Assignment Brief

Submission Deadline Marks and Feedback

Before 10am on:
23/02/2024 20 working days after deadline (L4, 5 and 7)15 working days after
deadline (L6)10 working days after deadline (block delivery)

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Key assignment details

Unit title & code Business Project BSS073-3
Assignment number and title Assignment 1
Assignment type Written Report
Weighting of assignment 40%
Size or length of assessment 2,400
Unit learning outcomes 1. Demonstrate knowledge of academic theories and concepts from a variety of disciplines in order to
investigate, understand and explain business issues so as to aid decision making.
2. Work collaboratively and individually to analyse variety of real business projects to explore
business issues and develop appropriate proposals for open-ended and complex business
problems.

What am I required to do in this assignment?

This is an individual assessment. The submission must be individual and distinct from the rest of your group although the use of
shared appendices is permitted.

You are required to produce a business report of a quality appropriate for presentation to a senior manager of no more than
2,000 words (with an additional 400 word reflection and excluding appendices).

The report is a critical examination and evaluation of a UK industry in the light of the impact of climate-change on the UK
business environment and market. Your industry will be assigned by the Unit tutor.

You will work in groups of 3-5 to:

 Develop a detailed understanding of the nature of your chosen industry

 Use academic theories to assist the development and evaluation of the key climate-change issues facing the industry
 Summarise your findings in a detailed, supported by analysis and evidence, concise and clear identification of
important issues in relation to climate change and related risks facing the industry, leading to your reasoned evaluation
of the outlook for the industry in the light of ongoing climate change.

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  Define a detailed project plan which defines roles, responsibilities and tasks by group member, timeline of the project,
risks and mitigation actions and the nature of the expected deliverable
 Include the Project Plan as part of a Process Log (using provided template on the BREO shell). A completed Process Log
should be included as Appendix A in your final individual submission.
 A reflection of 400 words which considers the project process, challenges encountered and actions taken to overcome
or avoid issues with the application of a reflective model – this should be included as Appendix B

The emphasis of this project will be on developing and demonstrating your ability to manage the project and produce a
comprehensive report.

There will be a Checkpoint for the Assessment on or before Week 4 of the unit. You will present your project plan as a group in
class using the Assessment 1 Checkpoint Template, feedback from your tutor should be included in the Process Log.

What do I need to do to pass? (Threshold Expectations from UIF)

Structure a complex project in which you use academically derived concepts to inform an analysis and understanding of the key
issues in a portfolio.

How do I produce high quality work that merits a good grade?

Please make sure to make use of academic skills support services provided to you at the University of Bedfordshire some of which are
listed below:

1. Referencing support
https://lrweb.beds.ac.uk/a-guide-to-referencing/

2. Academic study and assessment writing skills:

https://lrweb.beds.ac.uk/studyhub

3. Studiocity: Login in to your account to get writing and referencing feedback in just hours, services available 24/7
https://studiosity.com/connect/partners/the-university-of-bedfordshire/student_home

4. Process logs:
Make sure to complete the process log documenting the various steps you have taken on your learning journey. Process logs will help you
identify gaps in your learning and seek help where needed. You can find the template for process logs in your BREO shells under Assessment
& Feedback page.

How does this assignment relate to what we are doing in scheduled sessions?
All scheduled sessions will be dedicated to working on tasks related to the completion of your group projects which will feed
into the writing of the individual report. You will be asked to present your progress as a group, initial findings and analysis
as well as completing activities aimed at helping plan and run the project effectively.
How will my assignment be marked?

Your assignment will be marked according to the threshold expectations and the criteria on the following page.

You can use them to evaluate your own work and consider your grade before you submit.

