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Academic Task-1

Mittal School of Business

Name of the faculty member: Akashdeep Joshi

Course Code: MGN 303 Course Title: Business Environment

Class: BBA, BBA (International Finance) Semester: I Section: Q2009, Q2024

Batch: 2020-2023 Max. Marks: 30

Date of Allotment: 28.08.2020 Date of Submission of written report: 14.09.2020

Important Note:

1. It is an individual assignment to be uploaded online on UMS

2. Report to be uploaded on UMS in MS-WORD/PDF format on or before 14
September, 2020

Assignment Objectives Topic Details Evaluation Expected

Type Parameters outcomes

Individual To develop Student is required to identify news/article Identification This academic task
Assignment critical and (happened in last one year) in the allotted of focus on the
analytical category (Political, Economic, Social, news/article- following:
thinking Technological, Environmental, Legal) for the 5 Marks
among given sector (given at the end of this Students will able
students for document) and answer the following References to understand the
analysing the questions: (student has practical aspects
impact to give regarding how to
of business Q1. Summarize the news/article in your own online link of analyse the external
environment words. the identified environment for a
on news/article) company by having
Q2. Explain how the changes in particular - 5 Marks information from
organizations
category of environment (political, economic, various sources.
social, technological, environmental or legal) Q1 to Q4
is going to impact the selected sector using carries 5
the selected news/article. Marks each
(20 Marks)
Q3. Identify if the changes in the particular
environment is opportunity or threat for Total- 30
organizations in that particular sector. Explain Marks
your answer.
Q4. Suggest any recommendation(s)/strategy
for organizations in that particular sector
based on your analysis. Support your answer
with examples.
 Rubric for the assignment

Criteria Superior Strong Competent Weak Rating

Identification of The identified The identified The identified The identified
news /article news /article has news /article news /article news /article is
a very clear has a clear has a not linked to the
connection to connection vague/weak given category
the given however not connection to and 05
category and very strong the given industry/sector
industry/sector connection to category and
the given industry/sector
category and
industry/sector

5 points 4 points 3-2 points 1-0 points

Summary of news Shows superior Shows adequate Shows some Shows little
or article knowledge of the knowledge of the understanding of understanding of
issues, key issues, key the issues, key the issues, key
problems, and the problems, and problems, and problems, and
strategic issues for the strategic the strategic the strategic 05
the given issues for the issues for the issues for the
category and given category given category given category
industry/sector and and and
Effective Summary industry/sector. industry/sector. industry/sector.
Summary Summary Summary missing
adequate inadequate or poorly
constructed

5 points 4 points 3-2 points 1-0 points

Industry analysis Critical issues and Critical issues and Critical issues and Critical issues and
for particular key problems that key problems that key problems that key problems that
category based on were partially were not clearly were poorly
identified identified, identified, identified, 05
news/article were analyzed, and analyzed, and analyzed, and
clearly identified, supported with supported with supported with
analyzed, and examples to examples to examples to
supported with explain their explain their explain their
examples to impact on impact on impact on
explain their particular particular particular
impact on industry or industry or industry or
particular industry sector. sector. sector.
or sector.

5points
4 points 3-2 points 1-0 points
Identification of Critical issues Critical issues Critical issues Critical issues
opportunity or were clearly were partially were not clearly were poorly
threat identified, identified, identified, identified,
analyzed, and analyzed, and analyzed, and analyzed, and
supported with supported with supported with supported with
examples as examples as examples as examples as
opportunity or opportunity or opportunity or opportunity or 05
threat for threat for threat for threat for
particular industry particular particular particular
or sector industry or sector industry or sector industry or sector

5 Points 4 Points 3-2 Points 1-0 Points

Recommendations/ Effective Effective Effective Effective

Strategy for recommendations, recommendations recommendations recommendations
organizations solutions, and/or and/or plans of and/or plans of and/or plans of
plans of action action were action action not
were provided. partially provided. inadequate. provided.
Specific data or Specific data or Specific data or Specific data or
05
facts or examples facts or examples facts/examples facts or examples
were referred were occasionally were not referred necessary to
when necessary to referred when when necessary support the
support the necessary to to support the analysis were not
analysis. support the analysis. provided.
analysis.

