HI6006 Competitive Strategy Assignment-2 Help

			Assessment Details and Submission Guidelines
Trimester			T1 2020

Unit Code			HI6006

Unit Title			Competitive Strategy

Assessment Type			Group Assignment – maximum 4 persons per group
			Note: Groups must be formed by week 6 and your lecturer informed in writing of each
			member’s name and student number. Once a group is formed, no changes are allowed.
			If you fail to form a group, your lecturer may allow you to submit individually.
Assessment Title			Report – Case Analysis and Application of Strategy Models

Purpose	of	the	Students are required to explain in report format, with reference to a case of your
assessment			choice, how any one of the following would be applied:
			Business Strategy, Competitive Dynamics, Corporate Strategy, Acquisitions and
			Structure, International Strategy.
			This is strictly required to be your own original work.
			Be sure to base your answer on the models studied in class and quote your academic
			sources.

Weight			30%, comprising: Topic Approval 5% (week 6); Report 25% (week 10)

Total Marks			30 [note: the total assignment is graded out of 30]

Word limit			Report not more than 2500 words

Due Date			Week 6 for the Topic Approval. Week 10 for the final report. [Late submission penalties
			accrue at the rate of -10% per day]
Submission			• All work must be submitted on Blackboard by the due date along with a completed
Guidelines			Assignment Cover Page.
			• The assignment must be in MS Word format, 1.5 spacing, 12-pt Arial font and 2 cm
			margins on all four sides of your page with appropriate section headings and page
			numbers.
			• Reference sources must be cited in the text of the report, and listed appropriately
			at the end in a reference list, all using Harvard referencing style.
			• At the end of your report please include an appendix stating ‘who wrote which
			section’, i.e. provide the student name and number for each section of the report.
			Note: An in-class presentation may be required. This is at the lecturer’s discretion.
			Please check with the lecturer if you are required to make a presentation in-class.
			Your lecturer requires your group to submit a draft in week 7, stating the topic you
			intend to write about and the case upon which you will be basing your facts.

Assignment 2 Specifications

Purpose:

This assignment aims at ensuring that students have familiarised themselves with at least one significant case study and are able to apply the relevant foundational strategy development models that are applicable to the case.

Details

Select any case from the nine cases listed from Tutorial Cases found in the Lecture Notes file, select from the following aspects of competitive strategy and apply the theories of strategy development and implementation as relevant to the case you choose:

• Business Strategy

• Competitive Dynamics

• Strategy

• Acquisitions and Structure

• International Strategy

In this report, the use of sub-headings is essential.

Be sure to use paragraphing.

Be sure to reference your sources in-text and provide a list of references at the end, all in Harvard style.

Your final submission is due Friday of week 10 at midnight. Late submissions attract penalties at the rate of

-10% per day.

Assignment Structure Required

To ensure that all students participate equitably in the group assignment and that students are responsible for the academic integrity of all components of the assignment. You need to complete the following table which identifies which student/students are responsible for the various sections of the assignment: