You are only required to do report part which is 1500 words. Im a bachelor of Commerce student majoring Economics. SDG goal is SDG14-Life Below Water. Project name is Characteristic coral conversation.
Unit Guide Dr Prashan S M Karunaratne, FHEA – Bachelor of Commerce Capstone Convenor 1 Capstone Project – Presentation & Report Due: Presentation & Report 5 June, 23:59 Weighting: 60% (Presentation 20% & Report 40%) This is a group project – and you will be placed into teams of 5-7 by the Unit Convenor. You will be notified of your team via iLearn and in seminars. Read through each team member’s 2 A4 summary of their reflective essay so that you gain an insight into the skill set that each of you brings to the team. You then need to collaboratively bring all your skills together to address the Capstone Project. You will need to use Google Docs / One Drive / WPS Office – to help you work together as a team. Capstone Project Using your skill set create a bespoke program / product / process / business for your chosen institution to excel in achieving one of the following United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs): Dr Prashan S M Karunaratne, FHEA – Bachelor of Commerce Capstone Convenor 2 PROJECT EXPECTATIONS On top of the goal you choose, you may address another goal(s), including UN SDGs that are not on this list above - you have seen the full list in your Reflective Essay. However, you must clearly decide on one goal and clearly state the one goal (from the list above) that you are working towards in the introduction of your project – achieving other goals simultaneously is okay! You have a budget of $1 million, which you are to spend over 0-5 years to not only achieve the chosen UN SDG, but to also do this profitably, at a rate of return above the current growth of GDP in Australia or 3% - whichever is higher. If it is not possible to achieve this rate of return over 5 years, you should provide evidence of the rate of return being achieved at some point between 5-10 years. In terms of project detail in your report – you only need to focus on the first 5 years. You do not need to pay yourselves a salary as part of the project’s expenses – you are paid from a fund outside the $1 million budget. You do not need to repay the $1 million. You can consider this to be an endowment – and you can choose the narrative as to how you received this endowment. Your presentation and report should showcase your knowledge of commercial calculations from your degree – and any data / numbers you use should be validated. You will need to make approximations and estimates of dollar figures – as long as you clearly explain your reasoning – why you chose those figures. To create this program, follow a five-step procedure to help you tackle the problem (based on Bloom’s taxonomy seen in Week 01): Understand - demonstrate an understanding of your major/s and your institution's positioning in the market, as well as the context of the institution in terms of the UN SDG(s) – this should include an understanding of the teamwork in your organisation. Apply - apply your skill set to the case that you create and break it down according to the different subjects in your degrees – applying your knowledge and skills appropriately to achieve the goal/s individually and collaboratively. Analyse - analyse your institution's position to achieve the UN SDG(s) profitably and analysing the impact on all key concepts according to the different subjects in your degrees – this should include an analysis of how your application is achieving the goal/s. Evaluate - evaluate the impact of your project’s impact in terms of achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals – this should include a critique of your project discussing why your chosen pathways were chosen and the possibly drawbacks. Create - create a bespoke program / product / process that demonstrates a synergy of the disciplines below, that is ready to launch - with all aspects of the program / product / process being addressed. Your mark will be based on how far up you go in Bloom’s taxonomy in demonstrating your knowledge of commerce to achieve a sustainable development goal. Dr Prashan S M Karunaratne, FHEA – Bachelor of Commerce Capstone Convenor 3 PROJECT NOTES Marking The group report will be 40 of the 60 of the marks for this assessment, and the group presentation will be 20 of the 60 of the marks for this assessment. The report will be marked both individually (each person writes one chapter in the report) and as a group (how the chapters work together and a collaboratively written introduction and conclusion). The presentation will be marked individually, even though you take turns presenting as a group. Interim Pitch You have the opportunity to submit an 'Interim Pitch' on any day during Week 1 of the 2- week study break. This will give us an opportunity to go through your ideas and your work and give you feedback. The 'Interim Pitch' is not for marks, but to provide you formative feedback on your work. There will be a link on iLearn to submit your Interim Pitch – it can simply be a couple of hundred