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Summary:

A key outcome of this course is that students be able
to select suitable methods of acquiring dataas well as analyze and
present researched data effectively
. With this in mind, students are
challenged to individuallyexamine an international business failure and
define clear research objectives that, if answered, may have prevented that
failure. Students will present their findings in an annotated bibliography.
This project is worth 15% of your course grade.

Topic

Starbucks
failure in Australia

Bibliography (5%)

Printed (hardcopy) due at beginning of class AND Uploaded to digital
dropbox prior to class. Include the grading rubric with your hardcopy.

Final Draft (10%)

Printed (hardcopy) due at beginning of class AND Uploaded to digitaldropbox prior to class. Include the
grading rubric with your hardcopy.

Late work will be penalized 10% per
day. Failure to turn in work will result in a zero (0).

Plagiarized work will receive a zero
and be submitted to the School of Business for Breach of Academic Honesty.

Process:

  1. Starbucks
    failure in Australia – Identify international
    business failure
  2. Complete the
    required research. You should have a minimum of 7 sources. Sources must include:

3 business
journal articles

2
government source

2 reputablenews sources

    1. Compile your
      resources. Write you bibliography, be sure to use proper APA citation format.
    2. Complete
      final report.

Additional Details:

1. Annotated Bibliography


Use the template
available. Ensure that each of your
annotations has three sections: summary,
analysis, application
. Remember to
properly cite your sources
using APA format.

2. Research Objectives


Define three clear and specific research objectives that the company should have
undertaken prior to business failure. These objectives should link directly to
the business you have chosen and be specific. They should reflect your analysis
of the research failure that occurred. Generic objectives will result in lower
marks.


Final Report Requirements:

  • 7 References (2-3 paragraph annotation per reference)
  • APA Formatting(for citations and referencing as well as overall organization)
  • Correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, flow of thought, clarity of
    ideas and creativity

References:

Anytime you
refer to ideas that are not your own, you MUST refer to the source both in text
and in the reference page at the end of your essay.

Use APA
referencing style when you cite your sources.
Refer tohttp://www.apastyle.org/index.aspxor http://www.library.cornell.edu/resrch/citmanage/apafor more information about proper citation.


Bibliography Grading Rubric:

Criteria

Excellent (A)

Good (B)

Fair (C)

Poor (D-F)

Marks Possible

Marks Earned

References

Identifies 7 valid and credible sources,
meeting the assignment requirements.

Identifies 6 valid and credible sources,
somewhat meeting the assignment requirements.

Identifies 5 valid and credible sources,
partially meeting the assignment requirements.

Fails to identify 7 valid and credible
sources. Does not meet the assignment requirements.

2.5

APA style/ format

Documents sources using APA format precisely throughout

Documents sources using APA format with a 1 or 2 minor errors

Documents sources using APA format with 3 or 4 errors

Does not use APA format adequately

2.5

5

Annotated Bibliography Final Draft Grading
Rubric
:

Criteria

Excellent (A)

Good (B)

Fair (C)

Poor (D-F)

Marks Possible

Marks Earned

Introduction

Provides relevant information to introduce
the topic. Avoids a summarization of generic information.

Adequately introduces the topic but is
weak, rambling, or inappropriate for the flow of the essay.

General and inadequately introduces the
specific topic. It veers off topic and doesn’t flow into the position
statement.

The introduction is off-topic entirely or
reads like a history lesson.

0.5

Summary

A clear
understanding of resources is evident.

The paper
shows a high degree of discovery and creativity in assimilating and framing
the resources into a coherent summary.

A mostly
clear understanding of the resources evident.

The paper
shows a degree of discovery and creativity in framing the summary.

An
understanding of the resources minimally evident.

Minimally
shows an understanding of the key concepts. Minimally provides a coherent
summary.

No understanding of the resources evident.
Summary is not entirely coherent.

2

Analysis

Demonstrates
exceptional ability to engage in scholarly thinking and writing.

Demonstrates
some higher levels of thinking and writing.

Minimally
demonstrates some amount of scholarly thinking and writing.

Fails to engage
in scholarly thinking and writing.

2

Research Objectives

Three specific
research objectives link directly to the chosen business and reflect a
research failure on the part of the business.

Three
clear research objectives are identified and link somewhat to the chosen
business.

Three research
objectives are identified but are not specific to the chosen organization.

Fewer than three research objectives are
articulated.

1.5

References

Identifies 7 valid and credible sources,
meeting the assignment requirements.

Identifies 6 valid and credible sources,
somewhat meeting the assignment requirements.

Identifies 5 valid and credible sources,
partially meeting the assignment requirements.

Fails to identify 7 valid and credible
sources. Does not meet the assignment requirements.

2

APA style/ format

Documents sources using APA format precisely throughout

Documents sources using APA format with a few errors

Documents sources using APA format with many errors

Does not use APA format adequately

1.5

Professionalism/Clarity

There are no grammatical, spelling or
punctuation errors

There are 1 or 2 minor grammatical,
spelling or punctuation errors that do not interfere with meaning.

There are 3 or 4 minor errors in
punctuation, grammar and/or spelling which do not break the flow for the
reader.

There are major errors in punctuation,
grammar and/or spelling which interrupt the flow for the reader.

0.5

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