Professional Report

l  Purpose 

This assessment is designed to show you effective ways to write, research and structure professional reports at university and in the workplace, as well as to learn how to avoid the pitfalls of plagiarism and other forms of academic misconduct.

IMPORTANT – The use of AI-generated Large Language Models (LLM) like ChatGPT or similar to research, produce or write assessments is NOT permitted in this unit. Assessments will be randomly audited in this unit to ensure they have been authentically written.

l  Overview 

For this assessment, you will write a 1100–1200 word professional report discussing key strategies for success in the Australian workplace.

Choose one of the following leadership competencies and analyse three key aspects that contribute to success as a leader in the Australian workplace (CHOOSE ONE):

1.Professional Trust

2.Emotional Intelligence

3.Intercultural Intelligence

4.Mediation and Crisis Resolution

Your report should include well-researched insights, practical applications, and relevant examples to support your discussion. Please follow the steps below to complete the assessment.

Steps

Before starting, review the following materials in the Weekly Activities folder and lecture-workshops from Weeks 5, 6, 7, and 8:

Lectures from Weeks 3 to 8

Reading: "What is Academic Integrity?" (Week 4)

Reading: "Writing Reports" (Week 6)

Tip sheets: "Paraphrasing" and "Reporting What Others Say" (Weeks 5 & 6)

Choose ONE of the following leadership competencies to focus on in your report:

1.Professional Trust

2.Emotional Intelligence

3.Intercultural Intelligence

4.Mediation and Crisis Resolution

Once you have selected your leadership competency from the above, identify and analyse three key aspects that demonstrate its importance in leadership.

Start your research by entering keywords such as:

Search for peer-reviewed journal articles that address the chosen leadership competency and its key aspects.

TIP – Try using UWA's search engine OneSearch adding terms like 'higher education' and 'univeristy' and 'teaching' along with the other terms you searched for in Step 3.

Organise your findings and structure your report following a clear and professional format.

Submit your report before the due date to check your Turnitin Originality Report. Click 'View similarity report' and make sure you have referenced, paraphrased and used "quotation marks" around direct quotations. 

To ensure you don't get into trouble for academic misconduct, make sure you check your similarity report before the due date, so you have an opportunity to fix any mistakes and resubmit. You'll only be able resubmit before the due date. Not after. Do this early because we will not accept students saying they didn't have time to check their similarity reports and resubmit as an excuse.

Look at the highlighted sections of your similarity report. If your assignment is highlighted in some sections, and you haven't put those sections in "quotation marks", it would most likely be an indication that what you have written has been copied word-for-word rather than in your own words.

An example of a plagiarised assignment

If you notice any sections of your assignment that need attention, add any needed referencing, "quotation marks", and/or paraphrase or summarise correctly. Then resubmit your assignment before the due date. We will only mark your last submission.

IMPORTANT – Make sure any reference to other people's ideas are properly referenced, paraphrased or "quoted."

Please don't cut and paste other people's words and ideas into your assignment, unless you are using a quotation. Cutting and pasting other people's words without attribution is plagiarism and will result in all cases being reported for academic misconduct to the Business School's Academic Integrity Officer for investigation and the application of penalties. (See the Common Questions below for more information.)

Your report should:

- Have a title that explains what the report is about

- Include an introduction and conclusion

- Use clearly marked subsections with subheadings for each of your three proposed ideas

- Use peer-reviewed sources to support your ideas

- Have 5-7 sources (a minimum of 3 scholarly)

- Provide references (both in-text and end-text) for all your sources using APA style referencing 

Before you submit, check you've done the following:

-  Reviewed the resources and materials from Step 1 

-  Read the assignment requirements above and reviewed the assessment rubric in the Resources section below

-  Looked for some peer-reviewed journal articles to support your ideas as explained in Step 3

-  Drafted a report

-  Redrafted and edited your reflection after careful rereading, and asking advice from STUDYSmarter if needed, making sure it doesn't go over the maximum word limit

-  Submitted your assignment to check your similarity report

-  Resubmitted your assignment before the due date to ensure you will not be cited for academic misconduct

Yes a sample report will be available soon in the Resources section below. 

Yes.

The in-text references are. The end-text references are not.

UWA assessment policy says that for every 1% over the word limit, 1% should be deducted from the final mark. 

APA style: https://guides.library.uwa.edu.au/apa

Your similarity score is not necessarily a good indicator of plagiarism. Assignments can have a high similarity score because of your references and any quotations. 

Pay attention to the highlighted sections of your assignment. If your assignment is highlighted in some sections, and you haven't put those sections in "quotation marks", it might be an indication that what you have written has been copied word-for-word rather than in your own words. (Watch the Week 5 lecture. We go through this in great detail.)

In that case, you need to, "quote", paraphrase or summarise correctly and resubmit your assignment before the due date. We will only mark your last submission.