retail and service logistics (COURTS industry research report)
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Rubric
Criteria 0‐49 50‐59 60‐69 70‐79 80‐100
Executive Summary (10%) Executive Summary, Coverage and Conciseness
Very poor or missing
Weak structure It is too brief and does not cover some aspects of the report.
It covers majority of the report aspects and it is concise to some extent.
It covers all the important report aspects and it is concise to a great extent.
Introduction (10%) ‐ Coverage and value to reader Introduction should be concise, yet provides the reader with a clear framework for reading the rest of the report.
Very poor, does not add any value to the reader
Poor, does not add a clear value to the reader
Moderate, there are some value‐added contents in the introduction.
Good. The reader can get some clear values from the introduction. However, some aspects are not addressed clearly.
Very good. Significant values to reader
Aim & Scope (5%) Aim and scope of the research should be clearly addressed in introduction.
Aim and/or scope are missing.
Very weak and unclear aim and/or scope
Aim and/or scope of the report are presented but does not address many aspects of the report.
Aim and/or scope of the report are presented clearly but does not address some aspects of the report.
Aim and/or scope of the report are presented clearly and addressed all aspects of the report in a perfect manner.
Analysis, Discussion and Recommendations (35%) ‐ Literature should be relevant,
extracted from the valid and reliable sources (both academic and non‐ academic), up‐to‐date and recent references are needed.
‐ Discussion should be clearly oriented to the purpose. Should be organised in a considered, relevant manner, and leads the reader logically from the findings to recommendations
‐ Missing literature review
‐ Very weak discussion, irrelevant to the purpose, does not
‐ Irrelevant literature, or, extracted from invalid and/or unreliable sources, or, citing outdated sources
‐ Weak discussion, to great extent irrelevant to the purpose, does not lead the reader to recommendations clearly.
‐ Irrelevant/infeasible recommendations have been made.
‐ The literature is relevant to some extent. The analysis of literature is inadequate. All the literature has been extracted from only academic or, only non‐ academic sources. Some of the sources are acceptable.
‐ Weak discussion, to some extent relevant to the purpose, does not lead the reader to recommendations clearly.
‐ There is not any discussion and background about the recommendations in the discussion section.
‐ Literature is relevant to a great extent. The analysis of the literature is adequate. It has been extracted from the valid, reliable sources (both academic and non‐ academic) and up‐to‐ date references.
‐ Great discussion, relevant to the purpose, however, it does not lead the reader to recommendations clearly.
‐ And ‐ There is a weak
discussion and background about the recommendations in the discussion section.
‐ Literature is absolutely relevant. The analysis of the literature is outstanding. It has been extracted from the valid and reliable sources (both academic and non‐ academic) and up‐to‐ date and recent references.
‐ Outstanding discussion, relevant to the purpose, and leads the reader to recommendations clearly.
‐ Moreover, there is a great discussion and background about the recommendations in the discussion section.
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Conclusions (10%) ‐ Conclusion made from the fact, no
surprise at the end!
Missing conclusion
Irrelevant conclusion has been made and/or are not addressed clearly.
To some extent, relevant conclusion has been addressed.
Relevant conclusion has been addressed.
An outstanding conclusion has been made and has been addressed.
Referencing (10%) ‐ At least a minimum of 10 references
using e‐text, journal articles or relevant online sources such as news articles or periodicals used as in‐text citation.
‐ References/citations/similarity index less than 20%
Missing reference list and/or in‐text citations, very high similarity index, and totally incorrect referencing style
Missing some cited references in the reference list, very high similarity index, and major problem in referencing style
Missing a few cited references in the reference list, very high similarity index, and minor problem in referencing style
Missing a few cited references in the reference list, acceptable similarity index, and minor problem in referencing style
All the cited references are in the reference list. Similarity index in an acceptable range. In addition, referencing style has been applied properly.
Academic Writing and Structure (5%) ‐ Updated Table of Contents provided
with no errors and proper names for each heading.
‐ Document should be extremely neat and professional looking. Everything should be formatted correctly. Instructions for the content should have been followed exactly. The reader of this document should be able to view it as extremely professional.
‐ English should be at an excellent level for HD.
Very weak structure, TOC is missing
Weak structure, TOC has not been organised properly.
Acceptable. TOC has been well organised. However, some headings/page numbers need to be edited.
Great structure. Well organised TOC. However, there are some minor error in the report structure/ TOC.
The report structure is significantly well organised and written. TOC is completely correct.
Clarity (5%) Overall document flow/clarity
Very poor Poor Moderate Acceptable Outstanding
Overall Topics Coverage (10%) ‐ Topics Should properly being
presented, clear explanation on analysis and outcome is needed. Showing understanding of what was utilised from the case or reference paper and how the analysis was done are required.
Very poor presentation and explanation of the topics. It is not clear at all what has been understood and extracted from the references.
Poor presentation and explanation of the topics. It is not clear enough what has been understood and extracted from the references.
Moderate presentation and explanation of the topics. To some extent it is clear what has been understood and extracted from the references.
Good presentation and explanation of the topics. To a great extent it is clear what has been understood and extracted from the references.
Very good. Outstanding presentation and explanation of the topics. It is absolutely clear what has been understood and extracted from the references.