business processes.
There are many factors leading to the success of business process re-engineering in higher education. The four elements are culture, process, structure and technology. Culture is number one (Tran, 2017)
This point is important for the introduction part and for illustrating the significance of corporate culture in business paragraph 3. This supporting text would highlight the important and act as opening line for paragraph.
2. Organizational culture leads to hiring of new employees that are not attracted on monetary basis but due to strong working environment and meaningful work.
If an organization wants to hire talented people who cannot be recruited in cash, they must focus on building a great working culture. This includes working environment, meaningful work, and employees freedom (Tran, 2017)
This point is very essential in Paragraph 5 which illustrates the business example and how culture inspires best work. Google is taken as case study and this supporting text would provide essential foundation to elaborate that Google works on this philosophy and currently is best company.
3. The pre-dominate culture at Google is to contribute ideas and opinions for more friendly working environment.
The predominant culture aimed at Google is an open culture, where everybody and customer can freely contribute their ideas and opinions to create more comfortable and friendly working environment (Tran, 2017)
The supporting text would be beneficial in Paragraph 5 in Google case study to elaborate the dominate culture of organization and how company is benefiting from it for long term perspective.
Source 4
Reference:
Patel, S. (2015) 10 Examples of Companies With Fantastic Cultures [Online] entrepreneur. Available at: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/249174
[Last Accessed 2.04.20]
Source Evaluation
Currency
When was the text published? Are the citations and references used in the text current?
The website article was published in 2015 and the information founded in the web page is relevant to the topic. Although there are no current citation and references used in this web page but the case studies are used to explain their point under current relevancy.
Authority
Who is the author / organisation? Are they qualified? Is the source peer-reviewed?
The author is this web page is Patel who is entrepreneur, marketer and co-founder of Web Profits. He is also a valuable contributor of Entrepreneur. His opinions are noted as expert view on management and entrepreneurship. Keeping his experience in mind, this article contain authority element in it.
Accuracy
Where does the information in the article come from? Are academic conventions used?
The opinion by author is presented under close observation and the information is accurate to the best of observation. The author is expert and opinion expression for this website and thus his views are respected in the website contribution as accurate as well.
Use of Source
Relevant key point from the text
Supporting evidence / example/ data for the key point
This point is useful for paragraph
1. Google sets the tone for the culture in many business start ups and expanded it to have uniform culture.
Google has been synonymous with culture for years, and sets the tone for many of the perks and benefits startups are now known for (Patel, 2015).
This text is relevant for the Paragraph 5 to elaborate the role of Google in providing uniform culture for start up.
2. Twitter employees cant stop raving about company culture.
Employees cant stop talking about how they love working with other smart people.(Patel, 2015).
This supporting text would be beneficial for the paragraph 5 and to put forward another case study of successful company that benefits from organizational culture.
3. Facebook is highly influenced by Google and continue to follow its suit to become number 1 in technological field.
Just like Google, Facebook is a company that has exploded in growth as well as being synonymous with unique company culture (Patel, 2015)
This information is relevant to put forth the examples of Fortune 500 companies and illustrate the fact that there are other companies who follow the Google initiatives and become best in culture.
Source 5
Reference:
Kotter. P.J. (2008). Corporate Culture and Performance. Simon and Schuster. London
Source Evaluation
Currency
When was the text published? Are the citations and references used in the text current?
The book was published in 2008 and is published by well know published. The book is very relevant to the topic of corporate culture and all the information presented in the book is noted to be accurate and relevant to text.
Authority
Who is the author / organisation? Are they qualified? Is the source peer-reviewed?
The author of book is John P. Kotter and in this book author has done comprehensive critical analysis on the management. The author is professor at Harvard Business School and thus the text holds authority.
Accuracy
Where does the information in the article come from? Are academic conventions used?
The author of book is professor at Harvard Business School and he has extensive literature available to comprehensively provide insight on corporate culture perspective. The book is published as academic contribution and thus accuracy element is present in it.
Use of Source
Relevant key point from the text
Supporting evidence / example/ data for the key point
This point is useful for paragraph
1. Culture becomes the strength , when it is aligned with goals.
The logic of how cultural strength related to performance is through goal alignment (Kotter,2008).
This source is very beneficial in the Paragraph 3 and 4 that effectively elaborate the benefits of strong culture and company utilize the power of culture for their benefits. In these two paragraphs, strong culture and how it can be used by the top management is analysed and assessed. What factors contributes to the corporate culture success in any business and how top management creates strategic values through culture. These are important points extracted from this source and elaborated in the topic.
2. motivation is another factor that contributes to the culture of company in positive way.
Strong cultures help in business performance through unusual level of motivation in employees (kotter, 2008).
3. The top management under the corporate culture can preform performance, but inwardly economic performance and strategies matters.
