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Assessment Briefing – 2024/25
Module Code and Module Name MPSY4187
Learning, Training and Development
Assessment Type and Weighting Case Study, 100%
Deadline or Assessment Period 5th June 2025
Word Limit 3,000 words
Module Lecturer Mr James Wong
Feedback Date 3rd July 2025
Assessment Description
Training
For the purposes of this assignment, you must select an organisational setting and
training scenario.
You are required to formulate an organisational problem that could be addressed
through training, for example the problem might be leader subordinate relationships
which could be addressed through leadership, conflict management or
communications training.
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Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this assessment, you should be able to demonstrate the
following learning outcomes:
1. A systematic understanding of knowledge and practice in the area of training,
including the ability to critique theoretical frameworks, such as methods of
evaluation, and analyse problems, such as training needs analysis.
2. A comprehensive critical understanding of statistical methods and their
application to advanced research in training and coaching, including
organisational needs analysis.
3. A conceptual understanding of the practical and ethical issues that face
business/ occupational psychologists practicing in training and career
planning in the real world, including ethical considerations such as working
with people who are close to retirement.
4. An advanced critical understanding and application of appropriate and wide
ranging psychological theories in the context of learning, training and
occupational choice to varied applied settings, (e.g. operant and classical
conditioning in learning).
5. Creativity and conceptual understanding to identify needs, analyse needs,
formulate solutions and evaluate methodologies within the context of applied
training including the application of the training cycle to organisation
problems.
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Why this assessment?
This assessment has been chosen to help develop your skills and knowledge of
learning, training, and development in Business/Occupational Psychology.
Required Sections
For the assignment you need to complete the following sections using the
subheadings below in bold:
***Be Comprehensive and information.
***Special Citation:
– 12 internal citations (attached in the blackboard)
– 25-30 external citations (find by yourself)
***8-10 Learning Objectives
***5-6 Theories of learning
1) Introduction – Critically discuss the specific training needs that you have
identified.
– Need to set-up the theme for the training.
– Idenify the training need.
– Use Training Needs Analysis (TNA)
2) Learning or coaching objectives – Translate these training needs into
objectives suitable for a 1-day training course. You should aim for 5-6 clear
objectives.
– At least 8-10 objectives
– Objectives need measurable, not too general
– How to measure that
– Make it Clear
3) Intervention – Design a suitable intervention e.g., a 1 day training programme
that will meet the objectives you have outlined. The programme must include
i) a timetable (appendix A), ii) details of instructional methods, iii) a practical
and academic rationale for the methods proposed taking into account the
objectives.
– Use more training models, at least 5-6 theories of learning
(i.e. experimental learning model,
– Design the training
– Delivery the training
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4) Evaluation – outline an evaluation process that will enable training transfer to
be considered. Extra points will be given for level of detail in outlining what will
be evaluated and how.
– Evaluation need well support
– Use the transfer learning – Kirkpatrick Model (Level 1- 4)
5) Appendix
– A: Timetable for training day with targeted learning objectives
– B: Learning outcome based on the training models
– C: Scales for measuring learning outcomes
All 4 sections should be submitted together as one report fully supported by
academic references (APA Format).
Advice for Success
Advice from Module Team
• Review your seminar content and activities and demonstrate how you can apply
what you have learned to your assessment critically.
• Read information about your assessment (e.g., assessment brief) and ask
questions promptly. Do not wait till days/hours before your assessment deadline to
do so.
Tips for success:
• Support for this assessment will be provided during teaching sessions, directed
study and tutorial support with the module team. Please make the most of this
support whilst completing your assessment
Students who have done a similar assessment before recommend that you…
• Make sure you plan time to work on your assessment. This includes allocating
time for reading, writing, editing, and formatting.
• Read through and highlight key information from the case study that you think
will be useful to refer to in your assessment
Advice from your Academic Librarian
• Use Library Services to search for relevant books, conference proceedings and
journal articles
Book an appointment with an Academic Liaison Librarian to discuss library services
search terms, advice on referencing software and support with understanding and
applying APA referencing.
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Important information about your assessment
You must submit an individual report that is YOUR OWN WORK. It is essential that
you abide by the University Regulations on Academic Honesty, and any form of
cheating will be dealt with in accordance with the University Regulations:
This module will be using Turnitin via the Blackboard module for assignment
submission. Students will have the opportunity to view their own originality report,
make amendments and re-submit up until the due date. Academic tutors will also
be able to view the originality reports and occasionally they may be used as part of
the process of investigation into suspected cases of academic misconduct.
To submit your work, go to the Blackboard site for this module and submit your
work via the Turnitin submission portal under the ‘assessments’ section. Do not
forget to click ‘Accept submission’ to save. You can also generate a receipt. You
should always check that your work has been correctly uploaded following
submission.
IMPORTANT NOTES ABOUT YOUR ELECTRONIC ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION:
• Assignments not submitted via Blackboard will not be accepted and a NS mark
will be entered in such cases.
• It is your responsibility to ensure that you up-load your assignment in good time
before the deadline and to the correct drop-box or gateway.
• It is your responsibility to ensure that you up-load the correct file with your
assignment. Double copies of assignments will not be accepted and in such
cases the first submission will be marked.
• Assignments submitted incorrectly (i.e.: in the wrong place, empty file, work
simply pasted into a window on Blackboard) will not be marked and a NS grade
will be entered.
• Assignments submitted after the deadline will be subject to the usual penalties for
late submission.
• If you experience difficulties with the IT systems, please contact the ILS helpdesk
[email protected] and NOT the module team.
