LO1: Critically evaluate the role of present and future technologies in the business environment
Assignment Brief
Academic Year 2023-24
Module code and title:
BM565 Digital Business & New Technologies
Module leader:
Assignment No. and type:
CW1 Individual 2000-Words Written Portfolio
Assessment weighting:
60%
Submission time and date:
Target feedback time and date:
3 Weeks
Assignment task
Students are required to choose an appropriate technological topic relating to digital and new technologies identified and discussed in the lecture series and write a 2,000-word portfolio review on the themes, trends and arguments emerging about that topic. The topic must be agreed with the lecturer before detailed research on it has begun.
The portfolio includes:
Section 1: The understanding of your chosen technological topic in a form of a poster/an infographic
(Maximum 500 words in-text, exclude the reference) which addresses the following:
Why you deem this topic to be of importance?
How this topic has developed?
A detailed description of the technology used in this topic and what it is used for.
What technological platforms and software are used in the topic?
What type of business and organisation uses the technology?
How is it used as a business tool and is this effective? (you may link this to particular industry/sector/profession)
Section 2: Application of theories and knowledges into the chosen industry (Appx 1000 words)
How does this relate to course content and discussion on the nature of the relationship between digital technologies and both old and newly emerging theories on business and management structures and practices in the perspective of the management level?
The above question can be broken down into addressing these two questions with evidence from your chosen industry:
Q1: How the organisations in the chosen industry have understood the implications of this technology and altered what they do and how they do it?
Q2: The emergence of brand new organisations, built around digital technology, entering a sector and challenging old style organisations who have failed to grasp the significance of that technology?
Internal approval: Name, Date
This assignment has been designed to provide you with an opportunity to demonstrate your achievement of the following module learning outcomes:
LO1: Critically evaluate the role of present and future technologies in the business environment
LO 3: Demonstrate an understanding of the significance of digital and new technologies in an ever- changing global business environment and the challenges these present to managers
Practicalities: Referencing, presenting and submitting your work
Please see your programme handbook for information on the standard referencing style, presentational requirements and process for submitting your work.
Confidentiality
You are expected to take responsibility for maintaining and managing confidentiality issues in your work. You should maintain and respect confidentiality in relation to the protection of personal, technical and/or commercial information of a sensitive nature in your assessed work, whatever the format.
For further information and guidance, please see the relevant section in your programme handbook.
Academic integrity
Academic integrity means taking responsibility for your own work.
When you submit an assignment, you are making a declaration that it is your own work and that you have acknowledged the contribution of others and their ideas in its development (for example, by referencing them appropriately).
For further information and guidance, please see the University website: https://www.bnu.ac.uk/current- students/registry-helpdesk-and-academic-advice/academic-integrity-and-misconduct
Fail
Fail
Pass
Pass
Pass
Pass
Pass
0-34 (F) –
Fail
35-39 E –
Marginal fail
40-49 (D)
50-59 (C)
60-69 (B)
70-79 (A)
80-100 (A+)
Not successful
Below required standard
Satisfactory
Good
Very Good
Excellent
Outstanding
Knowledge and Understanding
(30%)
This should include evidence of:
Critical understanding the significance and the detail technology of the chosen technological topic
Understanding the types of businesses use this
technological topic and the effectiveness
of its use
The work demonstrates a limited and/or substantially inaccurate or no knowledge and critical understanding the significance and the detail technology of the chosen technological topic, the types of businesses use this technological topic and the effectiveness of its use, resulting in poor or no link to techniques with lack of clarity in the writing up.
The work demonstrates insufficient knowledge and critical understanding the significance and the detail technology of the chosen technological topic, the types of businesses use this technological topic and the effectiveness of its use, resulting in poor or limited link to techniques with lack of clarity in the writing up.
The work demonstrates a basic knowledge and critical understanding the significance and the detail technology of the chosen technological topic, the types of businesses use this technological topic and the effectiveness of its use.
The work demonstrates a sound breadth and depth knowledge and critical understanding the significance and the detail technology of the chosen technological topic, the types of businesses use this technological topic and the effectiveness of its use.
