See Assignment Specifications for detailed requirementsGroup Assessment: Research Paper Details and Submission Guidelines Trimester T2 2024 Unit Code HI5014 Unit Title International Business Across Borders Purpose of the assessment (with ULO Mapping)
| ASSESSMENT TYPE/Title | WEIGHT | LEARNING OUTCOMES | Word Limit | Due date | ||
| Written Final submission | Group/ Individual mark | 40% | 1, 2,3,4,5,6,7 | 3000 | See Guidelines below | |
| Total | 40% | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 | See Guidelines below | |||
| Specific presentation and final assignment submission guidelines | ||||||
Submission Guidelines (40 marks) | All work must be submitted on Blackboard by the respective due date along with a completed Assignment Cover Page:
Final industry research submission
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Research Paper Assignment Specifications
Purpose:
Students are expected to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of International Business Across by conducting research a chosen country and a specific real multinational enterprise operation in that country. This research is to enable students apply international trade theories and concepts learned during Week 1 to Week 10. The in-depth analysis of the chosen country and multinational enterprise, should be supported by data/statistics, figures, tables and relevant literature. A group of up to 4 students, will be provided with a set of countries (see Page-4) from which the group must choose on a ‘first-come, first-served basis’. In this assignment, students are required to do better than recycle the lecture materials. Students are to research the chosen topic in more depth providing evidence of independent research.
General research requirements
You are a group of advisors to the Management Board in your multinational enterprise. As advisors you are first, required to conduct research on your selected country covering the previous 5-10 years and multinational enterprise. Second, you are required to present a company strategy to your Management Board covering the next 5 years. Third, your Management Board requires that your research paper covers 3000 words.
Research Specifications
This research is divided into two sections. The first section is Country Analysis Section (15%) of this assignment. The Second section is real multinational enterprise analysis operating in the chosen country (25%).
Section 1: Country Analysis
| Weighting | 15% |
| Word Limit | 1000 |
Country Analysis Details This assignment’s purpose is to perform a country analysis and assessment of a new emerging market where rapid GDP growth has created attractive investment opportunities. Your report must address the following key areas:
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Section 2: Multinational Enterprise analysis
| Weighting | 25% |
| Word Limit | 2000 |
Multinational Enterprise Analysis Details The purpose of this section is to perform a written analysis of a real multinational enterprise that has expanded its operation across borders into foreign/international markets. The multinational enterprise of your choice much must have its headquarters or subsidiary in that country.
Your report must address the following key areas:
Note:
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General Instructions
Your report should be organised with a clear research structure that includes but not limited to the following with headings that indicate sections and subsections:
List of Countries
A Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan
B Bahrain Bangladesh Belarus Belgium Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi
C Cambodia Cameroon Canada Central African Republic (CAR) Chad Chile China Colombia Congo Republic Costa Rica Cote d'Ivoire Congo Croatia Cuba
D Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Democratic Republic of Congo
E Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Eswatini Ethiopia | F Fiji Finland France
G Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau
H Haiti Hungary
I India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy
J Jamaica Japan Jordan
K Kazakhstan Kenya Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan
L Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg
M Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Mauritania Mauritius Mexico | Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar
N Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Korea North Macedonia Norway
O Oman
P Pakistan Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal
Q Qatar Romania Rwanda
S Samoa Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Sweden Switzerland Syria | T Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey
U Uganda United Arab Emirates (UAE) United Kingdom (UK) United States of America (USA) Uruguay Uzbekistan
V Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam
Y Yemen
Z Zambia Zimbabwe |
Note:
STUDENT ASSESSMENT SUBMISSION AND LATE PENALTIES
To be eligible to pass this unit, you must complete all forms of assessment and demonstrate achievement of the learning outcomes. All assignments must be submitted electronically ONLY using a word processor, uploaded to Blackboard via the Final Check and Submission of SafeAssign.
Submission deadlines are strictly enforced and a late submission incurs penalties of 5 (five) % of the assessment value per calendar day unless an extension and/or special consideration has been granted by the lecturer prior to the assessment deadline. Unless an extension and/or special consideration has been granted, no assessments are accepted after 14 calendar days of the due date, or the end of the trimester for assessments due later in a trimester. Students need to allow up to 24 hours for the Final Check of their assignment submission to SafeAssign to be available.
