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of5 Assignment Brief  As part of the formal assessment for ARUBAV2BA03you are required tosubmit a Business Analysis assignment. Please refer to yourtudent!andboo" for full details of the programme assessment s#heme

and generalinformation on preparing and submitting assignments.$earning %ut#omes&

 After #ompleting the module you should be able to&'(olle#t primary and se#ondary data from a range of sour#es'

 Apply a range of te#hniques to analyse data'Present information in )ays useful to de#ision ma"ers'Utilise propriety soft)are as an aid to de#ision ma"ing and #ontrol*our assignment should in#lude a title page #ontaining yourpersonal details+themodule name+ the submission deadline and a )ord #ount,

appendi#es if rele-ant,and a full referen#e list in !ar-ard format. *ou should addressallthe elements ofthe assignment tas" listed belo).here are three questions. /uestions and #arry 25mar"s ea#h andquestion 1 #arries 50 mar"s.ord (ount&

3000 )ords ma4imum

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$earning ob6e#ti-es #o-ered by the assessment questions$earning ob6e#ti-e/u /u 2

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 Apply a range of te#hniques to analyse andpresent data7Present information in )ays useful to de#isionma"ers7Utilise propriety soft)are as an aid to de#isionma"ing and #ontrol7Page3of

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 Assignment as" Ans)er the follo)ing questions.Please note the follo)ing instru#tions&'*ou may sele#t any organisation upon )hi#h to base your ans)ersbut you are strongly re#ommended to sele#t an organisation that

you ha-e )or"ed for or one you feel you #an resear#h easily usingthe 8nternet and a#ademi# sear#h engines.he latter approa#h is a##eptable)here you do not )or" for an organisation. 8t is also a##eptable tobase your ans)er on a #ase study.'here you are as"ed to supply 9 :4#el or equi-alent materialsu#h

as graphs and;or data tables please note these

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must be embedded as figures )ithin the file and not sho)n aslin"ed files i.e. yourassignment must be a single do#ument in )ord or Phat sampling te#hnique )ould you use and )hy>25 mar"s

/uestion 2 *ou must dra) upon rele-ant theory+ #on#epts and

modelsand appropriate organisational e4amples to inform yourans)er50 mar"s

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underpin your analysis and e-aluation of the "ey issues )ithappropriate and )ide ranging a#ademi# resear#h and ensure this is

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referen#ed using the !ar-ard system. he 9y tudy "ills Area#ontains thefollo)ing useful resour#es, tudy "ills ?uide #ontaining a !ar-ardReferen#ing se#tion and a !ar-ard Referen#ing 8ntera#ti-e

utorial.*oumust use the !ar-ard Referen#ing methodin your assignment.

 Additional notes&he)ord #ount e4#ludes thetitle page+ e4e#uti-e summary+ referen#e listand appendi#es.here assessment questions ha-e been reprinted from theassessment brief these )ill also be e4#luded from the )ord #ount.

 A$$otherprinted )ords AR: in#luded in the )ord #ount. Printed )ordsin#ludethose #ontained )ithin #harts and tables.ee @ord (ount Poli#y on the

homepage of this module for more information. Assignments submitted late )ill not be a##epted and )ill be mar"ed as a 0fail.*our assessment should be submitted as a single )ord or pdf file.=or moreinformation please see the C?uide to ubmitting an AssignmentDdo#umenta-ailable on the module page on i$earn.

*ou must ensure that the submitted assignmentis all your o)n )or" and that allsour#es used are #orre#tly attributed. Penalties apply toassignments )hi#h sho)e-iden#e of a#ademi# unfair pra#ti#e. ee the tudent !andboo")hi#h is on thehomepage of your module and also in the 8ndu#tion Area