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Assessment 1: Business Report (Individual)

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Assessment 1: Business Report

Type: Individual

Format: Business report - 1500 words (+/- 10%)

Weighting: 30%

Due Date: Saturday Week 5 - April 6th, 2024, 23:59

Assessment Brief

Overview
In this first assessment, you are required to examine a case study organisation.

You will write a report on its societal and environmental obligations, examining its sustainability efforts, analysing the issues and their underlying cause

Marking Criteria
This assignment is designed to evaluate your competencies in several key areas:

Ability to Identify and Discuss Problems: You will need to demonstrate your skill in recognising and articulating the specific issues that arose in the c
Critical Analysis (#AoL6): Your analysis should go beyond surface-level observations, offering a deep and thoughtful examination of the causes beh
Ability to Integrate Research Evidence to Support Argument: You are expected to support your analysis with evidence. This will showcase your abil
Referencing Skills: You are expected to accurately use the RMIT Harvard referencing style, thereby demonstrating your adherence to academic sta
Academic Writing Skills: Your report should be well-structured, clear, and concise, reflecting high standards of academic writing. This includes a log

Detailed rubrics are provided below.

Learning Outcomes
The targeted Course Learning Outcomes for this assessment are:

CLO1: Analyse and question major global or national social, political, economic or environmental issues facing the world today in the context of bus
CLO2: Understand how businesses can develop solutions to respond to increasing demand for sustainability, transparency and good governance
CLO3: Articulate perspectives on the future of business and the implications for various industries

Program Learning Outcomes

PLO3: Analyse complex challenges and formulate innovative solutions in real world contexts.
PLO5: Coherently articulate technical and conceptual business knowledge that is both contemporary and interdisciplinary.

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This assessment has been designed to help you achieve key program learning outcomes (PLOs) that prepare you for future career success. Through a

The assignment will cultivate PLO3 by requiring you to deeply examine a real-world organisational challenge facing a business organisation. Analysing

To achieve PLO5, you must both conduct research across relevant disciplines and communicate your technical and conceptual business knowledge cl

By completing this assignment, you will develop competencies that will enable you to grasp multifaceted challenges and create novel solutions, a key a
developing the program learning outcomes required for your career readiness and lifelong success.

Assessment Details
In Assignment 1, you will conduct an in-depth analysis of the Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corporation (FHS Corporation) case, focusing on the company
prevent those issues. Since the case has been resolved, the emphasis is not on current recommendations but on understanding what could have been

Your report, which should be around 1,500 words (excluding references), should include:

Introduction (approximately 150 words): Briefly introduce the case, outlining the main focus of your report.
Context of the Case (200-250 words): Provide background information on the company, its operations, and the circumstances surrounding the inc
Analysis of the Company's Sustainability Efforts (approximately 700 words): Examine the company's sustainability efforts, the societal and en
Evaluation of Potential Strategies (approximately 250 words): Discuss the actions or strategies that Formosa Ha Tinh could have implemented
Conclusion (approximately 150 words): Summarize your key findings and reflections on the case.
References: List your sources, adhering to the RMIT Harvard referencing style. References are NOT included in the total word count.

Find details on how to write a report at the RMIT Learning Lab. (https://learninglab.rmit.edu.au/content/reports-vs-essays.html)

Ensure you support your critical analysis, through the judicious use of resources provided in the Reading List (https://rmit.instructure.com/courses/1361

Case study

Case Study:
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FHS Corporation
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Step 3: Plan and prepare

Step 4: Research

Step 5: Draft

Step 6: Edit and review

Step 7: Proofread and format

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2. Click "Start Assignment"
3. Upload the paper to Turnitin using the link provided on this page.

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Questions?
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Assessment Policies

Referencing Guidelines
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assessment.

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the appropriate style. You can also refer to the library referencing page for more tools such as EndNote, referencing tutorials and
referencing guides for printing.

Academic Integrity and Plagiarism

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presentation of your academic work. It means acknowledging the work of others while developing your own insights, knowledge and
ideas.

