Assessment Criteria

Leaming Outcomes: Knowledge and Understanding assessed in this assignment:

LO1. Describe and evaluate organizational decision-making processes in order to understand how strategic objectives are planned and implemented.
LOL2: Consider and discuss the effect of uncertainty, change and organisational politics on decision-making and implementation.

Learning Outcomes: Skills and Attributes assessed in this assignment:

LOLS to revise an on new information. to revise implementation plan based on plan based on Make necessary decision(s) to their shility
LOL6: Reflect upon their experience e to assess their ability in working in a team

Transformational Opportunities

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• To explore a real world business simulation in order to develop an understanding of how to make strategic and operational decisions in a fast changing internal and external environment.

Feedback/Marking criteria for this Assignment

• Performance will be assessed using HBS Grading Criteria (Rubric)
• Feedback for improvement will be given in writing via your Canvas module site within 4 weeks of submission
• Lateness Penalty: For each day or part day up to five days after the published deadline, coursework relating to modules submitted late will have the numeric grade reduced by 10 grade points until or unless the numeric grade reaches the minimum pass mark (UG 40/PG 50). Where the numeric grade awarded for the assessment is less than the minimum pass mark no lateness penalty will be applied. If the coursework is submitted more than 5 days after the published deadine, it will not be marked and a grade of zero will be awarded. Please note: Referred coursework submitted after the published deadline will be awarded a grade of zero (0).
• Extensions: Students do not have an automatic right to an extension. If you require an extension. this must be requested in advance of the submission deadline.. Please give your reason(s) for needing an extension. Not all Assessments are eligible for an extension. Please check above.
• Retrievable Assessment: Students who fail a retrievable assignment have the opportunity the feedback in a timely manner and to resubmit the same assignment within a specified deadline set by the Module Leader. Marks for resubmitted work will be capped at 40% for UG and 50% for PG. Students who resubmit work and go on to Fail the module will still be able to do the refferred coursework (capped at 40% UG or 50% PG)

Assessment Brief 2024

Detailed Brief for Individual/Team Assignment

Assignment Title: Implementation Plan for Inside Out Hotels (Individual Assignment)

Description of the assignment, task, content and structure:
Purpose of the Assignment
The purpose of this assignment is to develop an Implementation Plan for the idea that your syndicate group recommended in Coursework 1. This must be from the specific perspective of your allocated functional area/department. You will also reflect on your experience of group work on the module.

Briefing
This is an individual assignment, which contributes 70% of the total available marks for this module. It comprises two parts

It is not necessary for this paper to take account of any individual feedback received from coursework one, although general guidance based on all coursework one submissions will be given in the online briefing session

Part A is an Implementation Plan for the best investment idea recommended by your syndicate group in your Investment Case (1500 words maximum), You should write the Implementation Plan for the specific functional role that you have been allocated. The Implementation Plan is to be written for the executive team at Inside Out Hotels. The focus of the plan should therefore be on ensuring that your functional department adequately plans to contribute to the implementation of your group’s recommended idea. The total budget for your allocated function is $25 million.

Part B is a Reflection on your experience of working in your syndicate group during the module (500 words maximum).

The Implementation Plan and Reflection must be submitted as ONE document in Microsoft Word format.

Part A: Implementation Plan – Expected Content

Your Implementation Plan must include the content below. However, through background reading you will need to assess the precise requirements for your plan as the content will differ according to the function for which it is written; as will the length and detail of each area covered. Unit 7 provides some specific ideas to consider in terms of resource requirements for the different functions
1. Overview of the investment Idea being implemented i.e. the recommendation your syndicate group made in the investment Case.
2. A completed Business Model Canvas for the overall business idea. You should also discuss and identify the impact of the business model on your function in particular.
3. Resource requirements, including allocation of the available budget.
4. Time plan showing key activities and events for your function.
5. Links and dependencies between your functions plan and the other three departmental plans for your syndicate.
6. Milestones-key activities for your function, which must be hit at specific times.
7. Risk plan, covering the major risks with a particular emphasis on your function in the context of the overall business idea.
8. Stakeholder plan, with a particular emphasis on your function in the context of the overall business idea.

Part B: Expected Content – Individual Reflective Brief

This should be a reflection on your experience of the group work up to the submission of the Investment Case

You must use and reference at least one of the reflective models taught on the module e.g. Gibbs Reflective Cycle or 5R’s.

Your reflection should be referenced as per the Harvard System.

Word Limit: 500 words.

Specific Instructions.

1. Carefully re-n re-read Appendix A: Briefing Pack: inside/Out Hotels and the Investment Case developed by your syndicate group.

2. The total word limit is 2.000 words which excludes the following title page, contents list, references and the contents of any table or diagram and words used to label graphs etc. This comprises a maximum of 1500 words for the Implementation Plan and 500 words for the reflection.

