MBB7007M Global Business Strategy level 7 Assessment Brief 2025 | YSJU

General

Characteristics

Distinction (100 - 85)

Distinction (84 - 70)

Merit (69 - 60)

Pass (59 - 50)

Borderline Fail -

Compensatable (49 - 40)

Fail – Non-

Compensatable (39 - 30)

Fail – Non-

Compensatable (29 - 0)

Thinking skills Weighting: 25

Relevant Graduate attributes:

Enterprising Professional Resilient

The work successfully uses a full range of thinking skills effectively to demonstrate knowledge and understanding, with a self- reflective awareness of the skills of processing this knowledge.

The work has successfully combined existing knowledge(s) to create new insights. It has applied critical thinking throughout to your body of knowledge beyond the taught content. The thoroughness of your thinking supports the persuasiveness of your outcomes.

Through critical thinking (such as analysis or evaluation of source materials), this work has created new problems or asked questions about the taught content. It has proposed new approaches, demonstrated adapted systems, or presented new data to develop your personal knowledge.

The work has applied critical thinking (such as analysis or evaluation of source materials), to develop previous knowledge and demonstrate a thorough understanding of the required taught content.

The knowledge and understanding demonstrated in the work do not yet meet the expectations of Master’s level study. It does not adequately address the essential content of the module or an ability to apply thinking skills to process this

knowledge.

The work is currently limited by some misunderstandings

, misapplications or gaps in important areas of knowledge from the taught content.

The work does not address the important areas of knowledge from the taught content and does not attempt to apply the necessary thinking skills to develop understanding.

Research Skills, Methods, and Methodology Weighting: 15

Relevant Graduate attributes:

Enterprising Authentic Professional

The work has been successful in developing new knowledge due to the effective use of research tools, research design and methodology, epistemology, and ontology.

The holistic design and rigour of planning and implementation is in line with professional standards of the field / discipline / industry.

The work is underpinned by an appropriate / systematic / thoughtful methodological approach and design. The research methods used in this work demonstrate a strong competency and in- depth understanding of their purpose and function.

The work has successfully applied research methods from the taught content and independent studies, carefully selecting and using these to generate data and/or insights to solve complex problems or answer bespoke research questions.

The work correctly applies appropriate research methods from the taught content. It has attempted to solve problems and answer research questions in class and during independent research.

The work does not yet use research methods expected at Master’s level and does not yet apply research methods discussed in class appropriately to solve problems and/or answer research questions presented.

The work has not yet demonstrated successful application or understanding of the required research methods discussed in taught content.

The work does not address or apply the required research methods discussed in the taught content.

General Characteristics

Distinction (100 - 85)

Distinction (84 - 70)

Merit (69 - 60)

Pass (59 - 50)

Borderline Fail - Compensatable

(49 - 40)

Fail – Non- Compensatable

(39 - 30)

Fail – Non- Compensatable

(29 - 0)

Technical and Practical skills Weighting: 15

Relevant Graduate attributes:

Enterprising Confident Professional

The work is an exemplar of professional standards that could be used to inform and

/ or develop the standard of the discipline.

The work presents a professional practice that is well established and achieving results which are comparable to industry / professional standards.

The work uses a range of taught and self-taught techniques effectively which have been naturalised, combined, adapted or transformed, to create a (developing) professional mode of practice.

The work demonstrates a good competency of the taught techniques (such as being able to explain, adapt or problem solve the techniques) and/or competency of skills and techniques not included in the taught content.

The work does not yet demonstrate a competency with Master’s level skills / techniques. There is limited or unsuccessful attempts at the taught techniques.

The work does not yet demonstrate an adequate competency of the taught techniques.

The work has not applied the taught techniques.

Professional Learning skills Weighting: 10

Relevant Graduate attributes:

Resilient Enterprising Confident

The work has successfully demonstrated that you can operate as the owner and leader of your learning. You expertly reflect on your experiences and knowledge to guide your next steps.

You use support resources, experts and networks to accomplish your goals as a professional of your discipline and / or academia.

The work has demonstrated critical awareness and development of your learning and / or professional practice through your own initiatives and management. Reflecting on the breadth of skills and knowledges described here and focusing efforts and utilising resources to achieve professional standards of work and practice.

The work has demonstrated how you have taken ownership of your learning, initiating feedback and guidance from supervisors, peers, specialists within the University, your professional networks and / or industry. The work demonstrates how gaps, limitations or opportunities were recognised and developed.

The work has demonstrated how you have critically considered your approach to learning and / or disciplinary practice, and have initiated and managed your development from this, making use of available resources and support.

The work is either limited to your own reflections or other sources of feedback, resulting in insufficient improvements to your work and / or practice.

The work is currently limited by reflections that are insufficiently detailed or incomplete to produce meaningful improvements to work and / or practice.

The work does not apply feedback or guidance to improve work / practices.

The work does not address personal reflections or feedback / guidance, resulting in little to no clear improvement in work or practice.

Communicati on

Weighting: 20

Relevant Graduate attributes:

Confident Enterprising Professional

The mode of communication is clear and persuasive with a flow to its structure. It uses language with confidence and technical proficiency, and applies tone and conventions as expected of that medium to explain or express complex ideas and concepts an accessible way to an identified audience.

The mode of communication is clear, coherent and persuasive. It uses language with confidence and technical proficiency and applies tone and conventions appropriate to the medium consistently, to explain or express complex ideas in an accessible way.

The mode of communication in this work is clear and coherent. It uses language with technical proficiency and applies tone and conventions appropriate to the medium and audience, making your understanding / position clear.

The mode of communication is this work is clear and coherent on the topic and / or expresses your understanding to the intended audience.

The communication is consistent in keeping with conventions of the medium.

The mode of communication in this work is comprehensible but not yet technically proficient in in the manner required.

An attempt has been made to apply the conventions of the medium and expectation of the audience but with mistakes or inconsistencies.

The work does not yet make clear your thoughts, ideas or understandings. It is not consistent in its clarity, coherence or technical proficiency and could leave the audience uninformed or confused.

The work does not adequately attempt to communicate to an audience. It is not clear nor technically proficient.

General Characteristics

Distinction (100 - 85)

Distinction (84 - 70)

Merit (69 - 60)

Pass (59 - 50)

Borderline Fail - Compensatable

(49 - 40)

Fail – Non- Compensatable

(39 - 30)

Fail – Non- Compensatable

(29 - 0)

Creativity

Weighting: 15

Relevant Graduate attributes:

Enterprising Authentic Confident

The creative style that you have developed informs and is integrated consistently into various aspects and outputs of your work.

It operates as a leading example in the field / discipline / industry.

The creative idea / approach of this work is new, surprising and valuable to an identifiable audience. It demonstrated a sophisticated knowledge of the intended audience in terms of what they currently know and are willing to accept as surprising and valuable.

It operates at a level of creativity comparable to industry / professional expectations.

The creative idea / approach of this work is new and valuable (such as being functional, thought-provoking or informative). It demonstrated a strong understanding of the existing concepts and the opportunities to further these creatively.

The work is new as it has adapted / combined / transformed existing concepts to such as degree as to stand apart from these inspirations. It demonstrates or expresses approaches or viewpoints with a clear understanding of those existing concepts.

The work is original as it has attempted to adapt / combine / transform concepts discussed in the module to demonstrate a creative approach.

Although, this approach is only developed sufficiently to avoid replicating existing concepts (i.e. it has narrowly avoided plagiarism).

The work currently demonstrates limited originality in creative thinking.

The work is surprising but only in limited ways.

The work is original but, its purpose or function is not clear.

This work relies on replicating very specific or a narrow range of existing concepts