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DIM 3133 – International Business Management

Assessment 3: Group Assignment (100 marks scaled down to 20%)
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Title:
Group Assignment – Managing International Business Operations

Due date:
Submission and presentation on 14th November 2022.

Details of task:
1. Select a product/service and a country for a global business venture. Conduct country
analysis, organization and product/service analysis and choose the operation method for
your new global venture.

a. Country Analysis
i. Political
ii. Economic
iii. Finance
iv. Physical environment
v. Social, health, and environmental
vi. Cultural

b. Organization and product/service analysis

i. Description of your organization
ii. Product/Services “Needs Assessment” of the new host country
iii. Description of product/service to meet the need
iv. Create a mission statement for organization

c. Strategies in exporting and importing

i. Choosing the operation method

Word limit:
Your assignment should be 800 words excluding references. The number of words should be
shown at the end of your assignment.

Criteria for marking:

Group works will be assessed based on the following criteria:

A. GROUP WORK – 10%

(1) Problem Identification - Develops ideas, organizes them logically. Clear and specific
introduction and conclusion.
(2) Critical Thinking – Comprehensive description of issues and assumptions.
(3) Data Analysis – Comprehensive usage of data and use of tools and technique.
(4) Result and discussion - Relevant and thorough discussion, Address all research objectives
and superior findings.
(5) Spelling and Grammar - The writing is error free in terms of spelling and grammar.

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 (6) Language - Employs words with fluency, develops concise standard English sentences,
and balances a variety of sentence structures effectively.
(7) Quality of Paper - The paper is excellent and demonstrated superior quality.
(8) Construction of Ethical Arguments - Correctly applied all of the relevant moral standards
and ethical principles that are relevant to the case.
(9) Plagiarism - Original work and proper citation.

B. PRESENTATION – 5%

(1) Introduction - Very interesting introduction, addressed audience well.

(2) Content - Information and examples are organized systematically, accurately, relevantly
and completely. Clear summary is provided.
(3) Defense Ability - Able to answer questions very well and confidently. Very well prepared.
(4) Fluency and Clarity - Presenter is very fluent and voice is easy to be heard clearly.
(5) Effective Audio Visual - Visual aids are well usage and are used to make presentation
more interesting and meaningful.
(6) Non-verbal Communication - Presenter able to use excellent body language (appearance,
eye contact and gestures) with everyone.
(7) Time Management - Presentation starts as scheduled. Appropriate length and within time
limit.

C. PEER EVALUATION – 5%

(1) Frequency of participation in group – Consistently participate and routinely volunteers

point of view.
(2) Role performance - Always performs assigned role within the group.
(3) Cooperation - Always interact well within the group and consistently respect other group
members.
(4) Works toward team goals (e.g. Deadlines) – Always consistently work toward team goals
and continually produce high quality work.

Submission details:
Students are required to submit a hardcopy of Report and PowerPoint slides to a lecturer and
a softcopy of report and slides to nurul_aini288@hotmail.com.

Penalties for late lodgment:

A maximum penalty of 10% of the total mark allocated to this assessment will be deducted for
each day that it is late. Students should note that a weekend is 2 days and will be treated as
such when penalties are calculated. After 10 days report and slides will be accepted but will not
be given a mark. 

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