Strategic Role of the Organisation in Supply Chain Management

The provided assignment content outlines the criteria and marking grid for a Postgraduate (PG) student's presentation on the topic 'Strategic Role of the Organisation' in the context of supply chain management. The assignment is worth 100% of the module grade, with the following breakdown: 70-100% for overall performance, 9-10% for quality and quantity of referencing, 7-8% for structure, alignment, and research, and <3% for grand total. The marking grid assesses the student's presentation on various aspects, including teamwork, date/time, members (team leader), clarity of slides, pace of the presentation, use of room space available, use of prompt cards, presence to the audience, general notes, and overall performance.

Assessment Brief – Undergraduate
Programme: Various
Module Code: MO0358
Module Title: Strategic Supply Chain Management
Distributed on: Week 1
Submission Time
and Date: To be submitted by 12 noon on [ ]
Word Limit: 3,000 words (only for assignment component)
Weighting 80% Individual Assignment and 20% Team – based Oral Presentation
Submission of
Assessment
All assignments must be submitted to Room 223, Newcastle Business School,
Northumbria University, City Campus East, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST
It is your responsibility to ensure that your assignment arrives before the
submission deadline stated above. See the University policy on late submission
of work (the relevant extract is set out below).
Please note that ALL assignments are subject to anonymous marking. Your
name should only appear in the name box on the assignment submission cover
sheet.
Electronic Management of Assessment (EMA): Please note if your assignment is
submitted electronically it will be submitted online via Turnitin by the given deadline.
You will find a Turnitin link on the module’s eLP site.
Instructions on Assessment:
The assessment consists of two components, which each component MUST be completed by
students. The passing mark will be calculated as overall.
Assignment
The assignment is in two parts with a sub-section [(i) and (ii) in part a] and will require you to:-
a. Teamwork Oral presentation (20% of total Mark)
This part of the assignment is a team – based activity.
a) (i) As part of a Group, organize, implement and produce a Power point Presentation on
an evaluation of a supply chain organization (ie part of a Supply Network in either a
Manufacturing; Retail or Service Industry) and make an oral presentation of your findings.
Your Presentation should include your Primary selected data on the organization. Also
regular group meeting minutes should be produced and included in a hard copy
submission of meeting minutes taken during the course of the assignment with a copy of
your presentation sides. Your consideration should be to the organizations’ approach to its
supply chain strategic focus.
(ii) Make a 20 minute Group presentation to the class analysing the strategic role of the
organization within its supply chain and assessing its operation in terms of its supply chain
strategy.
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Assessment Brief – Undergraduate
Task a) (20% of the overall Mark)
The Presentation should be planned for a group of 4 people (everyone presents) and should take
place in the semester. A level of Primary research is expected and should be ideally conducted via an
organisation visit but electronic means of interview can be considered as an alternative.
When arranging the visit and interview, the group must agree with the management of the location,
and must prepare a briefing sheet to be handed out or sent electronically before the visit and interview.
When making a visit the group must organize transport to and from the site. All groups must prepare a
summary of the research, analyse the role of the organisation with regard to its supply chain strategy
and assess its operation in terms of the supply chain practice you believe is appropriate identified from
the Lecture and Seminar Sessions of this module. Also organize appropriate thanks to the host
organisation where you gained the primary research. All additional material such as Group Meeting
Minutes should be in the Appendices. Plans must be discussed and agreed with the tutor, and a
suitable visit confirmed by week 6 of the semester.
The group presentation should aim to comment upon the strategic role of the organization within its
supply chain, and its efficiency and effectiveness in performing that role. You should draw on and use
reading and learning from the whole module, and position the organization in terms of strategic supply
chain best practice. Marks will be awarded for quality of presentation as well as content . Assessed
Presentations will be made to the class in teaching weeks 11 and 12 and agreed with the Tutor.
