EXAMINATION

Group Project

Lecturer’s Signature & full name

Program: VNU IB, AC, MIS, BDA
Course Code: INS2019
Course Title: Business Organization and Management Bùi Mỹ Trinh

Level: Undergraduate Date: 13/ 05 /2022

Time allowed: 7 days Department’s Signature & full
Due date: 28/12/2022, 5.30-6.15 PM name

Date: ………………………………

Instructions to students:

1. Opened book and Research-Conduct Assignment

2. Submit your project as a hard copy (i.e., paper-based) to the Office of Academic Affairs
and a soft copy (i.e., pdf format) to the MS Team. The soft-copy version and hard-copy
version must be consistent. Any inconsistency between hard copy and soft-copy will lead
to the failure of your final project.
3. Late submission will result in a 30% deduction of your total points. Anti-plagiarism
regulation is applied.
4. The file name is Group name _Course code. (List of members’ names and IDs must be
included in the report.) (Example: Group name (leader name)_INS2019.01)

This exam paper contains 6 pages, including the cover page.

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 Final Exam Assignment: Scenario Plan
Aim: This assignment aims to assess chapters 3,5,7,8,9,10,15 and 19 for the unit of
study. 
Nature of assessment: Group task (4-6 members)
Word limit: 4,000 words (+/- 10%) excluding tables and appendices
Marks allocated: 60%
Submission: Submission of soft-copy, pdf, and doubled-space pages is compulsory. The
report should be in Times New Roman (12 points), with a 2.5 cm border on all sides.
Extension: Any request for an extension must be provided to the unit convenor
well before the assignment due date and accompanied by medical certification or other
relevant documentation. 
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The Brief
Scenario planning is a structured way to consider and anticipate the future. In broad
terms, scenario planning involves determining and visualising probable future conditions
or events, their likely consequences or effects, and how to respond to or benefit from
them. Therefore, scenario planning about what ‘might’ happen in the future, rather than
what will happen, is essentially a road map from the present to the future. There are
several important benefits of scenario planning, including thinking creatively and
forward-looking and questioning assumptions about the future and the drivers and forces
that influence a specific sector of activity.
This assignment aims to assess your ability to apply the scenario planning framework to
an emerging trend. 
What you need to do:
Step 1: Group Allocation
Spend some time networking with fellow students during and outside workshops to form
a group for this Assignment (nb: 4- 6 group members is recommended). You will need to
form a team and self-assign into one team. 
It is recommended that an initial meeting be held to assign a Team Leader, set some basic
rules/expectations (grade aspirations, contributions, etc.), and discuss the assignment
brief in detail before allocating tasks among members. Each team member should take
notes during meetings.
Step 2: Trend selection

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Select and conduct research into one of the following trends. 
 The current cultural environment of a country has shaped how a company is
looking at its corporate cultural standards.
 Challenges a firm may face in pursuing environmental goals.
 Some managerial decisions might be good for a firm’s profitability in the short
term but bad for the firm in a long time.
 Employee diversity gives a company a competitive advantage.
 Leadership plays a role in ethical organisations, and its members act and perform.
 Environmental factors are contributing to the popularity of ride-sharing/electronic-
car services.
 Control by empowering employees, establishing new information technology
 Flatter and decentralised organisation to design adaptive organisation

Step 3: Scenario Planning

Apply the scenario planning framework to the selected trend using the below nine stages
(see the recommended text for detailed scenario planning stage descriptions):
1. Determining the question
2. Contextualisation
3. External drivers
4. Ranking and ranging
5. Naming and framing
6. Logic and narrative
7. Distillation and dialogue
8. Validation and refinement
9. Interpretation and implementation

For example, the first stage is 'Determining the Question', the framing of which is critical
to the integrity and accuracy of the scenario. Here, you should follow a ‘what if’
approach to keep your scenario plan focused and reflective of the core question being
asked. Examples from the recommended text include: ‘What if the temperature of the
planet were to rise by one degree per century?’ ‘What if one of our competitors were to
create an engine that ran on electricity rather than petrol?’ ‘What if consumers only
bought products that were proven to be sustainable?’ 

