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Assessment 2 – Group Case study
Structure and content. Due July 26, 2020
Format – 3000 words max
Introduction – 10% of word count – 300 words
Intro: What is it about, what theories are used and what is the structure
Body – 80% of the word count – 2400 words
14 paragraphs
Application of selected theories (each group will have different theories
Approx five to seven theories
Conclusion – 10% of word count – 300 words
References – APA 6th
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Assessment 2 Group Case study
Due Sunday Week 8 July 26, 2020
Written report submitted through Blackboard by one group membe
This is a group assessment and the focus is perception, bias, groups, group dynamics – conflict is expected and you must manage
One group member emails video to me: XXXXXXXXXX
Assessment foundation
You will need to:
WHAT IS THE DECISION THE BUSINESS MADE
Consider the business/case environment and the associated change.
Access large publicly available data sets relevant to your organisation’s decision eg (Government Census/ polls/ surveys/ Google analytics).
Inte
ogate this data set
Analyse how the data collected were collected by the organisation
Argue how valid
epresentative the data is
Conclude how meaningful the data is to the decision
Evaluate how this has influenced the decision making process
Assessment 2 – key points
How will you use these data to support your decision-making
ecommendation for your organisation?
Utilise at least five different decision-making tools, (Theories or concepts from MGMT602) to support your conclusions
ecommendations.
Do these tools support each other, or suggest alternative pathways?
Create a visual representation of the data patterns/ trends to inform and influence your executive team to implement the recommendations for your project? Do not simply copy and paste
Create a ten minute Powerpoint Presentation of your case with associated voice over.
Theories that must be considered
From the content covered so far:
State of dis-satisfaction - objectives
Strategic Decision making
Ha
ison’s six step model
Simon’s Bounded rationality
Perception
Risk
Risk Impact matrix
Black Swan
Groups and teams
Group influences in decision making
Ethics
Bias
Theories to come in the following weeks:
Qualitative, quantitative data
Big data
Strategic decision making
Non relevant theories
PESTEL
SWOT
Pareto principle
Decision trees
Econometric modelling
Decision making technologies
Data mining
Assessment foundation
Paragraphs start with topic sentence – the theme of the paragraph. The author frames the analysis
Words per sentence – 15 to 25. Beyond 30, the sentence is running on
Sentences per paragraph – 6 to 10. Approx 120 to 200 words
Theory is used to analyse the case – do not recite the theory
Building foundation
The topic sentence is the theme of the paragraph
Theory is linked to the facts that you have found/identified
Supporting sentences build the argument/position presented in the topic sentence
suggestions
Theory
Feature 1
Feature 2
Feature 3
Feature 4
Feature 5
Feature 6
Feature 7
Case
Fact 1
Fact 2
Fact 3
Fact 4
Fact 5
Analysis
References
Primary Data sources
A grade
Text books
Journals
WTO/UN
ABS etc
University publications
B grade
Hays consulting
Delloites/Andersons/PWC
BBC/PBS/ABC – quality news
Secondary data sources
C grade
Company websites
General news
Blogs
F grade
We
Wikis etc
References represent your work
Quality Check
YOUR REFERENCING IS VERY TELLING
How was the article referenced
Were these texts, journals, govt publications, newspapers or websites
There is a descending quality and some are not academic
Are only references to the course text book, does the course text book not listed
The assignment will usually be of the same low quality
Does the reference list have e
ors – typographical, editing, formatting
Quality checks
THE REFERENCE LIST
Consider your reference list carefully
It is a reflection of what you have put into the article. It is like a computer: ga
age in – ga
age out
Student logs
Each student must keep a log of contact with the group members
Where students are not contributing to the group a group member must contact me with the log
A consistent work flow must be maintained through out the assessment preparation
On January 5, all groups will be required to provide me with a log of their group work.
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ASSESSMENT 2 BRIEF
Subject Code and Title MGT602 Business Decision Analytics
Assessment Case Study Presentation and Report
Individual/Group Group (4-5 students)
Length Up to 3,000 words per group; 10 minute presentation
Learning Outcomes SLO a Select and evaluate the usefulness of a range of
decision making tools and reflect on your decision
making styles and contrast with other styles to determine
the respective levels of rationality and intuition utilised
SLO b Compare, contrast and critically evaluate sources
of data as influences for decision-making in a range of
usiness contexts
SLO c Examine and evaluate decision-making systems
and techniques to engage group decisions and analyse
how these can enhance sustainable outcomes
SLO d Critically examine emerging tools and technologies
for decision making
Submission
12 week class. By 11:55pm AEST/AEDT Friday of Module
4.2 (Week 8)
6 week intensive class. By 11.55pm AEST Sunday
Module 4.2 (week 4)
Weighting 40%
Total Marks 40 marks
Context:
In today’s workplaces, collaborative team-work is expected. Diversity in teams is a reality , but can
lead to conflict and tensions, due to lack of intercultural intelligence, dominant personalities, or
poor decisions due to passivity of members who may succumb to group-think (Janis, 1972), or who
may be biased and have multiple blind spots.
