HRM335 Leadership Development Tutor-Marked Assignment (TMA02) July 2025 Semester Presentation, Singapore

TUTOR-MARKED ASSIGNMENT (TMA02)

This assignment is worth 15% of the final mark for HRM335 Leadership Development

The cut-off date for this assignment is 10 October 2025 (Friday), 2355hrs.

Instructor: Dr Wang Jiunwen

Email: jwwang@suss.edu.sg

Office Hours: By Appointment

Office Location: Block B 6th Floor

This is an individual assignment. You are required to upload a single report to CANVAS and please be advised to note down the Submission ID as acknowledgement of submission. Submission ID is the ONLY proof of submission, especially in the event of technical failure.

Submission via Canvas mobile app is not supported.

Multiple submissions are allowed before the cut-off date. All assignments are to be submitted via T/TG group in CANVAS. Please ensure that you have submitted the assignment to the correct folder. Re-submission is NOT allowed after the cut-off date (including the grace period). Only the latest submission copy will be considered for grading. Any appeals for resubmission after the cut-off date will not be entertained.

The university’s prevailing mark deduction scheme will apply to all late submissions.

Please include a cover page with the following details:

• Title of this course, your name and PI number
• Tutorial group
• Submission Date
• Academic Integrity Declaration Statement (refer to “Declaration of Academic Integrity.docx”)

The Academic Integrity Declaration Statement must be completed and appended to the cover page of your assignment submitted for assessment. If you have declared the usage of generative AI in the academic integrity declaration statement in the cover page of your assignment, you will need to complete the Attribution Table as shown in Table A in “Declaration of Academic Integrity.docx” (available for download on Canvas > L/LG > Modules). Marks deduction may apply if resubmissions of a completed declaration form and table are required.

In accordance with the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA), please DO NOT include other personal particulars.

To facilitate your submission into Canvas, name your document file strictly to this format – CourseCode_AssignmentCode_UserID_FullName.

For example, ABC123_TMA01_Sally001_TanMeiMeiSally (omit D/O, S/O). 

Academic Integrity

All written work is required to be referenced. That is, formally acknowledging the source of ideas, quotes, or facts gained from other authors and which are used directly or indirectly in the text of your papers. The American Psychological Association (APA) referencing style must be used for all in-text citations, references, figures, and tables. For more information, you may refer to https://libguides.suss.edu.sg/apa.

Honesty and integrity are the foundations of all forms of academic work, including at SUSS. Direct lifting of texts without acknowledgment is plagiarism, and disciplinary action will be taken. Students are advised to synthesise and rephrase ideas in your own words. If you use generative AI in your assignment, be sure to provide in-text citations and attribute using Table A. For formats of proper citation and attribution of generative AI generative response, please refer to https://rise.articulate.com/share/GlQuywqm9MmZkxbaGig0HjjFA73k7aBr#/ .

Please be aware that all submissions will be automatically screened by the Turnitin, which contains plagiarism detection through a similarity index. Similarity index is NOT, by itself, an indicator of whether you have (self) plagiarised or not. A responsible way of drawing on external sources is citation and attribution. Review https://www.suss.edu.sg/about–suss/centres/teachingand–learning–centre/learning–support for guidelines and tips to avoid plagiarism and guidance on the use of generative AI (See Section 5.1 Part K).

You are reminded that the penalties for academic dishonesty are severe and may include expulsion from the programme or referral to SUSS’ Student Disciplinary Group. Details on the academic dishonesty can be found in your student handbook. Please refer to Section 5.2 Academic Matters of the University Student Handbook on academic integrity and plagiarism.

Formatting Instructions

The assignment is to be submitted in Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) with the following format:

• Font type: Times New Roman
• Font size: 12 point
• Line spacing: 1.5 lines
• Margin: 1” all round
• Paragraph Alignment: Justified

Introduction to this Tutor-Marked Assignment

In the first TMA, you have completed the Reflected Best-Self exercise (RBS) designed to help you understand and see yourself at your very best. As part of the exercise, you have requested feedback on when you were at your best from a set of diverse people (e.g., family, social and work relationships). You also generated your own personal examples on when you were at your best.

In this second TMA, you will then use the data you have gathered about when you were at your best to construct a leadership plan that articulates your personal leadership style that is founded on your unique strengths. Now, please analyse all the examples on when you were at your best, and also come up with an action plan.

General Instructions for this TMA

Step 1: Analyse All Best-Self Stories

Collect and aggregate your stories and the stories from respondents (the stories you have submitted in TMA01).

Read and reflect on each story

The next step involves analysing your best-self stories to compose the Reflected Best-Self portrait. The feedback will include short descriptions of when the feedback provider saw you make positive contributions. Here, you will look for commonalities in your data across your feedback providers. Analysing these critical incidents to identify commonalities will enhance your appreciation of the interaction between your personal characteristics (e.g., strengths and talents) and the situational features that enable you to achieve high performance. Critical incidents are significant experiences that have made an impact or difference in your life.

WARNING: Reading these stories can stir up a great deal of (positive) emotions for you. It is normal to find yourself surprised by how people saw you positively. I recommend you find a quiet time and space where you can be free from interruptions, and you can reflect on what you are learning.

Step 2: Compose the Reflected Best-Self Portrait (max 800 words)

After you have thought deeply about each of the stories, look for patterns and themes that emerge from considering the stories and analysis together. These patterns or themes will help you write declarative statements about you at your best. These declarative statements will represent anchoring “truths” about you at your best and can later be woven into your reflected best-self portrait.

PATTERNS: Recurring behaviors, contributions, etc., across all of the stories and analysis.

If you are unsure about how to find patterns, try looking for verbs, adjectives, and nouns that you see repeated in the stories or in your analysis of each story. For example, repeated verbs could lend insight into some of your best skills and strengths, and repeated adjectives may lend insight into some of your values and aptitudes, your approaches to problem solving, and the nature of your relationships.

THEMES: Underlying truths about your values and beliefs and the essence of you at your best, inferred from the collection of stories and analysis.

Identify themes and patterns and list several examples from your stories that exemplify that theme.

NOTE: You may also find stories that exemplify seemingly opposite characteristics. If this is the case, it may indicate adaptability or flexibility as a strength in particular contexts. For example, you might find stories where you find creative solutions, but also consistently comply with standards.

(50 marks)

Grading Rubric for Step 2 (50 marks)

Step 3: Create an Action Plan (max 800 words)

As you navigate choices about what type of assignments to seek and what kind of skills to develop among a million other choices you face, it helps to work toward an action plan rooted in the insights about you at your best. Having a better understanding of your best self and the skills, characteristics, and opportunities that you need to make a positive impact increases the odds that you will make choices differently after this exercise. You also need to address how your strengths may have a shadow side (become a weakness in certain situations).

Your challenge, therefore, is to identify how to grow from where you are today.

This is precisely the purpose of visioning and articulating an action plan. Finally, create an action plan on how you would leverage on your strengths to develop your own leadership style.

You can consider strategies and methods articulated in chapter 15 of your Dubrin textbook and cite some appropriate and relevant strategies that relate to your strengths and areas of development.

(50 marks)

Grading Rubric for Step 3 (50 marks)

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