In the increasing competitive and rapid changing world, the culture undermines economic performance and blindly follows new corporate strategies (Kotter, 2008).
Conclusions drawn from your reading
Organizational culture is the most important element that fosters success in business. Success is not obtained through hard work and building strategic management. Rather, business success is largely contributed by motivating and aligning the organizational goals with company culture. The big corporations like Facebook, Google, Twitter and IBM all take advantage of corporate culture in building their team stronger and enhancing their innovation under cooperative culture. Employees are not targeted on the monetary basis, but productivity and integration of stable working environment and condition become bench mark for companies. Unfortunately leaders underestimate the power of organizational culture, but in reality culture holds more power to turn any failure into success. Organizational culture thus becomes the significant element in company success.
You will be given a tutorial following submission of the assessment. In the tutorial, you will be asked to:
Show your tutor how you found your sources
Talk your tutor through what you think are the useful parts of the sources
You will also be given opportunity to:
Ask any questions you have on the assessment
Get feedback on the work you have done so far
This assessment is worth 40% of your reading mark. Dear AES Students,
From now until the end of this semester, you will be working on your draft of the Coursework 1 assignment.
More information about the assignment is given in this document. You will also have looked at the requirements for CW1 in your AES classes this semester.
You must have a completed draft to submit to your teacher at the end of the Directed Study Week in Week 13 on Thursday 9th April 2020.
The final date for submission of Coursework 1 is 11th May 2020, before 1pm.
If you have any questions, please contact your AES teacher.
AES Coursework Assessment Brief
What
Coursework 1:
In this assessment, you will:
– design an essay title related to your subject of study.
– find five additional reliable sources related to your essay.
– write an annotated reference for two of your sources, outlining how the source is relevant to your essay (what useful information, arguments, data or examples it provides) and how you found the source (eg. via Google Scholar, the University library, from a reading list, following up on a reference in another article)
– write a brief source evaluation for three further sources, outlining how you have identified the source as suitable for academic use.
– identify three main points which are useful from each of the three sources, and the supporting evidence provided.
– note the part of the essay for which the points are useful.
– note the conclusions you have drawn from your reading on the topic.
This coursework is the first stage of your AES coursework portfolio. You will be required to present and answer questions on your research in CW 2, and write a research-based essay of 2500 words in CW 3. There is no word limit for CW 1. You can write in note-form, as you are not marked for the accuracy of your language, but you must use your own words. You cannot demonstrate your understanding of the sources you have read if you copy from the text.
Why
CW 1 tests your ability to research and plan an extended research essay by:
– analysing an essay title and answering it with relevant points and ideas.
– finding useful, credible academic sources to inform your ideas in answering the question.
– reading and identifying relevant information for your essay.
– identifying the main points and supporting evidence in sources.
– draw conclusions from your reading.
– integrating your own ideas with ideas from your sources.
– discussing your conclusions in a tutorial.
This assessment counts for 40% of your final mark for reading.
When
Stage 1) Friday 27th March 2020: Complete the CW 1 planning document and show it to your tutor for approval. This ensures you have understood the requirements of the essay question correctly, and that your choice of sources is appropriate before you go any further.
Stage 2) Thursday 9th April 2020: Go through the CW 1 Checklist and Feedback Sheet to make sure you have completed the assessment fully and correctly, and submit the draft of your source report.
Stage 3) Semester 1, Week 14: Your tutor will provide feedback on your draft in a tutorial/workshop. Make notes of your tutors comments on the CW 1 Checklist and Feedback Sheet. Your tutor will advise you on whether your submission is acceptable as a piece of academic work, or if further work is needed. You will also be asked in to talk through your research so far and show the sources you have found.
Stage 4) Monday 4th May 2020 (before 1pm): Submit your CW 1.
How
Your work is submitted and marked electronically. Your tutor will give you the marking criteria and samples of student submissions so that you can see how the assessment is marked.
Your work will automatically be checked by similarity software (Turnitin) to make sure you have submitted work in your own words. You may be able to submit your work ahead of the submission deadline in order to check the similarity score.
What if
I dont choose relevant or reliable sources?
– Your tutor will check your sources before you write your first draft. Make sure you have used the best source of information (if you find some interesting data reported in a newspaper, follow up on the original source, rather than just citing the newspaper, for example).
– Use the sources you are given as a starting point; follow up on references mentioned in the texts, consult reading lists for your subject and ask in the library for help finding relevant material.
my similarity score on Turnitin is high?
First, check your similarity report. Any wording on the template will be picked up as plagiarism, so your tutor will not count that. Check whether chunks of your writing have been highlighted in the report; this indicates you have not paraphrased effectively. Poor paraphrasing is a form of plagiarism, and will result in your work being reported for academic misconduct. You should therefore revise your work and resubmit it before the assessment deadline. This assessment requires you to identify and summarise key points from the text in your own words; you should not just use direct quotations from sources in this assessment.
