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Assessment Information
Subject Code: GB 570
Subject Name: Managing a value chain
Assessment Title: Assessment 2- Group report – Face-to-face and Online Classes
Weighting: 25%
Total Marks: 100
Due Date: T.B.A.
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Assessment Description
Submission: Turnitin
Length: 3000 words +/- 10%
Due: 11:55pm (AEST) Friday of Week 8
Late submission possible: Not possible as the associated presentations begin the following week.
Description:
“Competitive advantage for a company means not just matching or surpassing what competitors can do, but discovering what customers want and then profitably satisfying, and even exceeding, their expectations. As barriers to interregional and international trade have diminished and as access to goods and services has grown, customers can locate and acquire the best of what they want, at an acceptable price, wherever it is in the world. Under growing competition and, hence, rising customer expectations, a company’s penalty for complacency becomes even greater.
A strategic tool to measure the importance of the customer’s perceived value is value chain analysis. By enabling companies to determine the strategic advantages and disadvantages of their activities
and value-creating processes in the marketplace, value chain analysis becomes essential for assessing competitive advantage.”
-Institute of Management Accountants, Practice of Management Accounting,
(http://www.imanet.org/PDFs/Public/Research/SMA/Value%20Chain%20Analysis.pdf)
Working in groups you will prepare a report analysing a selected industry value chain and a group of key companies within that industry.
• Your report will identify the key value chain elements of the industry and by analysis demonstrate how each company uses these elements to create value and create and maintain sustainable competitive advantage.
• Groups will be of 3 or 4 persons depending on class size and will be formed in Week 1 by the lecturer.
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Assessment Information
The report should present information and analysis on the following topics:
1. General information
• Describe, in brief, the characteristics of the nominated industry and the histories of all three industry companies.
• Determine the key strategic differences that have impacted on the relative success of the companies. Provide two
(2) examples of such strategic differences to support your analysis.
2. Value Chain Analysis
Using your understanding of how each company has directed their strategic planning to compete in different ways, identify where in the value chain each company has chosen to differentiate itself from its competitors. You may find the following headings useful in framing your analysis.
• Market opportunity analysis – Analysis of industry value drivers, resource implications and organisational alternatives
• Demand chain analysis – Customer value model (value drivers), value driver analysis, value proposition
• Supply chain analysis – Value production and coordination, value delivery and value servicing
• Enterprise Value
3. Summary Analysis
A concluding analysis of how the three different companies have created value in different ways to deliver their individual competitive advantages.
• Each group will be allocated an industry together with the specific companies that operate within the industry. This will ensure that a comprehensive coverage of several industries will be presented in the second assessment – the Group Presentation.
The industries and list of companies are:
Industry Companies competing in the industry
Internet-related services and products Google, Yahoo, Facebook
Mobile telephony Apple, Samsung, LG
Supermarket / Groceries Woolworths, Coles, Aldi
Coffee retail Starbucks, Glories Jean’s Coffee, Nespresso
Luxury motoring BMW, Mercedes, Audi
Telephone service providers Telstra, Optus, Vodaphone
Digital photography Canon, Nikon, Sony
Carbonated drinks Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Red Bull
Fashion department stores Myer, David Jones, Zara
Banking Commonwealth Bank, Westpac, NAB
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Assessment Information
Assessment Marking Rubric
Criteria Weight HD (High Distinction) 85%-100% DN (Distinction)
75%-84% CR (Credit) 74%-65% P (Pass) 50%-64% NN (Fail)
0%-49% Score
Industry background and company differentiation 10% Excellent insights into both the industry and the associated companies. Very good general insight into the industry and the associated companies. A competent portrayal of the industry and associated companies. A basic coverage of the industry and companies. Limited or incomplete coverage of both the host industry and the companies.
Value Chain Analysis
• Demand chain
analysis
• Value
proposition
• Supply chain analysis
• Enterprise Value 40% All four components accurately portrayed and analysed. Covers all areas in considerable depth and detail. Detailed analysis covering all four areas in depth and detail. Basic coverage but complete analysis of all four components of the value chain. A basic value chain analysis that only covers each element with enough detail to
be deemed satisfactory. Limited or no analysis. No area covered with sufficient depth or detail.
Analysis of relative competitive advantage 20% Excellent insight into how each of the companies have gained and sustained competitive advantage in their markets. Very good exploration of how each company manages its perceived competitive advantage. Competent analysis of relative competitive advantage. Basic coverage of competitive advantage as identified in each of the companies. Limited or no exploration of relative
competitive advantage.
Layout and structure of paper 10% Clear and logical structure to the paper displaying sound critical thinking. Clear and logical structure to the paper. Some evidence of original thinking. Competent structure of the paper. Some evidence of critical thinking. Basic structure to paper. Only occasional evidence of critical thought. Poor structure and organisation. No real evidence of critical thinking.
Research 10% Evidence of comprehensive research into the topic. Evidence of very good research into the topic. Good research generally applied though some sources obsolete. Basic research performed some of which is either not contemporary or irrelevant. Little evidence of research beyond the
lectures and readings.
Referencing 10% All references cited correctly using Harvard and no errors in the Reference List. Most references cited correctly using Harvard and no errors in the Reference List. Most references cited correctly using Harvard but some errors in the Reference List. Referencing either incomplete or inaccurate in parts. Several errors in the Reference list. Poor or no citation of sources. Referencing not to Harvard style.
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