MBA5002 Managing Administration and Control Assessment
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
MBA 5002 ASSESSMENT GUIDE
Managing Administration and Control
Assessment Overview
Assessments Overview Weight Due Date Learning
Outcomes
Assessment 1
Discussion Participation
You will be assessed for this task on your overall engagement in the unit which will be verified by the following evidence:
- Your accessible login records on Learning Management System (LMS) which is Moodle
- The records of your active participation in chats, discussion boards and other forums/for a on the LMS.
- Your interaction with unit facilitators in the form of emails and other relevant mechanisms.
- Your professional interaction with peers, as and when required (ex. Team projects) in online discussion boards.
20% Week 4, 6, 8, 10
Sunday 11.59pm
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Assessment 2
Case Study Presentation
A case study presentation of the financial strength of an organisation requiring interpretation of accounting
information, and research to provide industry context and benchmarking.
25%
Week 8 3
Sunday 11.59pm
Assessment 3
Legal Collaborative Research Project
This assessment is
a team assessment. Students will normally work in teams of 2 to 3 students to work on this assessment task.
25%
Week 10 4, 5
Sunday 11.59pm
Assessment 4 Written Exam
This assessment is a written examination, consists of short answer questions, designed to formatively assess a student’s understanding. The answers must be submitted to assessment folder in LMS before due date. Further details of the written exam will be provided at a later date.
30% Week 13 1 , 2, 3 , 4, 5, 6
Referencing guides
You must reference all the sources of information you have used in your assessments. Please use the IEEE referencing style. referencing style when referencing in your assessments in this unit. Refer to the Library’s referencing guides for more information.
Academic misconduct
VIT enforces that the integrity of its students academic studies follow an acceptable level of excellence. VIT will adhere to its VIT Policies, Procedures and Forms where it explains the importance of staff and student honesty in relation to academic work. It outlines the kinds of behaviours that are “academic misconduct”, including plagiarism.
Late submissions
In cases where there are no accepted mitigating circumstances as determined through VIT Policies, Procedures and Forms, late submission of assessments will lead automatically to the imposition of a penalty. Penalties will be applied as soon as the deadline is reached.
Short extensions and special consideration
Special Consideration is a request for:
- Extensions of the due date for an assessment, other than an examination (e.g. assignment extension).
- Special Consideration (Special Consideration in relation to a Completed assessment, including an end-of-unit Examination).
Students wishing to request Special Consideration in relation to an assessment the due date of which has not yet passed must engage in written emails to the teaching team to Request for Special Consideration as early as possible and prior to start time of the assessment due date, along with any accompanying documents, such as medical certificates. For more information, visit VIT Policies, Procedures and Forms.
Inclusive and equitable assessment
Reasonable adjustment in assessment methods will be made to accommodate students with a documented disability or impairment. Contact the unit teaching team for more information.
Contact cheating
Contract cheating usually involves the purchase of an assignment or piece of research from another party. This may be facilitated by a fellow student, friend or purchased on a website. Other forms of contract cheating include paying another person to sit an exam in the student’s place.
Contract cheating warning:
- By paying someone else to complete your academic work, you don’t learn as much as you could have if you did the work yourself.
- You are not prepared for the demands of your future employment.
- You could be found guilty of academic misconduct.
- Many of for pay contract cheating companies recycle assignments despite guarantees of “original, plagiarism – free work” so similarity is easily detected by TurnitIn.
- Penalties for academic misconduct include suspension and exclusion.
- Students in some disciplines are required to disclose any findings of guilt for academic misconduct before
being accepted into certain professions (e.g. law).
- You might disclose your personal and financial information in an unsafe way, leaving yourself open to many
risks including possible identity theft.
- You also leave yourself open to blackmail – if you pay someone else to do an assignment for you, they know you have engaged in fraudulent behaviour and can always blackmail you.
Grades
We determine your grades to the following Grading Scheme:
| Grade | Percentage |
| A | 80% – 100% |
| B | 70% – 79% |
| C | 60% – 69% |
| D | 50% – 59% |
| F | 0% – 49% |
The Following Instruction strictly applicable all through our MBA Programme;
- The assessments are important part of unit progression and are to be done diligently. Hence, no attempt of assessment means no marks.
