Assessment 1 Information: Personal Portfolio (10%)
Students will work on understanding different aspects of global strategic management,
presenting the synthesis of their investigation in a 3-part short video presentation. You must
access the LMS site to obtain the full brief for the assignment.
Artefact
Requirement
Timing
1
Explain the key aspects of strategy/strategic
management.
2 minute
2
Explain the strategic management of an organisation
2 minute
3
Explain your strategy for success for the organisation
using aspects of strategic management
2 minute
Artefact 1:
Topic 1 introduced the concept of strategy and the key role it plays in the success or failure
of an organization.
Note: to complete these points, Watch the video ‘What is Business Strategy? A
simple business strategy definition!’ from the topic 1 workshop
Artefact 2:
Select an organisation and answer the following question for the organisation.
Determine the organisation’s competitive advantage:
1. Define the organisation’s resources: tangibles and intangibles
2. Define the organisation’s capabilities
3. Determine the organisation’s competitive advantage/s
Below are some questions to help you to determine your competitive advantage/s:
• What are the organisation’s tangible and intangible resources to accomplish the
organisation’s strategy?
• What are the organisation’s capabilities? How can the organisation create
capabilities?
• What five criteria does the organisation have to become core competencies?
• What is/are the organisation’s competitive advantage/s? How does the competitive
advantage help the organisation to accomplish its strategy?
• Does the organisation have any sustainable competitive advantage?
Artefact 3: How will you implement your strategies and measure your success for the
organisation? What strategic management strategies will you use to ensure success for the
organisation?
Submission Instructions:
The assignment is to be submitted as two files: a video file and a PowerPoint file, to the LMS
submission portal. NOTE: The video must show your face, not the PowerPoint slides. The
PowerPoint should only have 3 slides in total – one per artefact.
To ensure your work does not get mixed up with others', use a filename that follows the
convention: Unit Code, Assessment Task, first 3 initials of your family name, first initial of
your given name, and student number. For example:
BUS338PersonalPortfolioSpeC12345678. Students are required to keep a copy of all
submitted assessments.
Late submissions for which an extension has not been granted will have 10% of the total
mark deducted per day in accordance with the Assessment Policy