Module code Business Environment Module leader: Sarah Amechi

and title:

Assignment Group Poster Oral Presentation Assessment 50%

No. and type: (1500 words) weighting:

Submission On or before: 2pm 4th July 2022 Target feedback 3 weeks from the date of final
time and date: time and date: submission

Assignment task

This assessment is a group poster presentation that focuses on the application of teamwork and oral
presentation skills to demonstrate the knowledge and understanding of organisations, institutions, and
markets within the business environment.

This assignment has been designed to provide you with an opportunity to demonstrate your
achievement of the following module learning outcomes:

LO 1 Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of organisations, institutions, and markets within the
business environment.

LO 4 Work as part of a team making appropriate contributions, agreeing with group decisions, and
demonstrating oral presentation skills and demonstrate appropriate academic writing skills,
referencing and good academic practice.

Task requirements

Overview of the assignment

The effective operation of a business requires a good understanding of the interaction between different
types of organisations, institutions and markets that make up the business environment on the one hand,
and the ability to interact and work with the different people/parties that make up a group on the other
hand.

This assignment provides the opportunity for students to demonstrate teamwork and oral presentation
skills via the preparation and presentation of the information that shows an understanding of the different
types of organisations, institutions and markets that make up the business environment.

Description of the task – what you are being asked to do:

Each group (4-5 people) must produce a two-page poster presentation that explains the meaning of local,
national and global businesses, and the meaning of the public, private and third sectors, as well as an
example and brief overview for each type of business, and an example and overview of a business in each
sector. The presentation should include the types of e-commerce marketplaces and market structures.
See the assignment guide for a breakdown of this task.

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Referencing and research requirements

Please reference your work according to the Canterbury Harvard style guidance which you can access on
Moodle.

Include a minimum of 10 references.

How your work will be assessed

Your work will be assessed on the extent to which it demonstrates your achievement of the stated learning
outcomes for this assignment (see above) and against other key criteria, as defined in the University’s
institutional grading descriptors. If it is appropriate to the format of your assignment and your subject area,
a proportion of your marks will also depend upon your use of academic referencing conventions.

This assignment will be marked according to the grading descriptors for Level 4

Submission details

This assignment should be submitted electronically via Moodle (module tutors will discuss this process with
you during class time).

 Please ensure that your work has been saved in an appropriate file format (Microsoft Word, Excel
or PowerPoint, or PDF are the most widely used; Google Docs is also accepted). Your file must
also contain at least 20 words of text, consist of fewer than 400 pages and be less than 40MB in
size.

 You can submit your work as many times as you like before the submission date. If you do submit
your work more than once, your earlier submission will be replaced by the most recent version.

 Once you have submitted your work, you will receive a digital receipt as proof of submission, which
will be sent to your forwarded e-mail address (provided you have set this up). Please keep this
receipt for future reference, along with the original electronic copy of your assignment

 You are reminded of the University’s regulations on academic misconduct, which can be viewed on
the University website: Academic Misconduct Policy. In submitting your assignment, you are
acknowledging that you have read and understood these regulations.

Submission date and time

This assignment should be submitted to Moodle before 2pm on Week Commencing,

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You should submit all work for summative assessments by the above deadline. Work submitted up to three
working days after the deadline will be accepted and marked, but the mark will be capped at the pass mark
(40%) unless there is a valid reason for the late submission (i.e., having been granted an extension to the
deadline or a deferral under the terms of the Extenuating Circumstances Policy).

Work submitted more than three working days after the deadline without a valid reason will not be
accepted and will be recorded as 0% RN (refer, no work submitted).

For more information, please refer to: Student Handbook on Moodle.

Feedback and marks for this assignment will be available in three weeks from the deadline.

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 Assignment Guide-Presentation
This Assignment Guide should be used with the Assignment Brief. Its purpose is to provide guidance
on the best way to meet the task requirements in the assignment brief. It also gives an indication of
what the marker will be looking for in the presentation.

This assessment is an in-class group (4-5 people) presentation of a two-page poster that is prepared by
all the members of the group.

Each member of the group must orally present the part of the poster that they prepared.

The presentation should be prepared in Microsoft PowerPoint, Landscape Orientation.

