Assessment Overview

Please Note: All assessment submissions are due by the due date and time. Exemptions or extensions may be granted in extenuating circumstances such as for medical treatment etc.

Referencing style

You must reference all the sources of information you have used in your assessments. Please use the IEEE referencing style when referencing in your assessments in this unit. Refer to the Library’s referencing guides for more information.

• Guide 1.
• Guide 2.

Academic misconduct

VIT enforces that the integrity of its students’ academic studies follow an acceptable level of excellence. VIT will adhere to its VIT Policies, Procedures and Forms where it explains the importance of student honesty in relation to academic work. It outlines the kinds of behaviours that are “academic misconduct”, including plagiarism.

Late submissions

In cases where there are no accepted mitigating circumstances as determined through VIT Policies, Procedures and Forms, late submissions will lead automatically to the imposition of a penalty as per Assessment Procedures and Guidelines (Higher Education). Penalties will be applied as soon as the deadline is reached. Tutorials: Where a student is unable to complete a tutorial task, he/she may be given a chance to complete the task within a calendar week (7 days) of the due date.

Assessments: Students will incur a late submission penalty of 20% of marks awarded for each day he/she delays the assessment submission up to a total of 5 days.

Projects: Students will receive a grace period of 10 days late submission. However, they will be penalised at a rate of 10% marks awarded per day they delay the submission.

Inclusive and equitable

Reasonable adjustment in assessment methods will be made to accommodate students with a documented disability or impairment. Contact the unit teaching team for more information.

Consultation Availability

Please note that your lecturer and Learning Support Advisors are available to support, mentor and advice you throughout the teaching period. To make a time with them, communicate with them using the email provided on the front page of the document to request support and / or consultation, or phone reception requesting to talk with them.

Grades

We determine your grades to the following Grading Scheme:

Assessment 1

Online Quizzes

Overview

There are six modules in MBA6003 unit, comprises two sessions which includes two chapters of the recommended textbook. Weekly quizzes are setup with maximum 5 questions (short answer question and multiple choice).

Introduction

A series of weekly exercises where students engage in individually, to solve problems, create models and test their models. This is followed by online quizzes to test for conceptual and practical understanding of financial modelling, forecasting, and understanding of concepts such as probability, distribution, and regression analysis. You need to read resources including PPT,class activity, and recommended chapters to complete the quizzes.

Task

You are required to answer the questions and must need to submit in drop box according to due date.

Submission Instructions

All submissions are to be submitted through Turnitin. Drop-boxes linked to Turnitin will be set up in Moodle. Assessments not submitted through these drop- boxes will not be considered. Submissions must be made by the end of each week Sunday at 23.55pm.

The Turnitin similarity score will be used in determine any plagiarism of your submitted assessment. Turnitin will check conference websites, Journal articles, online resources, and your peer’s submissions for plagiarism. You can see your Turnitin similarity score when you submit your assessments to the appropriate drop- box. If your similarity score is of concern you will have a chance to change your assessment and resubmit.

However, re-submission is only allowed prior to the submission due date and time. After the due date and time have elapsed you cannot make re-submissions. Thus, plan early and submit early to take advantage of this feature. You can make multiple submissions, but please remember the teaching team will only grade your last submission, and the date and time you sub- mitted will be taken from that submission.

Marking criteria/Rubric

There is no Marking rubrics for weekly quizzes to pub- lished. You will be assessed by marking guide (answer to the questions). A marking guide will be followed to mark the quiz question. Each quiz outcomes will be discussed in the following weeks in class and results will be published accordingly.

Assessment 2

Group Report: Financial Analytical Model

Overview

Essays test a student’s ability to assess information, formulate arguments, and critically evaluate different alterna- tives to issues or problems.

Introduction

Students will be set a task create a financial model according to a specific stakeholder specification and market situation and present their models in a written report.

Task

Group work

1. Students are expected to organise their group work (two members in group) and keep regular (week- ly) meetings.
2. A group is expected to appoint a group leader who will keep notes on group meetings.
3. If a person is unable to participate in a group meeting, he/she needs to notify their group immediately.
4. It is expected that each group member will make a fair and equal contribution to the group work. Free riding in group work will not be tolerated.
5. An overall group mark (out of 30%) will be Identify the relative advantages and disadvantages awarded to each student but the unit coordinator reserves the right to provide a reduced mark (up to 0 marks) where a student has provided a sub-standard contribution to group activities.
6. In case of disputes/continuous absence/in- ability to contact a group member, a group needs to notify me at nilima.paul@vit.edu.au immediately.

Instructions

In this assessment students must write a 2,000-word essay on the following topic:

Two common share valuation techniques are the dividend discount model and the use of a multiples approach.

Discuss the relative advantages and disadvantages of dividend discount model and the multiples approach model.

Which model do you believe would produce more accurate results?

Why?

Assessment Details:

The Task:

Marking criteria/Rubric

You will be assessed on the following marking criteria/ Rubric. Marking Rubrics of the assessment is below. Students are encouraged to read marking rubrics be- fore preparing assessment. A marking rubric is below:

Assessment 3

Final Exam

Overview

The Final Exam will be 2 hours in duration. The exam may include short answer questions and case study ques- tions Further information on the format will be provided during revision week. Students will be expected to
demonstrate their understanding of key concepts and their ability to apply it to various situations

Introduction

Students are required to complete Written Exam con- sists of short answer and reflective questions, analyti- cal problems, and short answers questions.

Task

It consists of a collection of theoretical and analytical problem-solving questions. The final exam will cover key learning themes of the unit. The details will be released in week 12’s lecture.

Submission Instructions

All submissions are to be submitted through Turnitin. Drop-boxes linked to Turnitin will be set up in Moodle. Assessments not submitted through these drop- boxes will not be considered. Submissions must be made by the end of week 8 (TBA).

The Turnitin similarity score will be used in determine any plagiarism of your submitted assessment. Turnitin will check conference web-sites, Journal articles, on- line resources and your peer’s submissions for plagia- rism. You can see your Turnitin similarity score when you submit your assessments to the appropriate drop- box. If your similarity score is of concern you will have a chance to change your assessment and resubmit.

However, re-submission is only allowed prior to the submission due date and time. After the due date and time have elapsed you cannot make re-submissions. Thus, plan early and submit early to take advantage of this feature. You can make multiple submissions, but please remember the teaching team will only grade your last submission, and the date and time you sub- mitted will be taken from that submission.

Marking criteria/Rubric

There is no Marking rubrics for weekly quizzes to pub- lished. You will be assessed by marking guide (answer to the questions). A marking guide will be followed to mark the quiz question. Each quiz outcomes will be discussed in the following weeks in class and results will be published accordingly.