- No assessment is allowed beyond a time limit as given and announced and therefore, to be submitted in time. Late submission would attract 10%-mark deductions for each day late submission.
- Assessment must be followed as per the guidelines provided. For example, if the assessment is on writing report with 2000 words, it must be like that, pages are not important but word count are necessary. In case, word count exceeds more than 10% or 10% less of the specified word count, it will consider with 10% mark deductions.
- All assessment to be submitted to VIT, Australia and will be checked, marked and provided with feedback. No assessment can be done anywhere other than VIT, Australia.
- Assessment can be submitted on LMS or email to VIT or to Local invigilator who will be scanning the assignments/answer papers and will submit on the same day to VIT, Australia.
- Total weight of assessment and marking will be done as overall.
- Students are required to achieve at least 40% in each assessment component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. If a student does not achieve 40% in an assessment and the overall mark for the unit is more than 50%, then a mark of 49% will be recorded for the unit.
- The authorised agent/local facilitator can help student understand the assessment parts and also will be appointed as “Invigilator” (supervision only) for the assessment.
Note – For all assessments, the preferred layout is in 12-point Calibri, with 1.5 line spacing, 2.5 centimetres left- hand margins and Bold headings. Whenever you use the ideas and arguments of other writers, you must make reference to the writers and their work. By acknowledging the work of others, you avoid plagiarism. The IEEE referencing style requires a reference list at the end of your assignment. It is arranged in alphabetical order by author surname.
For further Enquiry or clarification, you can contact coordinator through emails.
Further details on each assessment for MBA 5002 is given in the subsequent pages.
Assessment 1
Discussion Participation
Introduction Submission Instructions
› 1. Online discussions will count towards your assessment’s final grade in the course. The purpose of the discussion board is to frame and promote collaborative learning. Active, regular and profes- sional participation is important for you in learning the course content and in developing/sharing your thoughts and positions on various topics.
› 2. You are expected to participate actively in unit related discussion on at least 3 different forums. You should begin at least one thread and provide at least three posts in response to other participants’ threads. Posting should be a minimum of one short paragraph and a maximum of two paragraphs. Word totals for each post should be in the 100-200 words range.
› 3. While discussing with your peers, you can agree or disagree however you must explain why with supporting evidence and concepts from the readings or a related experience. Include a reference, link, or citation when appropriate.
› 4. While on discussion: Be organized in your thoughts and ideas. Incorporate correlations with the assigned readings or topics. Stay on topic. Provide evidence
of critical and thoughtfulness in your responses or interactions. Avoid summarizing.
› 5. During the discussion: Contribute to the learning community by being creative in your approaches to topics, being relevant in the presented viewpoints, and attempting to motivate the discussion.
› 6. In discussion: Be aware of grammar and sentence mechanics. Use proper etiquette and be professional all time.
› 7. Remember that being respectful is critical, all time in classroom, online and forum chat discussion.
The Assessor will assess you on the following :
Discussion and Participation
- Are made in a timely fashion, giving others an opportunity to respond.
- Are thoughtful and analyse the content or question asked.
- Pose new possibilities or opinions not previously voiced.
- Are ideas expressed clearly, concisely. Uses appropriate vocabulary. Is attentive to spelling and grammar.
- Spend the time to construct creative, challenging and engaging discussions, which promote participation.
Total Overall student assessment score Assessment 1 • Marking Criteria
You will be assessed on the following marking criteria for this assessment based on the lecturer’s observation of your discussion participation.
Rate Student from 5 = Very Good, 3 = Good, 1 = Average.
Assessment 2
Case Study Presentation
Introduction
In the second assessment which is a case study presentation, you should investigate the financial strength of an organisation, and calculate the most effective solution using formulas. The case study presentation should be written in appropriate busi- ness language so that your analysis and discussion have an objective tone. Your writing should be clear and concise and be in your own words. Use headings to guide the reader and include tables or diagrams that make the case clearer.
In your case study report, include following:
› 1. Introduce the case, including the background and any previous studies of the issue.
› 2. Describe the purpose of the study and the specific
questions you are trying to answer.
› 3. Results describes what you found through your investigations, e.g. the main themes that came out
in interviews, responses to questionnaires, significant
observations.
› 4. Explain the significance of the study and what can
be learnt from it.
Task
You will be assessed as follows;
- Structure the written report: Background informa- tion is relevant, issues are logically ordered, recommendations clearly relate to the issues.