words of your team’s interim idea, or it can be more detailed – it is up to you. Chosen Institution Your chosen institution may be any Australian or overseas institution that has a local, national, or global scope. This can be an institution that already exists, or it can be an institution that your team conceptualises on your own. Your institution may be government/non-government, for-profit/non-profit. Regardless of the type and nature of your chosen institution, your bespoke solution that utilises your commerce skill set needs to encompass a sustainable business case – and you must demonstrate profitability and thus financial sustainability as outlined on page 2. Dr Prashan S M Karunaratne, FHEA – Bachelor of Commerce Capstone Convenor 4 PROJECT CROSS-DISCIPLINARITY All Bachelor of Commerce students have a major in one or more of the following “areas”: • Accounting • Actuarial Studies • Business Analytics • Business Information Systems • Business Statistics • Consumer Insights • Cyber Security Governance • Economics • Entrepreneurship • Finance • Global Business • Human Resource Management • International Business • Law • Leadership • Management • Marketing • Media • Psychology If you have a second major or second degree within or outside MQBS – you are of course allowed to draw upon these skills as well and count it as an “area” of knowledge. In the entirety of your project, across your team, at least 4 of these areas must be demonstrated. You will fulfil the requirement of “at least 4” if you have at least 4 distinct majors in your team. If you do not have at least 4 distinct majors in your team, and/or you have students with the same major in your team, please consult page 6 of this document that explains a variety of scenarios that could work for you. In-depth knowledge will be exhibited by your analysis of your chosen (or created) institution in the context of the chosen UN SDG; evaluation of the institution’s current state in terms of the UN SDGs; and the creation of a bespoke program for your chosen institution to excel in achieving the UN SDGs. A case study has been provided for you on iLearn to give you some inspiration about how to bring your MQBS skills to help achieve a UN SDG. Throughout the rest of the semester (session) – activities on iLearn will be loaded to assist you bringing your project together. The marking rubric will involve assessing whether you have followed the framework in these iLearn activities. An Agility Exercise (20% assessment) will be loaded to iLearn in the beginning of Week 08 and it is due at the end of Week 8. The Agility Exercise will refer to the Capstone Project work that you have done up to that point in time. Dr Prashan S M Karunaratne, FHEA – Bachelor of Commerce Capstone Convenor 5 REPORT AND PRESENTATION RULES Rules for the presentation The presentation should be 3 minutes per team member. Each team member should have roughly an equal share of the presentation, apart from one person who introduces and one person who summarises the presentation at the end (who can speak for 30 seconds longer, each). The presentation format will be provided once the Agility Exercise is released. Please consult the Agility Exercise document (once this document is released in Week 08 regarding your presentation) The submission will be a video link – where you merge the individual presentations into one video (taking turns presenting in the video). You will be marked on your individual presentation, even though you will take turns in the video and submit a group presentation as a single video. A rubric will be uploaded onto iLearn – which you must follow or risk losing marks. The exact expectation in terms of content of the presentation will be released alongside the Agility Exercise (as these tasks are linked). Please ensure that you follow the Capstone Presentation rubric. Rules for the report The report should have the following word limit: 1,500 words (+/- 10 %) introduction and conclusion (in total) – divide these words across both the introduction and the conclusion depending on your needs (assessed as a group) 1,500 words (+/- 10%) per team member (individually assessed) Each team member must contribute to either the introduction or the conclusion at the end. You will be marked separately for your individual contribution (50%) and marked separately for the group contribution (50%) A rubric will be uploaded onto iLearn – which you must follow or risk losing marks. The exact expectation in terms of content for the report is outlined on page 2. Please ensure that you follow the Capstone Report rubric. Dr Prashan S M Karunaratne, FHEA – Bachelor of Commerce Capstone Convenor 6 WHAT YOUR REPORT WILL LOOK LIKE Each team member will write a chapter that relates to the team project. All chapters must work together to tell the story of your team project. The chapters will be marked individually. The Introduction and Conclusion, as well as how the chapters all work together will be your group mark. An example for a Capstone Project Report for a 5-member team: Chapter 1 – Introduction (by the whole team) Chapter 2 – Marketing