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Module Leader

Neil Sherriff

HU5.79

Faculty of Business & Law,

De Montfort University,

Leicester, United Kingdom Ext: 6832

Weeks 8 & 9

The influence on Global Aspects of business decisions by the economy of the China

Weeks 10 & 11

The influence on Global Aspects of business decisions by the Euro-zone crisis and BREXIT;

Weeks 15* & 16

The influence on business decisions by rise of emerging economies;

Weeks 17 & 18

The impact on Global Business decisions by CSR, Ethics & Environmental issues

However, you are encouraged to select one of your own topic areas.

NB You must submit to turnitin 24 hours before the date / time of your presentation in POWER POINT DOCUMENT format….

The Turnitin power point must include a Research Question justification and a Literature Review (see below)

These will be included as powerpoint slides but will not be presented due to short time allowed for the presentation

Research Question Justification 20%

Why have you chosen this topic within the theme you have selected to present? How does this topic relate to business decision making in a global business context? What is the academic relevance of your topic?

Literature Review 25%

Research: You must Include in your submission a 100 - 200 word review of the sources for you presentation

You must analyse the point of view of the various key sources used in your presentation.

Your audience will need to be convinced that you have not simply fabricated your ideas. It is absolutely essential that you support your argument with supporting researched, referenced views and/or data from reputable sources

The information on page 14 of this document explains the five key areas that your presentation will be assessed upon.

Remember that 30% of your overall module mark is derived from your presentation.

Seminar Schedule

Seminar 1 (weeks 1 or 2 depending upon your personal timetable):

Introduction by your tutor on the new seminar programme. This session will include:

· An introduction by your tutor to the new seminar programme;

· A full briefing on the requirements of your Individual Presentation (IP);

· Advice on how to get the most out of your IP;

· Information on how your IP will be judged; and:

· Allocation of IP dates.

Seminar 2 (weeks 3 or 4 depending upon your personal timetable): Tutor led discussion and revisit to advice / allocation of Individual Presentations

Students: Research discussion: Globalisation, homogenous or diverse business culture , Trans National Corporations and the impact of International Banking and Finance

Seminar 3 (weeks 5 or 7 depending upon personal timetable): Students: Mini presentations.

Seminar 4 (weeks 8 or 9 depending upon personal timetable): Students: Mini Presentations.

Seminar 5 (week 10 or11 depending upon personal timetable):Students:Mini presentations.

Seminar 6 (week 15 or16 depending upon personal timetable):Students: Mini presentations.

Seminar 7 (week17 or18 depending upon personal timetable): Students: Mini presentations.

Seminars week 19 & 20 – then weeks 21 and week 28 students will prepare for a group discussion topic

Seminars weeks 23 & 24 will be partly set aside for Q & A on your Essay Assignment

Seminar 8 (weeks 19 or 20 depending upon your personal timetable): Students: Research discussion. Is CSR and Ethical business MEASURABILITY –e.g. triple bottom line

Tutorial 9 (weeks 21 or 28 depending upon your personal timetable): NOTE some will be in WEEK 28

Students: Research Discussion: Emerging Markets. Opportunities for high investor returns or potential economic growth or development. Is Per Capita GDP a legitimate target and valid measure of economic growth for ALL?

Tutorial 10 (weeks 23 or 24 depending upon your personal timetable):Students: Essay Q&A

Exam MCQ preparation

Research Discussion : TBA

Tutorial Presentation Aims & Marks

Research Question Justification 20%

Academic research gains respect for addressing different perspectives and critique of ideas and theories.

Why have you chosen this topic within the theme you have selected to present?

How does this topic relate to business decision making in a global business context?

What is the academic relevance of you topic?

20% of MARKS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS ASPECT OF YOUR PRESENTATION

Literature Review 20% Research: You must Include in your submission a 100 - 200 word review of the sources for you presentation

Your audience will need to be convinced that you have not simply fabricated your ideas. It is absolutely essential that you support your argument with supporting researched, referenced views and/or data from reputable sources.