Your group hard copy submission to the UG Office (date advised by the UG Office) will include
(1) A hard copy of the presentation slides (2) meeting minutes of meetings held by the group in
creating the presentation (3) Ethics forms (4) Brief written report (300 words) analysis of group
findings and short conclusion (150 words). The submission should be made in a folder with
the group name, team members’ names and a contents page.
b) Individually to prepare a 3000 word +/-10% document using your group analysed
organization as a Case Study to compare their supply chain strategy against a comprehensive
Literature Review of supply chain appropriate practice which you individually identify as you see
appropriate to evaluating the case study organization. You should develop a significant individual
literature review during the course of the assignment.
Students are expected to undertake significant research and literature review to develop their case
and this MUST be evident in their portfolio and oral presentation.
b. Individual – based Assignment (80% of total Mark)
The Individual written report should be no more than 3000 words +/- 10% in length and the
individual skills that you need to show here are that you can analyze your Case Study organization
from your case study analysis in Part a, and compare their supply chain strategy against a
comprehensive Literature Review (30 references) of appropriate practice that you individually
identify as appropriate to your case study organization, developed during the course of the
assignment. All references to be shown in a Reference section at the end of the report.
Include an Abstract (200 words max not in word count)
Introduction 100 words and Conclusion 200 words ( both included in the word count)
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Assessment Brief – Undergraduate
Students are expected to use minimum 30 peer reviewed academic journal articles as part of
their critical evaluation in both introduction and main body. Please, note the expectation is for
30 individual articles, not 30 in-text citations.
Referencing your work
The APA method of referencing uses the author's name and the date of the publication. In-text
citations give brief details of the work you are referring to in your text. References are listed at the end
of the text in alphabetical order by the author's name. The general format of an electronic journal
reference in the APA style is shown below:
Coutu, D. (2009). Why Teams Don't Work. Harvard Business Review, 87(5), 98-105. Retrieved 29th
April 2012 from EBSCO http://searchebscohost.com
Author/s name and initials are listed first, followed by year of publication in brackets. Then there is the
title of article and the journal where the article appears, which is in italics. Then state the volume and
issue number (in brackets) along with the pages where article can be located. Finally add the date the
article was retrieved and then the name of the database, followed by the web address. Wherever
possible use the homepage URL rather than the full and extended web address.
For further information on why it is important to reference accurately go to the Referencing and
Plagiarism topic in Skills Plus available from the Library website:
www.northumbria.ac.uk/skillsplus
You will find other useful help guides on Skills Plus to help you with the skills involved in writing your
assessments and preparing for exams.
For further information on the APA style of referencing see the Concise Rules of APA style and the
APA website http://www.apastyle.org/learn
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Individual Assignment
Marking Grid
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Criteria Excellent Good Acceptabl
e
Poor Very Poor
Introduction (purpose of this assignment,
rationale behind selecting the specific global
organisation in relation to the focus of this
essay, and the brief structure of the rest of
the work)
9-10% 7-8% 5-6% 3-4% <3%
Appropriate focus on elements of
question, presented goals and challenges
in the assignment case
9-10% 7-8% 6-5% 4-3% <3%
Extensive appropriate theoretical and
literature contribution with underpinning
adequate theories and strategies
25-30% 21-24% 16-20% 11-15% <10%
Practical contribution and appropriate
connection to the assignment case study 9-10% 7-8% 6-5% 3-4% <3%
Critical evaluation and in-depth analysis
and providing insight to promote
argumentative discussion
17-20% 13-16% 9-12% 5-8% <4%
Concluding remarks (summary of
understanding, recommendations, future
works, practical implications)
9-10% 7-8% 5-6% 3-4% <3%
Quality and quantity of Referencing
(more than 30 good academic peer
reviewed journal articles and books is
appropriate level), Citation, Structure,
Grammar…
9-10% 7-8% 5-6% 3-4% <3%
Grand Total 70-100% 61-70% 51-60% 41-50% <40%
Where is the most important area of
improvement as PG student?

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Generic Assessment Criteria
Trait 0
Fail
1 – 39
Fail
40 – 49
Fail
50 – 54
Pass
55 – 59
Pass
60 – 69
Commendation
70 – 100
Distinction
Knowledge and
Understanding
Work not
submitted
OR Work
giving
evidence of
serious
academic
misconduct
(subject to
regulations
in ARNA
Appendix 1)
OR Work
showing no
evidence of
the
knowledge,
understandi
ng and skills
appropriate
to level 7.