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As you develop your scenarios, keep in mind that a good set will contain two to five
different possible future conditions or events. More than five scenarios tend to get
confused with one another, and three scenarios run the danger of deciding on the most
moderate or most apparently plausible. Four scenarios is a good number — neither too
many nor too few.* Each scenario should contain enough detail to assess the likelihood
of success or failure of the different strategic options.
Recommended Structure:
Your assignment should be presented in report format and include numbered sections and
headings, such as those below. The report must also be presented in a professional
manner in terms of font size, spacing, margins, design, and referencing.
Executive summary
 Summarise key points from your assignment
 Contains 200-250 words
 Is NOT an overview of the conclusion of your report

Table of contents
Introduction
 Structure and scope of report
 Scenario planning definition and framework, including the benefits of scenario
planning.
 Trend description

Main Body Headings

 Use the nine stages of the scenario planning framework as a guide.

Conclusion
 Summarise your report, including any implications from your scenarios (e.g.
what does it mean for the future of business and/ or management?).

Nb: You should not present any new information in this section of your report.
References (nb: excl. from the word count)
 Harvard system of referencing (guide available within the Unit Overview
module).
 At least 5 academic journal articles (recommended 8 to 10) with high
relevance.
 Other information (websites, newspaper articles, etc.).

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 Individual contribution:
 Please specifically elaborate on each member's contribution to the assignment,
including which sections each member contributed to and the timeliness of your
group work.

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Declaration and Statement of Authorship
All students must agree to the following declaration when submitting assessment items
1. I/we have not impersonated or allowed myself/ourselves to be impersonated by
any person for the purposes of this assessment.
2. This assessment is my/our original work and no part of it has been copied from
any other source except where due acknowledgment is made.
3. No part of this assessment has been written for me/us by any other person
except where such collaboration has been authorized by the lecturer/teacher
concerned.
4. I/we have not previously submitted this work for a previous attempt of the unit,
another unit, or other studies at another institution.
5. I/we give permission for my/our assessment response to be reproduced,
communicated, compared, and archived for plagiarism detection,
benchmarking, or educational purposes.

I/we understand that:

 Plagiarism is the presentation of the work, idea, or creation of another person
as though it is your own. It is a form of cheating and is a very serious academic
offense that may lead to exclusion from the University.
 Plagiarised material may be drawn from published and unpublished written
documents, interpretations, computer software, designs, music, sounds,
images, photographs, and ideas or ideological frameworks gained through
working with another person or in a group.
 Plagiarised material can be drawn from, and presented in, written, graphic and
visual form, including electronic data and oral presentations. Plagiarism occurs
when the origin of the material used is not appropriately cited.

I/we agree and acknowledge that:

1. I/we have read and understood the Declaration and Statement of Authorship
above.

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 2. I/we accept that use of my university account to electronically submit this
assessment constitutes my agreement to the Declaration and Statement of
Authorship.
3. If I/we do not agree to the Declaration and Statement of Authorship in this
context, the assessment outcome may not be valid for assessment purposes and
may not be included in my/our aggregate score for this unit.

Evaluation

Criteria Details Ratings

Executive
summary
Introduction and Comprehensive and enlightening review of the 20%
Trend Summary trend. Review highlights key insights, which
clarify the direction.
Scenario Addresses all stages of the scenario planning 40%
Planning framework clearly and professionally.
Framework
Structure and Detailed attention to formatting and stylistic 10%
visualisation choices. Creative, visually engaging and logically
structured report
Quality of Uses sophisticated, expressive and appropriate 10%
writing business language with no grammatical errors.
Sources and High-quality and credible sources with more than 10%
evidence ten relevant sources. Correct use of the Harvard
style of referencing throughout the report

Member A list of members’ jobs and tasks should be 10%

Contribution provided.

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