Analyse a range of benefits suitable for introduction in your organisation. In your analysis you should discuss the reporting requirements and the linkage with annual budget setting.
FDPP2333
Flexible Benefits, Finance and Budgets
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Words: |
3000 |
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Weighting: |
100% |
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Submission date: |
As per key date schedule |
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Learning Outcomes Assessed: |
All |
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Module Leader: Verified by: |
CIPP Heart of Worcester College |
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Electronic copy available: |
Student website |
Introduction
Analyse a range of benefits suitable for introduction in your organisation. In your analysis you should discuss the reporting requirements and the linkage with annual budget setting.
Your assignment should be in the form of a written report.
Note well: Throughout your work you must relate appropriate theory to the practice on which you are commenting.
Learning outcomes
- Analyse a range of benefits.
- Summarise the reporting of a range of compensatory benefits.
- Compare the benefits and pitfalls of a range of benefits packages appropriate to an organisation.
- Evaluate the contribution of the payroll function to organisational budget setting and control.
Assessment criteria
Set within the context of your workplace:
- Expenses and benefit packages
- Tax implications of benefits and reporting requirements
- Budget setting and control
Handing in
Electronic submission of assignments is mandatory. Please note that every assessment must be submitted clearly noting the student’s name and number. Work must be word-processed/typed.
You are required to keep a copy of work handed in.
Late submission of work
It is essential that you submit your work, in order to be able to pass the module. Full details of the regulations regarding late submission and applying for mitigation are available via the Student Handbook and website.
Academic Misconduct Penalties
When a student is found guilty of academic misconduct (cheating), the penalties are severe.
- The assignment will be awarded a fail grade, with zero credit.
- Penalties may extend beyond the single assignment, and may affect the module grade, and even the classification of the final award.
- The academic misconduct will be mentioned in any reference given by the university. This means that graduates will find it very difficult to enter careers that involve trust, including Accountancy, Law, Computer Systems Administration, and Computer Security.
- If the course (or module) is recognised or accredited by a professional organisation, that recognition or accreditation may be withheld from the student.
The normal penalties for a first offence are as below. Penalties for later offences (of any nature) are escalated, and the ultimate penalty is exclusion from the university. The list of offences below is not exhaustive.
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Offence |
Penalty (all points apply) |
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Inadequate referencing, for example occasional omission of quote marks and/or citations Collusion (working with another student or students, except for designated group work) Failure to gain ethical approval for primary research (particularly surveys, questionnaires, interviews, user testing, etc.) |
Failure of the assignment. Reassessment required. Reassessment assignment grade capped at a D-. |
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Direct quotation or close paraphrasing without quote marks, sources included in reference list Taking a prohibited device into an exam, for example a calculator (unless permitted), a mobile phone, or a dictionary Communicating with anyone other than an invigilator during an exam (for example another candidate; someone outside the exam room…) |
Failure of the assignment. Reassessment required. Module grade capped at a D-. |
| Using another student’s work without proper acknowledgement
Modifying or inventing data that form part of the assignment |
Failure of the module.
Module must be retaken, with attendance and fees. |
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Direct quotation or close paraphrasing without quote marks, sources NOT included in reference list Stealing another student’s work and submitting it as if it were your own Copying from another candidate during an exam or test • In an exam, possession of unauthorised written material (e.g. crib notes), or electronic devices that could be used to access unauthorised material (e.g. smartphones) |
Module grade capped at a D-. |
| Getting someone else to complete the assignment, paid or unpaid
Sending someone else to take an exam for you |
Failure of the module. Module must be retaken, with attendance and fees. Module grade capped at a D-. Final award classification downgraded. |
Word Limits
Included in the word limit is:
Anything contained within the main body of your report, between the contents page and the reference list. All quotations, citations and the captions to pictures and diagrams. The contents of any tables within the main body.
Not included in the word limit is:
The title page, contents page or reference list. Any computer programme code listings, content within diagrams, or any appendices.
The following penalties can be applied to work which exceeds the stated word limit of 3000 words:
- Up to 10% over: no penalty
- 10% to 20% over: one grade point penalty (e.g. B+ to B)
- 20% to 30% over: two grade points penalty (e.g. B+ to B-)
- More than 30% over: three grade points penalty (e.g. B+ to C+)
FDPP2333 Flexible Benefits Finance and Budgets: Level 5 Grade Descriptor
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L5 |
Relationship to assessment criteria |
Knowledge and understanding |
Evidence of independent study and relevant academic sources |
Application of disciplinary analysis |
Communication skills |
Quality of argument |
Relevant technical/creative/ transferable skills development |
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A+ – A- |
Exceptional response to all the assessment criteria for the task |
Exceptional breadth and depth of knowledge together with very strong clear independent critically evaluative understanding |
Goes well beyond what is taught in reading/researching to inform learning |
Authoritative grasp of disciplinary concepts and analysis to issues and problems |
Exceptional communication/ presentation skills, appropriate to audience, and demonstrating excellent ability in relation to accuracy, clarity and judgement in conveying understanding and meaning |
Significant ability to construct and sustain evidence-based arguments, through excellent synthesis and critical interpretation of scholarly reviews and/or primary evidence |
Exceptional demonstration of relevant technical/ creative/ transferable skills in managing and developing own learning and making decisions in complex contexts |
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B+ – B- |
Strong response to most of the assessment criteria for the task |
Knowledge demonstrates thorough depth and breadth of learning together with independent critically evaluative understanding |
Evidence of insight in selection and use of material to go beyond what is taught |
Ability to relate facts/disciplinary concepts together and apply good disciplinary analysis to issues and problems |
Very good communication/ presentation skills, appropriate to audience to convey meaning, demonstrating strong competence, accuracy, clarity and judgement |
Arguments logically constructed, coherent and evidence-based on synthesis of scholarly review of a range of academic sources and critical insight |
Very good demonstration of relevant technical/ creative/ transferable skills in managing and developing own learning and making decisions in relatively complex contexts |