Assignment:

For this assignment:

Choose a specific organization with a new radical/disruptive innovation/technology. Develop an appropriate organisational and internationalisation strategy for growth outside the home  country using the new radical/disruptive innovation and taking into account the challenges of responsible business.

•   The chosen organization can be operating in one or more industries.

•   The chosen disruptive innovation can impact or have significance in one or more industries/markets.

•   The analysis can also involve the discussion on the relevance of home-country

market/institutions. However, please be aware that the home-country information without

relevance for internationalization strategy would not justify their inclusion in your submission.

•   For this assignment, you must refer to and apply the theories and academic literature discussed in the module. For a higher mark you can also use relevant academic

articles/theories not discussed in lectures or included in the Resource List.

•   The examples of organizations discussed in the lecture should not be used in the assignment.

•   For any analysis included in the assignment, use up-to-date empirical evidence (e.g., statistics, company examples, country examples, newspaper articles, media reports,   industry reports, etc.).

Marking Criteria

•   Please have a look at the marking criteria below. As you can see marks are awarded according to a number of criteria including: The clarity and focus with which you address the assessment task (for a good mark you must answer the essay question and be as focused as possible); the logical structure of your argument; evidence of knowledge of course material including the clarity of the explanation of key theoretical ideas and key concepts; the relevance and quality of the examples you use to illustrate your arguments; your independent and critical thinking.

Module Learning Outcomes:

LO 1   Discuss and critically analyse the nature of innovation processes across different industries.

LO 2   Explain the disruptive impact of radical technological change on firms, global value chains, international business eco-systems and business networks.

LO 3   Appraise the impact of disruptive innovation and technological change on international, national and regional innovation and business systems.

LO 4   Apply a system’s approach to the analysis of the complex societal challenges associated with disruptive innovation at global level.

LO 5   Develop problem solving skills for dealing with real world complexity, ambiguity and uncertainty.

LO 6   Develop critical thinking and communication skills.

Grading Criteria:

See rubric at the end of this document

Feedback to Students:

Both Summative and Formative feedback is given to encourage students to reflect on their learning that feed forward into following assessment tasks. The preparation for all assessment tasks will be supported by formative feedback within the tutorials/seminars. Written feedback is provided as appropriate.  Please be aware to use the browser and not the Canvas App as you may not be able to view all comments.

Plagiarism:

It is your responsibility to ensure that you understand correct referencing practices. You are expected to use appropriate references and keep carefully detailed notes of all your information sources, including any material downloaded from the Internet. It is your responsibility to ensure that you are not vulnerable to any alleged breaches of the assessment regulations.

Within this module you are permitted to use generative AI to support your learning experience. You may use it for the following activities:

•    Researching and refining your ideas.

•    Information retrieval or background research.

•    Drafting an outline to organise or summarise your thoughts.

•    Refining research questions.

•     Checking spelling and grammar.

You may not submit any work generated by an AI tool as your own.  Where you include any material generated by an AI program, it should be cited just like any other reference material. Alongside your assignment you should also upload a commentary detailing how generative AI has been used to develop your submission. If you have not used generative AI tools, you should clearly state so. Further guidance on how to do this can be found here [Student guidance on using Generative Artificial Intelligence tools ethically for study (birmingham.ac.uk)].

Plagiarism, including that which results from using generative AI, is a form of academic misconduct that will be dealt with under the University’sCode of Practice on Academic Integrity

Grading Criteria: