UFMEE8-15-M Principles of Lean Engineering – Individual Post-Module Assignment Marking Scheme

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Criteria weight >35% 35-39% 40-49% 50-59% 60-69% 70-79% ≥ 80%
Overall knowledge
of topic area Simple Good and Original and
Superficial Sufficient Expert and innovative
(including 25% Confused undeveloped complete insightful
understanding understanding understanding
background understanding understanding understanding
literature)
Good use of
Very good use of
Direct use of course material Excellent use of wide
Nearly non- course material and
No relevant Limited or little Course material and academic variety of readings and
Support for existent use of evidence of broad
30% evidence use of relevant only, little or no literature with evidence of extensive use
argument relevant reading and use of
provided material use of other indication of of practitioner and
material practitioner and
readings practitioner academic resources.
academic resources
material
Highly developed. Sophisticated and
Demonstrates some mature. Demonstrates
Well developed,
originality in originality and the ability
Reasonably good discussion
Some evidence, thinking and to evaluate real business
Evaluation of developed, some on important
limited discussion argument. Very situations effectively.
issues (analytical & 35% None Little discussion on parts of the
on important parts good discussion on Excellent balance and
critical ability) important parts of assignment.
of the assignment important parts of integration within the
the assignment Author opinion
the assignment. discussion of the
is clear.
Author’s opinion is important parts of the
integrated well. assignment.
Adequate Highly developed
Some use of Good
organisation of structure, excellent Executive structure
Little use of structure, organisation of
Unstructured ideas, clarity and support of insightfully developed
structure, poor sufficient clarity to ideas, clarity
Argument and very writing quality. arguments along critical argument and
10% clarity of ideas understand the and writing
presentation difficult to Understandable with clear coherent presentation of
and/or difficult main argument. quality. Easy to
understand but with extra presentation of ideas. Excellent structure
to understand. Poor quality of read and
effort to interpret ideas and high and written word.
writing. understand.
required. quality writing.