Assessment 2 – Group Presentation and Essay

Task DescriptionInquiry in the Mathematics Classroom

This is a group assignment that involves a 15-minute student-led live presentation and a 2000 word (+/-10%) essay on the same topic. 

Assessment item 2 accounts for 30% of your final grade for this unit and must be completed by students as a group. Assessment 2 consists of two parts:

1) An essay addressing your topic (15%). Upload your Group essay on the essay submission link.

2) An in-class live group presentation (15%): over Zoom for distance/offshore students and in-person for on-campus students. Upload your Group presentation using the same link – the essay submission link.

You must be enrolled in a lecture class and a workshop class by the census date. You will be able to enrol in Assessment Item 2 groups yourself on the unit’s Moodle site or will be assigned a group by default. The members of your group must all be within your workshop group. Groups cannot be formed with students who are NOT in your workshop group as you are required to work together and present in class. More information on group formation will be provided on Moodle. There will be no changes to Assessment 2 groups after the Census date, so please make sure that you have sorted out which lecture/workshop class you want to attend by the Census Date. 

Task:  Your group is required to choose only one of the following four topics from weeks 6-9 (in consultation with your lecturer/tutor) as the focus of your group-led presentation and essay. You must include at least one real-life corporate example in your research efforts:

Week 6: What creative solutions do you recommend to improve creativity and innovation in your chosen organisation? You should consider the differences between and relative benefits of each of sustaining and disruptive innovation for your organisation, with examples.

Week 7: What challenges do contemporary internet-based organisations face in the management of big data, the internet of things and emerging new technologies? What creative solutions do you recommend to your chosen organisation on this issue?

Week 8: What advantages and disadvantages does globalisation bring to contemporary organisations? What creative solutions do you recommend to your chosen organisation to manage the globalisation-induced challenges?

Week 9: Should contemporary organisations consider the cultural dimensions of a country before making staffing decisions, whether operating internationally or locally, with a diverse workforce? Why and how? What creative solutions do you recommend to your chosen organisation on this issue?

3. Your essay must include at least eight (8) peer-reviewed academic references published post-2012.

Referencing and written communication requirements:

Use the APA 7 referencing style consistently in in-text citations and in the reference list (See https://delivery-cqucontenthub.stylelabs.cloud/api/public/content/apa-referencing-style.pdf?v=51e1aea7)

Use an appropriate structure of the essay (with Introduction, Body, and Conclusion), and appropriate conventions of academic writing.

Note: further support on forming groups, presentation, writing, referencing, etc. is given on the Unit Moodle site for this assignment.