HOLMES INSTITUTE FACULTY OF HIGHER EDUCATION HA2011 Management Accounting Individual Assignment Assessment Details and Submission Guidelines Trimester T2 2019 Unit Code HA2011 Unit Title Management...

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HOLMES INSTITUTE FACULTY OF HIGHER EDUCATION HA2011 Management Accounting Individual Assignment Assessment Details and Submission Guidelines Trimester T2 2019 Unit Code HA2011 Unit Title Management Accounting Assessment Type Individual assignment Assessment Title Case Study – Balanced Scorecard Purpose of the assessment (with ULO Mapping) Students are required to:  Implement systems to plan and control business operations (ULO 7) Weight 30% of the total assessments Total Marks 30 Word limit Not more than 3,000 words Due Date Week 10, Friday 5:00 pm (AEST) Submission Guidelines  All work must be submitted on Blackboard by the due date along with a completed Assignment Cover Page.  The assignment must be in MS Word format, no spacing, 12-pt Arial font and 2 cm margins on all four sides of your page with appropriate section headings and page numbers.  Reference sources must be cited in the text of the report, and listed appropriately at the end in a reference list using Harvard referencing style. Page 2 of 4 HA2011 Management Accounting Individual Assignment Assignment Specifications Background You are recently employed as a graduate consultant in a management consultancy firm. One of your firm’s clients is currently evaluating its budgeting system. The CEO of your client had recently attended a seminar on Balanced Scorecard (BSC) in private companies and would like to know whether BSC is suitable to the company. Your manager has asked your team to prepare a report for the client. Required Your group is required to prepare a report to comment on the suitability of BSC for a ASX listed company of your choice (your firm’s client). The report should cover the followings: a) A description of your firm’s client b) A description of the BSC and its features c) In what ways BSC is different from traditional performance measurement systems d) A discussion on whether the BSC is suitable to your firm’s client Assignment Structure The report should include the following components:  Assignment cover page clearly stating your name and student number  A table of contents, executive summary  A brief introduction or overview of what the report is about.  Body of the report with sections to answer the above issues and with appropriate section headings  Conclusion  List of references The report should be grounded on relevant literature and all references must be properly cited and included in the reference list. Marking criteria Marking criteria Weighting Description of the Chosen Company 3% Description of BSC and its Features 7% The Difference between BSC and Traditional Performance Measurement Systems 7% Suitability of BSC for the Chosen Company 7% Presentation 3% Research quality 3% TOTAL Weight 30% Page 3 of 4 HA2011 Management Accounting Individual Assignment Marking Rubric Excellent Very Good Good Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Description of the Chosen Company /3 An excellent description of the chosen company A very good description of the chosen company A good description of the chosen company An adequate description of the chosen company A poor or incomplete description of the chosen company Description of BSC and its Features /7 Demonstrate an excellent understanding of BSC and its features. Demonstrate a very good understanding of BSC and its features. Demonstrate a good understanding of BSC and its features. Demonstrate an adequate understanding of BSC and its features. Unable to demonstrate an adequate understanding of BSC and/or its features. The Difference between BSC and Traditional Performance Measurement Systems /7 Demonstrate an excellent understanding of the difference between BSC and traditional performance measurement systems. Demonstrate a very good understanding of the difference between BSC and traditional performance measurement systems. Demonstrate a good understanding of the difference between BSC and traditional performance measurement systems. Demonstrate an adequate understanding of the difference between BSC and traditional performance measurement systems. Unable to demonstrate an understanding of the difference between BSC and traditional performance measurement systems. Suitability of BSC for the Chosen Company /7 Present an excellent discussion of the suitability of BSC for the chosen company. Present a very good discussion of the suitability of BSC for the chosen company. Present a good discussion of the suitability of BSC for the chosen company. Present a reasonable discussion of the suitability of BSC for the chosen company. Unable to present valid arguments on the suitability of BSC for the chosen company. Presentation /3 Report included all elements and was very well presented. Writing flowed clearly and sections were linked very effectively. Referencing was exemplary. English was used very effectively and was error- free. Report included all elements and was well presented. Writing flowed clearly and sections were linked effectively. Referencing was of a high standard. English was used effectively with very few errors present. Report included all elements and was generally presented appropriately. Writing mostly flowed well and sections were linked. Referencing was in accordance with guidelines. English was used effectively with few errors present. Report included most elements and was adequately presented. Writing sometimes did not flow clearly leaving the paper to seem disjointed in areas. Referencing was somewhat in accordance with guidelines. Basic English was used with some errors present. Report lacked some elements and was poorly presented. Writing often did not flow clearly leaving the paper to seem somewhat disjointed. Referencing was not entirely in accordance with relevant guidelines. Basic English was used with errors present. Page 4 of 4 HA2011 Management Accounting Individual Assignment Research Quality /3 An extensive amount of high- quality evidence from peer- reviewed journal articles and other sources was included and used effectively to support discussion. A broad range of quality peer- reviewed journal references and other sources was included and used effectively to support discussion. An adequate range of peer- reviewed journal references was included and used to support discussion. An adequate range of peer- reviewed journal references was included and used to a basic extent to support discussion. Little or no peer- reviewed journal references were included and these were rarely used to support discussion effectively.