5 points 4 points 3-2 points 1-0 points

References All the references Some of the The assignment None of the
used for making references used lacks the proper references used
the assignment for making the mention of most for making the
are properly assignment are of the references assignment is
mentioned properly used for making mentioned in the 05
mentioned the assignment. assignment

5 points 4-3 points 2-1 points 0 points

TOTAL 30
Serial Registration Name Roll Number Industry Category
No Number

1 12000140 Satabdi Biswas RQ2009A01 Automobile Political

2 12000312 Tapabrata Mondal RQ2009A02 Telecom Economic

3 12000472 Bhavneet Kaur RQ2009A03 Education Social

4 12000641 Sahil Kumar RQ2009A04 Real Estate/ Technological

Construction

5 12001045 Tushar Kumar RQ2009A05 Pharmaceuticals Political

6 12001117 Shivansh Ojha RQ2009A07 Information Technology Economic

7 12001699 Utakarsh RQ2009A09 Retail Social

8 12002250 Abhishek Badgaiyan RQ2009A10 Airline/Transportation Technological

9 12002495 Kollu Sai Madhesh RQ2009A11 Food & Beverage Political

10 12002560 Md Danish RQ2009A12 Healthcare Economic

11 12003667 Baru Venkatesh RQ2009A13 Media/Entertainment Technological

12 12003689 Ritik Kumar RQ2009A14 Education Technological

13 12003813 Hiinyo oka RQ2009A15 Insurance Political

14 12003909 Vandana Chindaliya RQ2009A16 Oil & Gas Economic

15 12004724 Basheer Nabil Moheb RQ2009A17 E Commerce Social

Hussein Moheb

16 12005447 Anupriya Singh RQ2009A18 Agriculture & Allied Political

Industries

17 12006493 Vishnu Priya RQ2009A21 Textiles Political

18 12011250 kundan singh RQ2009A22 FMCG Economic

19 12011364 Ubhashkaran RQ2009A24 Automobile Social

Mairembam

20 12011410 Imran Raza RQ2009A25 Telecom Technological

21 12011531 Mayank Anthwal RQ2009A26 Gems & Jewellery Political

22 12011720 Yash Agarwal RQ2009A27 Real Estate/ Economic
Construction

23 12012394 Subrat Mishra RQ2009A28 Pharmaceuticals Social

24 12013209 Priamb Rohatgi RQ2009A57 Information Technology Technological

25 11900897 Jahnavi Vishwakarma RQ2009A58 Retail Political

25 12013491 Arnav Choudhary RQ2009A58 Airline/Transportation Political

27 11910122 Harshdeep Singh RQ2009A59 Food & Beverage Social

28 12014141 Parivesh goyal RQ2009A61 Healthcare Technological

29 12007100 Pranjal Agrawal RQ2009B30 Media/Entertainment Economic

30 12007605 Mohammad Sahil RQ2009B31 Education Economic

31 12007694 HARDIK BAJAJ RQ2009B32 Insurance Social

32 12007884 Kartik Gaur RQ2009B33 Oil & Gas Technological

33 12007978 Sehaj Kaur RQ2009B34 E Commerce Political

34 12008034 Gungun Goyal RQ2009B35 Agriculture & Allied Economic

Industries

35 12008560 Kaif Ali RQ2009B36 Textiles Social

36 12008859 Prakash Kumar RQ2009B37 FMCG Technological

37 12009414 Harsh Sharma RQ2009B39 Automobile Economic

38 12009597 Aman kumar RQ2009B40 Telecom Political

39 12010056 Anmol Kumar RQ2009B41 Oil & Gas Social

