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BUS100 Professional Communication Skills Assessment 2
BUS100 Professional Communication SkillsAssessment 2 DetailsAssessment Type: Annotated Bibliography (Reference List) - Individual assessment.5 sources plus 500-800 words annotation.Purpose: This assessment allows students to develop research skills and begin todevelop critical analysis skills by finding and evaluating a range of differentbut relevant reference sources relating to a given topic. This assessmentcontributes to Learning Outcomes a, c, and e.Value: 20%Due Date: Week 6 - 5.00pm Friday of Week 6Submission: Electronically through KOI’s Moodle subject home page as a Word .doc or.docx - the font should be ARIAL 10 point.Topic: A current business topic - the specific topic will be advised in class and viaMoodle. This business topic will form the focus of Assessments 2, 3 and 4during the trimester.Task Details: Annotated Bibliography (Reference List)(See Moodle for more details and worked examples).In academia, as in business, good reports demonstrate the ability to research and identify relevantmaterial to be used as the basis for considering a question, supporting argument and arriving at justifiedconclusions or recommendations. While there may be many sources relating to any given topic orquestion, some will be far more suitable than others.Good relevant supporting material will be: Relevant Recent (unless considered a seminal or classic article/book) CredibleUsing the topic given, students need to research and identify 5 different sources which would berelevant if preparing an analysis report for the topic given. Included in the bibliography should be: At least 1 peer reviewed article At least 1 website At least 1 magazine or newspaper article At least 1 of the sources reviewed must fail to meet the some or all of the 3 criteria of goodsupporting material - relevant, recent and credible i.e. be a source you have viewed but decidedit would not be appropriate to use - explain why it is not appropriate.Wiki anything and About.com MUST NOT be included in your sources - good or otherwise.For each source, pairs are to:1. Cite the material correctly using Harvard (Anglia) referencing style2. Briefly summarise the main findings or arguments of the source3. Briefly critique (evaluate) the source’s usefulness, reliability, objectivity or bias, assessing itsstrengths and/or weaknesses as if you were writing a research paper on the topic given.Points 2 and 3 should be between 100 and 160 words per source (500 - 800 words total).PresentationAssessments should be formatted as follows: Word .doc or .docx Font - Arial 10pt, Calibri 11pt or Times New Roman 12pt Title page A 1 line space between each of: heading, citation, summary paragraph, evaluation paragraph Each source identified by a heading made up by the Title in italics and the source type.BUS100BUS100 PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS T117-09-02-2017-v2 Page 2 of 4*AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT PTY LTD ABN: 72 132 629 979 CRICOS 03171AExample:Source 1: Imported and Domestic beef - substitutes or complements, peer-reviewed journal article.Worked examples of an annotated bibliography will be provided in class and via Moodle.Marking Guide: The marking rubric following this will be used to mark Assessment 2.More detail about the assessment and what is expected will be providedin class and via Moodle.The total mark will be scaled to a mark out of 20.BUS100 Professional Communication Skills Assessment 2 Marking Rubric
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