This is a formal written report that outlines and analyses the performance of your company over the first two rounds of competition and outlines your strategic intentions and operational plans for the next six rounds.
The Report will be marked out of 25 marks. The following breakdown will be applied:
Presentation and Structure 5 marks
Performance Review (Years 1 & 2) 5 marks
Strategic Plan (Years 3 to 8) 15 marks Total 25 marks
Presentation and Structure of Report: You should treat this report as a formal written report to the Executive Board of your company. This means that it will be assessed on how well it satisfies the set content requirements and also on its formatting, spelling, grammar and punctuation. It is to be presented as a business report with clearly marked sections, sub-sections, paragraphs and appendices.
The following RMIT web site has resources that can assist your team with assistance on how to structure a report – go to: http://emedia.rmit.edu.au/learninglab/content/assessment-tasks Select ‘Reports’ to review and obtain help resources.
The total word length of the report is 2,000 words. This limit means that you need to consider carefully what you include, and only use the most relevant and appropriate data and explanations. It is expected that you will provide appropriate tables, graphs and charts and careful use of them can save you many valuable words. Appendices are another way of providing detailed information if required, as appendices are not included in the word count.
While you are expected to read and consider the advice in the Capsim guide during the semester, you must not copy text, graphs, tables and charts from this guide and include it in this report. We require that this assessment is written in your own words and any graphs, tables, charts are designed by you.
If you quote from any source, you must ensure that you reference that