BUS306 - Contemporary Business Issues and Trends Assessment

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Asia Pacific College of Business and Law

BUS306 - Contemporary Business Issues and Trends Assessment Task 2 – Scenario presentation

Overview For this assignment, you will document your plan and create a video presentation in which you will discuss the process you have used to formulate your plan and in addressing the hypothetical problem. This is an individual assignment.

Assignment Scenarios: Assignment Scenario A The Ellen MacArthur Foundation report, Towards the Circular Economy: Opportunities for the Consumer Goods Sectors, argues that “Over time, the market is likely to systematically reward companies with an edge in circular business practices and hence dramatically lower resource requirements. As a new sustainability manager of your company, justify to the Board of Directors why the company needs to go down this path as recommended. Are there any possible consequences for the company’s refusal? Assignment Scenario B Whether you are participating in a customer meeting, a roundtable discussion with a non-government organization, or engaging in technical sessions with academia and industry associations, it is imperative you can explain the foundation and progress of your sustainability efforts consistently and effectively. The Board of Directors of your company have shown significant interest to shift towards a circular economy approach. However, they are unsure whether such a shift towards a circular economy approach will require changes in consumer behaviour? If yes, what will the company need to do? As the sustainability manager, you are required to make a presentation to address their inquiries.

Assessment Details: This assessment requires you to select one of two available scenarios. You are required to clearly define the problem, analyse the problem and offer a possible solution(s), to meet the scenario criteria and constraints thereof. Once you have completed your documentation (max. 3 pages), you are required to create a video recording of no more than 5 minutes duration in which you personally present an overview of your work. This overview should provide the user with a description of how you have worked through this assignment, any tool and/or approaches you may have used, and the overall output. This overview will commence with your work in the initial step of the Problem-Solving Process and continue through to ultimately selecting your optimal solution. You should also provide a short reflection on your experiences completing this assignment. You will not be assessed on the quality of the recording of your presentation – it is the quality of the information you are presenting and your understanding of the important concepts. Using a mobile phone or similar quality camera is perfectly acceptable and will help keep the size of the presentation file small.

Important: You must be actively presenting throughout the video, with your face clearly visible and identifiable for the duration of the presentation. It is acceptable to briefly move away from your face to show a clearer representation of supporting materials from your documentation, but you must otherwise ensure that you are visible throughout the video.

Assessment Submission: Your completed video must be uploaded to YouTube as an unlisted file so that it is only accessible to anyone who is given a link to the file. This link must be included in the document you have created for the assignment (max. 3 pages). This is so your video is accessible to the marker; if the video is not accessible, then it will not be marked. Your assignment documentation that includes the unlisted YouTube link, must be submitted to the Learnline in the submission point provided by the due date and time. Please be aware that uploading videos to YouTube may take longer than you expect, and it is your responsibility to allow enough time for the video presentation to upload, for the link to the unlisted presentation to be included within your documentation, and for you to then upload the documentation to Learnline by the deadline. Make sure you allow yourself sufficient time for this to occur. Please do NOT upload your videos directly to Learnline. Any videos provided directly in Learnline will not be marked.

Marking Criteria This assessment task will be marked out of 100 and is worth 20% of your total mark for the BUS306 course.

Note: 1) Any video that is not submitted to YouTube as an unlisted file will not be marked. 2) Videos will be awarded zero marks if the student is not visible, identifiable, and actively presenting throughout. Brief absences are acceptable for the display of supporting materials. 3) Any video that exceeds 5 minutes duration will be marked based on the first 5 minutes only.

Criteria Available Marks

Problem Solving Process documentation Documentation showing final output to the scenario and submitted (Max. 3 pages). A link to the video presentation is also included.

5

Video Presentation – Problem analysis

1. The problem is clearly and concisely identified. A person unfamiliar with the scenario would be able to determine what the student is attempting to achieve

2. The current situation has been researched and analysed to provide a solid grounding

• The benefits of proceeding with the selected scenario are identified

• Criteria are established by which the potential solutions may be evaluated for suitability

10

Video Presentation – Reflection An insightful reflection is included that considers the challenges and advantages of using the student’s personal experiences in working through this assessment