Research Methodology/ Critique & justification / Balanced perspective of sources used

Types of source:Journalistic / News: Academic: Reference list

20% of MARKS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS ASPECT OF YOUR PRESENTATION.

Enthusiasm, interest, Logical Development and Clarity of Argument: 20%

You will have 5 minutes to make an Impression

Presentations will be part of your everyday working life. EG client consultation / managing staff, about a new products / policy: In both cases, strong and effective communication is essential to win over your client or staff.

Avoid presentation overload‘ or “death by PowerPoint” ‘ as they see a multitude of very similar presentations. Convince your audience by valid, clear & simple argument in a logical & understandable flow You will be rewarded for devising techniques that make your presentation stand out from the norm.

20% of MARKS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS ASPECT OF YOUR PRESENTATION.

Depth of Content Depth of Content: 20%

Too many points covered in a superficial manner are usually less effective than a few expressed in detail.

Your points should be sufficiently well explained with EVIDENCE BASED ANALYSIS to ensure that they stand up to critique.

20% of MARKS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS ASPECT OF YOUR PRESENTATION.

Measured Analysis: 20% An argument or point of view is only normally convincing if you clearly demonstrate that you have considered the standpoint of others and either rejected them or used them to support and validate your perspective.

20% of MARKS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THIS ASPECT OF YOUR PRESENTATION

Upload your presentation slides to Turnitin at least 24 hours prior to the presentation taking place. This is a condition for submitting your work.

If you do not upload your work then you will not receive a grade or feedback.

Your work should be uploaded to your Tutor’s folder on Blackboard in Turnitin:

CORP3543-2018-Y Contemporary Business Issues>Turnitin>[Tutor’s name]>Presentation

Your tutor may be able to give you a rough guide of your mark at the end of your presentation tutorial. However, please allow 14 days from the date of your presentation to allow for your Tutor to calculate your mark and to upload feedback and attach it to your electronic submission (Blackboard).

PLEASE ASK YOUR TUTOR FOR ADVICE AT THE END OF YOUR TUTORIAL PRIOR TO YOUR PRESENTATION.

Assignment two: Individual Essay

Summary Guidance:

This essay is worth 40% of your overall module mark.

There are two components to the essay:

1. You need to carefully rad the essay topic shown in the box on page 16.

· The main body of your essay should be five sides in length and written in Arial font size 11 (single spacing).

· Title page, reference list and appendices are excluded from the page limit.

· References should be written on an additional sheet, or sheets, at the end.

· The Harvard referencing system must be used.

[Write your review here, minimum 100 words]

Important Notes:

In your final year on a degree course you are expected to research your own information. This makes for more varied work as you are not constrained by a set reading list. Moreover, it gives you more freedom to try to generate your own, individual perspectives. However, you may wish to ask your tutor for some guidance.

The essay is a very broad concept so that you have a wide degree of interpretation. Whatever, approach / angle you choose should be fully justified in your opening paragraph(s).

Your paper will be marked according to the current DMU grade descriptors (see p.18) and marks will be awarded for:

Logical development & Depth of argument: Research Quality and Measured Critical analysis:

Highest grades are attained by the Uniqueness of the interpretation research sources.

Marks are awarded for the ‘professionalism’ of your work.

Details regarding the marking criteria are available on page 16 below.

Deadline:

The deadline for submission on Turnitin is 4pm (16:00hrs) on Monday , 9 th April 2018 (DMU week 28.

Assignments must be submitted on to Turnitin ONLY (via the module blackboard site). Essays that are not on Turnitin will not be marked and will receive a mark of zero.

Do not submit a hard/paper copy to the SAC.

Your grade and feedback can be accessed online via Grademark on 7th May 2018.