70%+ (Ist Class) 60-69% (2:1) 50-59% (2:2) 40-49% (3rd 30-39% (Fail) 0-29% (Fail)
Class)
Threshold
Standard
1 Process Log and The project is The project is The project is The project is The project is There is a poor or
Project design completed. A completed. A completed. The completed but partially complete mostly
structure for the structure is structure has the project with some incomplete
(15%) project has been developed or generic elements structure is significant errors attempt at a
designed and adapted that is and is not generic and may and/or omissions project structure
logically develops suitable for this specifically not follow a and may not with major errors
the investigation specific project. designed for the systematic follow a and omissions.
and the Process Log is project. process to systematic Process Log is either
recommendations. complete with a Process Log is completion. process to missing or mostly
Process Log is good level of detail complete with a Process Log is completion. incomplete.
complete with a and insight. reasonable level of complete with a Process Log is A superficial or
high level of detail Contains a detail and insight. basic level of detail substantively incomplete
and insight. substantial Provides a and insight. incomplete with process log
Exceptionally amount of moderate level of Lacks sufficient very limited detail lacking self
comprehensive information about detail and detail and and insight.
assessment,
and detailed self assessment, information about information An incomplete evidence of
evidence for self assessment self assessment, about self and poorly research or
assessment, development and assessment assessment, organised process lessons learned
assessment lessons learned, development and assessment log lacking providing minimal
development and capturing key lessons learned, development and evidence for self information about
lessons learned, activities and capturing key lessons learned, assessment, the steps taken or
providing a stages. activities and capturing key research or omitting crucial
thorough account stages. activities and lessons learned, stages of the
of the research stages however providing little research process.
and writing with incomplete information about
process at each evidence. the steps taken or
stage of omitting crucial
development of stages of the
the assessment. research process.
 An excellent A good reflection There is a There is a There is an There is an
reflection on the on the project reflection on the reflection on the irrelevant irrelevant
project included included with project but lacking project but reflection or reflection or
with real insight some insight into in detail or scope. mostly descriptive missing reflection. missing reflection.
2 Reflection
into the project the project Partial or limited rather than No application of No application of
process. process. application of one reflective. a reflective model. a reflective
(15%)
Application of at Application of at reflective model. Attempted model.
least one least one application of one
reflective model reflective model reflective model.
that yields useful that yields some
results. results.
Selection of Selection of Selection of Selection of Poor or No use of
frameworks is frameworks is frameworks is. frameworks is inappropriate appropriate
entirely appropriate. Frameworks are appropriate. selection of frameworks or
appropriate. Frameworks are applied in the Some errors in frameworks with extremely poor
Selection shows applied in the correct manner the application of limited attempt at
understanding of correct manner according to their frameworks are applicability to the application which
their strengths according to their design. shown. situation at hand. fails to elicit any
and weaknesses design and their Effective use of Some use of Major errors of useful output.
and the usage leads to academic academic understanding No use of
3 Academic application insight. literature and literature and and/or application academic
underpinning reflects this. Very good use of conceptual conceptual of frameworks. literature and
from frameworks Frameworks are academic models. models. Limited use of conceptual
and literature. applied in the literature strong academic models.
correct manner application of literature and
(30%) according to their conceptual conceptual
design and their models. models.
usage leads to
insight.
Excellent use of
academic
literature with
effective use of
conceptual
models.
Evaluation stems Evaluation is Evaluation is There is evidence Evaluation is only Little to no
from rigorous drawn from the drawn from the that the tenuously attempt to
4 Reasoned analysis that analysis and will analysis but are evaluation is connected to generate any
evaluation of the examines the show differing likely to be derived from the analysis or appear evaluation with
project perspectives in obvious or analysis and are to be mostly no connection to
chosen industry.
specification from the analysis. generic. not solely drawn statements analysis.
(30%) different from opinion. without
perspectives. justification or
evidence.

5 Structure, Excellent Material is well Some Some Presentation is Presentation and

presentation, organisation and organised and inconsistencies in inconsistencies in inconsistent structure are
referencing, presentation of presented. Good presentation of presentation of and/or of a poor haphazard with
spelling and material. Excellent style. Well material. Good material. Style standard. Poor little logical flow
grammar. style. Excellently expressed with style. Satisfactorily inappropriate in attempt at and major and
(10%) expressed with very few mistakes expressed but places. Weakly referencing with frequent errors
perfect grammar in grammar and several mistakes expressed with omissions and and omissions in
and spelling. All spelling. Almost all in grammar and mistakes in errors. referencing and
references are references are spelling. Most grammar and spelling/grammar.
correctly cited correct, both in references are spelling. A
both in text and in text and in the correct in text, reasonable
the Reference Reference section. with appropriate attempt with
section. page numbers and several errors
listed in the both in text and
Reference section. in the References
section.