BrightDarkBluesGraysNight Assessment 2:Group Research Report Assessment Overview Detail Length Weighting Due ForAssessment2,studentsarerequiredtowriteaResearchReportasagroup....

Assessment 2:Group Research Report

Assessment Overview

ReportContext

Youareabusinessanalystinamulti-nationalcorporation.YourCEOwilldepartnextweekonaone-monthbusinesstripwiththeaimofeithersettingupawhollyownedsubsidiaryorajointventureinaspecificcountry.Shehasaskedyoutoprepareacountrybriefingpaperinordertoinformherofthekeynational,cultural,political,legal,environmentalandeconomicfactors(plusanycurrentissues),thatmayaffectthesuccessfulset-upoftheoperationinthatcountry.Sheexpectsahighqualitywrittenpresentation

Instructions

1. Thisgroupassignmentrequires3studentsineachgroup

2. Eachgroupistoselectacountryfromthefollowinglist.Notwogroupsshouldpickthesamecountry.

   •Armenia

   •Azerbaijan

   •Brazil

   •Brunei

   •CzechRepublic

   •China

   •DemocraticRepublicoftheCongo

   •ElSalvador

   •Ethiopia

   •Finland

   •Greece

   •Germany

   •Iran

   •India

   •Kuwait

   •Kazakhstan

   •Lebanon

   •Lithuania

   •Mexico

   •Malaysia

   •NewZealand

   •Netherlands

   •Portugal

   •PapuaNewGuinea

   •SouthAfrica

   •SouthKorea

   •Turkey

   •Vietnam

3. Eachgroupwillresearchandsubmitapaperasdescribedinthescenariobelow.
4. ThereportshouldincludeNamesandIDsofstudentsinthegroup,anintroduction,countrychosenforresearch,andanoutlineofcontentsoftheReport
5. EachgroupmustsubmittheirResearchReportthroughthe“AssessmentDropbox”onSession9

Scenario for the Research Report

Youareabusinessanalystinamulti-nationalcorporation.YourCEOwilldepartnextweekonaone-monthbusinesstripwiththeaimofeithersettingupawhollyownedsubsidiaryorajointventureinaspecificcountry.Shehasaskedyoutoprepareacountrybriefingpaperinordertoinformherofthekeynational,cultural,political,legal,environmentalandeconomicfactors(plusanycurrentissues),thatmayaffectthesuccessfulset-upoftheoperationinthatcountry.Sheexpectsahighqualitywrittenpresentation.

Note:Studentscanselectanytypeofbusinessandindustry,eitherasawhollyownedsubsidiaryorasajointventureandtojustifyyourchoice.

Inyourreport,youareto:

1. Assessthenationalbusinessenvironmentofyourcountryofchoice(economic,political,social,legal,environmentalfactors)anditsbasicappealasalocationforeitherawhollyownedsubsidiaryorajointventure.Whenassessingthebusinessenvironment,studentsmayalsowishtorefertothechapter“AnalyzingInternationalOpportunities”.

   (Note:Thissectionisnottobepresentedasameredescriptionofthecountryofyourchoice.

   Youmustmentiontheimpactofeachfactortothesettingupeitherawhollyownedsubsidiaryorajointventure,andmakearecommendationastowhichstructureisbestsuited).
2. UsingtheHoftstedeFrameworkinvestigatetheculturaldimensionsthatmayimpactonyourbusinessinyourselectedcountry.YouwillneedtocontrasttheseculturaldimensionswiththeculturalexpectationsasappliedtobusinessoperationsinAustralia.
3. Inyourreportalsoaddresswhatthegovernmentinyourselectedcountryhasdonetopromoteordiscourageforeignmultinationalcorporationsinvestingintheircountry?Explain.
4. Overallpresentationandqualityofthebriefingpaper.Theremustbenospellingerrors.

GuidanceonthePresentationoftheResearchReport

1. EachgroupmemberisrequiredtoconfirmthattheyhavemadeanequalcontributiontotheResearchReport.Ifitisfeltthatthereareinequitiesintermsofgroupcontributionanymemberofthegroupmaywritetothesubjectcoordinatorregardingtheirperceptionofanydifficulties.

2. Maximumwords:1500

3. Thereisanabsoluteneedforcorrectreferencing/documentationofthematerialpresented(particularlystatistics).StudentsaretousetheHarvardstyleofreferencing.Ifmaterialispresentedwithoutproperdocumentationitwillautomaticallyresultinafailfortheassignment.ThisisparticularlyapplicabletocuttingandpastingmaterialfromtheInternet.

4. AttachtoyourResearchReportthedulycompletedAssessmentDeclaration,availableinthe“AssessmentInformation”folderofVUCollaboratesiteforthissubject.Allstudentsinthegroupshouldincludetheirnames,andIDs,andshouldsignanddatetheDeclarationform.

5. TheResearchReportmustbesubmittedviaturnitin.

6. Failuretosubmittheassignmentbytheduedateandtimemayresultinafailforthesubject.

7. Itisexpectedthattheresearchreportbefreeofspelling,grammaticalandexpressionerrors.Ifthepaperdoesnotmeettherequiredstandardintheseareasitwillbefailed.PleasenotethattheLearningHubcanprovidesupportintheseareas

Assessment Criteria and Submission

AssessmentCriteria:

• Analysisofnationalbusinessenvironment(10marks)
• AwarenessofculturalissuesanddimensionsbasedontheHoftstedeFramework(5marks)
• AnalysisofGovernmentpolicy(10marks)
• Presentation,QualityandReferencing(5marks)

ClickheretoaccesstheAssessmentCriteriaRubric

AssessmentSubmission:

PleasesubmityourGroupresearchreportviatheDropboxbuttonbelow.

ClickheretosubmittheGroupPresentationviatheDropbox

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