HOLMES INSTITUTE
FACULTY OF
HIGHER
EDUCATION
Assessment Details and Submission Guidelines
Trimester T1 2020
Unit Code HC3141
Unit Title International Strategic Management
Assessment Type Individual Assignment
This is strictly required to be your own original work. Plagiarism will be penalised.
Students are required to apply the theories and knowledge derived from the unit
materials, demonstrate critical analysis, and provide a considered and
comprehensive evaluation. Students must use co
ect in-text citation conventions.
Assessment Title Tutorial Question Assignment 2
Purpose of
the assessment
and linkage to
ULO.
A student is required to answer five questions come from the Pre-Recorded
Tutorial Questions every week from week 7 to week 10
The following Unit Learning Outcomes applies to this assessment:
- appraise theoretical and practical knowledge of management in an
international context,
- analyse management problems using the strategy tools, e.g. Porter’s 5
Forces, SWOT,
- demonstrate the capacity to diagnose organisational challenges and
opportunities, and to
- demonstrate research skills, showing initiative in consulting the academic
literature and preparing strategic company report.
Weight 25%
Total Marks 50 Marks
Word limit No more than 300 Words/each question
Page 2 of 2
Due Date Week 11 - Friday 11:59 PM (Midnight)
[Late submission penalties accrue at the rate of -5% per day]
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, 1.5 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, all using Harvard referencing style.
Assignment Specifications
Purpose:
This assignment is designed to assess your level of knowledge of the key topics covered in this unit.
Details
Answer All FIVE (5) of the following questions. The questions come from the Pre-Recorded Tutorial
Questions from week 7 to week 10.
Week 7: Question Number XXXXXXXXXXmarks)
Week 8: Question Number XXXXXXXXXXMarks)
Week 9: Question Number XXXXXXXXXXMarks)
Week 10: Question Number XXXXXXXXXXMarks)
Week 10: Question Number XXXXXXXXXXMarks)
Note. On the Tutorial Material section of Blackboard, you will find weekly folders. Each week folder
has Pre-Recorded Tutorial Questions and Interactive Tutorial Questions. Please make sure that you
are using Pre-Recorded Questions for this assignment.
THE END.
Tutorial question 2
Question 7.3. a) H&H Pizza is a small pizza shop operated by Mr Peter. H&H Pizza is su
ounded by a couple of colleges in a market. What strategies should Peter use to strengthen his business model? b) HARDA Limited is a manufacturer of a detergent. The company is looking to launch its new detergents in an established market. What strategies should HARDA use to strengthen his business model?
Question 8.3. H&H is a small company where you are working as a manager. H&H holds a leading position in an em
yonic market. With a lowest cost structure, your company has a sixty per cent share of the market. Further, H&H has the most reliable and highest-valued products. Due to these reasons, your boss believes that the company’s future is ensured. You are required to write a memo to your boss outlining why the assumptions posed might be inco
ect.
Question 9.3. What kind of companies stand to gain the most from entering into strategic alliances with potential competitors? Why?
Question 10.2. Under what conditions might horizontal integration be inconsistent with the goal of maximizing profitability?
Question 10.3 a) What is the difference between a company’s internal value chain and the industry value chain? What is the relationship between vertical integration and the industry value chain? b) What value creation activities should a company outsource to independent suppliers? What are the risks involved in outsourcing these activities?
Microsoft Word - Assignment Cover Sheet revised including groups FINAL
Faculty of Higher Education
Assignment Cover Sheet
Unit Code
Unit Name
Assignment Numbe
Is this a Group or Individual assignment
If Group, please provide group number _________
Due Date
Declaration
Complete this and attach as a front cover sheet to your Blackboard submission
We certify that:
1. This assignment is our own work. We have acknowledged and disclosed any assistance received in its preparation and cited all sources from which data, ideas, words (whether quoted directly or paraphrased) were taken.
2. This assignment was prepared specifically for this unit only.
3. The reference list is truthful and accurate and in Harvard referencing style.
Student name/s
Student numbe
[must be co
ect]
Which section(s) did each person work on
This cover sheet must be attached to your assignment