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HC3031 Trends in the Global Business Environment Assignment 1 Individual report
Assessment Details and Submission Guidelines
Trimester T1 2019
Unit Code HC3031
Unit Title Trends in the Global Business Environment
Assessment Type Assignment 1
Assessment Title Individual Report
Purpose of the assessment (with ULO Mapping)
Students are required to construct a mini-Literature Review of any one article from
week 1 to 6 and submit as a report.
Weight 20 % of the total assessments
Total Marks 20
Word limit Not more than 1500 words
Due Date Week 6 Friday 11.59 pm
Submission Guidelines
All work must be submitted on Blackboard by the due date along with a completed Assignment Cover Page.
The assignment must be in MS Word format, no spacing, 12-pt Arial font and 2 cm margins on all four sides of your page with appropriate section headings and page numbers.
A minimum of 8 reference sources must be cited in the text of the report, and listed appropriately at the end in a reference list using Harvard referencing style.
At least five references must be from ‘proquest’ data base
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Assignment 1 Specifications Assignment Structure:
The articles selected as the ‘gateway’ to the literature on the various topics are nominated in the
Lecture/Tutorial Schedule. Choose one of these articles from week 1 to 6 as your core article.
Provide a brief summary of the core article enough to identify four key questions arising from that article
which you will research.
Identifying keywords in the article will also assist your further research.
Using Proquest, do a literature search identifying at least one article relevant to each of the four key
questions that you have identified. Then summarize each of the articles you have linked to the four key
questions and demonstrate its link to the question you have identified in the core article.
You are actually constructing a mini-Literature Review. You must complete it with a Bibliography in
Harvard referencing style.
Following elements would help students construct the individual report
Introduction: The introduction includes a statement of the problem, briefly explains the significance of your topic study and acts as a way to introduce the reader to your
definitions and background.
Body: The body of the review identifies the findings of studies that have been conducted
on the topic.
General: In general, the assignment shows a sense of direction and contains a definite central
idea supported with evidence. The writing is logical and the ideas are linked together in a
logical sequence. The ideas are put together in a way that is clear to the writer and to the
reader. The assignment is not just a listing of articles or researches but rather a flowing
narrative incorporating both prose and citations.
Discussion: The discussion summarizes the body of your literature review and highlights the
most important findings (in your opinion). There is a sense of completion to the whole piece
in this section. Conclusions are drawn based on your analysis.
Conclusion: There is a consensus or disagreement on the topic. The discussion includes any
strengths and weaknesses in general of the research area. You discuss implications of the findings
and/or areas for further research.
Format: The paper, including all citations, headings and the reference page(s), follows
Harvard format. The reference page contains a bibliographic list of the sources of information
used and cited in your paper.
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Marking criteria
Marking criteria Weighting
INSERT DETAILS
Introduction 2 Body 4 General 4 Discussion 4 Conclusion 3 Format: 3
TOTAL Weight 20%
Assessment Feedback to the Student:
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Marking Rubric
Excellent (4)
Very Good (3)
Good (2)
Satisfactory (1)
Unsatisfactory (0)
Introduction
Statement of problem introduced with explanation of significance to the topic
Statement of problem introduced briefly
Attempted to introduce statement of problem and significance to the topic
Background information written, but unclear
Does not meet the criteria
Body Clearly identified the finding of studies conducted for the topic
Finding of studies identified
Good attempt in identifying the topic questions
Finding questions unclear
Unrelated finding and questions to the topic
General In general, the assignment shows a sense of direction and contains a definite central idea supported with evidence
The ideas are put together in a way that is clear to the writer and to the reader
The assignment is just a listing of articles or researches
A good attempt at constructing central idea but not supported with evidence
Lacks a sense of direction, no central idea
Discussion Excellent summary of body of your literature review, most important findings highlighted
There is a sense of completion to the whole piece in this section. Conclusions are drawn based on analysis
Well summarised literature review
Lacks sense of completion, conclusions not drawn
Unclear findings
Conclusion Well discussed
consensus or disagreement on the topic
Discussion includes strengths and weaknesses of the research area
Implications of the finding discussed well
Findings discusses vaguely
Unrelated, unsupported findings
Format Includes all citations, adequate proquest references in Harvard style, meets all the academic writing elements
Inadequate proquest references, Harvard referencing followed, meets academic writing elements
Harvard referencing followed, meets academic writing elements
Harvard referencing not evident, several academic writing elements missing
Harvard referencing not followed, does not meet academic writing elements
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