This assignment is designed to stimulate critical thinking outside of the classroom by requiring students
to write a formal academic report. You will need to follow the ARE process described in chapters 2 and
3 of Your Business Degree 2 (prescribed textbook for COIT20249) to analyse the assessment task,
research relevant information and evaluate the information you find. This information should be used to
write an academic report in which you present your findings or outcomes and make recommendations
for future practice. Professional writing and writing reports are described in chapters 4 and 5 of Your
Business Degree 2. This assessment task will assess your skills in critical thinking, researching
information, forming an opinion, academic writing, logical ordering of ideas and your ability to support
your arguments with quotes from literature. These objectives will be measured by the ‘closeness of fit’
to meeting the assessment task, assessment requirements and marking criteria.
Please note that there is a wealth of material available on the Moodle Unit website that you should
use to help you through the process of searching for and gathering relevant information, evaluating
that information and writing your report.