a) Produce a mind map of your proposed presentation,
b) A 10 minute on a topic of your choice, from the following subject areas below and
c) A 700 to 1,000 word personal reflection.
On one of the following:
Management Control
Budgeting
Behavioural issues of budgeting and/or control
Incentives & Rewards
Balanced Scorecard
Worth 60% of the module.
a) Mind map of presentation due w/c 30th March (week 10)
b) A 10 minute presentation due over 2 weeks, w/c 20th April (Weeks 11 & 12)
c) Reflective piece due w/c 11th May (Spring Assessment week 1)
This coursework assesses learning outcome 1 which is:
“Demonstrate through investigation and presentation skills the ability to analyse a business performance issue and communicate the results and
recommendations to an appropriate audience”
Detailed guidance

A) Mind Map (10% of this coursework)
The mind map of your presentation will summarise what you are intending to cover in the presentation. This will be submitted on-line via Turnitin
and you will present it face to face to your tutor. You will have up to 3 minutes to present it.
Look at the topics above and choose one that interests you. Then structure an appropriate question to focus your presentation on.
For example:
Do small businesses need formal management control systems?
Do people only do their job if they are paid a financial reward on top of their salary?
Do people need to be motivated to do a good job?
Is the balanced scorecard still relevant today?
Do companies need to produce a budget?
Make sure that you can introduce your chosen topic, critically analyse/evaluate it, and then conclude it with an appropriate answer.
If you are not sure about your presentation title then please come and confirm it with your tutor.
B) (i) Presentation skills: (Presentation is 25% of this coursework)
Please prepare well.
o Make a connection with your audience.
o Converse with your audience, do not read out your work.
o Use presentation material that is clear and un-cluttered.
o Be confident
o Timely – use the time well – not too long or too short. No less than 9 minutes and no more than 11 minutes.
o Appropriate pace of delivery

B) (ii) Knowledge of subject (25% of this coursework)
Please ensure that you have completed research on your subject area and you are producing a critical evaluation not just a descriptive piece.
Include details of the resources and references used. You will produce a power-point, or other media, to support your presentation and the final
slides must contain your references. A pdf copy of your presentation material will need to be uploaded to Turnitin.
C) Reflective Piece (40% of this coursework)
Write a reflective piece of between 700 and 1,000 words.
Reflect on your presentation.
The following should be used as a guide for writing your piece.
What reflective model did you use? Why did you use that model?
What were the main learning outcomes for you?
How did you feel during the presentation? Why did you feel this way?
What did you enjoy and why? What did you dislike and why?
What knowledge do you have now that you didn’t have before? What skills do you have now that you didn’t have before?
As a result of the coursework and also using the reflective writing what do you know about yourself that you didn’t previously know?
What will you do with what you have learned? What would you do differently if you had to do all this again?
Sensitivity: Internal
Do not just reproduce a listed.

Do not just reproduce a listed narrative of the above.
Your written reflection will be uploaded to Turnitin w/c 11th May 2020. You will be required to present your reflection face to face to your tutor this
same week. You will have up to 3 minutes to do so. Do not simply read out your written work.
In order to achieve a high grade your work should be carefully researched, clearly argued, well presented and well-structured with academic
references.