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Assessment Task 2 – Written Assessment – Individual

Board Presentation Discussion Paper  

DUE DATE:                                          Monday, 3 February by 8 PM (Melbourne time)

PERCENTAGE OF FINAL GRADE:        50%

WORD COUNT:                                  2500 words (+/-10%)

Description

Purpose

This task provides you with opportunities to account for international and sustainability perspectives, examine the operational environment of a global firm, apply relevant theories and frameworks, analyze and evaluate strategies, recommend strategic propositions, and learn discipline-specific knowledge, digital literacy, critical thinking, and problem-solving (ULO 1, ULO 2, ULO 3, GLO 1, GLO 3, GLO 4 and GLO 5). By completing this task, you will develop your skills in researching, understanding, applying, evaluating, and presenting information required of business professionals.

Context/Scenario

For this task, assume you are presenting a series of short discussion papers to the board or management of a Global Organization based in the Asia Pacific region.  The intent of the paper will be to bring the board members up to speed with key issues such as Governance, Innovation, and Sustainability by incorporating the use of the relevant frameworks, such as EPIC Framework, to inform their decision-making processes for the business. 

Choice of Organization: You are welcome to use the same organization that you used in Assignment Task 1 (AT1).  Alternatively, you can select another organization with its headquarters based in the Asia Pacific region. 

1. Specific Requirements 

Your task in this written assignment is to answer the following questions after thoroughly understanding the selected focal firm. You will draw on your knowledge of the topics covered within the course.  You will provide comprehensive but concise answers to the questions presented below. This written assignment will challenge your ability to apply what you have learned from this unit to stimulate the board members of the company to consider the issues that you raise within their strategic planning.                                               

In this assignment, you will do well if you build on the theories, concepts, models, and frameworks that we have covered in this unit to date (i.e., textbook, lectures, tutorials, workshops, readings, and links through our Cloud Deakin unit site) when you answer the questions below. You are free to adapt your style, approach, and layout to present your answers to these questions in a formal written report. In other words, if you think you can give your arguments/ideas in narrative, tabular, graphic, or bullet-list forms (or a combination of these forms) clearly and persuasively, then please do what you think is best. However, there is a word limit for each question (i.e., 500 words per question). 

The assignment has a total word limit of 2500 words (5 answers X 500 words). Please indicate the ACTUAL number of words at the end of your answer to each of the 5 questions. There is no minimum number of words nor a minimum number of references (a few lines over the limit in terms of no. of words are reasonable). Please indicate the actual total number of words on the cover page of your assignment. 

Please use Times New Roman or Calibri, font 12, double space, and a 1-inch margin on all sides. Cite the references you have used using the Harvard referencing style (author-date system). The reference list you will provide is NOT counted in the maximum number of words. 

You may have appendices for some supporting analyses but use these sparingly as these are not counted in the word limit and will not be marked. You will submit/upload your assignment in a Word document file to an Assessment Task 2 folder on our Cloud Deakin unit site. Please refer to the evaluation rubric, which the unit’s teaching team will use in marking your assignment. 

You are expected to draw on our unit’s teaching and learning resources, such as our class and seminar resources and other learning resources found on our Cloud Deakin unit site. 

THE BRIEF 

Select a firm that has international operations with headquarters based in the Asia-Pacific region. Prepare a report answering each of the 5 questions.  The intent of the report is that it will be presented to the board to stimulate their thinking about the future of the organization and the decisions and strategies that they will implement to ensure the continued survival of the organization. 

You can write these questions in your report at the start of each question.  However, a simple title to each section would be a more intelligent solution to the presentation of the information.  i.e., either a simple descriptor (Sustainability) or a more useful title (Sustainability Issues and Solutions of the ……… Industry).    

Each answer is to be 500 words +/-10%.   TOTAL WORD COUNT:  2500 +/- 10% (2250 – 2750) 

Q1. How can the EPIC framework/model be used to guide our decision-making about long and/or short-term ventures, partnerships or business relationships that will occur in foreign countries?  In your answer identify the limits of the EPIC framework for your company (if appropriate) and discuss other relevant factors or concepts that need to be considered (e.g., reshoring, friend-shoring). 

(Approximately 500 words)

Q2. What are the governance challenges that this organization needs to consider in our planning over the next 5 – 10 years?  In your answer, clearly define and describe the nature of governance and include governance challenges associated with the Global Value Chain (GVC).

(Approximately 500 words)

Q3. What can this organization learn from Schumpeter’s notion of creative destruction about the way that we do business internally, but also when we consider the implications of creative destruction throughout the Global Value Chain (GVC)? 

(Approximately 500 words)

Q4. What does this organization need to focus on over the next 5 years to address the 17 Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs)? Your answer will need to describe where the organization currently sits in this area (initiatives, successes, failures) and address the ways in which the focus on sustainability may impact the financial performance of the organization in the short, medium, and longer term. 

(Approximately 500 words)

Q5. Given what you have written in Q1 – 4, what is the strategy, or set of strategies, that you will recommend to the board for the next 5 – 10 years? In this answer, you are free to include other aspects of the global issues that have been covered during the semester (e.g., forecasting). Remember that the strategy needs to address some aspects of international operations. 