You can find further information on the Academic Misconduct process in your Student Handbook.
I submit the coursework late?
If you submit an assessment late, a penalty will be applied to your final mark. The penalties for late submission are outlined in your Student Handbook.
I dont pass CW 1?
You should submit a draft of CW 1 so that your tutor can provide you with feedback to improve your work before you submit it.
You will need a minimum score for your overall reading mark in order to meet your progression requirements. If you score below 40% on CW 1, you may be required to resubmit at the end of the module. If your CW 1 needs improvement or development, you can resubmit a re-working of your original submission. If you are awarded zero due to Academic Misconduct (ie. you have submitted work which is not your own), you will be given a new essay title to research and plan.
I dont submit CW 1?
You must submit complete all three components of the module in order to demonstrate that you have met all the learning outcomes. Your final mark may be withheld if your assessments are incomplete. If you are unable to submit CW 1 by the deadline, you will need to apply for mitigating circumstances. Further information on mitigating circumstances can be found in your student handbook.
I miss part of CW 1?
If you only submit part of CW 1 (you complete the first two annotated references, but not the source evaluation part, for example) your work will be penalised according to the marking criteria. In this example, you would be awarded zero for Source Evaluation and Use of Sources, and Processing Text.
Can I
use sources that I am reading for my subject?
Yes. You should not submit the same assessment for two modules, as this is academic misconduct, but you are able to use material you are reading in your subject module in the AES Coursework.
Related documents:
Overview presentation of CW 1
Samples of marked student submissions
CW 1 Checklist and Feedback Sheet
CW 1 Submission Template
How to complete the CW 1 Planning document
You need to complete the planning document to show your tutor like this:
Essay title or question:
Title:
Critics depict zoos as animal prisons where animals are exploited for entertainment. Discuss the impacts of captivity and human interaction on animal behaviour and welfare. To what extent are the concerns upheld by the scientific community?Add the key question words from your title and what they refer to this shows you have understood the question correctly.
Approach verbs
Ideas to be explored
Discuss
How are animals affected by living in zoos? What are the benefits and drawbacks? Does it make a difference if animals are born in captivity?
To what extent
How far are the claims that zoos do not prioritise animal welfare and conservation valid?
You can write in note form, but make sure it is clear what the key points / arguments you are going to cover are.
– Who are the critics? Are they scientists?
– What are the main criticisms of zoos? What is the evidence base for the criticisms?
– What are the main effects on animals in captivity in terms of the space they live in? Is it dependent on the animal or the environment?
– What are the main effects on animals in captivity of human interaction? Does human presence bother animals in the same way? What is the issue noise? smell? physical contact?
– Are there issues when animals are in captivity and then are put back into the wild?
– Have zoos done anything to improve conditions and respond to criticisms? Is there evidence that the measures have been effective?
– What are the positives of zoos / captivity? Conservation / education. Would animals be negatively affected if there were no zoos?
You dont need to decide what your position is yet; this will be informed by your reading, but if your title asks for a position, you should show that you plan to include it.
Issues to be considered
List at least five sources you plan to use. Do not include the sources you were given in your list of five. Make sure you have formatted the references correctly, and that they are ordered alphabetically. Make sure the sources you include are appropriate for academic use. Note that you will need to include a minimum of eight sources in your final CW 3.
List of sources:
Bertram, B. (2004) Misconceptions about zoos,Biologist,51(4), pp.199-206.Reference journal articles like this.
Conde, D. A., Flesness, N., Colchero, F., Jones, O. R., & Scheuerlein, A. (2011) An emerging role of
zoos to conserve biodiversity. Science, 331(6023), pp. 1390-1391.
Conway, W. G. (2011) Buying time for wild animals with zoos, Zoo biology, 30(1), pp. 1-8
Fernandez, E.J., Tamborski, M.A., Pickens, S.R. and Timberlake, W. (2009) Animalvisitor interactions in the modern
zoo: Conflicts and interventions, Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 120 (1-2), pp.1-8
Hosey, G., Melfi, V. and Pankhurst, S. (2009) Zoo animals: Behaviour, Management and Welfare. Oxford University
Press, New York (USA) Reference books like this.
Mason, G. J. (2010) Species differences in responses to captivity: stress, welfare and the comparative
methodTrends in Ecology & Evolution,25 (12), pp.713-721.
Melfi, V. A. (2009) There are big gaps in our knowledge, and thus approach, to zoo animal welfare: a case for
evidencebased zoo animal management, Zoo Biology: Published in affiliation with the American Zoo and
Aquarium Association,28 (6), pp.574-588.Reference chapters in books like this.
