Assignment Briefs othm level 4 Diploma in Business

 
Assessor Authentication 
Every member of staff involved in the internal verification of controlled assessment must 
ensure that each piece of assessed work can be authenticated with confidence as being the 
work of the learner who submits it. The assessor and IQA must sign a declaration after the 
work has been completed confirming that the work was completed under the required 
conditions
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Learner Task Guidance 
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The assessment for this qualification comprises assignment based tasks, to be completed 
at the end of the period of learning.
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The tasks will cover all learning outcomes and assessment criteria within the unit. The 
tasks are necessary to map and claim knowledge and competence.
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You are expected to include citations and references in your academic work and you 
should follow the Harvard referencing style. 
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You must use relevant academic and reliable sources. 
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The Indicative Content in the specification is not prescriptive or exhaustive but is intended 
to provide helpful guidance to teachers and learners, with the key areas that will be 
covered within the unit and relating to the kinds of evidence that should be provided for 
each assessment objective specific to the unit learning outcomes 
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Learners are expected to adhere to the word count, provided as a range within the question 
text. A 10% leeway either side of this range is permitted before the assessor is instructed 
to stop reading any further. 
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There is no formal time limit for the completion of the tasks, besides that of the validity of 
assessment materials. 
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Learners will be required to sign a statement of authenticity, confirming all evidence 
provided is their own. 
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As well as the content your tutor/assessor will be scrutinising the following aspects:
o Plagiarism and collusion 
o Critical writing, style 
o Sentence structure 
o Grammar, punctuation 
o Argument, setting out 
o Presentation of findings and conclusion
o Referencing and citation 
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The tasks are marked by an Internal Assessor and verified. 
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Learners who fail to achieve the required Pass mark are permitted to re-sit after having 
sufficient teaching and additional study time. 

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