Assessment type: Structured literature review – Individual. 2,000 words report (+ 10%)
Purpose: This assessment is designed to allow students to identify relevant sources for their research and undertake review on theoretical concepts/constructs that has real world business implications. This assessment relates to learning outcomes a, b and d.
Value: 25% Due Date: Week 8 – 11:59 pm Saturday of Week 8. Submission: Upload a soft copy to Moodle and Turnitin via Moodle links Topic: Literature review
Task Details: Following consultation with the lecturer or tutor, the students research the field to develop literature review relating to the research topic as proposed in Assessment 2. Minimum 8 articles should be used and they must be from 2010 onwards, and all articles must be full papers (not research note or book reviews) sourced from refereed academic journals.
The Literature Review should be presented in the following structure:
| Contents | Length (word counts) |
| Project title: descriptive summary of the proposed research topic. | Max. 50 words |
| Research Questions and Research Objectives – present the research questions and objectives in bullet points (the same as the ones provided in A2). | 100 – 150 words |
| Discussion of major theories, models or streams of influence around this topic – provides evidence that you have gone deeper than your initial search now to find literature that leads you toward answering your research question. The more comprehensive your literature review, the better. | 1000 words |
| Gap in the Literature – draw the reader’s attention to any contrasting views expressed in prior research in this area and give your view of how differing opinions can be brought together to help answer the research question and ultimately resolve the research problem. | 500 words |
| Discuss how the LR has provided you with theoretical bases an answer to your research question(s). | 300 words |
Marks out of 25 will be awarded based on how well the following criteria is addressed:
| Criteria | % Marks |
| Identification of appropriate body of knowledge | 20% |
| Depth of the literature Search | 30% |
| Quality of the literature used | 10% |
| Structure of the literature review | 10% |
| Clarity on discussion on the gap in the literature | 20% |
| References list and Referencing (in-text citation) | 10% |
Submission requirements details:
- Individual Assessment. Word limit: 2000 words (±10%) (excluding reference list). You need to state the word count of the assessment on the cover page.
- The review should be professionally presented using proper headings and sub-headings, in Arial 10pt or Times New Roman 12pt, single space.
- Harvard (Anglia) style referencing.
- Submission deadline Week 8 – Sunday by 11.59pm.
- Softcopy to be uploaded on Turnitin via Moddle links.
Marking Rubric Assessment 3: Structured Literature Review – 25%
| Criteria | Fail (0 – 49%) | Pass (50 – 64%) | Credit (65 – 74%) | Distinction (75 – 84%) | High Distinction (85 – 100%) |
| Identification of the appropriate body of knowledge (20 marks) | The literature used are irrelevant or poorly- selected sources | The literature used are marginally current and relevant | The literature used are somewhat current and relevant | The literature used are mostly current and relevant | The literature used are all current and relevant |
| Depth of Literature search (30 marks) | The sources provide insufficient depth | The sources provide a satisfactory depth of contextual understanding | The sources provide a good depth of contextual understanding | The sources provide a very good depth of contextual understanding | The sources provide an excellent depth of contextual understanding |
| Structure of the literature review (20 marks) | No or little logical structure and difficult to make sense of what is written; significant grammatical or spelling mistakes. Not of a sufficiently high standard for an Postgraduate program | The literature review is sufficiently structured, with sub-sections and logical paragraphing and the literature review is sufficiently well-designed, with discussion or argument at least worthy of reading | The literature review is well-structured, with sub-sections and logical paragraphing and the literature review is well-designed, with interesting discussion or argument that makes for good reading | The literature review is very well-structured, with sub-sections and logical paragraphing, and the literature review is very well-designed, with interesting and well-formulated discussion or argument that makes for very good reading | The literature review is extremely well- structured, with sub- sections and logical paragraphing, and the literature review is exceptionally well- designed, with interesting and well- formulated discussion or argument that makes for compelling reading |
| Gap in the Literature (20 marks) | The discussion on the gap in the literature is vague and does not demonstrate that the gap has been identified. | The discussion on the gap in the literature is vague however, the gap in the literature has been identified. | The discussion on the gap in the literature is clear and the gap in the literature has been identified with reasonable discussion | The discussion on the gap in the literature is clear and the gap in the literature has been identified with good discussion | The discussion on the gap in the literature is clear and the gap in the literature has been identified with excellent discussion |
| Quality of the Literature & Referencing Skills (10 marks) | The literature review has less than 8 references and/or more than 8 references and they do not meet the minimum requirement (2010 onward peer- reviewed articles) and has no in-text citations | The literature has 8 references but some of them do not meet the minimum requirement (2010 onward peer- reviewed articles) and has less than 8 in-text citation | The literature has 8 references and most of them meet the minimum requirement (2010 onward peer- reviewed articles), however, less than 8 in-text citation are used. | The literature review has 8 references and most of them meet the minimum requirement (2010 onward peer-reviewed articles), and 8 in- text citation is used. | The literature review 8 references and all of them meet the minimum requirement (2010 onward peer- reviewed articles), and 8 in-text citation are used. |
| Total mark out of 100 | |||||
| Total Assessment mark: / 25 | Comment: | ||||
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