Faculty of Business StudiesTutor
Marked AssignmentB301 A: Making Sense of Strategy ISPRING- Semester
2015 – 2016Cut Off date- 30th
April.2016 (Subject
to VRAA’s discretion)This tutor marked-assignment is meant
to assess the student’s ability in understanding, and application of the course
materials provided in the class room and ideas from external sources, as well
as to test his/
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Faculty of Business Studies
Tutor
Marked Assignment
B301 A: Making Sense of Strategy I
SPRING- Semester
2015 – 2016
Cut Off date- 30th
April.2016 (Subject
to VRAA’s discretion)
This tutor marked-assignment is meant
to assess the student’s ability in understanding, and application of the course
materials provided in the class room and ideas from external sources, as well
as to test his/her reflection and critical thinking. Among other ILOs, it is
also intended to test the student’s ability to argue relevantly and to
justify a point of view besides, constructing, defending and evaluating an
argument, using relevant evidence and giving reasons for conclusions. It consists of three questions and
accounts for 20% of the total grade assigned to the course.
INSTRUCTIONS
The TMA must be done with strict compliance to the guidelines and instructions stated, otherwise there
will be penalties in form of marks deduction as per the university’s policy.
You are encouraged to collaborate with others in studying,
but submitted work copied from or written jointly with others is not acceptable. Submitting work that has been done by someone
else and persistent borrowing of
other people’s work without citation are obvious instances of plagiarism and
are regarded as cheating.
Paying for work from other sources and submitting it
as your own is also cheating. It is intellectually dishonest to
cheat. If a case of plagiarism is proven, this is a serious offence and the
disciplinary procedures will be followed, as described under the Examination
Policy of the AOU. Cases of plagiarism will receive a mark of “Zero”
on the assignment. Please refer to AOU plagiarism policy.
1. TMA
must be written
in ESSAY
(discussion) format, BULLETS and NUMBERING to
be avoided. Avoid
writing TMA in
first person tense.
E.g. “I suggest that …” or “In this TMA I am going to discuss…”etc.
2. Word count should be exact with 10% (More/less) tolerance.
3. You must acknowledge all
sources of information using full Harvard Style Referencing (In-text referencing
plus list of references at the end) Minimum of 5 references are required. MUST include
E-library and course materials.
4. Wikipedia is not recommended as a
reference.
5. Copy and paste- plagiarized
work will be detected by TURNITIN and heavily penalized.
6. TMAs to
tutors through emails and
late submission not permitted.
7.
Strictly
use the PT3 Form with yellow color mark accompanying this TMA.
Any other non compliance to guidelines and requirements will
be penalized
WARNING: THERE WILL BE NO
EXTENSION OF CUT-OFF DATE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE.
Please Note that this particular TMA is meant to respond to
recommendations given by EE to
encourage and develop greater critical analytical skills especially at level 3
l 6, by encouraging the students to read more widely; the greater use of
comparative case studies; and encouraging part-time students to reflect on the
application of the theories discussed to their own workplace and industries in
their own countries.
Question
For the purposes of this TMA you
should apply SWOT analysis:
1. You are required to critically
compare and contrast PETROLEUM
industry and AGRICULTURAL
industry in your country. (Kuwait)
2. Suggest FOUR ways by which SUSTAINABLE COMPETITIVE
ADVANTAGE may be created in the AGRICULTURE industry in your country.
**Note: Your discussion must
comprise of ALL the FOUR factors of SWOT analysis. (1500 Words)
***************** Good Luck
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