ANALYSIS OF REAL-WORLD
ISSUES
BA40101E
MODULE/LEAD LECTURER- DR HANNAH SAM
EMAIL: [email protected]
Week 5: Assessment 1 Brief
Lecture- The impact of Covid-19 on Business Performance
ASSESSMENT BRIEF OUTLINE
ASSESSMENT 1: INDIVIDUAL COURSE WORK
Due Week 8: 10th April, 2022 @ 23:59
Submission place- Turnitin (Blackboard)
ASSESSMENT BRIEF OUTLINE
Assessment A1: Essay (LO1, LO2, LO3 and LO4)
Weightage: 40%
Assessment Submission Deadline: Week 8- 10th April, 2022 @ 23:59
Assessment Task
Economic shocks and uncertainties are important factors that can impact the
business environment in realising their objectives and the level of performance.
Given the recent Covid-19 pandemic, you are required to submit an essay
that analyses how Covid-19 has impacted business performance at national
and international levels.
• Your essay should highlight the economic implications of Covid-19 using nontraditional environment factors on the performance of businesses nationally.
• You should also provide a discussion on the impact of the Covid-19 on
business performance at the international level.
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Essay Content
Introduction (10%)
• Highlights of the objective and definition of relevant terms
• Economic Shocks
• Business performance and related environment
• The impact of Covid-19 on Business Performance (national and international
outlook)- Objective
• Brief overview of the Covid-19 to motivate the objective (Lockdown policy)
• Outline the structure of the essay- what is the layout to follow
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Essay Content
Covid-19 impact at the national level (40%)
• Evaluate the impact of covid-19 at the national level
• Highlight and discuss the factors affecting business performance
• Support your discussion with statistical evidence and graphical
representations
• You can use the ”PESTLE” analysis to identify the areas of the business
environment challenged by Covid-19.
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Essay Content
Covid-19 impact at the international level (40%)
• Evaluate the impact of covid-19 at the international level
• Highlight and discuss the factors affecting business performance
• Support your discussion with statistical evidence and graphical
representations
• You can use the ”SWOT” analysis to identify the areas of the business environment
challenged by Covid-19 by highlighting the “Threats” and “weaknesses” faced by
businesses.
| ASSESSMENT BRIEF OUTLINE | Essay Content Overall Presentation (10%): |
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• Good conclusion- summary of work
• Provide a cover page
• Quality of citation and references- Harvard referencing style
• Overall presentation of the work- Font style- times new roman, font size- 12,
space-1.5. Overall grammatical error to its minimum (proofread your work)
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ANY QUESTIONS
RELEVANT INFORMATION
ASSESSEMENT 1 SUPPORT
• WEEK 7- WRITE UP AND FORMATIVE FEEDBACK SESSION
• SEND YOUR DRAFT TO YOUR TUTOR
• ONE-TO-ONE FEEDBACK SESSION IN CLASS/ QUESTION TIME
• NO NEW TEACHING MATERIAL
SEMINAR DISCUSSION
• HIGHLIGHT FIVE IMPACTS OF COVID-19 ON BUSINESS PERFORMANCE
• AT DOMESTIC LEVEL
• AT INTERNATIONAL LEVEL
• USE THE THREE ARTICLES IF NEEDED
SEMINAR DISCUSSION
• EXTRACT INFORMATION FROM THE OECD STATISTICS WEBSITE
(https://stats.oecd.org) ON THE FOLLOWING
• GDP FOR ALL OECD COUNTRIES BETWEEN 2018 AND 2022
• COMMENT ON THE FINDINGS
• HINT: GO THE WEBSITE
• CLICK ON ECONOMIC PROJECTIONS
• SELECT ANY SUB-HEADING (THE LATSEST OUTLOOK MIGHT BE GOOD)
• EXPORT THE DATA TO EXCEL
• DRAW SOME GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS (LINE GRAPH, ETC)
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