ASSESSMENT 2 requires you to design your own organisational research project:
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1. Apply decision-making systems and techniques in a group to inte
ogate and interpret a
ange of data analytics pertinent to a relevant contemporary organisational challenge.
2. Evaluate those systems and techniques to support effective decision-making in organisations
3. Engage as a team to present your findings in a visual, oral and written form that informs and
influences the audience to make effective decisions in organisations
4. Support your argument with relevant contemporary literature including major resources
from within the subject modules.
With guidance from your facilitator, form a team of 4-5 classmates by week 4. Diversity
considerations may include: ethnicity; gender; learning styles; personality; decision-making
preferences; work experience; first degrees; level of study (just starting/ almost finished); strengths;
technical skills; values.
In the first 1-2 weeks, share your stories, and diversity, and summarise these in a table. Review what
elements support high performing teams, and how each team member will support the project.
Prepare a project plan, and maintain records of meetings, actions (who/what/how/when). On a
weekly basis, upload key points into your group space in Blackboard, and contribute to each weekly
discussion forum as a team.
As a team,
ainstorm project decision-making challenges you have experienced in the workplace,
and which challenge you want to focus on to demonstrate effective decision-making as a team.
Imagine you hold key roles in a medium-large size organisation. You will need to nominate your
oles, and explain the operating context of the organisation (industry, location, size, products/
services/ organisation. Challenges may relate to understanding your target market for the launch of
a new product/ service; recruiting highly qualified staff; acquisition/ merger; operations;
manufacturing; logistics; information systems.
You will need to access a large publicly available data set relevant to your organisational challenge
(Government Census/ polls/ surveys/ Google analytics). You will need to inte
ogate this data set-
how were the data collected; how valid/ representative are they; how meaningful are they?
CHECKPOINT:BY WEEK 6, PRESENT A DRAFT OUTLINE OF YOUR REPORT TO YOUR LEARNING
FACILITATOR FOR FEEDBACK
How will you use these data to support your decision-making for your organisational challenge?
Select and utilise at least three different decision-making tools to support your recommendations.
Do these tools support each other, or suggest alternative pathways?
How can you create a visual representation of the data patterns/ trends to inform and influence
your executive team to implement the recommendations for your project? Do not simply copy and
paste – you need to create your own visualisation.
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Your assessment response should make use of relevant, contemporary decision models and
theories, team process and group dynamics theories drawn from academic research papers and
articles in support of your argument .
You need to present as a team (ie, all members to participate) in a video / live presentation (10
minutes)in week 8; plus submit a case study research report that defines: the
ief; the aims of your
study; the scope; key research questions; team introduction and summary of team diversity;
literature review on teams and decision-making; use of data analytics; source of data, rationale for
use; analysis, interpretation and presentation of selected data; discussion, recommendations; so
what (significance of using D-M tools and team dynamics); list of references, and appendices to
include team project plan, individual team process feedback and synthesised summary agreed by all
team members.
Referencing:
You must recognise all sources of information; including images that you can include in your work.
Reference your work according to the APA 6th edition guidelines. See
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Submission Instructions:
Submit the case study report into Turn-it-in, and wait for TII report.
Submit one case study report and presentation file with TII report for the team into Assessment 2
submission link in the Assessment section of the subject Blackboard site.
Appendix 1:
Team Participation Score Matrix
a) Individually, each team member will assign a “teamwork” score (from 1-5) to SELF and to
OTHER members of the team/group using a participation score matrix. Write a short
personal reflection (200 words)
) As a team, review each team member reflection and teamwork score- give each other
constructive feedback and create a synthesised summary of the team process in the
decision-making project.
Grading Matrix
Member Name/ID Teamwork
(1L-5H)
Comments
1
SELF: Name
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Personal reflection (200 words)
Appendix 2: Peer Evaluation Grading Scheme
Rating Group Work Description
5 Helps establish team’s purpose, operations and set direction
Implements strategies for enhancing team member engagement