Important:

Upload your work to your Tutor’s folder in Turnitin, i.e.: In Blackboard: CORP3502-2017-Y Contemporary Business Issues>Turnitin>[Tutor’s name]>Essay

Ensure that you upload the correct file as your submission cannot be deleted and the ‘correct’ file re-submitted.

It is your responsibility to ensure that the correct file is uploaded and that you have an appropriate internet connection to facilitate electronic submission of your work.

Paper or e-mailed copies of your work, whether draft, work in progress or completed, will not be accepted by your Tutor for review or as an official submission. Only documents/files uploaded to Turnitin will be accepted as an official submission.

Essay Title:

Analyse the significance of Both China’s and the USA’s economic performance and the wider influence These Economies exhibits upon the UK. European and world economy.

Essay Aims & Marks

The above chart reflects the following detail providing a brief commentary, however, it is not an exhaustive list of all elements that an Assessor expects in a piece of work and should therefore be used for student guidance purposes only. For more specific guidance, refer to the Lectures (‘Coursework Briefing Session’ and ‘Coursework Development’) and your Tutor.

Logical Development and Clarity of Argument: To convince the Assessor that your point of view is valid and correct your argument should be clear and simple as well as developing in a logical and understandable manner. Start with an introductory paragraph and then build your evidence into a concluding argument that critically reflects on the material contained in your essay.

Level of research/theoretical application: Your Assessor will need to be convinced that you have not simply fabricated your ideas. As such, it is absolutely essential that you support your argument or arguments with supporting researched, referenced views, appropriate theory (where applicable) and/or data from reputable sources. Remember to cite and construct your reference list in the Harvard format.

Depth of Content: To add further weight to your points they should be sufficiently well explained to ensure that they stand up as good, supporting evidence. Too many points covered in a superficial manner are usually less effective than a few expressed in detail. Credit is given for the application and critical evaluation of theory.

Measured/Critical Analysis/Synthesis: An argument or point of view is only normally convincing if you clearly demonstrate that you have considered the standpoint of others and either rejected them or used them to support and validate your perspective. Your concluding argument needs to critically reflect on the data and theoretical underpinning (where appropriate) rather than summarise the earlier presented material.

Professional Appearance of Submission: Your work needs to exhibit a professional presentation, free of grammatical, punctuation, spelling errors, etc. Ensure that you write in the Academic style as opposed to 1st person. Ensure that margins and paragraphs are aligned. Include a title page and label all diagrams, tables, appendices, etc. Take care with any loss of visual clarity when copying images from the internet.

Charts and data Use of charts is a highly effective means of summarising research / representing a concept. It is recommended that such data is presented in a appendices and refwred to in the main body of your text e.g. “see appendix chart / graph” . You may be penalised if these are included in the main report 5 pages, so reducing the written analysis.

Undergraduate Grade Descriptors

Faculty of Business & Law

Modules are marked on a range of 0-100%. Mark descriptors are given in the table below. A mark below 40% indicates a Fail grade (the shaded boxes).

Examination

CORP3502: Contemporary Business Issues

Date: May 2018 (First Attempt)

Time allowed: Two Hours.

Instructions to candidates: Attempt ALL questions.

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This element of the module’s assessment is worth 30% of the overall module mark. Due to the highly contemporary nature of the module, the syllabus and its emphasis can change from year to year. As a consequence previous examination papers are not always a perfect guide. However, for reference, mock exams and a copy of last year’s exam will be made available to you via Blackboard. The examination will be part-seen in as much as you will be told of the topic areas well in advance of the exam period (see Lecture Schedule).

Last year, the format of the exam consisted of two components which comprised a multiple choice exam and an essay style question. This year, the essay style question will be replaced by further multiple choice style questions which require you to critically reflect on theories and contemporary business issues. A copy of last year’s multiple choice exam will be made available on Blackboard.

