Assessment Brief Overview This is a clean, centre‑ready summary compiled from the most recent publicly available Unit 20 briefs for 2025/26. It captures structure, tasks, deliverables and dates exactly as needed for learners, while using neutral

Assessment Brief

Overview

This is a clean, centre‑ready summary compiled from the most recent publicly available Unit 20 briefs for 2025/26. It captures structure, tasks, deliverables and dates exactly as needed for learners, while using neutral wording so it can be adapted by any centre.

Assessment structure (latest available)

• Single assignment across LO1–LO4 titled “OB1: Understanding Behaviour in Organisations: Individuals, Groups and Culture (1/1)”.
• Issue date: 22 September 2025. Final submission: 18 December 2025.
• Submission format: an individual portfolio made up of reflective journals (Parts 1 & 2) and a concise report (Part 3) submitted together.
• Indicative length: advised 4,500–5,500 words (maximum 6,000).
• Take part in a structured role‑play/simulated group activity (delivered in class). Capture your contribution and key moments of team behaviour.
• Submit a short reflection that analyses the team dynamics and your own contribution, drawing on relevant team and group‑behaviour theory.
• Write a brief report that examines how power, politics and culture interact in an organisation and how they shape employee behaviour and business outcomes.
• Include clear recommendations on how these factors can be used positively to support performance and goal attainment.

Parts and required evidence

Part 2 — Reflective journal with role‑play evidence (team dynamics)

Part 3 — Short report: power, politics and culture

Learning outcomes (mapped to evidence)

1. LO1 — Reflect on your own personality and perceptions to understand how individual differences influence management approaches.
2. LO2 — Apply content and process theories of motivation to build and sustain an effective workforce.
3. LO3 — Demonstrate effective team skills by contributing to, and reflecting on, a group activity in a defined business situation.
4. LO4 — Examine how power, politics and culture can be used to influence employee behaviour and deliver organisational goals.

Submission and referencing

• Submit all three parts together as one portfolio file via your VLE/Turnitin link (centre‑specific).
• Use Harvard referencing with a complete bibliography. Ensure sources are credible and current. Poor or missing references can be treated as poor academic practice.
• Keep dated notes of formative feedback and show how you acted on it.
• Ground reflections in evidence: psychometrics, observer notes, screenshots, meeting artefacts, etc.
• Tie every claim in your report to a theory, data point, or policy extract (with citations).

Good practice tips (non‑assessed but strongly recommended)

Notes on centre variation

Unit 20 is centre‑set. Titles, scenarios (e.g., retail case), and word counts may vary slightly. Always follow your centre’s cover sheet and submission instructions where they differ.

Extracted and paraphrased for clarity; verify local centre instructions where they differ.