Learning Contract
1. The environmental context of management
2. Ethics and social responsibility
3. Managing diversity/ Workplace diversity
This proposal is graded . It needs to be approved by your Subject Coordinator.

How this assessment relates to other assessments
Probably the term learning contract is new to you. Don’t worry! It is explained in detail in the following pages.

What is a learning contract?
A learning contract has two parts:
1. The Learning Contract Proposal (Assessment 2a), is a brief written document outlining:
· What will be learned
· Why have chosen the particular goal
· How the learning will take place
· What will be produced as evidence
· How the learning will be assessed
· When €“ dates for beginning and completing

2. The Learning Contract Report (Assessments 2b & 2c), asks you to present a report on your learning. The Learning Contract Report is made up of two sections:
Section I: This will contain the introduction, literature review, reflections on the literature, methodology, and reference list (NB When completing the Final Report this reference list moves from Section 1 and goes to the end of the Final report).
Section II: This will contain your learning in action, analysis and evaluation of the outcomes, reference list and reflections of your learning.
A learning contract is about learning through action. It means you can learn about something which is relevant to your needs now €“ within a specific subject area.

Your role

As the person undertaking the contract you need to:
complete the contract proposal on the Learning Contract Form (Assessment 2a)
send a copy to the Subject Coordinator by the due date
have it finally approved by your Subject Coordinator
undertake your contract
record results and reflect on your progress
prepare Section I of your contract report and send as a draft to your Subject Coordinator (Assessment 2b)
prepare and present a final report on your achievements to your Subject Coordinator at the end of the contracting period (Assessment 2c)
Weeks when proposals and reports are due are shown in the Assessment Items table and in the Study Schedule. Check these now.
You will have noticed that you need to prepare your proposal for the learning contract very early in the semester. This ensures you will have eight weeks or so to work on the action phase of your contract. The report on the contract is due at the end of the semester.
Weeks when proposals and reports are due are shown earlier under Due Dates and in the Study Schedule. Check these now.
You will have noticed that you need to prepare your proposal for the learning contract very early in the semester. This ensures you will have eight weeks or so to work on the action phase of your contract. The report on the contract is due at the end of the semester.
Rationale
This assessment allows you to choose a leadership issue that is of interest and relevance to you to enable you to be more effective in your current role or in a future career role.

This assessment addresses the following learning outcomes:

be able to demonstrate an understanding of current leadership issues;
be able synthesise a position in relation to the issues covered