You should take extreme care that you have:

Acknowledged words, data, diagrams, models, frameworks and/or ideas of others you have quoted (i.e. directly copied), summarised,
paraphrased, discussed or mentioned in your assessment through the appropriate referencing methods
Provided a reference list of the publication details so your reader can locate the source if necessary. This includes material taken from
Internet sites

If you do not acknowledge the sources of your material, you may be accused of plagiarism because you have passed off the work and
ideas of another person without appropriate referencing, as if they were your own.

RMIT University treats plagiarism as a very serious offence constituting misconduct.

Plagiarism covers a variety of inappropriate behaviours, including:

Failure to properly document a source

Copyright material from the internet or databases
Collusion between students

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Criteria Ratings Pts

Problem 30 to >23.7 pts 23.7 to >20.7 pts 20.7 to >17.7 pts 17.7 to >14.7 pts 14.7 to >0.0 pts 0 pts
Identification HD DI CR PA NN DNS
Excellently identifies and Effectively identifies and Adequately identifies Identifies societal and Fails to identify or Did not
articulates complex articulates societal and and articulates societal environmental issues, articulate key societal submit.
societal and environmental issues with and environmental but with limited and environmental
environmental issues with good understanding. issues. understanding. issues.
30 pts
insightful understanding.

Critical 30 to >23.7 pts 23.7 to >20.7 pts 20.7 to >17.7 pts 17.7 to >14.7 pts 14.7 to >0.0 pts 0 pts
analysis HD DI CR PA NN DNS
(#AoL 6 Provides a deep, Provides a thorough Provides a satisfactory Provides a basic Lacks critical analysis Did not
Critically insightful analysis with analysis with good analysis with some analysis with minimal or engagement with submit.
Engaged) sophisticated engagement with engagement with engagement with complex sources.
30 pts
engagement with complex sources. complex sources. complex sources.
complex sources.

Research 20 to >15.8 pts 15.8 to >13.8 pts 13.8 to >11.8 pts 11.8 to >9.8 pts 9.8 to >0.0 pts 0 pts
Integration HD DI CR PA NN DNS
Excellent integration of Good integration of Adequate use of Limited evidence to Minimal or no use of Did not
high-quality, relevant relevant evidence to evidence to support key support some evidence to support submit.
evidence to support all support most arguments, arguments, arguments, showing arguments,
arguments, showing a solid ability to demonstrating a basic minimal ability to demonstrating a lack
demonstrating a strong substantiate claims. ability to substantiate substantiate claims. of ability to
20 pts
ability to substantiate claims. substantiate claims.
claims.

Referencing 10 to >7.9 pts 7.9 to >6.9 pts 6.9 to >5.9 pts 5.9 to >4.9 pts 4.9 to >0.0 pts 0 pts
HD DI CR PA NN DNS
Flawless use of RMIT Mostly accurate use of Adequate use of RMIT Inconsistent use of Incorrect or missing Did not
Harvard referencing RMIT Harvard Harvard referencing RMIT Harvard references, not adhering submit.
style, with all sources referencing style with style with some errors. referencing style with to RMIT Harvard
10 pts
accurately cited. minor errors. several errors. referencing style.

Academic 10 to >7.9 pts 7.9 to >6.9 pts 6.9 to >5.9 pts 5.9 to >4.9 pts 4.9 to >0.0 pts 0 pts
writing HD DI CR PA NN DNS
Demonstrates exemplary Demonstrates strong Shows adequate Exhibits basic Lacks academic Did not
academic writing with academic writing with academic writing with academic writing with writing skills, with poor submit.
logical flow, clarity, and good logical flow, clarity, reasonable flow, clarity, limited flow, clarity, flow, clarity, and
adherence to and adherence to most and adherence to basic and some numerous
grammatical rules grammatical rules. grammatical rules. grammatical errors. grammatical errors. 10 pts
throughout.

Total Points: 100

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