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1. Assignment details
This class is assessed by 100% course work.
Assignment: Entrepreneurial practice reflective portfolio (100% written submission, 2,500 words
+/- 10% excluding references and appendices) (Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6)
This class aims to facilitate the enrichment of your entrepreneurial mindset, behaviours, skills and
competencies through an experiential learning journey and sustained critical reflection on your
personal learning and development. By the end of this class you should have developed an
awareness of the elements above, considered how these have evolved as a result of your class
learning experiences and be able to articulate the implications of this learning for your own
personal and professional practice. Reflective practice is fundamental not only to entrepreneurial
learning and action, but also our own professional and personal development.
Drawing on this learning journey, prepare a reflective portfolio covering the development of your
own entrepreneurial thinking and practice during the course of this class.
The portfolio should be developed using Gibb’s (1988) reflective cycle (see Bassot 2016, pp. 66-
67) as a framing.
In addition to an introduction, reference list and appendices, this portfolio should contain five
sections (see ‘Formatting’ below): one for each of our 4 sessions (Challenging your assumptions
about entrepreneurial thinking and actions; Getting comfortable with ambiguity and uncertainty;
Communicating and leading with empathy; and Unleashing your creative self), as well as a final
section drawing together your resultant overall learning linked to changes you plan to make to
your professional and personal practice.
Note. Your reflective journal entries (x4) should be used as supporting evidence for this
submission and must be included in an appendix.
2. Submission procedure
Your assignment must have a cover sheet that contains the following information:
Student Registration Number
Course Details
Assignment name/title
Word count
Please do not include your name, as the class will use anonymous marking.
Please submit your portfolio through the relevant link on Myplace.
3. Formatting
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You may be as creative as you like in the presentation of your portfolio. It must, however, include
the following sections:
Introduction (a concise introduction to you and your portfolio) [c. 100 words]
Session 1 (description, feelings, evaluation, analysis, conclusion, key learning points,
action plan) [c. 500 words]
Session 2 (description, feelings, evaluation, analysis, conclusion, key learning points,
action plan) [c. 500 words]
Session 3 (description, feelings, evaluation, analysis, conclusion, key learning points,
action plan) [c. 500 words]
Session 4 (description, feelings, evaluation, analysis, conclusion, key learning points,
action plan) [c. 500 words]
Overall learning (reflection on overall learning from the class, identification of key learning
points, identification of changes you intend to make in your own personal and professional
practice as a result of this learning) [c. 400 words]
Reference list
Appendices [This section will not count towards your overall wordcount, but please use
appendices wisely and only include information that supports and adds value to your main
text. Note that all 4 reflective journal entries must be included in an appendix.]
You are welcome to use any font, font size and line spacing that you wish, so long as your portfolio
is clear and easy to read.
Harvard referencing style is to be used for all in-text citations and works cited in your reference
list. See https://guides.lib.strath.ac.uk/ld.php?content_id=33346935
Your portfolio is to be a 2,500 words (+/- 10%) excluding your reference list and appendices.
4. Assessment criteria
Your assignment will be assessed on a pass/fail basis based on the evidence you provide for the
following criteria. A submission must have 50% of elements (8 out of 16) considered of ‘Sufficient
evidence’ in order to receive a pass for this assessment.
Element Insufficient evidence Sufficient evidence Feedback
Learning from
each of the four
(4) class sessions
1. Limited or no
articulation and
contextualisation of
concepts covered in
class sessions
2. Poorly structured
discussion or limited or
no application of Gibbs’
(1988) reflective cycle
1. Reasonable or clear
articulation and
contextualisation of
concepts covered in class
sessions
2. Reasonably or clearly
structured discussion
using Gibbs’ (1988)
reflective cycle
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3. Limited or no use of
critical reflection
(predominantly
descriptive reflection)
3. Reasonable or good
use of critical rather than
descriptive reflection
4. Limited or no
evidence of personal
reflective journal entries
(from appendices) used
as supporting evidence
4. Evidence of personal
reflective journal entries
(from appendices) used
as supporting evidence
5. Limited or no
evidence of specific
class examples used as
supporting evidence
5. Evidence of specific
class examples used as
supporting evidence
6. Limited or no
evidence of selfawareness and
insightful self-analysis
6. Reasonable or clear
evidence of selfawareness and insightful
self-analysis
7. Limited or no
articulation of personal
learning from each
session
7. Reasonable or clear
articulation of personal
learning from each
session
8. Limited or no
identification of changes
in personal and
professional practice
from each session
8. Reasonable or clear
identification of changes
in personal and
professional practice from
each session
Overall learning
from the class and
implications for
personal and
professional
practice
1. Limited or no
identification of
personal learning
2. Limited or no
identification of
proposed changes in
personal and
professional practice as
a result of your overall
engagement with this
class
1. Reasonable or clear
identification of personal
learning
2. Reasonable or clear
identification of proposed
changes in personal and
professional practice as a
result of your overall
engagement with this
class
Use of relevant
class concepts
1. Limited or no
evidence of
engagement with class
concepts, readings and
activities
1. Reasonable or clear
evidence of engagement
with class concepts,
readings and activities
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2. Failure to include all
required elements and
sections
2. Inclusion of all required
elements and sections
Structure,
presentation and
submission
1. Poor standard of
professional
presentation
1. Appropriate or good
standard of professional
presentation
2. Limited or no overall
internal consistency and
clarity of ideas
2. Appropriate or good
overall internal
consistency and clarity of
ideas
3. Poor standard of
spelling, grammar and
referencing
3. Appropriate or good
standard of spelling,
grammar and referencing
4. Late submission
(without pre-authorised
approval)
4. On time submission
1. Grading and Quality Assurance (QA) process
This class operates an anonymous marking procedure in line with the University’s Assessment
and Feedback Policy. Please ensure that your assignment is submitted with only your student
number (no name).
Grading follows a standard rubric (see Assessment Criteria), as does the feedback provided.
Once grading is complete, all provisional grades go through a process of Moderation by the EML
teaching team and the EML Subject Coordinator (Dr Suzanne Mawson), before being reviewed
and confirmed by the External Examiner as part of the MBA’s QA process.
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