Reference no: EM132833433
Students are required to select a company from the excel spreadsheet in vUWS.
- You are appointed as a business consultant recruited by the company selected by you.
- Your role is to deliver the findings from your research about the topic associated with your chosen company, and make recommendations for your client.
- Content for the presentation and written document will be drawn from the relevant theories and aspects of enterprise leadership that are assigned from the topics covered in weeks 10,11 & 12.
- Research for the presentation will need to encompass the use of business databases, refereed articles and most importantly current media.
- When researching the company and compiling your presentation, you will need to make sure you have included:
- a background about the company,
- a literature review about the topic and theory (area of research),
- the issues and challenges (what you think the company is not doing well)
- finally make recommendations that the company may consider to improve based on the area of research you have been allocated.
- Students are required to act as enterprise leaders and therefore the issues you identify should be based on elements you have identified from the research. The recommendations should not be based on what the company is already doing but rather what you, as enterprise leaders, think the company can do to better.
- Use of palm cards or reading from the screen is not permitted during your presentation.
- Remember - best results will be achieved through constant and rigorous rehearsal of both material and timing. Where individuals fail to present, a zero mark for that presentation will be recorded.
Students are encouraged to use as many resources as needed to achieve a great outcome in this assessment.
Useful Information:
Company annual reports should not be seen as the sole source of information; your research should use other sources such as Factiva (e.g. articles from the [Australian] Financial Review) and IBIS (provides reports on companies) - both of which are available through e-resources on the WSU Library site.
Other sources such as the ASX company information and announcements database, Who's Who in Australia, Who's Who in Business in Australia, etc. could be useful for specific presentation topics.
Note: During your tutorial in week 8, students will be required to attend an online research session - during this session students will work on this assessment and will be required to complete a progress report. Students will submit a progress report to the drop box in vUWS and your teaching academics will use this report to evaluate the overall performance of your presentations.
Individual Presentation Power-point Structure
- Background company information - About the company, financial position and current share price.
- Topic - review of the literature about the topic, what theories are relevant (use the chapter from the textbook and any other scholarly sources)
- Discussion of the issues - analyse and examine the issues and synthesise these with the topic and relevant theories.
- Recommendations - what do you recommend for the company to improve its effectiveness and efficiency in your area of research?
- Conclusion - summary of your presentation
- Reference list - include all sources used for the presentation
Part 1b: d report summary and Part 2: reflection
Written Report Summary and Reflection Structure
You should use the following template when preparing the written document for this assessment:
- Abstract - 150 summary of the content of your document - not included in your word count.
- Contents page - include all headings and page numbers
- Introduction - background of the company you have researched
- Literature Review - About your topic (area of research), including a discussion of the relevant theories as related to the company you are researching
- Discussion - What issues and challenges have you identified based on your area of research with the company you have been allocated? -
- Recommendations - What do you recommend for the company to improve its effectiveness and efficiency in your area of research?
- Self-reflection - on the learning you accomplished in this assessment - 10% - - refer to instructions below.
- Conclusion - summary of your findings -
- Reference list - make sure you include all citations in your reference list - remember to include in-text citations throughout your report.