BMG705 (CRN59946) Global Businessin Context Component 2 (Essay) Assessment Brief | Ulster

BMG705 (CRN59946) Component 2

Literature Review – Individual Written Essay

Completing a literature review is a very important academic skill and this assignment will help you develop your critical writing and analytical skills which is a key requirement for level 7. This piece of coursework is specific, and it is very important that you follow the guidelines closely.

The title of the literature review is as follows:

Critically evaluate the opportunities and challenges faced by a sector of your choice because of changing forces within the global landscape in 2025.

Use and cite examples to support your answer, you may seek academic writing and referencing support from the ACE team and library team respectively.

This coursework will develop critical thinking skills as well as provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate an understanding of contemporary research sources in international business, thereby developing a scholarly understanding of the subject area.

BMG705 (CRN59946) Guidelines:

• A global (not national or country) perspective is expected in engaging with chosen sector for this assessment. The assessment must not be misconstrued as a mere PESTLE analysis!
• Where group presentation was premised on a sector (not industry), same or different sector (not industry) can be the basis of the literature review.
• The assignment takes the form of a word-processed literature review.
• Detailed assessment guidance will be given in Weeks 1 & 2.
• Completed assignments must be submitted in Word format via the Turnitin Dropbox in your Blackboard Course Area before 12noon on Tuesday 2nd September 2025. as outlined in the Key Assessment Information Table above.
• All submitted assignments should have the file name:
  i)"SurnameFirstNameBNumber"
  ii)e.g., BrownJohnB00001234_Literature Review.
• The review should be no more than 2500 words (+/- 10%) made up of 2,000word Literature Review and 500word research summary
• The 500-word research summary should provide experiential account of what was learnt from any five of the recommended readings on the module (See assessment’s section on learning resources further down). A simple summary table with Title, Author(s), Publication Year and Learning Summary can be used for provision of research summary.
• Assessment should be completed on an individual basis.
• There is a folder of resources in the section of this assessment brief titled learning resources from which students must select 10 relevant articles (peer review research and book chapters) as the starting point for your research. Specific minimum numbers to be used from each group of resources are provided on this list. Carefully look through it.
• Read and critically review key points and insights from each source to help develop your literature review.
• The 10 sources chosen from the recommended list must be supplemented with academic and data sources introduced in the module and at least 10 additional sources (selected across peer reviewed research published within 5years of submission deadline; as well as trade industry articles and news stories from reliable industry sources with publication dates between September 2024 and September 2025) to develop your selected topic discussion as part of your literature review.

BMG705 Component 2 – ASSESSMENT RUBRIC/MARKING PROFORMA