MODULE TITLE: Entrepreneurship in a Challenging Global Economy
2021/22
Assessment 2 (70%, Particular person work) – First Sit
MODULE TITLE: Entrepreneurship in a Challenging Global Economy
TITLE OF ASSESSMENT: In-depth analysis on a Social or Environmental Concern requiring Progressive options and Entrepreneurial Interventions (70%, Particular person work)
LEVEL: H6
COURSE(S): BABM with Enterprise, BABM (Possibility), BABS (Possibility)
DEADLINE DATE FOR
SUBMISSION BY STUDENTS: 12 Jan 2022 (Wed), Midnight 11:59 pm.
SUBMISSION LOCATION: Moodle
ASSESSOR(S): Dr. Suneel Kunamaneni Mr Thiruthiraj Pather
Essential Notes for College students:
• This Assessment is price 70% of the marks for the module
• This Assessment is a person work
• You will need to submit your supporting paperwork (1. Visible map and a couple of. Written Assessment with bibliography) on Moodle utilizing the Turnitin icon
• Any web sites/sources referred to have to be correctly referenced
1. BRIEF:
In contrast to your typical, solutions-driven enterprise pitch competitors, you’re required to concentrate on deeply understanding the context of a social or environmental downside requiring progressive options and entrepreneurial interventions. You might be anticipated to investigate and show understanding of the ethos of a slender challenge from among the many international challenges mentioned in the module, map the panorama, and current your findings. Basic essays / experiences on Poverty, Well being programs, Local weather change and many others., and points that don’t fall into the Global challanges mentioned in the module are usually not allowed.
College students should submit a visible map or chart, an Assessment of their analysis, and a bibliography:
Visible Map or Chart: Ideally you will see that a approach to current all or a part of your findings in a visible system map. This consists of charts, diagrams and infographics that visually symbolize your findings. You are able to do this as a free flowing visualisation of a number of smaller maps OR a one web page poster. Simply be sure that your visualisation just isn’t too cluttered to learn. Your map may be created utilizing instruments similar to (however not restricted to) PowerPoint, Prezi, Adobe, Piktochart, Canva, mindmap, web site, Kumu, Plectica, And many others. Nevertheless the one acceptable codecs for submission are phrase and pdf. In case your visible map consists of interactive options and exterior content material similar to on a web site, please present a shareable hyperlink in your submission.
Assessment: Your visualisation ought to be accompanied by additional Assessment – not less than 3000 phrases and never exceeding four,000 phrases, excluding footnotes and references. You possibly can create the report utilizing (however not restricted to) Phrase, Adobe Indesign, Canva and many others. You possibly can embed gif clips in your report. Nevertheless the one acceptable submission codecs are phrase, or a non-image pdf (picture pdf not allowed). In case you are utilizing instruments similar to Canva, ensure the exported pdf file dimension is manageable for importing onto moodle (Turnitin).
Bibliography: You will need to submit a thorough bibliography that cites the sources you could have consulted in your analysis. The advice is to make use of the Harvard methodology for quotation.
2. GUIDANCE:
Your project ought to tackle three vital Question Assignment areas, and be centered on a single challenge. Every of those Question Assignment areas ought to construct upon the earlier one.
Understanding the Problem
What’s the challenge you need to perceive? What’s its historical past and what are the social, financial, company, environmental, cultural and political forces sustaining the established order? Who’s affected by it? What’s the dimension and scope of the problem? What’s the relationship of this downside to different areas of concern or alternative?
Understanding Current ‘Entrepreneurial’ Answer Efforts
Who’s already attempting to unravel this downside? (entrepreneurs, innovators, accelerators and incubators, funders, authorities and many others.) What are they doing? What efforts have been tried or are being tried? What has labored, what hasn’t? Are any of those efforts linked to at least one one other? What networks & assets exist? What has occurred in the previous, and what may occur in the longer term?
