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COURSE: Master of Business Administration

Unit: Master of Business Administration Unit Code: BUS511 – Global Management Type of Assessment: Individual Presentation and reflection (750 words)

• a. Critically comprehend and discuss the central concepts and principles of

international business

• c. Assess and explain the impact of the various geopolitical factors
• n the internationalisation of business activities and strategies.

Unit Learning

• d. Critically evaluate an international business operation from a

Outcomes addressed: structural, cultural and ethical as well as leadership and human resources perspective by applying appropriate theories, models.

• e. Demonstrate a critical awareness of the ethical aspects of global

Management

• f. Assess the relevance, appropriateness and effectiveness of

human resource management practices in an international context. Presentation (30%)

• Depth and breadth of issues covered (10/30)
• Demonstrated level of understanding of issues, including specific,

theoretically-informed insights acquired into the topic (10/30)

• Clarity and coherence of presentation including effective use of media

Criteria for (10/30) Reflection (10%) Assessment:

• Clear reflection and discussion of conceptual and practical

aspects of the preparation of the presentation (5/10)

• Self-evaluation of how the student can improve the outcomes of the

presentation (5/10)

Assessment Task: This assessment consists of two parts, a presentation and a report. Part 1. Students will be preparing an individual Power Point presentation

• f no more than 15 slides with a voice over recording, addressing the

required questions. (30 marks) and Part 2. Submit a 750 word reflection on the preparation of the

• presentation. Students should note the conceptual as well as practical

aspects of the presentation and its preparation. Submission Date: Week 11 Online submission to Turnitin Total Mark & 40% Weighting: Students are advised that any submissions past the due date without an approved extension or without approved extenuating circumstances incurs a 5% penalty per calendar day, ASSESSMENT DESCRIPTION: Part 1 Presentation: For this assignment, you need to prepare a 10 min presentation which you will submit with a voice

• ver recording to Turnitin. You can use up to 15 slides overall for your presentation.

There are many cases where large Multinational Corporations/Enterprises (MNC/Es) have conducted unethical business affairs in mostly developing or under-developed countries, such as Bangladesh, India, Nigeria, etc. For instance, labour exploitation of large fashion retailers in Bangladesh, corruption in the Nigerian oil industry, are some of the many unethical examples of today’s global business environment. Address the following questions in your presentation, using examples to illustrate:

• 1. What kind of ethical conflicts can businesses encounter when conducting their business

globally?

• 2. In your opinion what are the responsibilities of businesses for the corrupt and unethical

behaviours of their employees, suppliers and subcontractors, and other stakeholders?

• 3. Do you think businesses should be free to do business on whatever basis is needed to ensure

maximining their sales and profit? What are the unethical consequences of such actions?

• 4. What can businesses do to overcome and eliminate corruption and unethical business affairs

within their organisation while operating globally? Refer to universal existing practices and guidelines discussed in the textbook. In your presentation, you must focus on the key questions and provide answers, solutions, recommendations, and suggestions based on the relevant key topics, theories and concepts covered in this course. Using the textbook to support your answers is recommended as well as other literature researched. All sources need to be referenced with in-text citations on the slides as well as a reference list at the end. You need to use APA6 style referencing throughout. You are also expected to use real and relevant examples to support your answers.

The slides should include key points which are discussed and elaborated on in your voice over

• recording. Your oral recording includes the detail but should not exceed 10minutes.

Part 2 Reflection You are required to submit separately a 750-word reflection detailing your experience of preparing the presentation. You should note the conceptual as well as practical aspects of the experience. Consider aspects such as the literature research, Power Point presentation and recording preparation, as well as a self-evaluation of how you could have improved, and what could be done better in future. GENERAL NOTES FOR PRESENTATION AND REFLECTION Presentations should adhere to the general requirements of effective communication. This assignment would typically include an introduction, main points and conclusion, and will be fully referenced with in-text citations and including a reference list. Marks will be deducted for failure to adhere to the word count of 750 – generally you may go over

• r under by 10%.

GENERAL NOTES FOR REFERENCING References are assessed for their quality. You should draw on quality academic sources, such as books, chapters from edited books, journals etc. Your textbook can and should be used as a reference, but we want to see evidence that you can conduct your own research and find additional

• sources. Also, in order to help markers, determine students’ understanding of the work they cite, all

in-text references (not just direct quotes) must include the specific page number/s if shown in the

• riginal. Work that includes sources that are not properly referenced according to the APA6

Referencing style will be penalized. MARKING GUIDE (RUBRIC): Your answers would be marked based on the following marking guideline. It’s very important to present both theoretical frameworks and practical solution to score good marks in the assignment.

PRESENTATION:

Level 1 2 3 4 5 Numeric Grade <50% 50% to 64% 65% to 74% 75% to 84% >85% Depth and breadth of issues covered (10/30) Failed to articulate basic knowledge of what has been asked. Preliminary

• utline and

description on what has been asked Demonstrate the answer with relevant theoretical perspective/s. Integrate and arrange Relevant theoretical perspectives and example/s. Construct and Compare arguments, Make judgement. Demonstrate level of understanding

• f issues,

including specific, theoretically- informed insights acquired in the topic (10/30) Demonstrated a lack of critical thinking of the case. Principles were not applied, missing sources. Demonstrated limited critical thinking of the case and apply a few principles lacking sources. Demonstrated some measure of critical thinking of the case and apply some principles with sources. Demonstrated a competent level

• f critical

thinking of the case and correctly apply some principles with sources. Demonstrated clear critical thinking of the case and correctly apply principles with sources. Clarity and coherence of Presentation Including effective use

• f media

(10/30 Learning is not presented clearly, and/or not within the time frame provided Learning is presented clearly, in the time frame provided Learning is presented creatively, and clearly, in the time frame provided. A cohesive Presentation with sufficient detail provided Learning is presented creatively, and clearly, with use

• f multiple

modes of communication, in the time frame provided. Learning is Presented creatively, and clearly, with use of multiple modes of Communication to support Audience engagement, in the time frame provided.

REFLECTION:

Level 1 2 3 4 5 Numeric Grade <50% 50% to 64% 65% to 74% 75% to 84% >85% Clear specification and discussion of conceptual and practical Aspects of the presentation (5/10) Failed to articulate basic knowledge of what has been asked. Preliminary

• utline and

description on what has been asked. Demonstrate the answer with relevant theoretical perspective/s. Integrate and arrange relevant example/s. Construct and compare arguments, make judgement. Self- evaluation of how the student’s presentation could have been improved, and how the outcome

• f the

presentation as a whole could have been (5/10) Limited reflection and self- awareness resulting in a poor presentation Demonstrated limited reflection on the practices and process of the presentation preparation Demonstrated Some reflection on the practices and process to improve the

• utcome of

the presentation. Demonstrated a competent level of reflection with critical thinking evident and recommendation

• n how
• utcomes could

be improved Demonstrated a detailed and thorough reflection on how the presentation could have been improved with critical analysis evident. Valid recommendation evident