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1. (Mt) – Aguadilla Technological College Management Paper
Unformatted Preview HOLMES INSTITUTE FACULTY OF HIGHER EDUCATION Assessment
Details and Submission Guidelines Trimester Unit Code Unit Title Assessment Type
Assessment Title Purpose of the assessment (with ULO Mapping) T2 2019 HI6006
Competitive Strategy Individual Assignment Essay – Key Strategy Development Tools
Students are required to write a Comprehensive discussion of any three of the strategy
models, with practical application to current business examples Weight Total Marks Word
limit Due Date Submission Guidelines 15% of the total assessments 15 Not more than 1500
words Week 5 [Late submission penalties accrue at the rate of -
must be submitted on Blackboard by the due date along with a completed Assignment
ssignment must be in MS Word format, 1.5 spacing, 12-pt Arial font and
2 cm margins on all four sides of your page with appropriate section headings and page
appropriately at the end in a reference list using Harvard referencing style. HI6006
COMPETITIVE STRATEGY . ASSIGNMENT 1 Page 2 of 3 Assignment 1 Specifications
Purpose: This assignment aims at ensuring that students have familiarised themselves with
the foundational strategy development models and are able to relate them to current
practical business examples. . Details Write an essay explaining what the main strategy
development tools are and how they are used in business. Your essay must contain a
comprehensive discussion of 3 of the following: PESTEL, Five Forces, Resource-Based View,
PROFIT, Input/Output, SWOT Analysis (you may include Cross Impact Analysis), Generic
Strategies, Ansoff, Ghemawat, with reference to academic journals and practical examples
from industry. In this essay, sub-headings are permitted. Be sure to use paragraphing. Be
sure to reference your sources in-text and provide a list of references at the end, all in
Harvard style. Your final submission is due Friday of week 5 at midnight. Assignment
Structure One page for your explanation of each model, including the example. Thus, a half
page introduction, then 3 pages for the explanation of the 3 models, plus a half page
conclusion. Add a cover page at the front. Add a Reference List at the end. HI6006
COMPETITIVE STRATEGY . ASSIGNMENT 1 Page 3 of 3 Marking Rubric Strategy Model 1
Max 3 marks Strategy Model 2 Max 3 marks Strategy Model 3 Max 3 marks Introduction and
Conclusion Max 3 marks Academic Referencing and Practical Examples Max 3 marks Total
Excellent 3 Good 2 Satisfactory 1 Unsatisfactory 0 The model is wellunderstood and
comprehensively explained The model is understood and explained The model is somewhat
understood and an attempt has been made to explain it The model is wellunderstood and

2. comprehensively explained The model is understood and explained The model is somewhat
understood and an attempt has been made to explain it The model is wellunderstood and
comprehensively explained The model is understood and explained The model is somewhat
understood and an attempt has been made to explain it Well-written – clear and concise
Well-written An original attempt was made The model appears to be misunderstood and
the attempt to explain it is incorrect The model appears to be misunderstood and the
attempt to explain it is incorrect The model appears to be misunderstood and the attempt to
explain it is incorrect Unclear or missing Referencing is correct and complete in all respects.
Examples are current, relevant, wellapplied. Referencing is mostly correct and complete.
Examples are mostly current, relevant, applied Referencing is somewhat correct though
possibly incomplete, with some errors in reference style. Examples are somewhat current,
relevant, applied Comments 15 marks HI6006 COMPETITIVE STRATEGY . ASSIGNMENT 1
Referencing is not correct, somewhat incomplete. Examples are not current, or not relevant,
or incorrectly applied Mark Awarded