HOLMES INSTITUTE
FACULTY OF
HIGHER EDUCATION
HI6008 BUSINESS RESEARCH PROJECT – ASSIGNMENT 4 – REFLECTIVE JOURNAL
Assessment Details and Submission Guidelines
Trimester T1 2019
Unit Code HI6008
Unit Title Business Research Project
Assessment Type 4. Reflective Journal (Individual)
Assessment Title Reflective Journal
Purpose of the
assessment (with ULO
Mapping)
The purpose of this assessment is to ensure each student is able to document a critical
eflection of their personal learning process, as experienced during this unit.
Matches to Unit Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7
Weight 20 % of the total assessments
Total Marks 20
Word limit At least 1000 words
Due Date XXXXXXXXXXWeek 12
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Submission
Guidelines
All work must be submitted on Blackboard by the due date along with a completed
Assignment Cover Page.
The assignment must be in MS Word format, single spacing, 12-pt Arial font and 2
cm margins on all four sides of your page with appropriate section headings and
page numbers.
Reference sources must be cited in the text of the report, and listed appropriately
at the end in a reference list using Harvard referencing style.
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HI6008 BUSINESS RESEARCH PROJECT – ASSIGNMENT 4 – REFLECTIVE JOURNAL
Assignment 4 Specifications
Purpose:
This unit aims to give you an opportunity to combine many facets of your acquired MBA skills into the
production of a high-quality research project.
Assignment 4 - the Individual Reflective Journal - is to ensure each student is able to contribute to document
a critical reflection of their personal learning process, as experienced during this unit. It will be best to build
your journal progressively, by making notes each week, starting at week 1 and going through to week 12. Your
notes will serve as a reminder of what you learnt and how you experienced the learning process.
A significant aspect of the learning journal will be your reflections on how well your team co-operated in the
various phases of the Business research Project, i.e. Topic Approval, Literature Review, Methodology sections,
Project Report.
Assignment Structure should be as the following:
1. Topic identification, problem definition, research question, writing of topic approval submission
2. The literature review – search process, summarising relevant articles, designing the outline of the
literature review, writing up the literature review
3. Research methodology – discussions about methods, sampling, questionnaire, data analysis and
interpretation
4. Distilling the findings from the data
5. Writing up the Project Report
6. Reflecting on the research experience, insights gained, teamwork
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HI6008 BUSINESS RESEARCH PROJECT – ASSIGNMENT 4 – REFLECTIVE JOURNAL
Marking criteria
Marking criteria Weighting
Reflections about each of the following:
Topic identification, problem definition, research question, writing of topic
approval submission
3
The literature review – search process, summarising relevant articles, designing
the outline of the literature review, writing up the literature review
3
Research methodology – discussions about methods, sampling, questionnaire,
data analysis and interpretation
3
Distilling the findings from the data 3
Writing up the Project Report 3
Reflecting on the research experience, insights gained, teamwork 5
TOTAL Weight 20%
Assessment Feedback to the Student:
Note: Individuals within a group may earn different marks due to discrepancies in their actual work
submitted relative to the Team Charter originally agreed.
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HI6008 BUSINESS RESEARCH PROJECT – ASSIGNMENT 4 – REFLECTIVE JOURNAL
HI6008 Assignment 4 – Individual Reflective Journal - Marking Ru
ic
Excellent Very Good Good Satisfactory Unsatisfactory
Reflections about:
topic identification,
problem definition,
esearch question,
writing of topic
approval
submission
Deep, insightful,
well-stated,
comprehensive
capturing of
essential
learnings,
feelings and
future
opportunities
Very good
attempt at
capturing
essential
learnings,
feelings and
future
opportunities
Good attempt
at capturing
essential
learnings,
feelings and
future
opportunities
Satisfactory
attempt at
capturing
essential
learnings,
feelings and
future
opportunities
Insufficiently
eflective or
poorly
communicated
Reflections about:
literature review –
search process,
summarising
elevant articles,
designing the
outline of the
literature review,
writing up the
literature review
Deep, insightful,
well-stated,
comprehensive
capturing of
essential
learnings,
feelings and
future
opportunities
Very good
attempt at
capturing
essential
learnings,
feelings and
future
opportunities
Good
attempt at
capturing
essential
learnings,
feelings and
future
opportunities
Satisfactory
attempt at
capturing
essential
learnings,
feelings and
future
opportunities
Insufficiently
eflective or
poorly
communicated
Reflections about:
methodology –
discussions about
methods, sampling,
questionnaire, data
analysis and
interpretation
Deep, insightful,
well-stated,
comprehensive
capturing of
essential
learnings,
feelings and
future
opportunities
Very good
attempt at
capturing
essential
learnings,
feelings and
future
opportunities
Good
attempt at
capturing
essential
learnings,
feelings and
future
opportunities
Satisfactory
attempt at
capturing
essential
learnings,
feelings and
future
opportunities
Insufficiently
eflective or
poorly
communicated
Reflections about:
Distilling the
findings from the
data
Deep, insightful,
well-stated,
comprehensive
capturing of
essential
learnings,
feelings and
future
opportunities
Very good
attempt at
capturing
essential
learnings,
feelings and
future
opportunities
Good
attempt at
capturing
essential
learnings,
feelings and
future
opportunities
Satisfactory
attempt at
capturing
essential
learnings,
feelings and
future
opportunities
Insufficiently
eflective or
poorly
communicated
Reflections about:
Writing up the
Project Report
Deep, insightful,
well-stated,
comprehensive
capturing of
essential
learnings,
feelings and
future
opportunities
Very good
attempt at
capturing
essential
learnings,
feelings and
future
opportunities
Good
attempt at
capturing
essential
learnings,
feelings and
future
opportunities
Satisfactory
attempt at
capturing
essential
learnings,
feelings and
future
opportunities
Insufficiently
eflective or
poorly
communicated
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HI6008 BUSINESS RESEARCH PROJECT – ASSIGNMENT 4 – REFLECTIVE JOURNAL
Reflections about:
the research
experience, insights
gained, teamwork
Deep, insightful,
well-stated,
comprehensive
capturing of
essential
learnings,
feelings and
future
opportunities
Very good
attempt at
capturing
essential
learnings,
feelings and
future
opportunities
Good
attempt at
capturing
essential
learnings,
feelings and
future
opportunities
Satisfactory
attempt at
capturing
essential
learnings,
feelings and
future
opportunities
Insufficiently
eflective or
poorly
communicated
Total Marks (20)
20