1. Team Assignment Importance of the assignment Assignment details Team Allocations Presentation details Submission Requirements Feed forward into Assignment 3 Enhancing Employability Module code: 5BUS1085 1

2. The opportunity to work with others rather than on your own has many benefits: Increased productivity and performance: groups that work well together can achieve much more than individuals working on their own Skills development: being part of a team will help you develop your interpersonal skills such as speaking and listening as well as team working skills such as leadership, and working with and motivating others Knowing more about yourself: collaborating with others will help identify your own strengths and weaknesses, for example, you may be a better leader than listener, or you might be good at coming up with the 'big ideas' but not so good at putting them into action 2

3. What Employers want Graduates who are able to co-operate, solve problems and work in teams. Less hierarchical organisations with project teams, self-managed work teams and management teams, mean the requirements to “communicate well with people” and to “work with and through others” become increasingly important Teamwork involves working confidently within a group, contributing your own ideas effectively, taking a share of the responsibility, being assertive – rather than passive or aggressive, accepting and learning from constructive criticism, listening and giving constructive feedback to others 3

4. The Scenario Background Hertfordshire Business School has strong links with many local organisations including charities. The Dean of the school has set a challenge to students in the school to help raise funds for a chosen charity. The chosen charity was voted for by staff and students earlier in the year and is a local charity “Rainbow days” that provides holidays and respite care for children with serious illnesses. 4

5. Your Task 1.Weekly cake sales on campus 2.A sponsored fitness challenge on campus 3.Student Business Consultancy where local businesses pay for students working on projects 4.Christmas raffles on campus 5.Live event at the Forum starring a well know celebrity 6.Taking part in a team challenge yourselves i.e. 3 peaks challenge and raising sponsorship money You have been asked on behalf of the Dean of the Business School to come up with a fundraising strategy that will raise £1000 by March 2015 This is when the Dean will be inviting the charity onto campus to make the award. There are 6 suggested ways of raising money, which as a team you need to research and analyse in terms of their feasibility 5

6. Developing your presentation Each member of the team researches one of the proposed approaches and, using a SWOT analysis, prepare a case to present to the team during their normal tutorial time in the week commencing 17 November 2014 As a team you agree the fundraising idea you are going to take forward and develop a project plan taking into account the issues identified through the SWOT analysis You should also identify suggested solutions to any threats you have identified that may impact on the success of the project 6

7. The Presentation Discuss the options considered and give your reasons as a team for not selecting those not taken forward Outline your project plan for the chosen idea, detailing your research and the factors you have taken into account Include SMART actions and the plan detailing how you will be able to raise the £1000 by March 2015 Your presentation should be a maximum of 15 minutes in duration, including time for questions, a maximum of 10 slides All members of the team are expected to contribute to the presentation. 7

8. Prepare to present Your team will be given a date for your presentation that will be during your normal tutorial time in either week commencing 1 December 2014 or 8 December 2014 You must arrive on time for the presentation session. If you do not, you risk not being allowed to present Ensure you bring a printed copy of your presentation plus a copy of your team log You will have a maximum of 15 minutes to present your findings and to answer any questions arising from your presentation. 8

9. Your Team Members You will find out who is in your team at your allocated tutorial this week If you do not attend the tutorial then it is your responsibility to contact your team members and agree which option you need to research 9

10. Submission Requirements Ensure that you submit on time – by 08.30 on Tuesday 2 December 2014 All team members submit presentation to the correct Studynet assignment Your actual presentation will be run from a version uploaded from one of the team’s submissions to studynet Ensure that you submit the final, agreed version If any member of the team does not submit this to StudyNet, then they will be penalised for non-submission/late submission Failure to submit will evoke a penalty 10

11. Team skills reflection for third assignment Personal Contribution Reflection on effectiveness of your personal contribution to team Analysis of role you played in achievement of assignment objectives Peer Feedback Refection on feedback from peers or team members How this may support or differ from your perceptions Future Changes Consideration of any changes when working with teams in future How being more effective team worker may assist you in future 11