ALARM Guide

Identify
Name it
(and
move
on!)

Outline /
Describe
Name it

Explain

Give some
basic
features

Give some
basic
features

Name it

Show how or
why
(cause / effect
or
consequences
)

Analyse /
Distinguish
Name it

Discuss

Give some basic

features
Show how or why
(cause / effect or
consequences)
Show the
implications /
relationship
between
the concepts
Distinguish (show
the difference
between)

Name it

Critically
analyse
Name it

Evaluate /
Assess
Name it

Critically
evaluate
Name it

Give some
basic
features

Give some
basic
features

Give some basic

features

Give some basic

features

Show how or
why
(cause / effect
or
consequences)

Show how or
why
(cause / effect
or
consequences)

Show how or why

(cause / effect or
consequences)

Show how or
why
(cause / effect
or
consequences)

Show the
implications /
relationship
between the
concepts

Show the
implications /
relationship
between
the concepts

Compare
successes
(advantages)
and
failures
(disadvantages)

Compare
positive
(advantages)
and
negatives
Implications of
using the
strategy and
the relationship
between the
concepts at
strategic level
Make
suggestions
/show
connotations

Show the
implications
/relationship
between the
concepts
Compare positive
(advantages)
and
negatives
Implications of
using the
strategy and the
relationship
between the
concepts at
strategic level
Make
suggestions
/show
connotations
Make a
judgement
about the
relative

Show the
implications /
relationship
between
the concepts
Compare
positive
(advantages)
and
Negatives
Implications of
using the
strategy and
the relationship
between
the concepts at
strategic level
Make
suggestions
/show
connotations
Make a
judgement

success of the
strategy (be
explicit
about the
measures
(ie, profitability,
efficiency,
industrial
conflict, etc)

about the
relative
success of the
strategy
To what extent
Overalldemonstrate
your
understanding
of the overall
concept