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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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