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ITECH2305 Assignment 1 Specification (1917) ITECH2305 – Analysing the Modern Business CRICOS Provider No. 00103D ITECH2305 Assignment 1 Specification.docx Page 1 of 4 Assignment 1 – Strategic Analysis Overview For this assignment, you will select one strategic plan for a company and complete a report including several analysis tasks to demonstrate your understanding of how to perform strategic analysis. This is an individual assignment. The work must be your own work. Timelines and Expectations Percentage Value of Task: 10% Due: 9:00am, Monday 12 August, 2019 (Week 5). Minimum time expectation: 10 hours Learning Outcomes Assessed The following course learning outcomes are assessed by completing this assessment: K2: Discuss a variety of contemporary tools and techniques used for business analysis and when these are appropriate to use K3: Identify and explain the core concepts of business analysis S2: Investigate and compare various business analysis methods, tools and techniques S3: Identify and apply appropriate means of communication for disseminating information between stakeholders S4: Determine a variety of possible solutions and make recommendations to address business needs A2: Analyse and critique the implementation of a business solution Assessment Details You are required to select and complete several analysis tasks using the actual strategic plan for a real company. You may choose the current strategic plan for any company you wish (except those discussed in the lectures / labs), however a shortlist of possible plans has been provided at this end of this specification to assist you if this is easier for you. Please note that inclusion in this shortlist is no guarantee of the quality of a strategic plan; no review of these plans has occurred other than to identify that it is a current strategic plan for the company in question. Read your selected strategic plan, and then complete the following tasks in a written report: 1. Describe the current state of the selected organisation. 2. Conduct a SWOT analysis for the organisation at the current point in time. 3. Complete a Business Model Canvas, using the template provided in Week 2, based on the current state of the organisation. 4. Describe the proposed future state for the selected organisation, including any key performance indicators or metrics that will indicate when success has been achieved, if available. CRICOS Provider No. 00103D ITECH2305 Assignment 1 Specification.docx Page 2 of 4 5. Document the key stakeholders involved in the transition from the current state to the proposed future state, and their role or level of involvement in the transition. 6. Complete a Risk Register for the transition from the current state to the future state for the organisation. You should try to identify risks from reviewing the strategic plan, from your own critical analysis of the situation and from any relevant research you may conduct to gain additional context or information. You may use information from external sources, such as the news media or other company reports, to help you gain further information to support your analysis, however you MUST reference all such information clearly in your report. IMPORTANT NOTES: 1) Some strategic plans you find, may not provide enough information to be able to clearly address all the requirements of this assessment. If you cannot identify the appropriate information for a particular requirement, you need to document this shortcoming in your report as a deficiency in the strategic plan. You may then be able to fill, or partially fill, some of the gap through additional research which must be referenced. You will not be penalised for missing information if you follow this guidance. 2) Your report must provide a link (URL) to the strategic plan online, so that any person reviewing your report is able to access the strategic plan for their own reference. Submission Your completed report is to be uploaded to Turn It In via the link in Moodle. Only one file is permitted for your submission, as your completed report (saved as either a .doc, .docx or .pdf format file) should contain all information in a format that would be presentable to a business client. Before you can submit your work, you must complete the online Declaration Agreement, to certify that the work is your own work. Once you have completed that, the link for you to submit the work will become available. Please make sure you read the content of the Declaration Agreement before you complete it. Late submissions will have a penalty of 10% of the available marks deducted for each day (or part of day) that it is late. For example, if you submit 30 hours late, this is more than 1 day but less than 2 days, so a penalty of 8 marks out of 40 will be deducted from what your work is worth. If you have a legitimate reason why you won’t be able to submit on time, you must request an extension from your lecturer in advance of the due date, by submitting the relevant documentation. CRICOS Provider No. 00103D ITECH2305 Assignment 1 Specification.docx Page 3 of 4 Marking Criteria Marks will be awarded on the basis of the quality and extent to which you address each of the tasks, as well as the manner in which you present information, in accordance with the following table: Task Available Marks Marks Awarded Current state of the selected organisation described accurately 4 Completed SWOT Analysis for current point in time 6 Completed Business Model Canvas, based on the current state of the organisation 6 Proposed future state described, including any key performance indicators or metrics to indicate success 6 Key stakeholders involved in the transition from the current state to the proposed future state identified and their role or level of involvement in the transition described 6 Completed risk register for the transition from the current state to the future state, including risks identified through strategic plan, through critical analysis and through additional research 6 Professional report presentation suitable for business client, considering layout, choice of font, inclusion of graphics, table of contents and correct spelling and grammar 4 APA referencing for all sources used, INCLUDING the strategic plan 2 Total 40 (10% of course total) Feedback Feedback will be provided within two weeks of the due date, or the date of submitting your assignment (whichever is the later). Feedback will be in the form of a completed marking guide available in Moodle; there may also be remarks on your assignment submission itself. Marks will also be uploaded into fdlGrades. Plagiarism: Plagiarism is the presentation of the expressed thought or work of another person as though it is your own without properly acknowledging that person. You must not allow other students to copy your work and must take care to safeguard against this happening. More information about the plagiarism policy and procedure for the university can be found at http://federation.edu.au/students/learning-and-study/online-help-with/plagiarism. The work you submit must be the result of your own thinking and working. CRICOS Provider No. 00103D ITECH2305 Assignment 1 Specification.docx Page 4 of 4 Appendix – Some Possible Strategic Plans For Selection: Australian Broadcasting Commission (2018-2019 Corporate Plan): http://about.abc.net.au/how-the-abc-is-run/our-plans/ Football Federation Australia (i.e. Soccer) Whole of Football Plan 20 year plan: https://www.ffa.com.au/sites/ffa/files/2019-05/Whole_of_Football_Plan.pdf Touch Football Australia Strategic Plan (2016-2020): https://touchfootball.com.au/tfa-strategic-plan/ City of Yarra Council Plan (2017 – 2021): https://www.yarracity.vic.gov.au/about-us/council-information/council-plan Maroondah City Council Plan (2017 – 2021): http://www.maroondah.vic.gov.au/About-Council/Planning-for-our-future/Council-Plan Commerce Ballarat (2017 – 2020): http://www.commerceballarat.com.au/cb_pages/strategicplan.php NBN Co (2019 – 2022): https://www.nbnco.com.au/corporate-information/about-nbn- co/corporate-plan/corporate-plan.html Australian Communications and Media Authority Corporate Plan (2018-2019): https://www.acma.gov.au/theACMA/Library/Corporate-library/Corporate-publications/acma- corporate-plan Australian Government Department of Treasury Corporate Plan https://treasury.gov.au/the-department/corporate-publications/corporate-plan Patterson River Secondary College (2017 – 2020): http://www.prsc.vic.edu.au/wp- content/uploads/2017/08/Strategic-Plan-2017-2020-8725.pdf Eltham College (K-12 School) Strategic Plan (2017): https://issuu.com/elthamcollege/docs/eltham_strategic_plan_single_pages ( Designed for: ) ( Designed by: ) ( Date: ) ( Version: )The Business Model Canvas Key Partners Key Activities Value Propositions Customer Relationships Customer Segments Key ResourcesChannels Cost StructureRevenue Streams This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. 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