BCO311 COURSE:GLOBAL BUSINESS Task brief & rubrics: Topics 1 & 2

COURSE CODE: BCO311 COURSE NAME:GLOBAL BUSINESS Task brief & rubrics: Topics 1 & 2

Student’s Name:

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Task: Midterm (Part 1 of Course Assessment) with a weighting of 40%.

Include all details of the task, including:

· Individual

· The task consists of, analyzing and interpreting from the data obtained in various indices of global business, the opportunities and risks that arise from each of these indices and their relationships from the point of view of the globalization of culture and the innovation.

· Format: Pdf Document

Formalities:

· Wordcount: 1.500 words

· Cover, Table of Contents, References and Appendix are excluded of the total wordcount.

· Font: Arial 12,5 pts.

· Text alignment: Justified.

· The in-text References and the Bibliography have to be in Harvard’s citation style.

Submission:– Via Moodle (Turnitin). Deadline 20 June 2021 at 23.59 CEST.

Weight: This task is a 40% of your total grade for this subject.

It assesses the following learning outcomes:

· Outcome 1: Globalization and its Consequences.

· Outcome 2: Global Environment Strategy and The Role of Culture.

· Outcome 3: How to manage Global Business Index (Global International Trade, Global Innovation Index and Business Regulations) discovering their interactions.

Rubrics

	Exceptional 90-100	Good 80-89	Fair 70-79	Marginal fail 60-69
Knowledge & Understanding (15%)	Student demonstrates excellent understanding of key concepts and uses vocabulary in an entirely appropriate manner.	Student demonstrates good understanding of the task and mentions some relevant concepts and demonstrates use of the relevant vocabulary.	Student understands the task and provides minimum theory and/or some use of vocabulary.	Student understands the task and attempts to answer the question but does not mention key concepts or uses minimum amount of relevant vocabulary.
Application (35%)	Student applies fully relevant knowledge from the topics delivered in class and manage some critical International Business Index.	Student applies mostly relevant knowledge from the topics delivered in class and manage some critical International Business Index.	Student applies some relevant knowledge from the topics delivered in class. Misunderstanding may be evident in some critical International Business Index.	Student applies little relevant knowledge from the topics delivered in class. Misunderstands are evident in some critical International Business Index.
Critical Thinking (40%)	Student make and excellent, fully relevant critically exploration of Global Business Consequences in some countries, drawing outstanding conclusions from relevant authors.	Student critically explore Global Business Consequences in some countries assesses in good ways, drawing conclusions from relevant authors and references.	Student provides some insights but stays on the surface of the topic. References may not be relevant.	Student makes little or none critical thinking insights, does not quote appropriate authors, and does not provide valid sources.
Communication (20%)	Student communicates their ideas extremely clearly and concisely, respecting word count, grammar and spellcheck	Student communicates their ideas clearly and concisely, respecting word count, grammar and spellcheck	Student communicates their ideas with some clarity and concision. It may be slightly over or under the wordcount limit. Some misspelling errors may be evident.	Student communicates their ideas in a somewhat unclear and unconcise way. Does not reach or does exceed wordcount excessively and misspelling errors are evident.

Task:

The interconnections between the different vectors of globalization are crucial to analyze in depth the state of globalization by country, understanding its strengths, weaknesses, risks and opportunities and how these vectors can impact GDP performance. According to this idea, choose 2 countries (from different continents). Using various indices or Global Business data (World Bank GDP, Global Innovation, Doing Business) from official sources, discover the most important relationships between these indices / data by answering the following sections, including your conclusions on each of them:

a) For each country, analyze their current GII index (Global Innovation Index) discovering their fundamental differences and similarities between them. (400 words, 25 points)

b) For each country, analyze their openness economy level (Doing Business Index) finding the relationships with section “a”. (400 words, 25 points)

c) For each country, analyze their GDP evolution during the past 10 years using The Word Bank/ GDP data. Explore with a critical point of view, the relationship between these countries’ GDP performance with section “a” and “b”. (700 words, 50 points)

For your analysis use the latest update of these data and include some pictures related to these countries.

Summary Conclusions (This task is a 40% of your total grade for this subject)
Task	Write here your Mayor Conclusions (your conclusions must be supported and coincide with the development of each section).	Weight (points)	Mark
a)	(Max 120 words)	25
b)	(Max 120 words)	25
c)	(Max 250 word)	50

Answer. Develop each section.

a) (400 words)

b) (400 words)

c) (700 words)