QHO316 –Business Issues in the Contemporary World

AE2 Group Presentation

Given the current situation with the university closed for face-to-face teaching, it
has been necessary to make some adjustments to assessment brief AE2
requirements.

In line with the learning outcomes of the validated unit descriptor, you will be
required to work as a small team (4 members ideally, 2 minimum) to produce a
presentation which will be used to present how interconnectedness as a major
globalisation theme works in today’s world economy and assess their impact on
international business environment, HOWEVER, you will not be required to give an
oral presentation.

Your presentation should at least cover the following areas:

a. The role of the internet and computing

b. Growth in consumer markets.

Your PowerPoint presentation will be converted into a Word document as follows;

 Add your notes that will accompany the slides
 Each member of the group must contribute to at least 1 slide with notes
 Group member initials should be added to the relevant slide(s)

The Word document of slides and notes should be submitted to the online
submission link by your group leader. In the absence of the oral presentation, the
notes must be sufficient enough to ensure that the assessment criteria met. 

It is compulsory for all team members to contribute towards the creation of the
presentation slides and notes.

An example of AE2 final report (PowerPoint and notes converted to Word

document) is available on the SOL unit page.

Collaboration tools for online group working

There are many applications which enable you to share documents and
collaborate on projects in real time. Maximise the tools available to you in
order to keep organised as a group.

Microsoft One Drive  (Access via Portal App 'my files')

You have access to Microsoft 365 applications such as Word, PowerPoint and
Excel through your university account as well as cloud storage space on One
Drive to save the documents you create. You can set up shared folders for
group projects and collaborate on documents in real time by using the 'edit in
browser' function. 

Alternatives: Dropbox , Google Drive .  

Trello  

This free online project management and collaboration tool will help you

organise tasks, track progress and work together to get things done. It can be
very useful for dividing and keeping track of tasks on a group project.

Google Hangouts  

If you can't meet in person, you can arrange a video meeting on google
hangouts. (This application requires you to have or set up a Google account).

Alternative: Skype