1. Assessment 1 Assessment Type: individual assessment
1500 – 2000 word report - Not includes a cover page, reference, appendix
How many pages? Guide : pages
Around 250 to 300 words in each page

2. Purpose
Purpose: This assessment is designed to allow students to develop research and analytical skills, applied to understanding the role of managers and their impact on organisations.
Your report purpose shouldn’t be the purpose of assessment 1 of lecturer.

3. Value and Due Date Value: 15% Due Date:
Due Date:
Week 5 – 11:30 pm Friday 11th December 2015.

4. Submission
Submission: Upload a soft copy – Word .doc or .docx to Moodle and Turnitin

5. Turnitin - Similarity Report
What % is acceptable?

6. Turnitin - Similarity Report
Guide - NOT more than 10%

7. KOI plagiarism Guide
L1 - Level 1 Minor Academic Misconduct (if say less than 10% of the assessment has plagiarism) – this would justify a few nominal marks deduction for the question
  L2 - Level 2 Moderate Academic Misconduct (if say between 10% and 25% of the assessment has plagiarism) – this would justify more marks deducted for the question

8. KOI plagiarism Guide DANGEROUS Level
L3 - Level 3 Major Academic Misconduct (if say more than 25% of the assessment has been plagiarised) – this would justify a zero mark for the question

9. Two Companies David Jones VS Macquarie Group www.davidjones.com.au/‎

10. Compare & Contrast

11. Compare & Contrast
The purpose of a compare and contrast essay is to analyze the differences and/or the similarities of two distinct subjects

12. Compare and Contrast

13. 1. A vision or mission statement
A mission statement is a statement of the purpose of a company, organization or person; its reason for existing; a written declaration of an organization's core purpose and focus that normally remains unchanged over time

14. 2. Values of the organisation
 Values are the core of an organisation's being, they help to distinguish an organisation from others.
They underpin policies, objectives, procedures and strategies because they provide an anchor and a reference point for all things that happen.
Example

15. 3. Corporate Social Responsibility/Sustainability
  Corporate social responsibility is the term used to describe the way that a business takes into account the financial, environmental and social impacts of decisions and actions it is involved in

16. 3. Corporate Social Responsibility/Sustainability

17. 4. Stakeholders mentioned in their corporate statements
Stakeholders can affect or be affected by the organization's actions, objectives and policies.
Some examples of key stakeholders are creditors, directors, employees, government (and its agencies), owners (shareholders), suppliers, unions, and the community from which the business draws its resources

18. 4. Stakeholders mentioned in their corporate statements
Example

19. Must include an analysis of these statements
SMART
Believable and Add Value

20. SMART test for objectives and goals.
Specific,
Measurable,
Achievable,
Realistic
Timely

21. SMART Specific – target a specific area for improvement.
Measurable – quantify or at least suggest an indicator of progress.
Assignable – specify who will do it.
Achievable , Appropriate, Agreed

22. SMART
Realistic – state what results can realistically be achieved, given available resources.
Result-based, Resourced
Time-related – specify when the result(s) can be achieved

23. Believable” and Add value
  to have confidence in the truth, the existence, or the reliability of something, although without absolute proof.

24. Research requirements
Students are to support their analysis and conclusions with the text and a minimum of 3 recent and relevant academic journal articles (written since 2007 where possible).
See the PP Academic Journal Articles

25. Presentation - Structure
Title page,
Executive summary,
Table of contents,
Suitable headings and subheadings,
Conclusions,
Reference list (Harvard – Anglia style)  

26. Presentation -
Typed using 12 pt Times New Roman or 11 pt Calibri fonts.
Single line spacing,

27. Marking Guide Analysis 30% Research – extent and application 30%
Recommendations/conclusions 20%
Presentation 20%
This mark will be scaled to a mark out of 15