The work demonstrates refined knowledge and critical understanding the significance and the detail technology of the chosen technological topic, the types of businesses use this technological topic and the effectiveness of its use.
The work demonstrates highly accomplished knowledge and critical understanding the significance and the detail technology of the chosen technological topic, the types of businesses use this technological topic and the effectiveness of its use.
The work demonstrates exceptional knowledge and critical understanding the significance and the detail technology of the chosen technological topic, the types of businesses use this technological topic and the effectiveness of its use.
Analysis and criticality
(20%)
This should include the evidence of:
Coherent linkage and logic argument for
The work demonstrates a limited or no ability to use of course materials and range of independently selected sources to support investigation into the chosen topic, poor coherent linkage and logic argument.
The work demonstrates an insufficient ability to use of course materials and range of independently selected sources to support investigation into the chosen topic, limited coherent linkage and logic argument.
The work demonstrates a sufficient ability to use of course materials and range of independently selected sources to support investigation into the chosen topic, satisfactory coherent linkage and logic argument.
The work demonstrates a well-developed ability to use of course materials and range of independently selected sources to support investigation into the chosen topic, good coherent linkage and logic argument.
The work demonstrates a sophisticated accomplished ability to use of course materials and range of independently selected sources to support investigation into the chosen topic, very good
The work demonstrates highly accomplished ability to use of course materials and range of independently selected sources to support investigation into the chosen topic, excellent coherent linkage and logic argument.
The work demonstrates exceptionally accomplished ability to use of course materials and range of independently selected sources to support investigation into the chosen topic, exceptional coherent
the analysis of a chosen topic
Use of course materials and range of independently selected
sources
coherent linkage and logic argument.
linkage and logic argument.
Application, comparation and evaluation
(30%)
Critical application of the course content to discuss on the nature of the relationship between digital technologies and both old and newly emerging theories on business and management
structure and practices
Work demonstrates a limited or no ability to compare, evaluate and application of the course content to discuss on the nature of the relationship between digital technologies and both old and newly emerging theories on business and management structure and practices.
Work demonstrates an insufficient ability to compare, evaluate and application of the course content to discuss on the nature of the relationship between digital technologies and both old and newly emerging theories on business and management structure and practices.
Work demonstrates a sufficient ability to compare, evaluate and application of the course content to discuss on the nature of the relationship between digital technologies and both old and newly emerging theories on business and management structure and practices.
Work demonstrates an ability to compare, evaluate and application of the course content to discuss on the nature of the relationship between digital technologies and both old and newly emerging theories on business and management structure and practices in a consistent and informed manner.
Work demonstrates an ability to compare, evaluate and application of the course content to discuss on the nature of the relationship between digital technologies and both old and newly emerging theories on business and management structure and practices in a capable and effective manner.
Work demonstrates an ability to compare, evaluate and application of the course content to discuss on the nature of the relationship between digital technologies and both old and newly emerging theories on business and management structure and practices in a highly accomplished manner.
Work demonstrates an ability to compare, evaluate and application of the course content to discuss on the nature of the relationship between digital technologies and both old and newly emerging theories on business and management structure and practices in an exceptionally accomplished manner.
Transferable skills (20%)
This should include evidence of:
Poster
Use of Harvard referencing in text and on the reference list.
Little or no attempt at referencing.
No evidence of any attempt to edit into a cohesive document. Poor literacy skills.
Too short/too long assignment.
Major errors noted in the application of the rules of Harvard referencing missing or inaccurate reference list.
Weak editing into the final report. Major problems with literacy
Parts of work adheres to rules of Harvard referencing missing or inaccurate reference list.
Fair editing into the final report. Consistency problems with literacy skills. Within 15%-word count.
Mostly adheres to rules of Harvard referencing in text and in reference list. LO1: Critically evaluate the role of present and future technologies in the business environment.
Good editing into the final report. A few issues with literacy skills at times in a few sections. Within 15%- word count.
