This is a business case analysis of 1600 words (+/- 10%)

1) What is the governance structure of your chosen organization and how does it ensure the effectiveness of the organization's corporate governance?

2) Which external environmental factors are influencing your chosen organization’s performance and/or decision-making?

3) What are the major risks your chosen organization face and how are they influencing its performance and/or decision making?

4) What business practices do your chosen organization adopt and how are they influencing its performance and/or decision making?

5) What functional departments does your chosen organization have and how are they supporting its business activities?

3. Your business case analysis must include at least eight (8) peer-reviewed academic references published post-2010.

Note: further support on writing, referencing, recommended journals etc. is given on the Moodle site for this assignment.

Criteria 1. Introduction * 3 marks

Clearly outlines the purpose, scope, structure of the essay.

Criteria 2. Body—Theoretical knowledge * 8 marks

Demonstrated ability to define key terms and apply the theories and concepts presented in the weekly topics 1-5.

Criteria 3. Body—Research efforts and analysis * 12 marks

Level of research efforts demonstrated on the chosen company and ability to critically analyse the impact of a range of internal and external contextual factors on the performance and decision making of the chosen company through addressing the five proposed topics.

Criteria 4. Conclusion *3 marks

All aspects are drawn together in a brief and concise summary. Consistent with findings, no new material introduced however highlights implications or comments on the future of the company.

Criteria 5. Presentation *2 marks

High quality of expression, grammar, spelling, punctuation and proofreading.

Criteria 6. Referencing * 2 marks

Inclusion of an accurate reference list on a separate page listing only the sources that actually have been used. The reference list is arranged in alphabetical order according to the authors’ last names. At least 8 academic references post 2010 have been used, together with a numerous number of non-academic references.

Please read the detailed assessment guideline and marking rubric available in the unit's Moodle page before commencing work on assessment 1.

Criteria 1 - Theoretical knowledge * 6 marks 

Demonstrated ability to define key terms and utilise the theories and concepts relevant to their topic.

Criteria 2 - Complex problem evaluation * 6 marks

Demonstrated critical understanding of the problems associated with the relevant contextual factor throughout the presentation and essay.

Criteria 3 - Creative solution * 6 marks

Recommendation of solutions regarding how organisations can deal with contemporary challenges posed by the relevant contextual factor.

Criteria 4 - Research efforts * 5 marks

Demonstrated strong key points in response to the chosen topic grounded in a wide breadth and quality of research by using a minimum of 8 academic sources (post-2010 articles).

Criteria 5 - Corporate examples * 3 marks

Demonstrated the strength and relevance of argument by incorporating at least TWO real-life organisations

Criteria 6 - Presentation * 2 marks

Develop a concise and structured presentation to the required professional standard. Q&A session well handled.

Criteria 7 - Referencing * 2 marks

Correctly using the APA referencing system to cite academic sources both in-text and in the final reference list.

• Assessment Item 3 is an individual online timed quiz with a pass mark of 50%, held during the end of the term examination period. Based on the Examination Office’s timetable for virtual exams, the date/time to be confirmed (A total of 3 hours).

• Only one (1) attempt at the quiz will be made.

– A submission link named “Assessment 3-Online Quiz” will appear under Assessment block on the unit Moodle during exam week (time and date to be confirmed).

– Failure to achieve a pass mark on your attempt and/or non-submission will result in a fail for this assessment.

– You must complete the quiz in the allocated time. There will be no opportunity to save your answers and return to the quiz at a later time.

– In the absence of an approved extension, there will be no opportunity to complete this assessment after the due date.

– The quiz is an individual assessment task. You are NOT permitted to collaborate with other students whilst undertaking this assessment. Any attempt or evidence of collaboration will result in an Academic Misconduct investigation.

– You will have a total of 180 minutes (3 hours) to complete the quiz.

– The quiz is worth 40% of the total marks for the unit. It opens during exam week (Time and Date to be confirmed).

– You could look up course materials if you wish, but please be aware that most questions are analytical in nature and ask for the application of theories and/or incorporation of real-life corporate examples, hence, a text-dumping approach will result in loss of marks.

Further, you are NOT allowed to use Search Engines (e.g., Google) for the development of your answers. [Reasons being: It is cheating; Further, Google has answers for everything, but they will not be the answers we look for. In other words, you will be misguided if you turn to Google. How do we know? We have reviewed the web and are aware of what could be used to contribute to answers]

– Your submission will be put through Turn-it-in, and over 10% of similarity will result in an investigation of possible academic misconduct. – Relevance and appropriateness of answers to questions are more important than “length” of answers.

– A practice quiz is available on Moodle, the format of which replicates that of the final quiz. The purpose is to give you an idea of what the final online quiz is like and a chance for you to test your knowledge of this unit.

· The online quiz has two parts: Part A and Part B. You must complete both parts.

After clicking the Assessment 3 link (to appear at the scheduled examination time), you will be able to download the Assessment 3 document.

– In Part A = 25 marks:

– In Part A, five short-answer questions are provided. You must answer all five questions strictly according to the requirements. These are of equal value (five Marks each).

– Write all Part A answers in the space provided under each question.

– Please keep in mind Quality over Quantity.

• In Part B, A case will be provided to answer questions in an essay format.

– Read the case and answer the questions in essay format (with introduction and conclusion). You should note that the question contains several sub-questions and all sub-questions must be addressed. Part B is worth 15 Marks.

– You are expected to write your essay in the space under Part B in the same document as Part A.

• References are not required in the exam.

• After completing both parts of the questions, save the document with the unit code, your surname and student ID, e.g., MGMT20144_Khan_12062359, and upload it by clicking the Assessment 3-Online Quiz link-add submission button, in a similar way you submitted your Assessment 1. Be careful not to make mistakes attaching the document, as you only have one chance to do it. Also, please make sure it is a word document that you are submitting. Other types of files are not accepted.

Questions will be a combination of factual recall and original examples. Separate marks will be given for each of these.

Separate information is expected across all the answers, not repeated information.

A marking guide will be provided to each marker by the unit coordinator that clearly indicates the expected answer and how many marks to award for each part of the answer.