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ECON2245 - INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT, SEMESTER 2, 2017

Purpose of the Assignment

The purpose of the assignment is to demonstrate both a theoretical and practical

understanding of a business economics that draws upon several of the topics covered in this

unit. You should do your own research to discover relevant academic articles to help inform

your arguments. You will also need to provide evidence to support your claims and

arguments.

Assignment Topic

Identify a business or industry that has recently failed or is on the verge of failing. Using the

concepts taught in this unit, explain the reasons to why the business (or industry) has

collapsed or is collapsing. Explain how might other firms learn from your chosen business’s

(or industry’s) mistakes. You should include evidence to support your answer.

About the Assignment

The group assignment has a word limit of 2,500 words (with a 10% leeway for going over

and under the word limit) and is due on Wednesday 11 th October by 4pm. Students are

required to submit their assignment through Blackboard. The assignment is worth 30%.

Assignments should be typed using font size 12 and 1.5 spacing. All references for the

assignment should be presented in Harvard Style Referencing. Words in the reference list will

not be counted. You should include a cover page for the assignment.

Students are required to submit the assignment on or before the due date. Where students do

not adhere to set deadlines the following policy will apply:

a) Extensions will only be considered (although not necessarily approved) if supported in

writing (if on medical grounds a medical certificate should be presented). Applications

for extensions must be presented to Student Services.

b) The penalty for late submission is 5 percent of the total mark allocated for an

assessment item per day for the first 7 days (including weekends and public holidays)

after which the assigned work is not accepted. Each 24-hour block is recorded from the

time the assignment is due.

c) The penalty for exceeding word limit is 1 percent of the total mark allocated for the

assessment task for each 1 percent in excess of the word limit.

All assignments will be run through Safe Assign to detect for plagiarism and students will

receive heavy penalties for plagiarism.

The assignment will be marked out of 30 whereby up to 10 marks will be allocated to the

presentation of the assignment and up to 20 marks will be allocated to the analysis of the

business (or industry) that has failed or is failing.

Marks for presentation of the assignment will be based on:

• How well the assignment is written and structured, is within the word limit and

uses appropriate grammar.

• How well the assignment is referenced and that claims are supported with

references.

• How well the assignment flows, whether it is succinct and is easy to read.

Marks for the analysis of the business (or industry) that has failed or is failing will be based

on:

• Originality of the chosen business (or industry)

• Discussion on the reasons to why the business (or industry) has failed or is failing

with reference to economic theory.

• Evidence of research and understanding of the concepts.

• Relevance of the discussion of how other businesses may learn from your chosen

business’s (or industry’s) mistakes.

Rubric:

The following page contains a rubric on the assignment:

Rubric For the Group Assignment Grade:

Criteria

Below and Expected Level

(mark of less than 50%)

At an Expected Level

(mark of 50-75%)

Above an Expected Level

(mark of more than 75%)

How well the assignment is

written and, is within the word

limit and uses appropriate

grammar.

• Assignment is written poorly

with points developed with

minimum detail.

• Contains poor gramma and

has weak presentation.

• Is too long or too short.

• Assignment is written at an

acceptable level and the

student has expressed the

content in their own terms.

• Contains an adequate level of

presentation and has a clear

purpose.

• The assignment is within the

word limits bounds.

• The assignment is of a high

standard in terms of the way

it is written.

• Information was presented in

a relevant and well expressed

manner.

• Is extremely well polished,

contains no grammatical

errors and is structured

appropriately.

• The assignment is within the

word limit.

How well the assignment is

referenced and that claims are

supported with references.

• The assignment contains

material that is not

referenced correctly.

• Some content is not in the

students’ own words.

• A limited amount statistics

and claims are supported

with references.

• The student has used an

appropriate reference style

and there are limited errors in

the reference list.

• Explanations are supported

with appropriate references.

• There are minimal errors in

referencing.

• The student has explained

concepts in their own terms

and supported these claims

with references

appropriately.

• There is no plagiarism or

paraphrasing in the

assignment.

How well the assignment flows,

whether it is succinct and is

easy to read.

• The assignment is very

disjointed.

• The assignment flows well in

most parts and it is quite easy

to read.

• The assignment is very

succinct and is very easy to

read.

Originality of the chosen

business

• The student has chosen the

most obvious business which

has recently failed.

• The student has not provided

an explanation on the reasons

for choosing such a business.

• The student has shown some

originality in their choice of

business

• The student has provided a

fair explanation to why the

business is worth analysing.

• The student has thought

outside of the box and has

picked a highly original

business to analyse.

• They have also provided a

relevant explanation to why

the business is worth

analysing.

Discussion on the reasons to

why the business (industry) has

failed (or is failing) with

reference to economic theory.

• The student has not linked

the reasons for the business’s

(or industry’s) failure with

the relevant economic

theory.

• Discussion on the economic

theory is vague and

misunderstood.

• The student has done a good

job at linking the reasons for

the business’s (or industry’s)

failure with the relevant

economic theory.

• The student has have

provided a good discussion

of the economic theory.

• The student has have shown

a good understanding of the

economic theory.

• The student has provided an

excellent job at linking the

reasons for the business’s (or

industry’s) failure with the

relevant economic theory.

• The student has have

provided an outstanding

discussion of the economic

theory.

• The student has have shown

vast knowledge of the

relevant economic theory.

Rubric For the Group Assignment Grade, Continued

Criteria

Below and Expected Level

(mark of less than 50%)

At an Expected Level

(mark of 50-75%)

Above an Expected Level

(mark of more than 75%)

Evidence of research and

understanding of the concepts.

• Overall, the assignment

displays minimal evidence of

research and an

understanding of the

concepts.

• The student has gone to a

large degree of effort for the

assignment.

• The student has display

sound research skills and an

understanding of the topic.

• The assignment is extremely

well researched.

• The student has shown an

excellent understanding of

core economic theory.

Relevance of the discussion of

how other businesses may learn

from your chosen business’s

mistakes.

• Recommendations are weak,

poorly explained and are

misunderstood.

• Recommendations are not

appropriate for the business

of analysis.

• The assignment has

appropriate

recommendations that are

consistent with the situation

for the business and

economy theory.

• The student has have shown

understanding of the

recommendations.

• The recommendations are

innovative, valid and show

good understanding of the

business of analysis and

economic theory.

• The student has have shown

an excellent understanding of

the recommendations.