Figuring out Impression Gaps and Levers of Change
What’s lacking from the options panorama? Are there any market alternatives, lacking hyperlinks or actionable responses? What position do you see for future non-public, public, and social sector interventions or collaborations? What are the teachings you could have realized from researching this challenge?
three. TIPS FOR SELECTING A TOPIC
Begin from what you’re obsessed with. Selecting a matter that will get you fired up is prone to make the method rather more attention-grabbing and enjoyable. Additionally ask your self, “The place are my pursuits? Are there any subjects I’ve been wanting to be taught extra about? Is there a difficulty space I want to dive into, and maybe work in some day, which I may use this chance to discover?”
Slender it down. After getting chosen your matter, start to slender it down; this may very well be round a area or demographic, or a specific manifestation of the issue. The subject you concentrate on ought to be large sufficient in scope which you could analysis and be taught from a vary of individuals engaged on the subject, however not so large that it appears all-encompassing. For instance, “water stress in South Africa” can be too large, as a result of “water stress” has too many root causes to discover in the timeline of this competitors. One would possibly begin by mapping out some excessive stage causes of water stress after which seeing which of these areas appear probably the most attention-grabbing or best to analysis given your time-frame/analysis entry. For instance, when you determine to check agriculture, you would possibly have a look at “irrigation challenges for small-holder farmers” in the nation. In your report, you would nonetheless state that water stress alleviation is your key space of curiosity, after which clarify why you determined to concentrate on this particular space of analysis in addition to the way it matches into the macro image of water-stress challenge.
Take into consideration time allocation. The most effective assignments will likely be thorough and describe gaps and alternatives in the present options panorama. After you start your analysis, be sure that you are able to do a thorough Assessment in the time obtainable. When you can’t, slender your matter additional!
Geographic specificity. Whereas some issues are certainly international, how they present up in completely different cultures and geographies may be nuanced. As such, we recommend you concentrate on a particular geography, ideally one the place you could have entry to knowledge or experience to Help direct your studying. In different phrases, whereas entry to reasonably priced healthcare and medicines could also be a problem in many components of the world, your analysis is prone to be extra strong and helpful when you select a particular nation or area of focus. You possibly can nonetheless carry the information and studying from experiences in different nations into your analysis as comparability factors, examples of alternate approaches to options, and many others.
Take into consideration any moral issues. When you determine to talk to and interview key beneficiaries, stakeholders and specialists, you’ll want to take into account any moral implications this will likely have, and you have to to submit a analysis ethics utility at:
http://researchethics.leedsbeckett.ac.uk
four. FORMAT Visible Map
You might be required to current your findings visually as a map (plain or interactive. The concept is to make your analysis accessible and dynamic to a wider viewers, and to Help folks comprehend the significance and complexity of your chosen problem. The visible map reveals how numerous elements work together with one another to provide the problem. You are able to do this as a free flowing visualisation of a number of smaller maps OR a one web page poster. Simply be sure that your visualisation just isn’t too cluttered to learn. Your map may be created utilizing instruments similar to PowerPoint, Prezi, Adobe, Piktochart, Canva, mindmap, web site, Kumu, Plectica, And many others. Nevertheless the one acceptable codecs for submission are phrase or pdf. In case your visible map consists of interactive options and exterior content material similar to on a web site, please present a shareable hyperlink in your submission. You do not want to map EVERY element – solely those that are related in telling the story associated to your chosen space of focus.
Written Abstract of Your Analysis
Your visualisation ought to be accompanied by a written abstract of not less than three,500 phrases and never exceeding four,000 phrases, excluding footnotes. You possibly can create the report utilizing Phrase, Adobe InDesign, Canva and many others. You possibly can embed gif clips in your report. Nevertheless the one acceptable submission codecs are phrase or a non-image pdf (picture pdf not allowed). In case you are utilizing instruments similar to Canva, ensure the exported pdf file dimension is manageable for importing onto moodle (Turnitin). Whereas your Visible Map can embody textual content, and the written element can embody visuals and tables, the aim of the Written Abstract is to supply a narrative complement to your visible submission.
What to incorporate in the Written Abstract:
– A abstract of the principle findings of your analysis in relation to the Key Questions above: Understanding the problem, Understanding Current Options Efforts, Figuring out Impression
Gaps and Levers for Change
– Reflections on the teachings you could have realized all through the method of your analysis – Transient clarification of why you chose your specific problem and the way you went about your analysis
– Any additional element and reflection you want to add that has not been included in your visible map
Bibliography
You will need to submit a thorough bibliography that cites the sources you could have consulted in your analysis. The most effective submissions will embody a numerous vary of sources and supplies, from tutorial texts and articles to op-eds, enterprise press and interviews. We advocate the Harvard methodology for quotation, however you could use whichever quotation methodology you’re most aware of.
