Faculty of Business Studies Tutor Marked Assignment B301 B: Making Sense of Strategy II First Semester 2014 – 2015 Cut Off date-27th Nov.2014 (Ref.AOU 13th Academic Calendar 2014-15) This tutor marked-assignment is meant to assess the student’s ability in understanding, and application of the course materials provided in the class room and ideas from external sources, as well as to test his/her reflection and critical thinking. Among other ILOs, it is also intended to test the student’s ability to argue relevantly and to justify a point of view besides, constructing, defending and evaluating an argument, using relevant evidence and giving reasons for conclusions. It consists of three questions and accounts for 20% of the total grade assigned to the course INSTRUCTIONS The TMA must be done with strict compliance to the guidelines and instructions stated, otherwise there will be penalties in form of marks deduction as per the university’s policy. You are encouraged to collaborate with others in studying, but submitted work copied from or written jointly with others is not acceptable. Submitting work that has been done by someone else and persistent borrowing of other people’s work without citation are obvious instances of plagiarism and are regarded as cheating. Paying for work from other sources and submitting it as your own is also cheating. It is intellectually dishonest to cheat. If a case of plagiarism is proven, this is a serious offence and the disciplinary procedures will be followed, as described under the Examination Policy of the AOU. Cases of plagiarism will receive a mark of “Zero” on the assignment. Please refer to AOU plagiarism policy. 1. TMA must be written in ESSAY format, BULLETS and NUMBERING to be avoided. Avoid writing TMA in first person tense. E.g. “I suggest that …” or “In this TMA I am going to discuss…”etc. 2. Word count should be exact with 10% (More/less) tolerance. 3. You must acknowledge all sources of information using full Harvard Style Referencing (In-text referencing plus list of references at the end) Minimum of 5 references are required. MUST include E-library and course materials. 4. Wikipedia is not recommended as a reference. 5. Copy and paste- plagiarized work will be detected by TURNITIN and heavily penalized. 6. TMAs to tutors through emails and late submission not permitted. 7. Strictly use the PT3 form with green color accompanying this TMA. Any other non compliance to guidelines and requirements will be penalized WARNING: THERE WILL BE NO EXTENSION OF CUT-OFF DATE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE. Question 1. During a brain storming session of Gulf Economic Development Commission* (GEDC), a member of the commission was heard commenting that his country’s prosperity grow out of natural resources, labour pool, interest rates and the value of his country’s currency. Do you agree with his view? Yes / No. Discuss and critically analyze the justification of your answer above, supporting it with real life examples. 1000 words (35 marks) 2. Members of the above commission (GEDC) were wondering why are certain companies based in certain nations capable of consistent innovation? Why do they ruthlessly pursue improvements, seeking an ever more sophisticated source of competitive advantage? Why are they able to overcome the significant hurdles to change and innovation that so often accompany success? Critically and elaborately discuss your answer supporting it with real life examples 1500 words (45 Marks.) 3. As a strategist, what role of the government would you suggest to the members of commission to improve their nations’ competitiveness? 500 words (20 marks) * Gulf Economic Development Commission (GEDC) is only assumed name for the purpose of this TMA. ***************** Good Luck *********************
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