Business Research Assessment There are two components to the assessment for the module: a Learning Log and an Assignment Essay. The overall mark for the module will comprise 50% from each of these components. The Learning Log is an individual contribution and is a write-up of directed activities and tasks that you will be set in units 3 and 8. Marks will be awarded for correctness and completeness. It is particularly important that you provide, where appropriate, references and citations to sources that may have been used to inform you or to reinforce your arguments. All direct quotes or materials imported from elsewhere are required to be suitably acknowledged. The written document should NOT exceed 1000 words in length. The Assignment Essay will be a critique of a paper published in a quality journal that reports research that has been undertaken. You are given a choice of the paper to critique from a list of five, taken from the main subject areas in management that you will be studying on the MBA programme. In this, you will be required to describe the approach and rationale in general, and to explain why this is appropriate. You will further need to describe the background and context of the identified study and, where appropriate, comment on the data collection method or methods used and provide a justification of the findings. The critique should be no longer than 1000 words in length, excluding any Reference section you may wish to include for cited articles used to justify your comments and conclusions, or any Appendices present, should these prove necessary. Wu, Z. and Pagell, M. (2011) Balancing priorities: Decision-making in sustainable supply chain management, Journal of Operations Management, 29, pp. 577-590 Unit 3: Summative Learning Log Activity 1 In the 1980s, Freeman introduced stakeholder theory, which led to the development of the notion of the response organization and, it is argued, ultimately, the introduction of the concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR). You are to conduct a literature search for suitable papers on stakeholder theory. You are advised to use Google Scholar, or a search engine of your choice, to initially locate papers in this research area. You should then download the papers from the Bradford Library catalogue or from the Internet (if available), “skim-read� these articles and narrow your search based on any theme or aspect of the research on stakeholder theory that you find interesting. You should rank the importance of the best three papers that you end up with based on the rating of the journals they are published in from the Association of Business Schools Journal Quality Guide (ABS list). (You can download this list by searching for the “ABS list� using Google). Ideally you will have selected papers from 3 or 4 rated journals on the ABS list. For the learning log, you are required to provide a report of this investigation. In this you must explain what steps you took to locate your final selection of papers. This should include the keywords you employed to narrow the list down and your objectives at each stage. You are then to provide a very brief, high level, summary of what you discovered from your search. It is recommended that you consider what the literature search revealed about stakeholder theory and what you learnt from the process of the search. Unit 8: Summative Learning Log Activity 2 For the Learning Log, you are to answer the following questions for the set scenario: The annual profit for your organisation last year was £1203, per employee. The average for the sector was £1228 per employee. You need to know if there is evidence that your organisation is not as profitable, on average, as your competitors. The standard deviation for the sector is £104 per employee. Question 1. State H0 and H1 for the test to check this? Assuming that annual per employee profit follows a Normal distribution, the resulting P-value for the test is, P= 0.405 (3 d.p.): Question 2. Based entirely on this P-value, what would you conclude from the test? Question 3. What is the probability of getting a profit per employee of £1203, or less, when there is no statistically significant difference between that for your company and the industry average? Question 4. If your annual per employee profit was such that the test had resulted in a P-value given by P=0.032 and you were testing at the a=0.01 significance level, what would you conclude and why? Question 5. If you chose to reject H0 but H0 was actually true, would you be making a Type I or Type II error? Question 6. What assumptions have you made about the annual per employee profit in this test?
Legal Studies LAW00720
Session 2 2017
ASSIGNMENT 2 Weight: 25%
Word length: maximum 2500 words
If the word length is exceed, marks may be deducted where the excess is caused by irrelevant material.
QUESTION 1 (13 marks)
Vera is a well- known painter of landscape scenes of high artistic merit. She wishes to sell her latest painting which she called “Dawn “. She considers this to be her best painting in the previous 10 years. She asked Siddo to sell the painting for her for $40,000. She told him that she was prepared to accept less than $40,000 for a quick sale but under no circumstances sell it for less than $32,000 without her written approval.
Assume the following alternative circumstances:
a. Siddo sold the painting to Queenie for $20,000. 4 marks b. Siddo bought the painting for himself for $32,000. He later sold it for $38,000 to Elly, a
friend of his. 5 marks c. Siddo sold the painting to Isobel for $32,000. Isobel loves Vera’s paintings and
considered that she was getting a bargain at $32,000. She was overjoyed with her purchase and said to Siddo: “I am so pleased that you gave me this opportunity to buy such a beautiful painting that I am giving you $3000 for yourself”. She then gave him $3000. 4 marks.
You are required to:
Discuss the legal position of the parties in each of the above separate circumstances.
Refer to relevant legal authority in support of your answer.
Question 2 (12 marks)
Joan is an intelligent 17-year-old who came to Australia a few years ago. With the help of friends she bought a small courier business and with great skill she has operated and increased the profits of the business. She needed a new car for her personal pleasure as well as for occasional use when her delivery van, which she needed for her courier business, is in for repair or servicing. That happens about three months out of each year.
She went to Frank’s Used Cars Pty Ltd in Sydney and discussed with the owner, Frank, cars that may be suitable for her needs. She decided to buy a second-hand Swift sedan for $49,000 and paid $4,000 deposit. Frank agreed to provide the balance of the purchase price through a loan from his company. Frank told her that the car would give worry-free service for at least twelve months without the need for major repairs.
An agreement was signed which provided that Joan would repay the price to the company over twelve equal consecutive monthly instalments, with an interest component included at a rate of 25%. Frank required security for the repayment of the loan and interest and asked for a guarantee of the contractual obligations from Joan’s parents, Karl and Maria, who arrived from Poland 12 months ago to join their daughter. Karl is a lecturer in biology at a large university and has a good knowledge of English. Maria is intelligent but has little education and can barely read or write speak English.
Joan told her parents that the amount of finance was only $25,000 and that the loan repayments will not extend beyond 3 months. She said that she can then repay everything because the bank has agreed to provide her with finance in 3 months’ time. In fact, she had not approached any bank for a loan. Frank knows of this conversation but does not know about the level of knowledge of English of either parent, nor that are the parents close to divorce. Karl and Maria signed the guarantee in Frank’s office and were given a copy of the guarantee for their records.
Six months after the purchase the car needed major repairs. Joan stopped payments under the agreement. Frank sent a letter to Karl and Maria and threatened that unless they paid all instalments within 7 days he would sue Joan and them for the whole debt.
You are required to:
Advise Joan, Karl and Maria of their legal position regarding their possible rights and liabilities.
The marks allocated to the discussion of the legal rights and liabilities of each party are as follows:
Joan 5 marks
Frank (Frank’s Used Cars Pty Ltd) 5 marks
Karl and Maria 2 marks
You are not required to discuss the National Consumer Credit Legislation (V&L 24.1) nor any Act of Parliament that relates specifically to motor dealers (see V&L 22.140).
Do not discuss Karl and Maria’s possible rights/actions against Joan.
Assume all relevant events take place in New South Wales.

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