COMM1100 Business Decision Making

Assessments

Assessment Structure

Assessment Details

Tutorial participation Assessment Overview

The quality and frequency of students' participation in tutorials will be assessed from Week 2 -

10. A document with guidelines will be made available on Moodle.

Assesses: PLO1, PLO2, PLO3, PLO5

Course Learning Outcomes

· CLO1 : Explain the interplay of economic, legal, and corporate responsibility principles in business decisions

· CLO2 : Identify appropriate economic models and analyse how they are used in business decisions

· CLO3 : Identify legal issues that arise in commercial situations and analyse how they infuence business decisions

· CLO4 : Identify the key features of corporate (social, environmental) responsibility, and how the business world can contribute to the greater good

· CLO5 : Apply appropriate search strategies to research and summarise relevant and valid information from a range of suitable sources

Detailed Assessment Description

The quality and frequency of students' participation in tutorials will be assessed from Week 2 -

10. A document with guidelines will be made available on Moodle.

To provide students with fexibility for illness, misadventure, or other unforeseen circumstances, the overall participation mark will be calculated as the average of the best 6 of the 8 possible tutorial marks. .

Assignment submission Turnitin type Not Applicable

Problem Set

Assessment Overview

A problem set will be used to assess and give feedback on students' progress in understanding and applying the course concepts. The problem set will be in the form of an online quiz in Week 4

Assesses: PLO1, PLO2, PLO5

BCom students: myBCom course points for PLO5

Course Learning Outcomes

· CLO1 : Explain the interplay of economic, legal, and corporate responsibility principles in business decisions

· CLO2 : Identify appropriate economic models and analyse how they are used in business decisions

· CLO3 : Identify legal issues that arise in commercial situations and analyse how they infuence business decisions

· CLO4 : Identify the key features of corporate (social, environmental) responsibility, and how the business world can contribute to the greater good

Detailed Assessment Description

The problem set will assess students'understanding and ability to apply core concepts of the course. This will take the form of a timed quiz, which may feature a variety of question types, such as multiple choice, short essay, or numerical response. The set of questions will differ across students. Students will have one attempt at each quiz.

Additional details and preparation materials will be provided on the course Moodle site.

BCom students: myBCom course points for PLO5

Assignment submission Turnitin type Not Applicable

Case study analysis Assessment Overview

This written assessment will allow students to demonstrate and receive feedback on their ability to apply the course concepts to a business case. (1,200 words due in Week 7)

Assesses: PLO1, PLO2, PLO3, PLO5

Course Learning Outcomes

· CLO1 : Explain the interplay of economic, legal, and corporate responsibility principles in business decisions

· CLO2 : Identify appropriate economic models and analyse how they are used in business decisions

· CLO3 : Identify legal issues that arise in commercial situations and analyse how they infuence business decisions

· CLO4 : Identify the key features of corporate (social, environmental) responsibility, and how the business world can contribute to the greater good

· CLO5 : Apply appropriate search strategies to research and summarise relevant and valid information from a range of suitable sources

Detailed Assessment Description

This written assessment will allow students to demonstrate and receive feedback on their ability to apply the course concepts to a business case. Additional details and submission instructions will be provided on the course Moodle site.

Submission notes

PDF or Word documents only.

Assignment submission Turnitin type

This assignment is submitted through Turnitin and students do not see Turnitin similarity reports.

Final exam

Assessment Overview

The fnal exam will be administered online and will consist of two parts: Part 1 will consist of case analysis, and Part 2 will consist of a problem set.

Assesses: PLO1, PLO2, PLO3, PLO5

BCom students: myBCom course points for PLO2

Course Learning Outcomes

· CLO1 : Explain the interplay of economic, legal, and corporate responsibility principles in business decisions

· CLO2 : Identify appropriate economic models and analyse how they are used in business decisions

· CLO3 : Identify legal issues that arise in commercial situations and analyse how they infuence business decisions

· CLO4 : Identify the key features of corporate (social, environmental) responsibility, and how the business world can contribute to the greater good

· CLO5 : Apply appropriate search strategies to research and summarise relevant and valid information from a range of suitable sources

Detailed Assessment Description

The fnal exam will be administered online and will consist of two parts.

Part 1 will consist of a case analysis. Students will be required to undertake research on this case, using available resources

through the UNSW Library catalogues, databases and collections, or other appropriate sources. Part 2 will consist of a problem set, which will be similar in style to Assessment 2.