3. Remember this is an INDIVIDUAL assignment. You must write your whole submission by yourself and any instances of copying or plagianism will ill be be investigated 1 a and severely penalised You should work on your plan independently and are not required or expected to contribute to writing the sections being prepared by your fellow syndicate members. However, there are key dependencies and links between each of the business departments so you may wish to discuss these links as a team so that your implementation plan reflects the full business requirements. However, assumptions are perfectly acceptable as well. You should complete the Business Model Canvas section individually.

4. Uncertainty Events: You must demonstrate that you have adapted to the Uncertainty Events 1 and 2. released prior to the Coursework 1 deadline.

5. Referencing: You should seek In-text citation and a full reference list at the end of your report is required. You should reference both industry and academic sources, as well as the Inside/Out Hotel briefing document, if appropriate, using the Harvard referencing system. For example, industry sources should be used to support the be explanations and justifications for the feasibility of your ideas, whilst academic references can be used to relevant theory or models that support your arguments. We would expect to see at least 12 references.

6. This assignment falls under category 2 of UPR AS 14 Appendix III on Proof Reading. In this assessment you are permitted to use genAl fools (or a proofreader or proofreading service) to proofread your work but not permitted to use Al tools in the creation of content for your work. Use of Al tools to create content for your work will result in deducted marks and possibly an academic misconduct investigation.

Neither a proof-reader nor a proof-reading tool (whether genAl or not) can ever be used to make changes to your work directly, the proof-reader or proof-reading tool must only identify and draw attention to possible changes which you can then choose to accept or reject, this will ensure that you remain the author of your work.

For clarity, where a proofreader, proofreading service or genAl tool is used, theyit may only:

• identify spelling and typographical errors;
• Identify poor grammar
• highlight formatting errors or inconsistencies;
• identify errors in labelling of diagrams, charts or figures:
• identify areas for possible improvement,
• highlight a sentence or paragraph where the meaning is not clear, or
• draw attention to repeated phrases or omitted words.

Additionally, you are required to refererice the proofreader, proofreading service or genAl proofreading tool you have used

7. Save the report using the naming convention StudentNumber’ eg. 9999000.

8. Submit your assignment as ONE document, via the Assigriment section within the Canvas module site. Please submit in Microsoft Word format only.

9. Please see the marking Scheme below, for guidance on how marks will be allocated.

Grading:
Please see the Implementation Plan Marking Scheme below, for guidance on how marks will be allocated.

Academic Integrity, Plagiarism, Essay Mills and other Academic Misconduct Offences

• You are NOT allowed to copy any information into your assignment without using quotation marks and a reference-this is ‘plagiarism (a type of academic misconduct)
• You are NOT allowed to copy from other students (or allow other students to copy from you) – this is collusion
• You are NOT allowed to copy from your own assignments on other modules – this is self-plagiarism
• You must NEVER buy assignments from websites (essay mills)- this is called ‘contract cheating and it is now illegal in the UK.
• Contract cheating is a serious academic misconduct offence and also includes arranging for help with an assessment such that there is also reasonable doubt as to whose work the assessment represents. It extends to input from a fellow student, friend, relative, or any other person, artificial inteligence with or without payment of any kind.
• For all references use Cate it Right Harvard style.
• Unauthorised use of artificially generated material (Al) in researching or presenting material for an assessment is an academic misconduct offence if you use Al tools in producing your assessment unless the use of Al tools is expressly permitted. However, even if expressly permitted, where you do not declare that you have used an artificial intelligence tool(s) in the production of your assessment, or you are dishonest about the extent to which such tools have been used, you will have committed academic misconduct.
• If you commit academic misconduct, your mark will be reduced, or, depending on the severity of the offence you may get 1% for the assignment in question or 1% for the module, and get a disciplinary warning. Repeat offenders normally face disciplinary action.

Student Support and Guidance

• Contact academic skr if you are unsure of the rules or how to avoid academic misconduct, and you will receive help.
• Please see the UPRs relating to Academic misconduct.
• Ask Harts information on the use of artificial intelligence tools te maak.berts.ac.uka-tops
• For further help on module content and assignment details, contact your Module Leader in his or her drop-in/office hours or by email.
•  Use the Learning Outcomes and HBS Grading Criteria (Rubric) to help inform you of the expectations of the assessment.
• Use CASE (Centre for Academic Skills Enhancement) website resources: http://go.herts.ac.uk/CASE Attend CASE workshops and drop-ins to develop academic skills to meet HBS expectations (see timetable on CASE website homepage or drop-in to CASE in L064, in the LRC)
• Visit the Academic English for Business Programute Ste for tips on developing your academic English and contact hibisacademic-englisht c-english therts acull if you have u have any any questions
• For help with Turnitin, look for the “Check your work (Tumitin Originality Report) practice assignment in the Assignment section of all of your modules. For help with understanding plagiarism and how to make changes to your assignment, contact abaacademic english herts.ac.uk
• Use the Online Library to access quality business information resources:

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Implementation Plan and Reflection Marking Scheme Individual Assignment for CW2