Reading

RECOMMENDED CORE TEXT:

Global Shift: Mapping the Changing Contours of the World Economy; 7th edition

. Peter Dicken. Sage, London. 2015

Also recommended:

Mankiw, N.P. and Taylor, M.P., Economics ,3rd edn. Cengage Learning. 2014

Alan Rugman Rajnees Narulah and Simon Collinson, 7th Edition, International Business

Lecture related Recommended Reading:

Morrison, J. Business Ethics: New Challenges in a Globalised World. Palgrave Macmillan. 2015.

You are expected to identify a wide range of ACADEMICALLY TRUSTED / RELIABLE SOURCES

These are readily available via Library resources which give you search facilities and access to all electronic library sources and databases via “ATHENS”.

Trusted and reliable JOURNALISTIC SOURCES are encouraged to reflect the “CONTEMPORARY nature of this module’s material.

BUT MUST BE USED WITH CAUTION and BALANCE – Journalist are not subject to Academic Peer review so may give a biased perspective

Examples of useful media publications:

On-line via the CBI Blackboard site Useful Articles and Links:

The module’s blackboard site suggests some good links to begin your searches with. Simply press the Web Links button to access these when you are on-line.

Attendance & Assessment Monitoring

The following is DMU policy on attendance and monitoring:

Where students are identified as not attending classes over a two-week period they will be emailed by the School Office/SAC and required to provide, by return of that email, an explanation of non-attendance and a commitment to future attendance.  If they fail to respond appropriately in a set time period, or having replied still show evidence of non-attendance, they will be required to attend a formal interview:

· All level 4 students, as in previous sessions, will be seen by staff in the SAC.

· All level 5 and 6 students will be seen by their Programme Leader.

 Students will be sent an email detailing a specific time for the above interview.  Failure to attend will result in referral to the Head of Studies.  If, following a meeting, there is still no improvement in attendance, they will again be referred to the Head of Studies with the possibility of exclusion.

To achieve the above, attendance records will be kept.

Please note: If you do not attend tutorials then you will be unable to write your reviews or fulfill the quota as part of the assessed component for the essay. Your grade for the Review component of the essay could be reduced accordingly. You should:

· Attend only your designated, timetabled tutorials

· If you are absent from (a) tutorial(s), then you must advise your Tutor and the Student Advice Centre. Retrospective notification of absence without appropriate evidence will diminish your case.

· In cases of illness and genuine extenuating circumstances (e.g. medical appointments), an agreement can be arranged by separate negotiation with your Tutor. You will be expected to provide evidence such as a Doctor’s note, a medical appointment letter, etc.

· At the discretion of your Tutor, your review for the particular tutorial could be replaced with the example shown below OR you will be expected to write two reviews from the same tutorial. Ensure that you have your Tutor’s written permission beforehand.

PLAGIARISM: It is an academic offence to copy material from other students presentations and will be treated as such (refer to Assessment Regulations #1)

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Assessment Regulations

Assessment strategies:

The module has been designed to encourage students to think deeply, critically, and from a number of different perspectives. The assignments enable the student to examine topical business-related issues in depth.

The use of a multiple choice partially seen exam also facilitates the learning process. The multiple choice test aims to test the Students general knowledge and understanding of the theories and current issues affecting businesses. Students will be advised, towards the end of the module, of the general subject areas that will appear on the exam. They will not be given the exact examination questions. Students are then expected to develop greater understanding through extensive reading using a range of sources. It will not be sufficient to just rely on material given in lectures, and the student should develop their own ideas, opinions, and examples. The multiple choice test is to be delivered under closed-book examination conditions and to be completed within a 2 hour timeframe.

Assessment criteria:

The assessment criteria require:

 Evidence of wide & relevant (and correctly referenced) reading and research;

 Presentation of a balanced and well considered argument;

 Originality;

 Good use of appropriate frameworks, theory or models;

 Good understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of models used;

 A logical conclusion fitting the arguments presented; and:

 Demonstration of a clear and concise writing style.

