BU1002 Accounting for Decision Making

Assessment overview for Accounting for Decision Making

Assessment 1

Assessment 1: Description

This online participation will be assessed in an online quiz drawing from the content in topics/weeks 1 to and including topic/week 3.

Specific information for this assessment task will be provided on the subject LearnJCU site. Please refer to ‘Assessment Task 1 – Online Participation’ folder within the ‘Assessment’ folder on the BU1002 LearnJCU subject site.

NOTE: Any online assessment submissions must be your own work. Do not copy from another student. Refer to

the JCU Policy Library Academic Misconduct and Plagiarism, which can be accessed at:

https://www.jcu.edu.au/policy/academic-governance/student-experience/student-academic-misconduct- procedure

By submitting your answers online, you are acknowledging that the answers are entirely your own work.

Submission Requirements

It is important to ensure you are familiar with the online quiz submission process:

•    You must attempt the quiz whilst it is open to student access.

•     The quiz is timed and is 60 minutes in duration.

•     You have only one (1) attempt for the quiz.

•     If you experience technical difficulty while completing a quiz, please take a full screen image of your computer screen and contact your lecturer immediately for assistance.

Assessment 1: Rubric Marking Criteria

There is no criteria sheet of this assessment item

Assessment 2

Assessment 2: Description

This assessment task aims to:

•     provide students with the opportunity to explore subject topics using a real-world example

•     introduce students to using AI tools to gather information and critically evaluate the Ai-generated content by cross referencing with company annual reports and Excel ratio calculations.

•     work collaboratively on a piece of academic work

•     learn from their peers regarding their own behaviour in group work

•     develop skills required for financial analysis.

Instructions:

1.   Log on to the subject site on LearnJCU.

2.   Select the ‘Assessment’ folder.

3.   Select the sub-folder titled ‘Assessment Task 2 – Case Study Analysis.

4.  Access the information for your assigned company. Download the supporting workbook and complete the requirements of parts 1, 2 and 3, to draw information for the Case Study Analysis. The requirements for the essay are listed in part 4 of the workbook.

Useful Information

•    Students will be assigned a company in the first class and will be expected to work individually answering questions about their assigned company in their workbook.

•    Once census date has passed, your lecturer/tutor will assign you to a group with a maximum of 4

students. Each student in the group will be assigned a different company, this means that there will be 4 different companies within each group. Students may choose members for their group, but each member must be assigned a different company for the purposes of this assessment task.

•    This is a progressive assessment task; therefore, students will need to continue to prepare answers for their assigned company to the questions in the workbook to be able to participate in the comparative  analysis for the group. It is recommended you maintain records of all i.e. meeting agendas and minutes and use the other facilities to communicate with group members as evidence of group collaboration.

•    Time will be allocated in classes to work on the assignment to facilitate and encourage collaboration

with students and within the group. These classes in weeks 5, 6, 7 and 8 will be compulsory for all group members to attend. However, it is also expected that the group will work on the assessment task outside of these formal classes.

•    Effective group work means: Group members take responsibility for the effective and efficient

functioning to ensure that all participants contribute to the group discussion and have the opportunity to present their view.

•    Sometimes individual members of a group will not contribute equally to the task resulting in some

students carrying higher workload in the group. This subject uses a peer evaluation sheet to alleviate student concerns about the contribution of individual group members. Hence the importance of maintaining records as evidence of each members participation and collaboration. The lecturer reserves the right to reject peer and self-evaluations that are deemed inconsistent with the information obtained from the supporting documentation.

Submission Requirements

Assessment must be submitted as either a Word or PDF document to the Assignment Drop Box on the

LearnJCU subject site (click on Assessment in the subject site menu). A nominated member will submit on behalf of the group. Refer to Part 4 of the Workbook for the formatting requirements for the assignment

submission.

All students must submit AI Acknowledgement declaration form.

Assessment 3

Assessment 3: Description

The examination will consist of short answer theory questions and practical exercises/problem questions. The questions will be similar in nature to those covered in classes; therefore, the best form of revision will be to

work through class questions, exercises and problems. A sample examination paper will be provided for students during the teaching period in conjunction with activities that can be used for revision purposes.

The examination aims to:

•     Examine knowledge and application of skills learned throughout the study period. Please refer to the Examination Memo for specific information regarding format and preparation for the final examination.

•    Students will be provided with information regarding the format, topics covered and examination requirements towards the end of the study period.