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Unit 6: Principles of Management — assessment criteria

Learners develop an understanding of how the role of management and leadership in the workplace contributes towards business success.

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Assessment criteria

Reproduced verbatim from the Pearson specification — the same grid the assignment brief carries. A unit grade is the highest band where all criteria in that band (and every band below it) are met.

Pass

6 criteria
A.P1Explain functions of management and leadership using different theories and concepts in a given business context.
A.P2Examine the skills and need for different management and leadership roles in a given business context.
B.P3Explain how different management and leadership styles can influence business performance.
B.P4Explain how management and leadership skills could be improved in a given business context.
C.P5Explain factors and stakeholders that influence change in a given context using an appropriate format.
C.P6Explain own recommendations for actions to be taken to improve business performance for a given context, using an appropriate format.

Merit

4 criteria
A.M1Analyse the functions and skills of management and leadership using different theories and concepts for different management and leadership roles in a given business context. leadership styles and skills and their impact on organisational performance
B.M2Analyse management and leadership issues that impact business performance in a given business context. improvement to meet the needs of stakeholders in given business contexts
C.M3Analyse factors and stakeholders that influence change in a given context using an appropriate format.
C.M4Justify own recommendations for actions to be taken to improve business performance for a given context, using an appropriate format.

Distinction

3 criteria
A.D1Evaluate functions and skills of management and leadership for different management and leadership roles in a given business context, through the application of theories, models and concepts of management and leadership.
B.D2Evaluate management and leadership issues that impact business performance in a given business context.
C.D3Evaluate the potential success of different strategies used for improving business performance in a given context, providing concise, reasoned, recommendations for change using an appropriate format.

Command verbs in this unit

The verb decides the depth expected — that is what separates Pass from Merit and Distinction work on the same learning aim.

EvaluateExplainExamineAnalyseJustify
Pearson's ladder runs Identify → Describe → Explain → Compare / Analyse → Evaluate / Justify / Assess. A Merit or Distinction criterion on the same aim always implies the Pass beneath it: an “evaluate” answer that never first “explains” fails, however polished it reads. Hover a verb for what it demands.

Learning aims

  • A. Explore management and leadership principles, concepts, key terms, functions and
  • B. Examine management and leadership styles and skills and their impact on
  • C. Prepare proposals for business improvement to meet the needs of stakeholders in

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