Students will receive an individual mark for ongoing presentations and participation throughout the semester.  For students undertaking the online offering of this unit - this grade will be determined by your weekly contributions/posts to the discussions and readings detailed each week.

For students undertaking the in-class offering of this unit, this grade will be determined by your presentation of key questions during the semester.

Each student will be expected to submit an individual assignment of 2,500 words. The format for the assignment is an ESSAY. 

For Individual Assignment (A), each student will need to prepare a critical literature review on the Uppsala Model of firm internationalisation (covered in Topic 3) and explain to what extent this model helps us to understand a firms' process of internationalisation? To provide a rigorous review and critique, you are expected to read widely and incorporate at least 20 different references from academic articles. A separate Individual Assignment Document detailing the submission guideline and marking criteria will be uploaded to iLearn.

In undertaking this assignment students’ need to:

• Research the topic in an in-depth manner
• Provide a critical perspective of the literature on a topic

Remember, it is expected you will demonstrate strong analytical skills in your essay.

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Students are expected to maintain an appropriate standard in presenting their essay Remember to acknowledge your sources throughout the paper using the Harvard referencing system. The report is to be typed and 1.5 spaced (a standard 12 point font should be used). It should be checked for spelling, consistency and clarity of expression.

Your essay must be submitted to Turnitin at www.turnitin.com

WARNING on late submission:

NO extensions will be granted except for cases in which an application for Disruption to Studies is made and approved. Students who have not submitted assignments prior to deadlines will be awarded a mark of ZERO.

You will be required to join a group (of no more than four students, preferably three), and develop a 4000 word written REPORT based on the topic detailed below.

Students will be required to select a company, from a selection of industries provided by your lecturer, and prepare a case study which describes a particular issue concerning that's company’s internationalisation strategy.The report should reflect a genuine strategy issue (not issues related specifically to marketing, HRM etc though elements of these issues may emerge in your research). There should be an emphasis on analysing company data from the perspective of relevant course literature.  Reports that are descriptive of company practices only will be penalized. The final report should outline how the organisation manages the strategic issue(s) in question and evaluate the practice by comparing it to the literature from relevant publications. 

While writing your report, you should incorporate relevant theories and concepts to justify your arguments. Clear analysis which reflects integration of relevant literature with the organisation’s practices will be rewarded – simply describing the practices will not be enough to pass this assessment task. As a guide your report should incorporate at least 40 different references. These can be sourced from the following:

• Academic articles
• Relevant textbooks
• Periodicals
• Newspapers
• Relevant online sources

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Students are expected to maintain an appropriate standard in presenting their report. The report is to be typed and 1.5 spaced (a standard 12 point font should be used). It should be checked for spelling, consistency and clarity of expression. Remember to acknowledge your sources throughout the paper using the Harvard referencing system (in text referencing). As this is a group exercise all members of the group are expected to contribute actively and substantially. While it is understood that some members of the group may provide more input in the research, whereas others may do more of the actual written work, the group will be required to acknowledge that all group members have given quality time to the project.

All group work is peer moderated

Each student will submit a peer evaluation assessment for each member in their group (including themselves). This will then allow a peer factor to be allocated to the Group’s raw score for each individual student, allowing a dispersion of marks within the same group. 

Your report must be submitted to Turnitin at www.turnitin.com

In terms of the group report, each group is responsible for assessing its level of plagiarism. Although you can submit the report to Turnitin as many times as you like before the due date, only the final submission will count to Turnitin. Any Turnitin Report with 20%+ plagiarism will be carefully reviewed and marks deducted equivalent to the percentage plagiarised.

WARNING on late submission:

NO extensions will be granted except for cases in which an application for Disruptions to Studies is made and approved. Students who have not submitted assignments prior to deadlines will be awarded a mark of ZERO.

For Individual Assignment (B), each student will be expected to submit an individual case study analysis of 2,500 words.  The format for the assignment is an ESSAY.  You will be required to select one case study from a list review, critique and summarise. Please note that PDFs of each case will be listed on iLearn.

The case analysis should include the following (recommended structure):

• Introduction.

• Body - should include the following sections:
• identification of major stakeholders and their problems,
• objective and concern;
• positive and negative views,
• identification of problems;
• analysis of alternative solutions;
• recommended solutions,
• managerial implications

• Conclusion Briefly summarize the essential complexities posed in this case and the significance of optional solutions.

Your critique should incorporate at least 20 different references.  These can be sourced from the following:

• Academic articles
• Relevant textbooks

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Students are expected to maintain an appropriate standard in presenting their essay Remember to acknowledge your sources throughout the paper using the Harvard referencing system. The report is to be typed and 1.5 spaced (a standard 12 point font should be used).  It should be checked for spelling, consistency and clarity of expression. 

Your essay must be submitted to Turnitin at www.turnitin.com

WARNING on late submission:

NO extensions will be granted except for cases in which an application for Disruption to Studies is made and approved. Students who have not submitted assignments prior to deadlines will be awarded a mark of ZERO.