None of the
learning
outcomes
are met.
Work is not
acceptable and
provides little
evidence of the
knowledge,
understanding and
skills appropriate to
level 7. Few of the
learning outcomes
are met.
Work is not
acceptable in
providing evidence
of the knowledge,
understanding and
skills appropriate to
level 7. However a
majority of the
learning outcomes
are met and others
are nearly satisfied
Adequate work
providing evidence
of the knowledge,
understanding and
skills appropriate to
level 7 but only at a
bare pass level. All
learning outcomes
are met (or nearly
met and balanced
by strengths
elsewhere).
Satisfactory work
providing evidence
of the knowledge,
understanding and
skills appropriate to
level 7. All learning
outcomes are met.
Commendable work
providing evidence
to a high level of the
knowledge,
understanding and
skills appropriate to
level 7. All learning
outcomes met,
many are more than
satisfied.
Excellent work
providing evidence
to a very high level
of the knowledge,
understanding and
skills appropriate to
level 7. All learning
outcomes met,
many at high level.
Marks at the high
end of this range
indicate outstanding
work where all
learning outcomes
are met at a high
level.
Structure,
Alignment and
Research
Inadequate in some
of the following
aspects or seriously
inadequate in at
least one: use of
relevant material;
development of
analysis and
structure of
argument;
evaluation of theory;
application of
relevant theory,
research methods
and findings to the
problem in question;
presentation of
information to the
intended audience.
Adequate in most
but not all of the
following aspects:
use of relevant
material;
development of
analysis and
structure of
argument;
evaluation of theory;
application of
relevant theory,
research methods
and findings to the
problem in question;
presentation of
information to the
intended audience.
Adequate in all of
(or most of, with
balancing strength
elsewhere): use of
relevant material;
development of
analysis and
structure of
argument;
evaluation of theory;
application of
relevant theory,
research methods
and findings to the
problem in question;
presentation of
information to the
intended audience.
Satisfactory in all or
most of: use of
relevant material
from a variety of
sources;
development of
analysis and
structure of
argument;
evaluation of theory;
application of
relevant theory,
research methods
and findings to the
problem in question;
presentation of
information to the
intended audience.
Good in all or most
of: use of up-to-date
material from a
variety of sources;
development of
analysis and
structure of
argument; critical
evaluation of
relevant theory,
research methods
and findings to the
problem in question;
presentation of
information to the
intended audience.
Excellent in all or
most of: use of
primary sources of
literature from a
range of
perspectives;
development of
analysis and
structure of
argument; critical
evaluation and
creative use of
theory, research
methods and
findings;
presentation of
information to the
intended audience.
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Note: For those assessments or partial assessments based on calculation, multiple choice etc. Marks will be gained on an accumulative basis. In these cases,
marks allocated to each section will be made clear.
Students must retain an electronic copy of this assignment and it must be made available within 24 hours of them requesting it be submitted.
PRESENTATION MARKING GRID
Team
Date/Time
Members (Team
Leader)
Marking guide:
0 The point has not been addressed sufficiently
1 Only been addressed at its most basic level; much more analysis & evaluation required
2 Barely adequate; more analysis & evaluation required
3 Adequate
4 Above adequate but still room for improvement
5 Reasonable point of saturation
Each team should address the following tasks 0 1 2 3 4 5
Current model
Proposed model
Strategic Role of the Organisation
Efficiency and Effectiveness of the strategic role
Relationship Management, both customer & supplier
Scales & Scope of the existing network
Position of the organisation in terms of Supply Chain Best Practice
Weak Aspects of the supply chain network
Evidence of learning from the module Lectures / Seminars
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General performance Yes or No
Presentation time: 20 minutes in duration
Equal participation from each group member
Evidence that the team has also identified & addressed the following √ or X
Use of Secondary Research
Diagrams / Figures are evident
Clarity of Slides
Clarity and Pace of the Presentation
Use of the Room Space available
Use of prompt cards
Presence to the audience
General notes
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