The two-page poster should include the following:

 The names and ID of all the students in the group and the name of the lecturer
 The meaning of local, national, and global businesses
 The meaning of the public, private and third sectors
 An example and a brief overview of a local, a national, and a global business (in bullet points)
 An example and a brief overview of a business in the public, private and third sector (in bullet
points)
 The meaning of the different types of e-commerce marketplaces (in bullet points)
 The meaning of the different types of market structures (in bullet points)

Important Notes:
1. Group presentations will take place in week 5 of the module.
2. Students should create their own groups.
3. Any student without a group, please inform the tutor by week 2 of the module.
4. If students are not in a group in week 3 the lecturer will put them in a group.
5. Once the group is formed, it will not change unless allowed by the programme leader.
6. The video in the link below explains how to create a poster:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WnhoIbfcoM

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Indicative Resources
Core text
 Worthington, I. and Britton, C. and Thompson, E. (2018) The business environment: a
global perspective. 8th ed. Harlow: Pearson

Recommended text
 Alina Mihaela Dima & Fabrizio D'Ascenzo (ed.), 2021. "Business Revolution in a
Digital Era," Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics, Springer, number 978-
3-030-59972-0, December
 Hamilton, L. and Webster, P. (2018). The international business environment. 4th ed.
Oxford: Oxford University Press.
 Morrison, J. (2017). The global business environment: challenges and responsibilities.
4th ed. London: Palgrave
 Johnson, Regnér, Whittington, Scholes, Angwin & Regner (2017). Exploring Strategy:
Text and Cases. Pearson Higher Education.
 Susan L. Slocum, Abena Aidoo, Kelly McMahon (2020). The Business of Sustainable
Tourism Development and Management. London, Routledge.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351031066

Academic journal articles and other resources

 Brinkman, J., Bateman, I. N., Harper, D., & Hodgson, C. (2014). Unlocking: The business
environment. Unlocking: The Business Environment (pp. 1–378). Taylor and Francis.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203782644
 Hoffman, A. J., & Georg, S. (2018). Business and the Natural Environment. Business
and the Natural Environment. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351238946
 Slocum, S. L., Aidoo, A., & McMahon, K. (2020). The Business of Sustainable Tourism
Development and Management. The Business of Sustainable Tourism Development and
Management. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351031066
 Richard Brunet-Thornton and Felipe Martinez (2018). Analyzing the Impacts of Industry
4.0 in Modern Business Environments. IGI Global Publisher. 10.4018/978-1-5225-3468-6
 Sheng Fang Chorching Goh Mark Roberts L. Colin Xu Albert Zeufack (2020). Female
Business Leaders, Business and Cultural Environment, and Productivity around the
World. World Bank Group Development Economics Development Research Group.
 “World Bank 2020”. Doing Business 2020: Comparing Business Regulation in 190
Economies. Washington, DC: World Bank. © World Bank.
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/32436 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”
 “World Bank 2021”. The World Bank Annual Report 2021: From Crisis to Green,
Resilient, and Inclusive Recovery. Washington, DC: World Bank. © World Bank.
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/36067 License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0
IGO.
 “World Bank Group 2021”. World Bank Group Climate Change Action Plan 2021–2025:
Supporting Green, Resilient, and Inclusive Development. World Bank, Washington, DC.
© World Bank. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/35799 License: CC
BY 3.0 IGO.”

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 “World Bank 2021”. Global Economic Prospects, June 2021. Washington, DC: World
Bank. © World Bank. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/35647
License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”
 van Hall, S.A., van Leeuwen, C., Lengton, E.E., & van der Linden, R.W.H. (2010).
European Business Environment: Doing Business in the EU (F.J.L. Somers, Ed.) (1st
ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003021926
 “Zhenwei Qiang, Christine; Wang, He; Xu, L. Colin. 2020. Heterogeneous Effects of the
de jure and de facto Business Environment: Findings from Multiple Data Sets on the
Business Environment. Policy Research Working Paper; No. 9115. World Bank,
Washington, DC. © World Bank.
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/33229 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.

News & Magazines

The Chartered Management Institute journals
The Business Review journal
The Economist
Bloomberg Businessweek
The Financial Times

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Provision at Level 3 (often forming part of a Foundation Year course) is designed to prepare students for higher education. At the end of Level 3, students will
be expected to demonstrate the acquisition of foundation level skills, knowledge and understanding necessary to embark on a higher education programme of
study at Level 4. In accordance with the national Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF), this includes the ability to identify and use relevant
understanding, methods and skills to complete tasks and address problems that, while well defined, have a measure of complexity. It includes taking
responsibility for initiating and completing tasks and procedures as well as exercising autonomy and judgement within limited parameters. It also reflects
awareness of different perspectives or approaches within an area of study or work.
A pass mark (40% or above) demonstrates achievement of all learning outcomes associated with the module assessment
Assessment category
Introductory knowledge Cognitive and intellectual Reading and referencing Presentation, style, and
and understanding of the skills structure
basic underlying Work that significantly exceeds
concepts and principles the specified word limit may be
of the subject(s) penalized
Excellent work showing Insightful and accurate Insightful and effective use of a Exemplary presentation of work that
flawless understanding of the interpretation and evaluation of carefully selected range of relevant is fluent and flawless throughout.
basic underlying concepts information and ideas, based on reading. Consistently accurate
Pass Mark

90%-100%

and principles of the an excellent application of the application of referencing.

subject(s), resulting in most appropriate skills, methods,
students being fully prepared and procedures. Work shows full
for study at Level 4. awareness of the nature of the
area of study and different
perspectives or approaches
within it

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 High quality work showing Excellent interpretation and Consistent and balanced Highly effective presentation of work
fluent understanding of the evaluation of information and engagement with a refined selection that is coherently structured and
basic underlying concepts ideas, employing highly of many types of relevant reading. clearly expressed throughout.

