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Assessment 2:Group Research Report
Assessment Overview
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ForAssessment2,studentsarerequiredtowriteaResearchReportasagroup.
Thisreportcontainsacountry’skeynational,cultural,political,legal,environmentalandeconomicfactors(plusanycurrentissues),thatmayaffectthesuccessfulset-upofthebusinessoperationinthatcountry
Thepurposeofthisreportisto:
Demonstrateyourabilitytoworkwithotherteammembersas‘businessanalystsinamulti-nationalcorporation’tocompletearesearchreport/countrybriefingpaper
Theunitlearningoutcomesassessedare:
- LO1:Developaworkingknowledgeofkeyconceptsandtheoriesofinternationalbusiness.
- LO2:Investigatetheinternationaltradeandinvestmentenvironment
- LO3:Analysenationalbusinessenvironmentsandimplicationsforinternationalbusinessoperations.
- LO4:Analysetheeconomic,political,culturalandregulatoryenvironmentsthatinfluenceinternationalbusiness.
- LO5:Applymultidisciplinaryknowledgeandframeworkstointernationalbusinessoperationsandmarketentrystrategies.
- LO6:Appraiseinternationalbusinessmanagementpracticesandmultinationalorganisationalstructure.
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1500words
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Session9
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ReportContext
Youareabusinessanalystinamulti-nationalcorporation.YourCEOwilldepartnextweekonaone-monthbusinesstripwiththeaimofeithersettingupawhollyownedsubsidiaryorajointventureinaspecificcountry.Shehasaskedyoutoprepareacountrybriefingpaperinordertoinformherofthekeynational,cultural,political,legal,environmentalandeconomicfactors(plusanycurrentissues),thatmayaffectthesuccessfulset-upoftheoperationinthatcountry.Sheexpectsahighqualitywrittenpresentation
Instructions
Thisgroupassignmentrequires3studentsineachgroup
Eachgroupistoselectacountryfromthefollowinglist.Notwogroupsshouldpickthesamecountry.
•Armenia
•Azerbaijan
•Brazil
•Brunei
•CzechRepublic
•China
•DemocraticRepublicoftheCongo
•ElSalvador
•Ethiopia
•Finland
•Greece
•Germany
•Iran
•India
•Kuwait
•Kazakhstan
•Lebanon
•Lithuania
•Mexico
•Malaysia
•NewZealand
•Netherlands
•Portugal
•PapuaNewGuinea
•SouthAfrica
•SouthKorea
•Turkey
•Vietnam
- Eachgroupwillresearchandsubmitapaperasdescribedinthescenariobelow.
- ThereportshouldincludeNamesandIDsofstudentsinthegroup,anintroduction,countrychosenforresearch,andanoutlineofcontentsoftheReport
- EachgroupmustsubmittheirResearchReportthroughthe“AssessmentDropbox”onSession9
Scenario for the Research Report
Youareabusinessanalystinamulti-nationalcorporation.YourCEOwilldepartnextweekonaone-monthbusinesstripwiththeaimofeithersettingupawhollyownedsubsidiaryorajointventureinaspecificcountry.Shehasaskedyoutoprepareacountrybriefingpaperinordertoinformherofthekeynational,cultural,political,legal,environmentalandeconomicfactors(plusanycurrentissues),thatmayaffectthesuccessfulset-upoftheoperationinthatcountry.Sheexpectsahighqualitywrittenpresentation.
Note:Studentscanselectanytypeofbusinessandindustry,eitherasawhollyownedsubsidiaryorasajointventureandtojustifyyourchoice.
Inyourreport,youareto:
Assessthenationalbusinessenvironmentofyourcountryofchoice(economic,political,social,legal,environmentalfactors)anditsbasicappealasalocationforeitherawhollyownedsubsidiaryorajointventure.Whenassessingthebusinessenvironment,studentsmayalsowishtorefertothechapter“AnalyzingInternationalOpportunities”.
(Note:Thissectionisnottobepresentedasameredescriptionofthecountryofyourchoice.
Youmustmentiontheimpactofeachfactortothesettingupeitherawhollyownedsubsidiaryorajointventure,andmakearecommendationastowhichstructureisbestsuited).
- UsingtheHoftstedeFrameworkinvestigatetheculturaldimensionsthatmayimpactonyourbusinessinyourselectedcountry.YouwillneedtocontrasttheseculturaldimensionswiththeculturalexpectationsasappliedtobusinessoperationsinAustralia.
- Inyourreportalsoaddresswhatthegovernmentinyourselectedcountryhasdonetopromoteordiscourageforeignmultinationalcorporationsinvestingintheircountry?Explain.
- Overallpresentationandqualityofthebriefingpaper.Theremustbenospellingerrors.
GuidanceonthePresentationoftheResearchReport
EachgroupmemberisrequiredtoconfirmthattheyhavemadeanequalcontributiontotheResearchReport.Ifitisfeltthatthereareinequitiesintermsofgroupcontributionanymemberofthegroupmaywritetothesubjectcoordinatorregardingtheirperceptionofanydifficulties.
- Maximumwords:1500
Thereisanabsoluteneedforcorrectreferencing/documentationofthematerialpresented(particularlystatistics).StudentsaretousetheHarvardstyleofreferencing.Ifmaterialispresentedwithoutproperdocumentationitwillautomaticallyresultinafailfortheassignment.ThisisparticularlyapplicabletocuttingandpastingmaterialfromtheInternet.
- AttachtoyourResearchReportthedulycompletedAssessmentDeclaration,availableinthe“AssessmentInformation”folderofVUCollaboratesiteforthissubject.Allstudentsinthegroupshouldincludetheirnames,andIDs,andshouldsignanddatetheDeclarationform.
TheResearchReportmustbesubmittedviaturnitin.
Failuretosubmittheassignmentbytheduedateandtimemayresultinafailforthesubject.
- Itisexpectedthattheresearchreportbefreeofspelling,grammaticalandexpressionerrors.Ifthepaperdoesnotmeettherequiredstandardintheseareasitwillbefailed.PleasenotethattheLearningHubcanprovidesupportintheseareas
Assessment Criteria and Submission
AssessmentCriteria:
- Analysisofnationalbusinessenvironment(10marks)
- AwarenessofculturalissuesanddimensionsbasedontheHoftstedeFramework(5marks)
- AnalysisofGovernmentpolicy(10marks)
- Presentation,QualityandReferencing(5marks)
ClickheretoaccesstheAssessmentCriteriaRubric
AssessmentSubmission:
PleasesubmityourGroupresearchreportviatheDropboxbuttonbelow.
ClickheretosubmittheGroupPresentationviatheDropbox
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