Assessment Details and Submission Guidelines
Trimester	T1 2021
Unit Code	HI6008
Unit Title	Business Research Project
Assessment Type	Research Project Development (including Topic, Problem Statement, Research Question), with Team Charter Appendix (Presentation may be requested)
Assessment Title	Topic Development
Purpose of the assessment (with ULO Mapping)	Clearly identify your chosen topic, having carried out some basic review of available secondary data to secure your interest (e.g. 5 academic articles OR at least 3 academic articles, plus a business report, plus a relevant current news item). Indicate the Research Problem, as you see it so far, and at least ONE research question at this stage (additional questions may be defined as you progress with this unit). Unless you are a SOLO GROUP (i.e. one person working alone) this assignment also requires the addition of an appendix in which you list the student numbers and names of your team members and complete a Team Charter, indicating what role(s) each will contribute throughout the project. A brief presentation in-class may be requested by your lecturer. Matches to Unit Learning Outcomes 1, 2, and 5
Weight	20 % of the total assessments
Total Marks	20
Word limit	Not more than 1200 words for the Topic Approval [Note that a Team Charter, which is only to be appended if your team is 2 or 3 persons, not applicable to solo-groups, is additional to the 1200 word-count of the Topic Approval]
Due Date	Before midnight on the Friday of Week 5, i.e. 23 April
Submission Guidelines	All work must be submitted on Blackboard by 12 midnight on the due date, with a completed Assignment Cover Page as one single document. [If no cover page your mark may be reduced -20%; Late submissions attract penalties at the rate of -5% per day] The group members names and student numbers listed on the Cover Page must align with the members officially registered in your group. [any errors or omissions may affect your grade and there is no guarantee of any adjustment] The assignment must be in MS Word format, 1.5 spacing, 12-pt Arial font and 2 cm margins on all four sides of your page with appropriate section headings, paragraphing, and page numbers. Reference sources must be correctly cited in the text of the report, and listed appropriately at the end in a reference list (see Adapted Harvard Referencing)