Value

The report accounts for 30% of your total marks for the unit. It is directly connected to the following assessment tasks:

• Research Plan Presentation

Assessment task

purpose

You, as an external consultant, will write a 1000-word report for the Board identifying the 3 most important issues for the company going forward

based on its Australian operations. These three issues must focus on

three different disciplines (e.g. HR, Marketing, Finance, Accounting). Your report includes evidence as to why these 3 issues have been chosen and why they require attention from top management (either because they

represent problems or opportunities for the company) . Your report will provide advice on what the company should do in order to improve in

these 3 key areas (or take advantage of the opportunities as identified), along with supporting reasons for the suggested courses of action.

Learning Outcomes

• Synthesise high quality industry information (reports, publications, statistics) to provide relevant business insights and make informed decisions

• Analyse and evaluate business related inputs in order to identify areas of growth, differentiation and improvement

• Communicate in written and verbal form. to produce professional artefacts

Your

assessment task

Your report should be concise and can be written, where beneficial, in dot points. It should have a professional design and layout that is tailored to its intended audience, the board.

Text should be 12pt, double spaced and submitted as either a Word Document or PDF.

Word Limit &

conditions

1000 words plus an appendix. The appendix can be large. The appendix should be awritten document synthesising the main supporting evidence. While there is no minimum or maximum length for the appendix, it

around 5000 words is a guide as to what would normally be expected.

Due Date

Friday 11.55PM in Week 11

Submission

● Via Moodle Assignment Submission.

● Turnitin will be used for similarity checking of all submissions.

Assessment Criteria

You will be assessed on your ability to demonstrate the following:

- Analyse and evaluate of business-related inputs

- Synthesize information

- Produce professional communication

Late

Penalties

● 10% deduction per calendar day or part thereof for up to one week

● Submissions more than 7 calendar days after the due date will receive a mark of zero (0) and may not receive assessment

feedback

Feedback

Feedback will be provided on student work via:

● general cohort performance

● specific student feedback ten working days post submission