Plagiarism, collusion, poor academic practice including inadequate referencing and late (unauthorised) submissions will be specifically penalised.

1. Suspicion of plagiarism, collusion, and poor academic practice will be investigated in accordance with University regulations and may be referred to the Faculty’s Academic Practice Officer (APO). Proven evidence of any academic offence may result in failure of this module and could result in additional disciplinary action by the University, including expulsion, dependent on circumstances. It is a requirement of this module that the written assignments are submitted in typed format, via Blackboard. Failure to upload the submission will result in a zero score.

2. Students should adequately reference all submitted work, using the standard Harvard referencing style (see Faculty Referencing Guide, available in SAC and on the module website). Marks will be awarded for excellence in presentation, including accurate referencing, a correct reference page, and high standards in the use of written English.

3. Work submitted late without authorisation (see directly below) will be subject to the standard penalties applied across the School of Business. Extensions to deadlines will only be granted with the prior consent of a module tutor. These will only be authorised in very exceptional, fully verified cases. Students are reminded, however, that we seek to encourage business-like and professional behaviour. Therefore, work submitted late without authorisation will be the subject of a penalty.

4. Extensions and deferrals will only be given for situations which can be described as real ‘crises’ which could not reasonably be anticipated and which are of sufficient severity and duration to interfere with the production of assessed work. Examples which may result in an extension include illness of the student or the illness of a close relative.

5. Extensions to deadlines and deferrals will not be considered for a period in excess of fourteen days. It is not generally seen as appropriate to offer extensions for longer than that period. Requests for extensions must be submitted before the deadline by completing and submitting an ‘Extension to Coursework’ Form. This form requires you to negotiate the period of extension with an authorised module tutor and also submit (where appropriate) documentary evidence, such as a Doctor’s Certificate. At the discretion of your module tutor, a copy of the work in progress should also be provided.

6. To request a deferral, you should complete a ‘Deferral of Coursework’ Form. The application (and supporting documentation) for deferral will be considered by a Faculty Panel. Where deferrals are agreed, the coursework will then be submitted at an agreed date, during the summer vacation.

7. Extensions and deferrals cannot be given for anticipated events such as house moves, holidays, or increases in workload. In particular, problems with the use of information technology (loss of data, printer failure, internet connection, hardware issues etc) will not be accepted as justification for an extension.

8. It is essential that all students get into good and ‘safe’ habits with regards to computing equipment and ensure that they take regular back-ups of work at regular intervals and they do not leave printing/uploading work until the last moment.

9. ‘Extension to Coursework’ and ‘Deferral of Coursework Forms’ are both obtainable from the Student Advice Centre (SAC) in the Hugh Aston Building, or your designated School Office. Upon completion, they should then be submitted to those offices.

Policy for the unauthorised late submission of work:

Please note that the above policy uses:

Actual days rather than working days (since a weekend and Bank Holidays, gives students real extra days).

A single penalty for work that is handed in late, but up to 7 days late.

The definition of ‘late’ in the Business School will be if your work is uploaded to Turnitin at any time after 4.00 in the afternoon on the submission date.

‘Submission’ is normally defined to be a copy of the work electronically uploaded to Turnitin (via the module Blackboard site).

Remember: all applications for late submission of assignments must be made in writing to a module tutor for authorisation, using the appropriate university form. Any late submissions not authorised in writing by an authorised module tutor will incur the penalties outlined above.

Reassessment:

A student failing the module will be given the opportunity to be reassessed in the component(s) failed, in accordance with current DMU regulations.

In course reassessment: Where a student attempts yet fails the first unit of assessment they can resubmit without this counting as a formal re-sit opportunity. In such cases, and where the student then passes this component, the mark is capped at 40%.

April 9 2018

40%

Exam

May 2018

30%

Essay

weeks 5,6 - 17-18

Presentation

30%

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