• Mitigating circumstances citing reasons such as “Blackboard did not work” will
not be accepted unless ILS issues a formal notification of system failure on the
relevant days.
• Please use Arial 12pt font and double space your work. Remember to use APA
format for citations and references.
You must adhere to the word limit for the assessment. There will be a +10%
margin, beyond which nothing will be marked. The word count refers to everything
in the main body of the text. Everything before (ie abstract, acknowledgements,
contents, executive summaries etc) and after the main text (ie references,
bibliographies, appendices etc) is NOT included in the word count limit. Tables in
the main body of the assignment are included in the word count. The marker will not
consider any work after the +10% word count has been reached, within the
allocation of marks. Students may therefore be penalised for a failure to be concise
and for failing to conclude their work within the word count specified. For
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presentation assignment, the same approach will be taken with regard to a +10%
time limit. Please provide an accurate word count on the front of your work.
Arrangements for feedback: Provisional grades and feedback for your
assessment will be available to you on Turnitin after 20 working days of the
deadline. Finalised grade will be released in SOLE.
Reassessment: In the event you are required to take a reassessment for either
assignment you will receive formal notification of this from Registry Services, after
the meeting of the Board of Examiners in late June, including details of the
reassessment task(s). In the event of not being notified of the reassessment
task(s), a copy will be available via the SOLE pages or by contacting the Registry.
Re-assessments will be in the form of a report.
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PSYCHOLOGY GENERIC GRADE DESCRIPTOR – LEVEL 7
CRITERIA Grade A Grade B Grade C Grade D Grade F Grade G
Relevance
(relationship to
the assessment
criteria)
Does the work
answer the
question set to
show attainment
of the learning
outcomes?
Exceptional
response to all
the assessment
criteria for the
task
Very strong
response to the
assessment
criteria for the
task
Good thorough
response to
assessment
criteria for the task
Sufficient response
to assessment
criteria for the task
Weak response
to main
assessment
criteria for the
task
Very poor
response to main
assessment
criteria for the task
Advanced
Knowledge and
understanding
Exceptional
systematic
mastery of
advanced
knowledge,
principles and
concepts in area
of study,
together with
very strong
independent
critical and
evaluative
understanding
of current issues
and insight at
the forefront of
the discipline
Highly
developed
systematic
advanced
knowledge and
critical
understanding
of area of
study, including
independent
critical
awareness of
current issues
and insights at
the forefront of
the discipline
Good systematic
advanced
knowledge and
understanding of
area of study
including
awareness of
current issues and
insights at the
forefront of the
discipline
Adequate sound
advanced
knowledge and
understanding of
the area of study,
some of which is
informed by
developments at
the forefront of the
discipline
Limited
advanced
knowledge and
understanding of
area of study
Very limited
advanced
knowledge and
understanding of
area of study
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Analysis (Critical
analysis)
Does the work
provide evidence
of conceptual
understanding,
applied analytical
interpretation and
evaluation?
Goes well
beyond what is
taught in
insightful,
advanced
study/research,
to develop
original critical
analysis and
evaluation that
shows
exceptional
initiative and an
authoritative
independent
grasp of issues
Evidence of
systematic
breadth and
depth of
critically
appraised and
insightful
advanced
study/ research
to develop
independent
original critical
analysis and
evaluation
Evidence of
systematic breadth
and depth of
independent
engagement with
advanced study
and research to
develop relevant
critical analysis to
inform good
response to task
Evidence of
independent
engagement with
advanced research
and study to inform
satisfactory
response to task,
but limited in range
and depth of
critical analysis
Insufficient
evidence of
independent
engagement with
advanced
research and
study and/or of
relevant current
academic
references
Significantly
inadequate
evidence of
independent
engagement with
advanced research
and study
Understanding of
techniques of
enquiry
Exceptional
ability in
accomplished
and innovative
application of
comprehensive
critical and
practical
understanding
of techniques of
enquiry to
provide original
solutions to
complex
problems in the
field of study
Well developed
competent
critical and
practical self-
directed
application of
techniques of
enquiry to
provide original
solutions to
complex
problems in the
field of study
Comprehensive
critical and
practical
understanding of
techniques of
enquiry and
independent
application to
research/advanced
scholarship in field
of study
Comprehensive
critical and
practical
understanding of
techniques of
enquiry and
application to
research/advanced
scholarship in field
of study
Evidence of
critical and
practical
understanding of
techniques of
enquiry for area
of study has
significant gaps
or flaws resulting
in limited ability
to critique
advanced
scholarship in
field
Evidence of critical
and practical
understanding of
techniques of
enquiry for area of
study is
significantly
lacking
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Quality of
argument
(Argument/
Communication)-
Is the work
presented
logically, with
themes and links
made between
sources of theory
and evidence?
Exceptional
skills in
constructing
academic
arguments and
communicating
complex ideas/
viewpoints/
information/
evidence to
advance
knowledge and
understanding
Very well
developed
communication/
presentation of
complex ideas/
viewpoints/
information/
evidence to
sustain
scholarly
arguments that
advance
understanding
Effective logical
and coherent
communication/
presentation of
complex ideas/
viewpoints/
information/
evidence to
sustain informed
arguments
Competent logical
and coherent
communication/
presentation of
complex ideas/
viewpoints/
information/
evidence to
sustain argument
with some
weaknesses, eg in
structure,
coherence or
currency, but
generally sound if
standard
judgement
Argument/
explanation is
weak/poorly
constructed,
unsubstantiated
or significantly
lacking in
coherence or
validity
Little evidence of
an independently
constructed
argument with
appropriate
supporting
analysis or
evidence