40 12010125 KUMARI SANIYA RQ2009B42 Real Estate/ Political

Construction

41 12011015 Jaladi Adithya RQ2009B45 Pharmaceuticals Economic

42 12011236 Rishabh Singh RQ2009B46 Information Technology Political

43 12011251 Ayush Raj RQ2009B47 Retail Economic

44 12011280 Mohd Asif RQ2009B48 Airline/Transportation Social

45 12011412 Riya Singh RQ2009B49 Food & Beverage Economic

46 12011605 TANAY JOSHI RQ2009B50 Healthcare Political

47 12011676 Vijay Kumar RQ2009B51 Media/Entertainment Social

48 12011933 Vinesh Panwar RQ2009B52 Education Political

49 12012745 Suyash Rohatgi RQ2009B54 Insurance Economic

50 12011376 Revaldo Leishngthem RQ2009B55 Oil & Gas Political

51 12012935 Suchitra Das RQ2009B56 E Commerce Economic

52 12014034 Gaurav Kumar RQ2009B59 Agriculture & Allied Technological

Industries

53 12014038 Priti kumari RQ2009B60 Textiles Economic

54 12014181 Gulshan Kumar RQ2009B62 FMCG Political

Serial Registration Name RollNumber Industry Category

No Number

1 12000219 Vashishth Swarnkar RQ2024A01 Automobile Technological

2 12000326 Amadotey Agbeto RQ2024A02 Telecom Social

Mensah

3 12000341 Kassa Kibinga Caslin RQ2024A03 Banking Technological

4 12000785 Raghaw Mishra RQ2024A05 Cement Political

5 12000839 Naveen Kumar Gullanki RQ2024A06 Pharmaceuticals Technological

6 12001049 Arnab Mandal RQ2024A07 Information Technology Social

7 12001978 Kamran Ahmad RQ2024A08 Retail Technological

8 12002542 MD Sajid Alam RQ2024A09 Airline/Transportation Economic

9 12002938 Prahar Tripura RQ2024A11 Food & Beverage Technological

10 12004076 Rohit Onkar Singh RQ2024A12 Healthcare Social

11 12004507 Gursevak Singh RQ2024A13 Media/Entertainment Political

12 12005734 Roshan Majhi RQ2024A14 Power Environmental

13 12005790 Aastha Agarwal RQ2024A15 Real Estate/ Construction Social

14 12006682 Sandeep Medapati RQ2024A16 Banking Social

15 12007577 Chirag Prinjha RQ2024A17 E Commerce Technological

16 12009887 sneha RQ2024A18 Agriculture & Allied Social
Industries

17 12000138 Shashwat Dey RQ2024A2 Textiles Technological

18 12011147 Vishal Kumar RQ2024A20 FMCG Social

19 12011536 Jugal Bin Muhammed RQ2024A22 Automobile Legal

Basheer

20 12011541 Prayag A RQ2024A23 Real Estate/ Construction Environmental

21 12011664 ABHISHEK KUMAR RQ2024A24 Automobile Environmental

CHAUDHARY

22 12012586 Prakhar Gupta RQ2024A25 Real Estate/ Construction Legal

23 12012613 Divya Prajapati RQ2024A26 Power Economic

24 12012720 Chand RQ2024A27 Banking Political

25 12013048 Lavani Agarwal RQ2024A28 Cement Economic

26 12013199 Anisha Sharma RQ2024A29 Steel Economic

27 12013391 Gaurav Sumi RQ2024A30 Railways Economic

28 12013462 Sagar Rathod RQ2024A31 Insurance Technological

29 12013676 Rishi Raj RQ2024A32 Steel Political

30 12000074 Mumba Mwansa RQ2024A33 Railways Political

Marcus

31 12013848 Swagata Ganda Roy RQ2024A34 Gems & Jewellery Economic

32 11900622 Vanshika Mani RQ2024A54 Banking Economic