Paul-Murphy, J., & Molter, C. (2019) Overview of Animal Welfare in Zoos, In: R. Miller & P.Calle (Eds) Fowler’s Zoo
and Wild Animal Medicine Current Therapy Volume 9, Elsevier: Missouri, pp. 64-72.
Quadros et.al. (2014) Zoo visitor effect on mammal behaviour: Does noise matter? Applied Animal Behaviour
Science,156, pp.78-84.
Salas, M. & Manteca, X. (2017) Visitor Effect on Zoo Animals Zoo Animal Welfare Education Centre Factsheet.
[Online] Available at: https://www.zawec.org/en/fact-sheets/111-visitor-effect-on-zoo-animals [Last AccessedReference reports found on websites like this.
7.06.19
Wickins-Drailov, D. (2006) Zoo animal welfare, Journal of agricultural and environmental ethics,19(1), pp.27-36.
Academic English Skills Coursework 1: Source Report
Name:
Class:
Date:
Essay title or question:
Title:
Critics depict zoos as animal prisons where animals are exploited for entertainment. Discuss the impacts of captivity and human interaction on animal behaviour and welfare. To what extent are the concerns upheld by the scientific community?
State the purpose of each paragraph make sure it is clear how it will add / develop your overall argument.
Plan for overall structure of essay:
Plan for overall structure
Introduction context and position: While there are issues with zoos, they are currently essential in conservation and education. The scientific community are working at a global and national level to mitigate the negative impacts of captivity on animal welfare
P1. Background: The aims / purpose of zoos
P2. Conservation and Species Protection – the role of zoos
P3. Key issues and concerns related to animal welfare overview of complexity of the issue
P4. The effect of human visitors on animal behaviour effect on animal welfare / behaviour and if negative effects can be mitigated
P5. Physical Space and Exhibits effect on animal welfare / behaviour and if negative effects can be mitigated
Conclusion
Add more paragraphs to the template if you need them.
Part 1: Annotated List of Sources
Select TWO sources you have read and plan to use in your essay and complete the table below outlining:
why the text is useful for your essay
how you found the source.
You will focus on three different sources in part 2. Include a reference in the following format:
Books / chapters of books:
Surname, I. and Surname, I. (Year) Title of the book Place of Publication: Publisher
Surname, I. (Year) Chapter of the book In: I. Surname & I. Surname (Eds) Title of the book Place of Publication:
Publisher pp.1 – 18
Journal articles (print/ online)
Surname, I. (Year) The Title of the Article The Name of the Journal 1 (1), pp. 1- 18
Reports / articles online
Surname, I. (Year) The Title of the Article or Report [Online] The Name of the Organisation or website. Available at:
url [Last Accessed 23.07.19]
Lectures / talks
Surname, I. (Year) The Title of the Lecture or Talk [Online] TED Available at: url [Last Accessed 23.07.19]
Note that you should summarise and paraphrase key information in the text in order to demonstrate that you have understood the sources. You may use bullet points. You are not marked for your language accuracy, but you will be penalised for copying text from the source.
Source 1
Type of source:
Book
Reference:
Hosey, G., Melfi, V. and Pankhurst, S. (2009) Zoo animals: Behaviour, Management and Welfare. Oxford University Press: New York
This source is relevant because…
it offers a comprehensive overview of the topic. The books has chapters on several aspects of zoo management in terms of their housing, breeding, feeding, etc. from both welfare and regulation perpectives. Chapter 13 looks at the effects of human visitors on zoo animals, Chapter 10 focusses on the value of zoos in conservation and chapter 14 outlines areas where further research is needed. The book is aimed at those studying or working in the field, so is accessible but research-based.
I found this source by
Using Google Scholar. I entered the search zoo animal welfare and I was able to view the table of contents and the introduction online. I then requested the book from the University Library
What steps did you take in finding the source? Include details on where you found the source online library/ Google Scholar and how you found it what search terms did you use? Did you follow up on a reference in another text, if so, which?
Source 2
Type of source:
Journal
Reference:
Conway, W. G. (2011) Buying time for wild animals with zoos Zoo Biology, 30(1), 1-8
This source is relevant because
it presents the argument that todays zoos are now the lifeline of a number of species. The article explains that due to human interference and the resulting loss of land and biodiversity, zoos and parks are becoming the only viable way to protect animals. The article presents research from the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums that suggests that greater resource should be invested in the conservation work carried out by zoos and parks. Conway presents and an interesting perspective that while zoos may not be ideal, they may be essential in stopping significant numbers of animal species going extinct due to human activity and climate change.
I found this source by
Using the online University library using the search terms endangered species + conservation
Part 2: Source Report
Complete the source report for THREE more sources you have read. Include:
The reference
How you have identified the source as suitable for academic use
Three main points from the source which are useful for your essay, t
