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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., said, “As long as there is poverty in the world, I can never be rich. . . . As long as diseases are rampant, I can never be healthy. . . . I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be.” Discuss this quote with respect to the material in this chapter. Would this idea be true for corporations, too?

Assessment 2 (Research Essay) – Due: Week 7 Wednesday (4 Sept 2019) 5:00 pm AEST
Note: no submissions including automatically submitted by Moodle will be reverted to the draft after the due date.
This is assessment 2: Research Essay 30 marks
Length 3,000 words
Please note that this question requires substantial research (see the assessment criteria below).
a) Briefly describe and contrast four market structures.
(Hints: Use features of each market structure
such as number of sellers, type of product, entry conditions, profits and losses in the short and long run, advertising, research and development
and appropriate diagrams to answer this question. While your textbook is your first point of reference
,
you should consult other references in order to receive full marks. Use real life examples to support your discussion
). (8 marks)
b) Choose an industry from your home country representing monopoly. Explain why it is a monopoly based on the characteristics of market structures outlined in part a). Analyse price and output decisions made by this monopoly using economic theory and illustrate it on a diagram. (
Hint: this is your case study that you need to describe in details, provide relevant information, use table, diagrams where appropriate. You should use real data as much as possible
). (8 marks)
c) Using your case study, evaluate the efficiency of your chosen monopoly. Explain it using economic theory and illustrate it on a diagram. (
Hint: compare the allocation of resources and market outcomes between your chosen industry and perfectly competitive market structure using theory and real data from your case study
). (6 marks)
d) Provide the case for or against the monopoly in your case study. Would you suggest to break up this monopoly into oligopoly? Explain using economic theory and diagrams. (
Hint: use real life data from your case study. For example, if the monopoly has been investing in research and development, provide evidence with supporting references
). (4 marks)
Additional marks
(4 marks)
Overall presentation of work, especially use of graphs, clear written expression. 2 mark
Appropriate use of referencing. 2 marks
Assessment criteria
You mustrefer to the textbook in the first instance. Besides the textbook, you should also refer to a few other academic books, journal articles and relevant websites in answering these questions.
Use in-text referencing and provide a list of references.
All submissions for this course must use the American Psychological Association (APA) referencing style (details can be obtained at https://www.cqu.edu.au/student-life/services-and-facilities/referencing/cquniversity-referencing-guides).
Concepts must be defined accurately and completely.
The assumptions upon which the analysis is based must be stated at the onset.
Diagrams must be drawn properly, correctly labelled and the relations they depict explained.
Photocopied and scanned graphs from books, articles or websites are not acceptable. It is preferable to hand-draw a graph then scan it to insert in your file.
Answers must be complete, addressing the specific tasks nominated in the questions.
Remember an extension is not a gift, it is a burden.
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Wednesday, 4 September 2019, 5:00 PM
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Assessment 1: Business Report
Weight: 25%
Due date: Monday 2 September, 10am (Week 6)
Length: 1,100 words (including in-text citations; excluding reference list)
Topics: Week 3 Lecture (Strategic) planning, management & decision-making
Submission type: Via Turnitin
Resources:
Writing a Business Report Prezi – click here to access
Harvard Referencing – click here to access
For “Recommended popular (non-academic business and management) publications” please scroll down this page to the “4) Business Report Research Guidelines” section that displays the list of articles with hyperlinks to each article.
Task Overview:
In the Report, students will perform an environmental analysis of an Australian organisation and provide recommendations for the organisation’s strategic direction(s).
Business Report Objectives
This assessment supports the development of knowledge of management theories and analytical and research skills.
This assessment expects students to:
Conduct independent research on the chosen Australian organisation
Apply a theoretical model to the studied organisation to analyse its internal and external environments and identify its challenges
Provide recommendations for the organisation’s strategic direction(s)
Business Report Task Description
Your client* (list below) is recalibrating its strategy and hired you, as an expert in strategic planning and management, to create a Business Report which will analyse the organisation’s task and general environments, identify the main challenges the organisation faces, and produce a set of recommendations for its strategy formulation.
Using Figure 3.1 in the Textbook (Kinicki et al., 2018) as a starting point, with the support of the subsequent research, you are expected to analyse the organisation’s external stakeholders and the forces which influence how these operate.
The
body
of your Business Report will consist of the three sections (see full information on the Business Report’s structure in the section “Business Report structure and tips”).
In the Environmental Analysissection (the section must start with the heading), you must answer the following analytical questions (consider turning these questions into appropriate sub-headings to structure your Business Report):
Which two external stakeholders in the task environment are
currently
most impactful for the organisation and why?
Which two general environment forces mostly influence the organisation
currently
and why?
In the Identified Challengessection (the section must start with the heading), you must build on the analysis from the previous Section to identify two mainchallenges that the organisation currently faces.
In the Recommendations section (the section must start with the heading), you must build on the analysis
from the previous two sections
to generate and justify a set of four recommendations for strategy formulation.
* You must choose one from the two companies provided below as your client:
Chemist Warehouse
Australian Reptile Park (the Central Coast, NSW)
To write your Business Report, you must conduct thorough research on your client using available internet sources (e.g., the company’s website, its social media profiles (e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn), the industry reports; and the media reports). Once you familiarise yourself with the organisation and its environment, perform the academic research on the company, its industry and its task and general environments, whatever available. Be mindful that there might be a limited or no academic research on a specific company but many peer-reviewed publications on a certain industry and some non-academic (business and management) publications on the company. The recommended sources are listed on the Leganto reading list on iLearn.
Your client uses your services because of your credibility as an expert. Therefore, your analysis must demonstrate and draw on your thorough academic and industry research.