Group Assessment Plan
An effective way for students to learn international business is through participation in a Group Research Project. This project is designed to accomplish effective learning. During the course of the semester, each of the elements of your Group Assessment, may be reviewed by your Lecturer.
Group Communication tools
File Exchange tool:
All the academic papers that are used in the assignment need to be posted on BB by using File Exchange tool. Students need to highlight the discussion in the academic paper which is relevant issues related to the assignment. Academic papers can be found in ProQuest (ProQuest instruction can be found in page 6. Assignment will be marked ZERO if does not include references list.
Group Blog:
All the discussion about group assignment needs to be recorded by using Group Blog tool. The discussion must relevant to the content of the assignment and reflects the outcome of the group meeting.
How to do group assignment – Instruction
Group tools
Your instructor chooses which communication and collaboration tools are available to your group. If you want to use a tool but don't find on your group's page, ask your instructor to enable it.
| Tool | Description |
| File Exchange | Group members and instructors can share files in this area. All members can add and delete files, regardless of who added them. |
| Group Blog | In the group area, all members of a group can create entries for the same blog and build on each entry. All course members can read and comment on a group blog, but they can't make posts unless they are members of the group. Instructors can choose to grade group blogs. All group members receive the same grade. |
| Group Journal | In the group area, all members of a group can view each other's entries. Only group members and instructors can view a group journal. Instructors can choose to grade group journals. All group members receive the same grade. |
| Send Email | Group members can email individual members or the entire group. |
Exchange files with a group
Add a file to the file exchange
Group Blog
All the group members can discuss about the assignment by using Group Blog. Once you are allocated in a group, you can see this function.
Group > Group Tools > Group Blog > Create Blog Entry
ProQuest
To login
Go to: http://www.holmes.edu.au/ > Login > Proquest
USERNAME: holmes2004
PASSWORD: holmes
Proquest Tips
| Criteria | Excellent (>=80%) | Very good (70-79%) | Good (60-69%) | Satisfactory (50-59%) | Unsatisfactory (<50%) |
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The degree of understanding and knowledge about the country addressing the key theories, concepts and related issues indicated in Section 1 (Page 2) (15 % of the total marks) | - Excellent understanding about the country with theories, concepts including comprehensive figures and updated data. | - Very good understanding about the country with some theories, concepts including figures and updated data. | - Good understanding about the country with few theories, concepts including figures and updated data. | - Reasonable understanding about the country with a limited amount of information about the country. | Poor understanding about the country with completely with no figures and data. |
The degree of analysis of multinational enterprise addressing the application of the related issues outlined in Section 2 (Page2). The multinational enterprise research should include the application theories, concepts including relevant figures and data learned in class (20% of the total mark) | - Excellent analysis of the multinational enterprise and; addressing theories, concepts supported by figures and data
| - Very good analysis of the multinational enterprise and; addressing theories, concepts supported by figures and data
| - Good analysis of the multinational enterprise and; addressing theories, concepts supported by figures and data
| - Reasonable analysis of the multinational enterprise and; addressing theories, concepts supported by figures and data
| -Poor analysis of the multinational enterprise and; addressing theories, concepts supported by figures and data
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The degree of research, the format, structure, presentation, and writing of the report that includes summary and conclusion (5 % of the total mark)
| - Evidence of comprehensive and relevant research with correct referencing. - Meet format requirements to a high standard, including clear structure, headings and excellent presentation. | -Evidence of very good and relevant research with correct referencing. -Meet format requirements to a very good standard, including clear structure, headings and very good presentation. | -Evidence of good and relevant research with correct referencing. -Meet format requirements to a good standard, including clear structure, headings and good presentation. | -Evidence of reasonable research with some mistakes in referencing. -Meet format requirements to a reasonable standard, but could be improved with a clearer structure, headings and fair presentation. | -No good and relevant research with many mistakes in referencing. -May not have followed key question selection guidance, or may not meet format requirements, such as clear discussions, titles or headings, or poor presentation. |
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