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Subject Code: MBA6 00
Subject Name: Capstone: Strategy
Assessment Title:
Assessment Type:
Length : Business Report
Individual wr it ten analysis
2000 words ( +/ – 10% allowable range )
Weighting: 3 5 %
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 a student’s 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 the 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 B
alanced 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 cho sen
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 Information COMMONWEA L TH OF AUSTRALIA Copyright Regulations 1969
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COMMONWEA L TH OF AUSTRALIA Copyright Regulations 1969
This material has been reproduced and communicated to you by or on behalf of Kaplan Business School pursuant to Part VB of the Copyright Act 1968 (Act). The material in this communication may be subject to copyright under the Act. Any further
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098 181 947 is a registered higher education provider CRICOS Provider Code 02426B. 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
__/10
marks You have provided inadequate or
no c ontext that does not link to the
assessment in a
clear and coherent way . You have provided adequate
context, but linkage to the
assessment is unclear. You have provided
adequate context which
links to the assessment clearly and coherently. You have provided
adequate context and
importantly highlighted
the value of the report. You have
provided an excellent
context and persuasively
argued the importance of the report.Organisations
competitive strategy
__/ 20 marks You have provided inadequate
or no summary of the strategy or even issues related to strategy. You have provided an
adequate summary of the
strategy and identified some of the pertinent issues affecting
strategy. You have
provided an adequate
summary of the strategy and
identified most of the pertinent issues affecting strategy. You have provided a
comprehensive summary of the strategy and identified
most of the pertinent issues affecting strategy. You have provided an expert
summary of the strategy and
identi fied all current pertinent
issues affecting the strategy.
. Organisations
performance
measurement and
Balanced scorecard
use
__/20 marks You have provided
an inadequate
or n o evaluation of t he
organisations activities and lacks
suppor t from learn ed concepts
and/or research. You have
provided an adequate
evaluation of t he organisations activities and this is partially
supported by learned concepts
and/or research. You have provi
ded an adequate
evaluation of the organisations activities that is mostly
supported by learned concepts
and research. You have
provided a expansive
evaluation of t he organisations activities which is strongly
supported
by learn ed concepts and
research. You have provi
ded an excellent
evaluation of the organisations activities that is thoroughly
substantiated by learn ed
concepts and research. Reco m mendations
__/ 20 marks You have provided inadequate
or no recommendations that are feasible or actionable. You have provided
some
recommendations that may be
useful or actionable with some support from research and theory. You have provided
reasonable
recommendatio ns that are mostly
useful or actionable and
supported with research and
theory. You have provided
strong
recommendations that are
feasible or actionable and
supported with research and theory. You have provided excellent
recommendations that show real insight into the organisation and are supported thoroughly with research and theory. Conclusion
__/ 5 marks You have written
an inadequate
or no conclusion to highlight the
salient points of your report. You have written an adequate
conclusion that captures some of
the salient points of your report. You have written an adequate
conclusion that captures most
of the salient points of your
report. You
have written a strong
conclusion that describes all
salient points of your report. You have written an excellent
conclusion that describes all
salient points of your report in a
convincing narrative. Grammar/spelling
__/ 5 marks Spelling and/or grammar is
consistently incorrect. It impacts
the flow a nd 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 analysiss readability
and fl ow . 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 mino r 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
__/5 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. Bot h 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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