Capstone: Strategy

Assessment Information

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Assessment 2 Information

Subject Code: MBA600

Subject Name: Capstone: Strategy

Assessment Title: Business Report

Assessment Type: Length:

Individual Written Analysis 2000 words (+/- 10% allowable range)

Weighting: 35%

Total Marks: Submission:

100 Online

Due Date: Week 9

Your task

Using the same organisation chosen for Assessment 1, you are required to write a 2000-word business report in which you apply learnings from the capstone topics and apply them to the organisation by undertaking additional research.

Assessment Description.

The purpose of this assessment is to foster students ability to evaluate an organisation’s performance and develop recommendations to promote future performance improvements. (LO2, LO3 and LO4)

Assessment Instructions Again, assuming the role of an organisational consultant, you are to write a report that clearly articulates the organisation's strategy and business model and outlines a detailed approach to Competition Strategy (Week 3), how the chosen organisation’s performance is/can be measured against their strategies (Week 4). You will also be required to prepare a Balanced Scorecard for their chosen organisation (Week 7). Attention should be paid to the use of secondary research and insights (Week 8). Areas covered should include:

• An Executive Summary.

• An Introduction that summarises the purpose of the report.

• A summary of the organisation’s strategy.

• A specific outline of the organisation’s approach to competition strategy, performance

measurement and the balanced scorecard.

• A summary of recommendations that identify areas of focus and opportunity to enhance the

organisation's performance in the future.

• A conclusion.

• References.

You are encouraged to use a wide variety of information sources that include, where possible, primary research such as interviews with staff or executive members within their chosen organisation as well as the use of an appropriate mix of strategic and business analysis tools and references.

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MBA600 Assessment 2 Marking Rubric – Business Report 35%

Marking

Criteria (__/100)

F (Fail)

0 – 49%

P (Pass)

50 – 64%

C (Credit)

65 – 74%

D (Distinction)

75 – 84%

HD (High Distinction)

85 – 100% Executive Summary

__/15 marks

Provides poor context and does not link to the assessment in a

clear and coherent way. May be missing entirely.

Provides satisfactory context but links to the assessment only

partially.

Provides reasonable context and links to the assessment in a

clear and coherent way.

Provides solid context and links to the assessment in a clear

and coherent way.

Provides excellent context and links to the assessment in an

extremely clear and coherent way.

Summary of the organisation’s competitive strategy

__/15 marks

The strategy is poorly presented, not thorough and only partially identifies some of the pertinent

issues.

The strategy is presented but not very thoroughly and only

identifies a few of the pertinent issues.

The strategy is well-presented, reasonably thorough and

identifies some of the pertinent issues.

The strategy is very well presented, very thorough and identifies most of the pertinent

issues.

The strategy is excellently presented, extremely thorough and identifies all the pertinent issues.

Outline of the organisation’s performance measurement and Balanced scorecard

__/20 marls

Poor evaluation of the organisation’s activities that may

not be substantiated by learnt concepts or research.

Satisfactory evaluation of the organisation’s activities that are partially substantiated by learnt

concepts or research.

An adequate evaluation of the organisation’s activities that are substantiated by learnt concepts

or research.

A distinctive evaluation of the organisation’s activities that are very well substantiated by learnt

concepts or research.

Excellent evaluation of the organisation’s activities that are

thoroughly substantiated by learnt concepts or research.

Recommendations

__/20 marks

Recommendations are not useful or actionable. May be poorly

supported by research or theory.

Recommendations are partially useful or actionable. May be

reasonably supported by research or theory.

Recommendations are useful or actionable and mostly supported

by research or theory.

Recommendations are very useful or actionable and are

strongly supported by research and theory.

Recommendations are excellent and highly useful or actionable. They are thoroughly and clearly

supported by research and theory.

Conclusion

__/10 marks

The conclusion is not comprehensive at all. It doesn’t

bring out most of the salient points of the report.

The conclusion brings out some of the salient points of the report.

The conclusion brings out many of the salient points of the report.

The conclusion brings out most of the salient points of the report.

The conclusion is excellently written and brings out all the salient points of the report.

Logical flow

__/5 marks

Most of the report is not written clearly and logically.

The report is written with a degree of clarity and logic..

The report is written clearly and logically.

The report is written very clearly and logically.

The report is written extremely clearly and logically.

Writing & Grammar

__/5 marks

Writing is of an inadequate standard with substantial errors.

Writing is of a reasonable standard with substantial errors.

Writing is of a good standard with some errors.

Writing is of a high standard with very few errors.

Writing is of an excellent standard with only negligible errors.

Report Format

__/5 marks

The format chosen for your report is inappropriate and/or lacks

thought and consideration for the intended audience.

The format chosen for your report is appropriate, but further attention to detail would improve

its presentation.

The format chosen for your report is appropriate, but minor

changes would enhance its presentation.

Your report is professionally presented and has been

submitted in the appropriate format.

Your report is professionally presented and exceeds

expectations for what is suitable for a business environment.

In-text Citations and Referencing

__/5 marks

Neither in-text referencing and/or reference list adheres to Kaplan

Harvard Referencing Style.

In-text referencing or the resultant reference list adheres to Kaplan Harvard Referencing

Style, with some errors.

Both, in-text referencing and the resultant reference list adhere to

Kaplan Harvard Referencing Style, with some minor errors.

Both, in-text referencing and the resultant reference list adhere to

Kaplan Harvard Referencing Style, with only occasional minor

errors.

Both, in-text referencing and the resultant reference list adhere

strictly to Kaplan Harvard Referencing Style, with no errors.

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