Late Assessment Submission Penalty

From 1 July 2022, Students enrolled in Session based units with written assessments will have the following university standard late penalty applied. Please see https://students.mq.edu.au/study/assessment-exams/assessments for more information.

Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark) will be applied each day a written assessment is not submitted, up until the 7th day (including weekends). After the 7th day, a grade of '0' will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. Submission time for all written assessments is set at 11:55 pm. A 1-hour grace period is provided to students who experience a technical concern.

For any late submission of time-sensitive tasks, such as scheduled tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, and/or scheduled practical assessments/labs, students need to submit an application for Special Consideration.

Assessments where Late Submissions will be accepted

In this unit, late submissions will accepted as follows:

• Assignment 1 - YES, Standard Late Penalty applies

• Assignment 2 - YES, Standard Late Penalty applies

Assessment tools and submission

Marking rubrics are used for assignments

Assignments are submitted on iLearn and Turnitin

Assessments are marked as soon as practicable - typically within a couple of weeks.

The exam may take place via a pink paper or online. Where a special consideration for an exam has been submitted and accepted a supplementary exam is available some weeks after the initial exam.

To pass this unit you must:

• Achieve a total mark equal to or greater than 50%.

Prescribed Text

The following text will be used extensively.

Whittington, R., Regner, P., Angwin, D., Johnson, G., Scholes, K., (2020) Exploring Strategy Text and Cases 12e, Pearson.

Unit Material

Our iLearn site will be used for storing lectures, references and assignment submission at: https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/.  

All assignments are accessed from iLearn and submitted through iLearn.

Lectures commence in week 1.

Note that the SGTA classes commence in week 2.

Supplementary Final Exam

If you receive special consideration for the final exam, a supplementary exam will be scheduled at a date set by the faculty. By making a special consideration application for the final exam you are declaring yourself available for a resit during the supplementary examination period and will not be eligible for a second special consideration approval based on pre-existing commitments. Please ensure you are familiar with the policy prior to submitting an application. Approved applicants will receive an individual notification one week prior to the exam with the exact date and time of their supplementary examination.

Methods of Communication

We will communicate with you via your university email and through announcements on iLearn. Queries to convenors can either be placed on the iLearn discussion board or sent to the unit convenor via the contact email on iLearn.

COVID Information

For the latest information on the University’s response to COVID-19, please refer to Coronavirus on the Macquarie website. Remember to check this page regularly in case the information and requirements change during semester. If there are any changes to this unit in relation to COVID, these will be communicated via iLearn.

Unit Schedule

This semester Dr. Stephen Smith returns with Dr Peter Busch. Mr. Arthur Tsang remains as SGTA instructor. Dr Rafiullah Khan, Dr Mohib Ullah and Mr Hassan Bajwa join us as TA's.

There is no lecture in Wk10 as there is a Labour Day - Public Holiday.

Given the increase in enrollment 83 in 2022, 183 in 2023 and we expect more in 2024, we require the TA's to help is mark presentations in wks11-12.

We value student feedback to be able to continually improve the way we offer our units. As such we encourage students to provide constructive feedback via student surveys, to the teaching staff directly, or via the FSE Student Experience & Feedback link in the iLearn page.

Standards

Four standards, namely HD, D, CR, P summarize as many different levels of achievement. Each standard is precisely defined to help students know what kind of performance is expected to deserve a certain mark. The standards corresponding to the learning outcomes of this unit are given below:

Grading

At the end of the semester, you will receive a grade that reflects your achievement in the unit

• Fail (F): does not provide evidence of attainment of all learning outcomes. There is missing or partial or superficial or faulty understanding and application of the fundamental concepts in the field of study; and incomplete, confusing or lacking communication of ideas in ways that give little attention to the conventions of the discipline.
• Pass (P): provides sufficient evidence of the achievement of learning outcomes. There is demonstration of understanding and application of fundamental concepts of the field of study; and communication of information and ideas adequately in terms of the conventions of the discipline. The learning attainment is considered satisfactory or adequate or competent or capable in relation to the specified outcomes.
• Credit (Cr): provides evidence of learning that goes beyond replication of content knowledge or skills relevant to the learning outcomes. There is demonstration of substantial understanding of fundamental concepts in the field of study and the ability to apply these concepts in a variety of contexts; plus communication of ideas fluently and clearly in terms of the conventions of the discipline.
• Distinction (D): provides evidence of integration and evaluation of critical ideas, principles and theories, distinctive insight and ability in applying relevant skills and concepts in relation to learning outcomes. There is demonstration of frequent originality in defining and analysing issues or problems and providing solutions; and the use of means of communication appropriate to the discipline and the audience.
• High Distinction (HD): provides consistent evidence of deep and critical understanding in relation to the learning outcomes. There is substantial originality and insight in identifying, generating and communicating competing arguments, perspectives or problem solving approaches; critical evaluation of problems, their solutions and their implications; creativity in application.

In this unit, your final grade depends on your performance in each assessment item. For each task, you receive a mark that combines your standard of performance based on each learning outcome assessed by this task. Then the different component marks are added up to determine your total mark out of 100. Furthermore, it is a requirement that you participate in the class discussions.

Obtaining a grade higher than a Pass (P) in this unit will require a student to obtain (in addition to the above):

• the required total number of marks (Credit - 65, Distinction - 75, High Distinction - 85).