Business & Finance assignment

Newcastle Business School

ASSESSMENT 2 – ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY

Trimester 3, 2022 (Newcastle)

GSBS6001: Managing Under Uncertainty

This assessment is for Newcastle students.

Due Date: Sunday, Week 9 by 11:59pm

Weighting	30%
Length	1,500 Words
Submission Method	Turnitin
Assessment Criteria	Marking Rubric (Uploaded in Canvas)
Feedback Provided	Face to face, Live Stream, Discussion forum, Turnitin

Alignment to Course Learning Outcomes:

1. Apply skills in locating, selecting, referencing, and interpreting appropriate academic sources to produce an annotated bibliography and essay.

2. Evaluate theories of decision making.

Assessment type: Written Assignment

Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to develop argumentation skills through essay writing. Students are required to build on their Annotated Bibliography to develop a proposition on which to base an argumentative essay.

Instruction: Within the broad theme of Rational Approaches to Managerial Decision Making Under Conditions of Deep Uncertainty, you are to develop a specific proposition (statement) about which you write an argumentative essay providing evidence for, against and around the proposition.

Note:

· While students are encouraged to use the latest publications in their fields of interest, there is no limit on the number or date of publication for articles considered in the argumentative essay.

· OPTIONAL: Students are encouraged to post a draft of their argumentative essay in the discussion forum ( Assessment 2: Inquiries, Online Discussions & Feedback) for feedback prior to submitting their assignment to Turnitin for grading. Students requesting for a review and feedback on draft assignments should post their drafts based on the Assessment Overview and Dates guideline provided under Assessments in Canvas.

Further details are available in the assessment folder in Canvas.

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