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Assessment 2:Group Research Report

Assessment Overview

ReportContext

Youareabusinessanalystinamulti-nationalcorporation.YourCEOwilldepartnextweekonaone-monthbusinesstripwiththeaimofeithersettingupawhollyownedsubsidiaryorajointventureinaspecificcountry.Shehasaskedyoutoprepareacountrybriefingpaperinordertoinformherofthekeynational,cultural,political,legal,environmentalandeconomicfactors(plusanycurrentissues),thatmayaffectthesuccessfulset-upoftheoperationinthatcountry.Sheexpectsahighqualitywrittenpresentation

Instructions

1. 
   

   Thisgroupassignmentrequires3studentsineachgroup

   
   


2. 
   

   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

   
   

   
   



3. Eachgroupwillresearchandsubmitapaperasdescribedinthescenariobelow.


4. ThereportshouldincludeNamesandIDsofstudentsinthegroup,anintroduction,countrychosenforresearch,andanoutlineofcontentsoftheReport


5. 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:

1. 
   

   Assessthenationalbusinessenvironmentofyourcountryofchoice(economic,political,social,legal,environmentalfactors)anditsbasicappealasalocationforeitherawhollyownedsubsidiaryorajointventure.Whenassessingthebusinessenvironment,studentsmayalsowishtorefertothechapter“AnalyzingInternationalOpportunities”.

   
   

   (Note:Thissectionisnottobepresentedasameredescriptionofthecountryofyourchoice.

   Youmustmentiontheimpactofeachfactortothesettingupeitherawhollyownedsubsidiaryorajointventure,andmakearecommendationastowhichstructureisbestsuited).


2. UsingtheHoftstedeFrameworkinvestigatetheculturaldimensionsthatmayimpactonyourbusinessinyourselectedcountry.YouwillneedtocontrasttheseculturaldimensionswiththeculturalexpectationsasappliedtobusinessoperationsinAustralia.


3. Inyourreportalsoaddresswhatthegovernmentinyourselectedcountryhasdonetopromoteordiscourageforeignmultinationalcorporationsinvestingintheircountry?Explain.


4. Overallpresentationandqualityofthebriefingpaper.Theremustbenospellingerrors.

GuidanceonthePresentationoftheResearchReport

1. 
   

   EachgroupmemberisrequiredtoconfirmthattheyhavemadeanequalcontributiontotheResearchReport.Ifitisfeltthatthereareinequitiesintermsofgroupcontributionanymemberofthegroupmaywritetothesubjectcoordinatorregardingtheirperceptionofanydifficulties.

   
   


2. Maximumwords:1500


3. 
   

   Thereisanabsoluteneedforcorrectreferencing/documentationofthematerialpresented(particularlystatistics).StudentsaretousetheHarvardstyleofreferencing.Ifmaterialispresentedwithoutproperdocumentationitwillautomaticallyresultinafailfortheassignment.ThisisparticularlyapplicabletocuttingandpastingmaterialfromtheInternet.

   
   


4. AttachtoyourResearchReportthedulycompletedAssessmentDeclaration,availableinthe“AssessmentInformation”folderofVUCollaboratesiteforthissubject.Allstudentsinthegroupshouldincludetheirnames,andIDs,andshouldsignanddatetheDeclarationform.


5. 
   

   TheResearchReportmustbesubmittedviaturnitin.

   
   


6. 
   

   Failuretosubmittheassignmentbytheduedateandtimemayresultinafailforthesubject.

   
   


7. 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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