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Decision Making Process

Assessment - Consultative Report Group Assignment

Students will build on the data collection developed in the previous assessment to develop a range of quantitative descriptor statistics and present statistically valid inferences and recommendations in a Consultative Management Report.

The following instructions are strictly applied throughout our MBA programme:

Assessment guidelines must be followed, for example, if the assessment involves a written report of 2,000 words, the word count is important.

The authorised agent/local facilitator can help students understand the various parts of the assessment and also will be appointed as "Invigilator" (supervision only) for the assessment.

Introduction
In Assessment 3 you are to prepare a report detailing a strategic plan to reach the stated organisational target you already selected and presented the related anal- ysed data in Assessment 2.

Task

This is a group report . The group is required to choose one data platform from assessment 2 and write a consultative report on how to achieve the recommen- dations that you have suggested in Assignment 2.
You must write a Consultative Report discussing a strategic plan on how your organisation can achieve the stated future growth target based on the Data Analysis in Assessment 2.

Your report needs to take into consideration the fol- lowing aspects:
The Key Business initiative (Stated Target) of your organisation and its background.
The data analysed in Assessment 2.
All the recommendations related to the options and decisions in Assessment 2.
Consultation with Management and other Stake holders regarding Strategic Objectives, Key Perfor- mance Indicators, Measures of Success in reaching the Target.
Risks and mitigations to reach your Target.
Implementation Plan including Steps and Mile stones to reaching your Target for the next 12 months.
Based on your analysis, what are the best ways forward with regards to:
Human resources issues
Marketing plans
Communication plans
Budgets and expenses
Some theoretical basis for your solutions and ` decisions.
The Consultative Report should be written in appropriate business 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 and sub heading to guide the reader.
Use visual data representations to support your discussion.
Report Conclusion.

The Consultative Report (per team) must be in the range of 2,000 words in length excluding references. You must reference using the APA referencing style.
Reflective Piece: A further 300 - 500 words reflection
paper should be submitted per student.

A. on your experience and learning in this exercise and how this may be applied in your own organisation.