Summative Assessment

Subject: Business management

Sub-topic: Unit 2, Human Resource Management
Grade: DP2

Goal: The goal is to analyse the cultivation of a sustainable organizational culture promotes fairness
and development, balancing the long-term benefits for individuals and communities with business
growth in the global marketplace.

Role: Students take up the role of Human resource manager of the company
Audience: The audience is management of the company.
Situation: Though this report you will recommend a possible plan of action to ensure the sustainability
of Silva City.
Silva City
Product: Students may be required to submit a comprehensive report.
Standards:
The report should include all components mentioned below.

Components:
Introduction
• Identify Key issues
• Define Terms
• Purpose statement
Analysis and Discussion
• Tools
o Point:
▪ Begin each paragraph with a clear point or argument that addresses the question
directly.
o Explain:
▪ Explain your point, providing the theory or concept that supports your argument.
o Evidence:
▪ Bring in evidence from the case study. This could include quantitative data or
qualitative information. Discuss how this evidence supports your point and
analysis.
o Link:
 ▪ Link the discussion back to the question, explaining how the evidence and analysis
help to answer it.
• Use appropriate business tools (like SWOT, PESTLE, Ansoff's matrix, financial ratios, etc.) to
deepen your analysis. Apply these tools to the case study, demonstrating a clear understanding
of how they relate to the situation at hand.
• Discuss how the results of your analysis impact the business or the decision-making process in
the context of the case study.
• Consider Different Perspectives:
• Evaluate the implications from various stakeholder perspectives. This shows higher-order
thinking.
• Discuss the advantages and disadvantages, or the potential short-term and long-term
consequences related to your points and analysis.
• Based on your analysis and evaluation, you may need to provide justified recommendations for
action.

Conclusion
• Summarize main points
• Final evaluation
Assessment Criteria:
Criterion A: Use of resources

So, to score top marks, the student must show evidence of the following throughout their written
response:
• reference to all stimulus materials provided in the exam, namely all 5 or 6 excerpts from
various documents (such as emails, Twitter feeds, and newspaper articles)
• using the stimulus materials from the excerpts in an effective way to support the
recommendations (plan of action).

Criterion B: Business management tool and theories

As this is an academic piece of work, the response must demonstrate clear, appropriate, and
effective use of relevant business management tools and theories, throughout the extended response
question. Do remember that any of the fifteen tools from the Business Management Toolkit (BMT)
can be used, where appropriate, for this purpose.

Criterion C: Evaluation

So, to score top marks, students must demonstrate evidence of evaluation of:
• the realistically expected impacts of their recommendations (plan of action)
• reference to the relevant areas of the business that are likely to be impacted, such as human
resource, finance and accounts, operations management and/or marketing functions of the
social enterprise.
• the probable opportunity costs (sacrifices or trade-offs) due to the recommendations (plan of
action).
Therefore, to score top marks, candidates must use fit for purpose paragraphs and ensure the ideas
and the plan of action in the extended response answer flow in a logical and well-organized way.

Criterion D: Sequence of events

Therefore, to score top marks, candidates must use fit for purpose paragraphs and ensure the ideas
and the plan of action in the extended response answer flow in a logical and well-organized way.
Although it is not a formal requirement to include a key concept in the Paper 3 extended response
question, it may be useful to consider the concept of sustainability or ethics when evaluating the plan
of action, i.e., the extent to which your plan of action is sustainable and/or ethical.

Evaluation
Level of Descriptor for the formative assessment Marking
achievement indicator for
the
Summative
assessment
Exceeding the A consistent and thorough understanding of the required 7- 8
expectations knowledge and skills, and the ability to apply them almost
faultlessly in a wide variety of situations. Consistent evidence of
analysis, synthesis and evaluation is shown where appropriate.
The student consistently demonstrates originality and insight
and always produces work of high quality.

Applied minimum 2 business management tools studied till now.

Provided a brief introduction of the company with reference to their
response.
Relevant and accurate use of business management tools and
theories.
Relevant information from the stimulus material is integrated
effectively to support the argument.
Arguments made substantiated and balanced, with an explanation
of the limitations of the tools used.
Meeting the A good general understanding of the required knowledge and 5-6
expectations skills, and the ability to apply them effectively in normal situations.
There is occasional evidence of the skills of analysis, synthesis
and evaluation.
Mostly applied business management tools studied till now.
Mostly provided a brief introduction of the company with reference
to their response.
Mostly relevant and accurate use of business management tools
and theories.
Mostly relevant information from the stimulus material is integrated
effectively to support the argument.
Arguments made substantiated and have some balance.
Within a close Limited achievement against most of the objectives, or clear 3-4
range of difficulties in some areas. The student demonstrates a limited
expectations understanding of the required knowledge and skills and is only
able to apply them fully in normal situations with support.

Partly Applied minimum 2 business management tools studied till

now.
Provided a brief introduction of the company with reference to their
response.
Relevant and accurate use of business management tools and
theories.
 Relevant information from the stimulus material is integrated
effectively to support the argument.
Arguments made substantiated and balanced, with an explanation
of the limitations of the tools used.

Not meeting Very limited achievement against all the objectives. The student 2-1
the has difficulty in understanding the required knowledge and skills
expectations and is unable to apply them fully in normal situations, even with
support.
Not submitted Minimal achievement in terms of the objectives or not submitted 0
work