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Assessment 3 Information
Subject Code: MAN302
Subject Name: Strategic Management
Assessment Title: Strategic Change Proposal
Assessment Title:
Length:
Written Proposal
2000 words (+/- 10% allowable range)
Weighting: 40%
Total Marks:
Submission:
40
Via Turnitin
Due Date: Week 13
.
Your task
You are required to draft a proposal for a new strategic direction for a business that you have
chosen to analyse in the first assessment.
Assessment Description.
In this individual assignment, you have the opportunity to recognise the difference between
strategy development at each of the business, corporate and global levels and develop a business
strategy based on comprehensive business analysis.
Assessment Instructions
Imagine that you are a management consultant who has been hired to assess an existing
company’s strategy and recommend a new strategic direction. You are to focus on the same
usiness you analysed in Assessment 1 and draft a proposal that seeks to persuade the business
owners of the merits of a new strategic direction.
In preparing this proposal, you must include the following:
• A
ief factual description of the business– offerings, size, location, years of operation etc.
• A
ief analysis of the existing strategy of the business drawing on the frameworks discussed
through the course, including as many of the below that are relevant to your chosen business
o Business-level strategy
o Business Model
o Corporate level strategy/opportunities (of your business’ group or parent)
o International level strategy/opportunities
• A clear proposal for a change in strategy
o (A change in strategy is more than just an idea for a new offering or marketing idea:
it involves a substantive change to at least one of the elements analysed above).
• Reassurance that the proposal is a realistic and achievable together with the identification
of the key issues for implementation.
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You are also required to use at least 6 sources of information and reference these in
accordance with the Kaplan Harvard Referencing Style. These may include corporate
websites, government publications, industry reports, census data, journal articles, and newspaper
articles. Wikipedia and other ‘popular’ sites are not to be used.
Your submission can be prepared in table/plan, report or another recognised document form,
provided it meets the assessment requirements and answers the questions above. As an example
only, your submission might adopt a structure such as below.
Section /
heading
Notes / questions to answer Possible
word count
Title page Should identify both the business and a very short indication of a
proposed new direction (e.g. Suncorp – outsource to cut costs)
Company
overview
Not assessed. Not included in word count. 250
Analysis • What is the business-level strategy? Is this effective?
• What are the key features of the cu
ent business model? Do
these need to change? Is there scope for adopting blue ocean
strategy or becoming an exponential organisation?
• Are there any corporate-level strategies? Are they effective?
• What, if any, global level strategy is there?
1000
Proposed
strategic
change
Define the strategic change you propose. This should involve a
substantive change to at least one of the elements above
50-100
Justification Use reason, analysis and research to persuade readers of the
merits of your proposed change. Refer to your analysis above.
400
Implementation Is this realistic and achievable?
How will you implement your proposed strategy?
What will this involve in terms of finance, systems, resources,
stakeholders, marketing, culture, people, structure and more?
(discuss only the most relevant issues)
400
Conclusion Re-state your key recommendation and argument 100
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Assignment Submission
This file must be submitted as a ‘Word’ document to avoid any technical issues that may occur from
inco
ect file format upload. Uploaded files with a virus will not be considered as a legitimate
submission. Turnitin will notify you if there is an issue with the submitted file. In this case, you must
contact your workshop facilitator via email and provide a
ief description of the issue and a
screenshot of the Turnitin e
or message.
You are also encouraged to submit your work well in advance of the deadline to avoid any possible
delay with the Turnitin similarity report or any other technical difficulties that may occur.
Late assignment submission penalties
Penalties will be imposed on late assignment submissions in accordance with Kaplan Business
School “late assignment submission penalties” policy.
Number of
days
Penalty
1* - 9 days 5% per day for each calendar day late deducted from the total marks
available
10 - 14
days
50% deducted from the total marks available.
After 14
days
Assignments that are submitted more than 14 calendar days after the
due date will not be accepted, and the student will receive a mark of
zero for the assignment(s).
Note Notwithstanding the above penalty rules, assignments will also be
given a mark of zero if they are submitted after assignments have
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to be one day late and therefore subject to the associated penalty
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Important Study Information
Academic Integrity Policy
KBS values academic integrity. All students must understand the meaning and consequences of
cheating, plagiarism and other academic offences under the Academic Integrity and Conduct
Policy.
What is academic integrity and misconduct?
What are the penalties for academic misconduct?
What are the late penalties?
How can I appeal my grade?
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Word Limits for Written Assessments
Submissions that exceed the word limit by more than 10% will cease to be marked from the point
at which that limit is exceeded.
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MAN302 Assessment 3 Marking Ru
ic – Individual Strategic Change Proposal 40%
Marking
Criteria
F (Fail)
0-49%
P (Pass)
50-64%
C (Credit)
65-74%
D (Distinction)
75–84%
HD (High Distinction)
85-100%
Analysis
_ / 15 marks
Demonstrates poor or no
understanding of relevant
issues and frameworks, and
fails to clearly identify and
discuss business strategy.
Demonstrates fair
understanding of relevant
issues and frameworks,
clearly identifies business
strategy with fair discussion.
Demonstrates good
understanding of relevant issues
and frameworks, with good
identification and discussion of
usiness strategy including
elevant research.
Demonstrates very good
understanding of relevant
issues and frameworks, with