- Calculate your answers using a variety of learning resources.
- Explain resources: Referencing your work is required at all times.
- Write clearly and concisely: Arguments are explicit and succinct, appropriate headings are used, grammar and spelling are accurate.
References: Provide a list of all sources used in your text. The references should be completed in the IEEE referencing style. The footer of your submitted re- search report must include your name, student ID, and
page number.
Submission Instructions
For all major assessments, both formative and sum- mative, the preferred layout is in 12-point Calibri, with
1.5 line spacing, 2.5 centimetres left-hand margins and Bold headings. All assessments must be submitted with a completed and signed cover sheet. Whenever you use the ideas and arguments of other writers, you must make reference to the writers and their work. By acknowledging the work of others, you avoid plagia- rism.
All submissions are to be submitted through Turnitin. Drop-boxes linked to Turnitin will be set up in Moodle. Assessments not submitted through these drop- boxes will not be considered. Submissions must be made by the assessment due date.
The Turnitin similarity score will be used in determine any plagiarism of your submitted assessment. Turnitin will check conference web-sites, Journal articles, on- line resources and your peer’s submissions for plagia- rism. You can see your Turnitin similarity score when you submit your assessments to the appropriate drop- box. If your similarity score is of concern you will have a chance to change your assessment and resubmit.
However, re-submission is only allowed prior to the submission due date and time. After the due date and time have elapsed you cannot make re-submissions. Thus, plan early and submit early to take advantage of this feature. You can make multiple submissions, but please remember the teaching team will only grade your last submission, and the date and time you sub- mitted will be taken from that submission.
Assessment 1 • Marking Criteria
You will be assessed on the following marking criteria for this assessment based on the lecturer’s observation of your discussion participation.
| 5 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Total | |
| Overall student assessment score |
Assessment 3
Legal Collaborative Research Project
Introduction Submission Instructions
This is the group assessment. Students will work in group of 3 students and select a country from AMEA region to compare with Australia. The group will doc- ument a comparison in matrix format that displays comparison of salient aspects of law, relating to con- tracts, employment, intellectual property and agency. The group will critically analyse the findings to devel- op conclusions regarding the impacts on establishing relationships and doing business with the comparator country.
The group will also form a view regarding the relative favourability of each aspect of the legal framework for the organisation. The group will role play presenting the written report to the Board of Directors of viability of business proposal in that country.
Task
You will be assessed as follows;
- Research information: Appropriate sources are consulted, sufficient sources are consulted, Sources are referenced.
- Organise information: Appropriate headings, write clearly and concisely using an integrated structure, arguments and conclusions match purpose.
- Explain the issues in more depth and comment on implications of the issues.
- Write clearly and concisely: Arguments are easy to understand and succinct.
For all major assessments, both formative and sum- mative, the preferred layout is in 12-point Calibri, with
1.5 line spacing, 2.5 centimetres left-hand margins and Bold headings. All assessments must be submitted with a completed and signed cover sheet. Whenever you use the ideas and arguments of other writers, you must make reference to the writers and their work. By acknowledging the work of others, you avoid plagia- rism.
All submissions are to be submitted through Turnitin. Drop-boxes linked to Turnitin will be set up in Moodle. Assessments not submitted through these drop- boxes will not be considered. Submissions must be made by the assessment due date.
The Turnitin similarity score will be used in determine any plagiarism of your submitted assessment. Turnitin will check conference web-sites, Journal articles, on- line resources and your peer’s submissions for plagia- rism. You can see your Turnitin similarity score when you submit your assessments to the appropriate drop- box. If your similarity score is of concern you will have a chance to change your assessment and resubmit.
However, re-submission is only allowed prior to the submission due date and time. After the due date and time have elapsed you cannot make re-submissions. Thus, plan early and submit early to take advantage of this feature. You can make multiple submissions, but please remember the teaching team will only grade your last submission, and the date and time you sub- mitted will be taken from that submission.
Assessment 1 • Marking Criteria
You will be assessed on the following marking criteria for this assessment based on the lecturer’s observation of your discussion participation.
Rate Student from 5 = Very Good, 3 = Good, 1 = Average.
| 5 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Total | |
| Overall student assessment score |
Assessment 4
Written Exam
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