Assessment 2 Information
| Subject Code: | MBA600 |
| Subject Name: | Capstone: Strategy |
| Assessment Title: Assessment Type: Length: | Business Report Individual written analysis 2000 words (+/- 10% allowable range) |
| Weighting: | 35% |
| Total Marks: Submission: | 100 Online |
| Due Date: | Week 10 |
Your task
Using the same organisation from the first assessment, individually, you are required to write a 2000-word business report in which you must apply learnings from the capstone topics to the organisation by undertaking additional research.
Assessment Description
The purpose of this assessment is to foster students ability to evaluate an organisation’s performance and develop recommendations to promote future performance improvements.
Assessment Instructions
Again, assuming the role of an organisational consultant, you are to write a report that clearly articulates the organisation’s strategy and business model and outlines a detailed approach to Competition Strategy (Week 3), how the chosen organisation’s performance is/can be measured against their strategies (Week 4). You will also be required to prepare a Balanced Scorecard for their chosen organisation (Week 7). Attention should be paid to the use of secondary research and insights (Week 8).
Areas covered should include:
- An executive summary.
- An introduction that summarises the purpose of the report.
- A summary of the organisation’s strategy.
- A specific outline of the organisation’s approach to competition strategy, performance measurement and the balanced scorecard.
- A summary of recommendations that identify areas of focus and opportunity to enhance the organisation’s performance in the future.
- A conclusion.
- Reference list.
You are encouraged to use a wide variety of information sources that include, where possible, primary research such as interviews with staff or executive members within their chosen organisation as well as the use of an appropriate mix of strategic and business analysis tools and references. These references should be presented as in-text citations and a reference list at the end of your business report.
Assessment Submission
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Late assignment submission penalties
Penalties will be imposed on late assignment submissions in accordance with Kaplan Business School “late assignment submission penalties” policy.
| Number of days | Penalty |
| 1* – 9 days | 5% per day for each calendar day late deducted from the total marks available |
| 10 – 14 days | 50% deducted from the total marks available. |
| After 14 days | Assignments that are submitted more than 14 calendar days after the due date will not be accepted, and the student will receive a mark of zero for the assignment(s). |
| Note | Notwithstanding the above penalty rules, assignments will also be given a mark of zero if they are submitted after assignments have been returned to students |
*Assignments submitted at any stage within the first 24 hours after the deadline will be considered to be one day late and therefore subject to the associated penalty
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Word Limit for Written Assessments
Submissions that exceed the word limit by more than 10% will cease to be marked from the point at which that limit is exceeded.
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MBA600 Assessment 2 Marking Rubric – Business Report 35%
| Marking Criteria ( /100) | F (Fail) 0 – 49% | P (Pass) 50 – 64% | C (Credit) 65 – 74% | D (Distinction) 75 – 84% | HD (High Distinction) 85 -100% |
| Executive summary /10 marks | You have written a summary that is unclear and/or vague. It does not cover the significant findings of your report. | You have written a basic summary that partially covers the significant findings of your report. | You have written an enhanced executive summary that covers all of the significant findings of your report. | You have written a detailed executive summary that covers all of the significant findings of your report. | You have written a comprehensive executive summary that covers all of the significant findings of your report. |
| Introduction /5 marks | You have provided inadequate or no context that does not link to the assessment in a clear and coherent way. | You have provided adequate context, but links to the assessment partially clear and coherent. | You have provided adequate context and links to the assessment clearly and coherently. | You have provided sufficient context and links to the assessment clearly and coherently. | You have provided an excellent context and links to the assessment comprehensively and coherently. |
| Organisation’s competitive strategy /20 marks | You have provided inadequate or no summary of the strategy by identifying bogus or no issues. | You have provided an adequate summary of the strategy by identifying somewhat pertinent issues. | You have provided an adequate summary of the strategy by mainly identifying pertinent issues. | You have provided a sufficient summary of the strategy by identifying pertinent issues. | You have provided an excellent summary of the strategy by thoroughly identifying pertinent issues. . |
| Organisation’s performance measurement and Balanced scorecard use /20 marks | You have provided inadequate or no evaluation of the organisation’s activities that inadequate or not supported by learnt concepts and/or research. | You have provided an adequate evaluation of the organisation’s activities that somewhat substantiated by learnt concepts and/or research. | You have provided an adequate evaluation of the organisation’s activities that mostly substantiated by learnt concepts and research. | You have provided a sufficient evaluation of the organisation’s activities that are substantiated by learnt concepts and research. | You have provided an excellent evaluation of the organisation’s activities that are thoroughly substantiated by learnt concepts and research. |
| Recommendations /20 marks | You have provided inadequate or no recommendations that are somewhat useful or actionable and supported thoroughly with research and theory. | You have provided adequate recommendations that are somewhat useful or actionable and supported thoroughly with research and theory. | You have provided adequate recommendations that are mostly useful or actionable and supported thoroughly with research and theory. | You have provided sufficient recommendations that are useful or actionable and supported thoroughly with research and theory. | You have provided excellent recommendations that are highly useful or actionable and supported thoroughly with research and theory. |
| Conclusion /5 marks | You have written inadequate or no conclusion that brigs out bogus or none of the salient points of your report. | You have written an adequate conclusion that brings out some of the salient points of your report. | You have written an adequate conclusion that brigs out most of the salient points of your report. | You have written a sufficient conclusion that brigs out all salient points of your report. | You have written an excellent conclusion that brigs out all salient points of your report. |
| Grammar/spelling /5 marks | Spelling and/or grammar is consistently incorrect. It impacts the flow and readability of your analysis. | Though there are some errors in grammar and spelling, these do not detract from the readability and flow of your analysis. | Mostly correct grammar and spelling, but any errors do not impact your analysis’s readability and flow. | Errors in grammar and spelling are rare, which enhances the readability and flow of your analysis. | Perfect grammar and spelling throughout, which enhances the readability and flow of your analysis. |
| Format /5 marks | The format chosen for your report is inappropriate and/or lacks thought and consideration for the intended audience. | The format chosen for your report is appropriate, but further attention to detail would improve its presentation. | The format chosen for your report is appropriate, but minor changes would enhance its presentation. | Your report is professionally presented and has been submitted in the appropriate format. | Your report is professionally presented and exceeds expectations for what is suitable for a business environment. |
| In-text citations and referencing /10 marks | Neither in-text referencing nor reference list adheres to Kaplan Harvard Referencing Style. | In-text referencing or the resultant reference list adheres to Kaplan Harvard Referencing Style, with some errors. | Both in-text referencing and the resultant reference list adhere to Kaplan Harvard Referencing Style, with some errors. | Both in-text referencing and the resultant reference list adhere to Kaplan Harvard Referencing Style, with only occasional minor errors. | Both in-text referencing and the resultant reference list adhere strictly to Kaplan Harvard Referencing Style, with no errors. |
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