AT1: Individual Case Study

Due: Week 4, 5, or 6

Weighting: 30%

Requirements:

You have the flexibility to choose ONE case that you want to analyze from the 6 case studies.

Cases Number

Cases Title

Submission

Week

Case 1

Bali Bombing

Week 4

Case 2

Rio Tinto in China

Week 4

Case 3

Global Economic Crisis: Impact on International Business

Week 5

Case 4

BP Gulf Coast Disaster and Recovery

Week 5

Case 5

Decoupling Case: Natural resource use & environmental impacts from economic growth

Week 6

Case 6

Environmental impacts from economic growth

Week 6

Each case study will be discussed in the weekly tutorials.

NOTE: You need to decide which case/week you want to submit this individual case study report. A written record of your choice needs to be made in the 1st tutorial with your tutor.

Submission:

• At the beginning of your chosen case/week, you are to submit a 2,000-word essay (A4 size, TYPED REPORT, decide your own font size and style- make it presentable) to your tutor.
• Online submission is also required on the same day of your tutorial hard-copy submission of the chosen week (Week 4, 5 or 6) by 5 pm.
• Please include your turnitin number on the cover sheet of the hard copy.
• Answer the questions of the case studies in an essay format.

Late Submission Policy:

No extensions will be granted. Students who have not submitted the task prior to the deadline will be awarded a mark of 0 for the task, except for cases in which an application for Disruption to Studies is made and approved.

Marking Guide:

It’s essential to apply the international business theories and demonstrate your critical thinking and constructive recommendation to the case study firm.

Turnaround Time:

These will marked and returned in TWO WEEKS from your submission dates.

AT2: Group report

Due: Week 11

Weighting: 20%

Requirements:

· 5,000 words report

· You will be asked to take on the role of a consultancy team which has been asked to prepare a report for a real foreign renewable energy company presenting in Australia on:

“The global/Australian economic, Australian political, social and environmental opportunities and risks facing the company in the next 5 - 10 years”

Reports will be assessed as if they are submissions to a client in real life. Criteria for assessing assignments are listed below:

1. Understanding of the impact of economic environment towards renewable energy firms in Australia;
2. Understanding the impact of host country business policy for a particular industry;
3. Understanding the dilemmas, challenges, opportunities, and risks faced by these renewable energy companies in the social and environmental context;
4. Quality of selected case company: originality and initiative in the collection, analysis and interpretation of data to the above key perspectives;
5. Quality of research: research ability and analytical skills for critical thinking and realistic recommendations (minimum 15 academic articles required as part of the references);
6. Application and Implications: strength of the arguments supporting the conclusions and recommendations.

While advice will be available, you are expected to show a high degree of initiative and independent thinking in the project.

This is not a teacher-led class exercise in which there is a right or wrong answer to every question and neatly prepared data on every issue, just as is the case in real life business consulting analysis.

The purpose is to learn how to deal with such ambiguous business issues and practical problems such as locating relevant information and interpreting conflicting or missing data.

· Each student will be assessed by other members of the group. Peer assessment criteria are shown on the unit website.

· It is expected that all group members will contribute equally to group assignments and presentations. Marks may be deducted for failure to participate fully in group work.

Submission:

• In order to check progress, each group is also required to prepare a statement of progress for the tutorial in Week 8 on what they have researched to date. It may contain ‘the selected company’, ‘the group work allocations’, ‘the group meetings records’, ‘key issues will be covered in the report’, ‘presentation preparation records’, etc. (Feedback will be given by tutors, although it will not be counted towards the final course mark).

• At the beginning of your week 11 tutorial, you are required to submit the HARD COPY GROUP REPORT to your tutor.
• Online submission is also required on 20/Oct/2015 at 5 pm (Tuesday, Week 11)
• Please include your turnitin number on the cover sheet of the hard copy.

Late Submission Policy for AT2:

•  No extensions will be granted. Late tasks will be accepted up to 48 hours after the submission deadline.

•  There will be a deduction of 20% of the total available marks made from the total awarded mark for each 24 hour period or part thereof that the submission is late. This penalty does not apply for cases in which an application for Disruption to Studies is made and approved. Please refer to 'Disruption to Studies' for procedure.)

AT3: Group presentation

Due: Week 11- Week 13

Weighting: 10%

Submission:

Group presentation: in your allocated tutorial (between week 11 and 13).

Requirements:

· 25 minutes presentation

· Group work, yet EVERYONE needs to present

· Individual presentation mark would be given base on individual performance

Note:

You will assign your group presentation week at your 1st tutorial.

Late Submission Policy for AT3:

•   No extensions will be granted.

This Assessment Task relates to the following Learning Outcomes:

1. Understand terms, concepts, frameworks, models and theories relevant to global business, society and environment.

2. Gain practical experience of how to assess economic, political, social and environmental risks in a real international business scenario.

3. Make effective recommendations to manage economic, political, social and environmental risk in a real international business scenario.

4. Build awareness of contemporary issues in an international business context.

AT4: Final Examination

Due: TBA

Weighting: 40%

Length: 3 hours plus 10 minutes reading time

Format:

The final examination will consist of two parts:

Part A: A short case study with short answer questions

Part B: Two essay questions

Note: The examination will be a closed book examination.

A final examination is included as an assessment task for this unit to provide assurance that:

i) the product belongs to the student and

ii) the student has attained the knowledge and skills tested in the exam.

You are expected to present yourself for examination at the time and place designated in the University Examination Timetable. The timetable will be available in Draft form approximately eight weeks before the commencement of the examinations and in Final form approximately four weeks before the commencement of the examinations.

http://www.timetables.mq.edu.au/exam

The only exception to not sitting an examination at the designated time is because of documented illness or unavoidable disruption. In these circumstances you may wish to consider applying for Disruption to Studies. 

If a Supplementary Examination is granted as a result of the Disruption to Studies process the examination will be scheduled after the conclusion of the official examination period. (Individual Faculties may wish to signal when the Faculties’ Supplementary Exams are normally scheduled.)