80%-89%
and principles of the appropriate skills, methods, and Consistently accurate application of
subject(s), resulting in procedures. Work shows strong referencing.
students being fully prepared awareness of the nature of the
for study at Level 4. area of study and different
perspectives or approaches
within it
Commendable work showing Effective interpretation and Consistent engagement with a wide Well-formed presentation of work
detailed understanding of the evaluation of information and range of relevant reading. that is coherently structured and
basic underlying concepts ideas, showing effective use of Consistently accurate application of clearly expressed throughout.
70% – 79%

and principles of the appropriate skills, methods, and referencing.

subject(s), resulting in procedures. Work shows well
students being highly established awareness of the
prepared for study at Level 4. nature of the area of study and
different perspectives or
approaches within it.
Work of solid quality showing Good interpretation and Engagement with a wide range of Competent presentation of work in
competent and consistent evaluation of information and relevant reading. Sound application terms of structure and clarity of
understanding of the basic ideas, using appropriate skills, of referencing, with no inaccuracies expression.
60% – 69%

underlying concepts and methods, and procedures. Work or inconsistencies.

principles of the subject(s), shows sound awareness of the
resulting in students being nature of the area of study and
well prepared for study at different perspectives or
Level 4. approaches within it.

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 Introductory knowledge Cognitive and intellectual Reading and referencing Presentation, style, and
Level 3 skills structure

Adequate work showing Adequate interpretation and Engagement with an appropriate Work is structured in a largely
understanding of the basic evaluation of information and range of reading beyond essential coherent manner and is for the most
underlying concepts and ideas, largely using appropriate texts. Referencing may show minor part clearly expressed.

50% – 59%
principles of the subject(s), skills, methods, and procedures. inaccuracies or inconsistencies.
resulting in students being Work shows awareness of the
prepared for study at Level 4, nature of the area of study and an
but lacking depth and breadth. emerging awareness of different
perspectives or approaches within
it.
Pass mark

Simple factual approach A limited interpretation and Evidence of reading, largely confined Ordered presentation in which
showing understanding of the evaluation of information and to essential texts, but mainly reliant relevant ideas / concepts are
basic underlying concepts and ideas, showing emerging on taught elements. Referencing may reasonably expressed.
principles of the subject(s), awareness of the nature of the show inaccuracies and/or
40% – 49%

resulting in students being area of study and different inconsistencies.

largely prepared for study at perspectives or approaches within
Level 4. Narrow or misguided it, although not always logical or
selection of material, with coherent and with inaccuracies.
elements missing or
inaccurate.

Work shows limited but Weak and at times flawed Poor engagement with essential texts Work is loosely, and at times
fragmentary understanding of interpretation and evaluation of and no evidence of wider reading. incoherently, structured, with
the basic underlying concepts information and ideas, resulting in Heavily reliant on taught elements. information and ideas often poorly
Marginal fail

35% – 39%

and principles of the largely descriptive work that Inconsistent and weak use of expressed.
subject(s), for example shows lack of awareness of the referencing.
through inaccuracies, inclusion nature of the area of study and
of irrelevant material and/or different perspectives or
absence of appropriate approaches within it.
information.
Unsatisfactory work showing Very weak interpretation and Limited evidence of reading and/or Work is poorly presented in a
weak and flawed evaluation of information and reliance on inappropriate sources. disjointed and incoherent manner.
understanding of the basic ideas, resulting in descriptive work Limited engagement with taught Information and ideas are very poorly
20% – 34%

underlying concepts and that is often illogical, invalid, or elements. Very poor use of expressed, with weak English and/or
principles of the subject(s), for irrelevant. Little awareness of the referencing. inappropriate style.
example through serious nature of the area of study and no
inaccuracies, inclusion of a appreciation of different
significant amount of irrelevant perspectives or approaches within
material and/or absence of it.
appropriate information.
Fail

Highly unsatisfactory work Work is largely irrelevant or No evidence of reading or Work is extremely disorganised, with
showing major gaps in inaccurate, characterised by engagement with taught elements. much of the content confusingly 9
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underlying concepts and unsubstantiated generalisations. very inappropriate style.
< 20%

principles of the subject(s). Minimal or no use of evidence to

Inclusion of largely irrelevant back up views, showing complete