BSB108 Business Environment Summer 2024
A2 Insight report: Regulatory and international business environment (50%)
Submission date
Refer to Canvas.
Assessment Task
You recently fulfilled a request from your client (an anonymous investor1) to provide a PEST analysis of the national business environment in which the Australian cider sector operates.
The client has now commissioned you to write a second report to analyse and evaluate the impact of the policy, international and geopolitical environments on the business environment of the Australian cider sector (the focus sector).
The client has specified that there are to be four sections in the report:
an overview of the contemporary Australian macroeconomic policy in shaping the broad economic conditions of the economy and the potential implications for the business environment
an overview of contemporary Australian government policy and regulation with analysis of ONE policy/regulation that is directed at the focus sector
an overview of the key features of Australias international trade environment with an emphasis on the contribution of the focus sector (both direct and indirect)
an overview of contemporary geopolitical issues with a focus on ONE contemporary geopolitical issue that has substantially impacted the business environment of the focus sector
The client requires that you refer to the core activities undertaken by the sector as appropriate.
The client requires objective analysis and evaluation supported by appropriate data and sources.
A2 requirements
The report has a MAXIMUM WORD limit of 2500 The word count is inclusive of in-text citations, figures, tables, etc. The word count excludes your reference list.
The report is to be submitted through the Canvas Assignment link in BSB108 Canvas. You are advised to keep a copy of your work for your own records.
Your report will be checked for originality by
The report should be submitted as a WORD document or PDF. Other file formats may not be able to be opened and will be assumed to be a non-submission.
It is your responsibility to check that (i) your report has been uploaded and (ii) that it is the correct If you need help on how to check, contact HiQ support (do not contact your tutor or UC).
Work that has been submitted for assessment in BSB108 in previous semesters, or for other units, cannot be resubmitted for assessment. Re-submitted work will be treated as plagiarism.
QUT exercises zero tolerance on late submissions without an approved For details on QUTs policy on late assessment and extensions can be found here.
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We strongly recommend that prior to submission you ensure that you have read ALL the related assessment documents.
Your report will be marked against the published marking rubric for this
Bullet points are NOT to make up the substantive part of your
You are strongly recommended to keep a portfolio of your reading, notes made, and all assessment drafts. This will help you establish the originality of your work, should you need to.
The clients brief and how it relates to your learning
The client has requested a report similar to A1. This report (A2) is to address FOUR focus areas including
(i) macroeconomic policy environment (ii) targeted government policy environment, (iii) the international trade environment and (iv) geopolitical environment and how each of these influences the business environment of the focus sector.
The second half of the unit has focused on each of these four elements:
Macroeconomic policy environment
aligns to lecture 6 and the related Drilling Down and tutorial
Government policy and regulatory environment
aligns to lectures 7 and 8 and the related Drilling Down and tutorials
International trade environment
aligns to lectures 9 and 10 and the related Drilling Downs and tutorials
Geo-political environment
aligns to lecture 11 and the related Drilling Down tutorial
Structure and word length
Your report has a MAXIMUM WORD limit of 2500 words (excluding your reference list but inclusive of abstract, in-text citations, figures, tables etc.).
Your report has five components:
Abstract
Macroeconomic policy environment
Government policy and regulatory environment
International trade environment
Geo-political environment
We recommend that your abstract is approximately 200 words and that you divide the rest of the word count equally between the four elements approximately 575 words each.
Naming and saving your document
Suggested file name
BSB108 A2_YOUR NAME_YOUR STUDENT NUMBER
It is recommended that you save all work to the cloud (that way if your computer dies you can recover it) AND make sure autosave is on OR that you save your document regularly.
It is also recommended that you keep a backup document on an alternative storage source.
Formatting your report
Format your report as follows:
margins: top 2 cm, bottom 2cm, sides 2cm
main body of text
font: Times Roman, Arial or Calibri
font point size 11 minimum/12 maximum
spacing: Multiple 15
section headings
font: Times Roman, Arial or Calibri
font point size 14 minimum/18 maximum
bold all section headings
page numbers bottom right-hand corner font size 9
begin each new section of your report on a new page
The citation and referencing style is APA.
How do I get started?
A2 builds on your PEST analysis (A1) which was a broad overview across four key business environment elements.
In A2 you are taking a deep dive into four other elements of the business environment. Whilst we would recommend reviewing you PEST analysis, the analysis for A2 is quite distinct (refer to section 4).
Drilling Down and tutorials from week 6 onwards will assist with the content of your report. You will potentially have a number of core unit assessments due in week 13 and therefore your preparation for this assessment has to be time-managed over a period of six weeks. The Draft relevant assessment element embedded into each of the modules is a nudge for you to tackle this assessment progressively.