5. Marking Standards
There isn’t any formulaic break up between Visible map, Written abstract and Bibliography. All three will likely be thought-about collectively to judge the next key criterion.
Thoroughness
To really perceive a problem, you’ll have to transcend easy internet searches and a informal skim of internet sites. You’ll actually discover the well-known organisations working to deal with your chosen challenge, however the most effective assessments may also establish vital however much less well-known assets and rising stars.
Additionally keep in mind, details about programmes beneath improvement and challenges organisations have confronted are usually not usually listed on firm web sites. We encourage you to contact organisations and converse to or write to folks to search out out extra. You would possibly wish to search out unbiased assessments of the organisations in addition to their very own claims.
Readability
The most effective submissions will likely be attention-grabbing to overview, straightforward to comply with and offered in a compelling method that invitations motion. It’s best to think about that the viewers in your presentation is not only your tutorial tutors, however present practitioners, funders and people wanting to begin in a new enterprise in the sphere. Make sure that you clarify the problem, outline any specialist phrases, and restrict the usage of pointless jargon or acronyms.
Insights
The most effective submissions will transcend describing the issue and the prevailing options. To face out, you’ll clarify, for instance, how a number of organisations would profit from collaborating; how the sector in Question Assignment may borrow a service mannequin from one other; what key analysis is lacking to gasoline change; or how efficient authorities motion may eradicate the necessity for a variety of actions altogether. You may additionally establish a market alternative and/or the chance to scale an present effort by means of partnerships, franchising, or replication by means of schooling. Your general objective is to supply actionable insights for these at present or eager to work in this sector.
First 60-69 50-59 40-49 Fail
Readability (30%) CLEARLY defines the problem or downside; CLEARLY and
EXPLICITLY states goal of submission; ACCURATELY
identifies the core challenge; Report is ORGANIZED with
clear transitions all through; Visible map is straightforward to comply with and perceive; report is straightforward to learn
CLEARLY defines the problem; INDICATES goal of submission, however is
NOT EXPLICIT; ACCURATELY
identifies the core challenge; Report is
MOSTLY organized, however some spots are in want of higher group or transition; Visible map is straightforward to comply with and perceive; report is straightforward to learn
Concern definition considerably missing in CLARITY; INDICATES goal of
submission, however just isn’t
EXPLICIT;
Identification of the core challenge lacks in ACCURACY; Report considerably lacks in group, transitions or inparagraph group ; Visible map is considerably troublesome to comply with and perceive; report is considerably troublesome to learn
Defines the problem
POORLY; Not solely ACCURATE about core challenge; VAGUELY INDICATES goal of submission, however is NOT specific; report has BASIC group, however lacks transitions or inparagraph group; Visible map is troublesome to comply with and perceive; report is troublesome to learn FAILS to CLEARLY outline the problem or downside;
Does NOT
INDICATE, specific or in any other case goal of submission; There may be NO group to report, the report has few to no transitions, and/or there’s little to no in paragraph group; No visible map or it is rather troublesome to comply with and perceive; Report is troublesome to learn
Thoroughness (30%) IDENTIFIES and
ACCURATELY explains the related key ideas; IDENTIFIES and
ACCURATELY explains the related key ideas, however IDENTIFIES and explains MANY related key ideas, however many instances makes use of ideas Identifies SOME (not all) key ideas;
Does NOT FULLY and
ACCURATELY Does NOT IDENTIFY key ideas or Identifies however FAILS to make use of key ideas
APPROPRIATELY makes use of related key ideas all through the report;
CONSISTENTLY makes use of the related key ideas all through the report; Makes use of
SUFFICIENT,
CREDIBLE, RELEVANT info from sources to Help the argument;
–Info is impeccably ORGANIZED
to supply logical, clear foundation for argument SOMETIMES makes use of ideas
