Summative Assessment Task 6 (Individual)

Summative Assessment Task 6 (Individual)

Brief Description of the Assessment Task For your graded assessment, you are required to write a discussion paper that outlines the key country factor considerations a business will face when it goes international by analysing a given organisation on social, sustainability and cultural challenges.

Details of the Student Output For your graded assessment, you will need to prepare a discussion paper of ~ 2,500 words that outline and critique issues regarding conducting business internationally in relation to social, sustainability and cultural issues.

Grading and Weighting (% Total Marks for the Unit) 50%

This Task Assesses Your Achievement of These Unit Learning Outcomes ULO1: Explain the international business theories and models, and critique their role in incorporating the social, sustainability and cultural challenges associated with international business activities.

ULO2: Apply the research and analysis frameworks to undertake a systematic and thorough evaluation of the external global business environment.

This Task Assesses Your Achievement of These Graduate Learning Outcomes GLO1:Application of discipline-specific knowledge

GLO3:Requires use of digital technologies to complete analysis and communicate findings

GLO8:Requires consideration of global political and cultural issues

Tips :

Do some background research on CAGE framework by Ghemawat

You can refer Government websites; International institution organization such as WTO, IMF, Worldbank

Case Study

References

Oberoi Hotels, (2022a) About us, retrieved 14 January 2024.

https://www.oberoihotels.com/about-us/

Oberoi Hotels, (2022a) Destinations, retrieved 14 January 2024. (Link)

https://www.oberoihotels.com/destinations/

Your assignment should cover the following aspects:

Title page: Specify assignment, name and student ID (not included in the word count).

Executivesummary: Provide an executive summary on one page (not included in the word count).

Introduction: Introduce your study in the report (250words).

Culturalfactors: Cover the key cultural values that are important when doing business in the country, the impact of religion and language, and Hofstedes cultural values You might find a cultural data also from the doing business reports from KPMG and Ernst and Young, etcetera, but you might also find other information from companies or government websites like CIA Factbook is another one, and that might specify you know, what is the major religion or major religions (500words).

Politicalfactors: Cover the political system that operates in the country, key information about important political parties/next election, political risk, corruption, and whether there is political support for your business (500words).

Legalfactors: Cover the type of legal system used, key laws around setting business in the country, whether foreigners can own a business/land or not and protection of intellectual property (500words).

Economic factors: Collect trend data (of the last five years and forecasted) on key economic data. For example, GDP, GDP growth, GDP per capita, inflation, unemployment, etc. (500words).

Recommendations: Conclude the assignment by articulating the key recommendations that you have identified in your research, and make a determination (Should the business consider market entry into this country?) (250words).

References: Include about 15-20 references (not included in the word count).

(Please note that the word count of individual components are suggested numbers, you can adjust them accordingly to your own understanding. However, the complete papershould not exceed 2,500 wordsin total.)

Note : You need to use good quality sources of information (government fact sheets, international institutional websites (the World Bank, United Nations, World Economic Forum, WTO, etc.) or business reports of reputable organisations such as KPMG, Ernst & Young, Accenture and Deloitte). **Do not use Wikipedia or dubious references, or no-name references from strange websites**.

Your final papershould not exceed 2,500 wordsin total.

Your paper should be typed anddouble-spacedwith12-point fontand have proper headings.