(Approximately 500 words)

NOTE: The best papers will include

1. A Title for the Report. 
   1. Title Page 
   2. Title 
   3. Name, Student ID 
      1. You can assume the role of CONSULTANT to the company.
   4. Subject, Semester, Submission Date 
      
       
2. Response to Q1
3. Response to Q2
4. Response to Q3
5. Response to Q4
6. Response to Q5
   
    
7. A Reference List 
   1. MINIMUM OF 10 REFERENCES including 
      1. Academic Papers 
      2. Industry papers or other relevant but non-academic sources
         
          
8. Appendices as Appropriate
   1. This may include Assignment 1, uploaded as a separate document if relevant.
      
       
9. Tables and Diagrams 
   1. All tables and Diagrams need to have Titles. 
      1. e.g., Table 1: Global Value Chain for XYZ Company
   2. Any tables included within the report need to be referred to in the text. 
      1. e.g. Table 1 presents the Global Value Chain for XYZ Company.   
         
          
10. Intelligent Use of the Header and Footer, e.g.,  
    1. Page Numbers
    2. Title of the Report 
    3. Subject
    4. Date

Learning Outcomes

This task allows you to demonstrate your achievement towards the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs), which have been aligned to the Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs). Deakin GLOs describe the knowledge and capabilities graduates acquire and can demonstrate on completion of their course. This assessment task is an important tool in determining your achievement of the ULOs. If you do not demonstrate achievement of the ULOs, you will not be successful in this unit. You are advised to familiarize yourself with these ULOs and GLOs as they will inform you on what you are expected to demonstrate for the successful completion of this unit. 

The learning outcomes that are aligned with this assessment task are: 

Submission

You must submit your assignment in the Assignment Dropbox on the unit CloudDeakin site on or before the due date. When uploading your assignment, name your document using the following syntax: <your surname_your first name_your Deakin student ID number_[unitcode].doc (or ‘.docx’). For example, ‘Jones_Barry_123456789_ABC123.doc’. 

Submitting a hard copy of this assignment is not required. You must keep a backup copy of every assignment you submit until the marked assignment has been returned to you. In the unlikely event that one of your assignments is misplaced, you will need to submit your backup copy.

Any work you submit may be checked by electronic or other means for the purposes of detecting collusion and/or plagiarism and for authenticating work.

When you submit an assignment through your CloudDeakin unit site, you will receive an email to your Deakin email address confirming that it has been submitted. You should check that you can see your assignment in the Submissions view of the Assignment Dropbox folder after uploading and check for, and keep, the email receipt for the submission.

Marking and Feedback

The marking rubric indicates the assessment criteria for this task. It is available in the CloudDeakin unit site in the Assessment folder under Assessment Resources. Criteria act as a boundary around the task and help specify what assessors are looking for in your submission. The criteria are drawn from the ULOs and align with the GLOs. You should familiarise yourself with the assessment criteria before completing and submitting this task.

Students who submit their work by the due date will receive their marks as per the university guidelines.

Extensions

Extensions can only be granted for exceptional and/or unavoidable circumstances outside of your control. Requests for extensions must be made by 12 noon on the submission date using the online Extension Request form under the Assessment tab on the unit CloudDeakin site. All requests for extensions should be supported by appropriate evidence (e.g., a medical certificate in the case of ill health).

Applications for extensions after 12 noon on the submission date require University level special consideration and these applications must be must be submitted via StudentConnect in your DeakinSync site.

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2. Late Submission Penalties

If you submit an assessment task after the due date without an approved extension or special consideration, 5% will be deducted from the available marks for each day after the due date up to seven days*. Work submitted more than seven days after the due date will not be marked and will receive 0% for the task. The Unit Chair may refuse to accept a late submission where it is unreasonable or impracticable to assess the task after the due date. *'Day' means calendar day for electronic submissions and working day for paper submissions.

An example of how the calculation of the late penalty based on an assignment being due on a Thursday at 8:00pm is as follows: 

• 1 day late: submitted after Thursday 11:59pm and before Friday 11:59pm– 5% penalty. 
• 2 days late: submitted after Friday 11:59pm and before Saturday 11:59pm – 10% penalty. 
• 3 days late: submitted after Saturday 11:59pm and before Sunday 11:59pm – 15% penalty. 
• 4 days late: submitted after Sunday 11:59pm and before Monday 11:59pm – 20% penalty. 
• 5 days late: submitted after Monday 11:59pm and before Tuesday 11:59pm – 25% penalty. 
• 6 days late: submitted after Tuesday 11:59pm and before Wednesday 11:59pm – 30% penalty. 
• 7 days late: submitted after Wednesday 11:59pm and before Thursday 11:59pm – 35% penalty. 

The Dropbox closes the Thursday after 11:59pm AEST/AEDT time.

1. Support

The Division of Student Life provides a range of Study Support resources and services, available throughout the academic year, including Writing Mentor and Maths Mentor online drop ins and the SmartThinking 24 hour writing feedback service at this link. If you would prefer some more in depth and tailored support, make an appointment online with a Language and Learning Adviser.

1. Referencing and Academic Integrity

Deakin takes academic integrity very seriously. It is important that you (and if a group task, your group) complete your own work in every assessment task Any material used in this assignment that is not your original work must be acknowledged as such and appropriately referenced. You can find information about referencing (and avoiding breaching academic integrity) and other study support resources at the following website: http://www.deakin.edu.au/students/study-support

Your Rights and Responsibilities as a Student

As a student you have both rights and responsibilities. Please refer to the document Your rights and responsibilities as a student in the Unit Guide & Information section in the Content area in the Cloud Deakin unit site.

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