Subject and Code: Hotel Management- HOST203
Lecturer/ Tutor	Dr. Andrew LE
Assessment Title	AT1. Assessment Task 1- Written Report (Group)
Course Learning Outcomes	Learning Outcomes 1 and 2
Assessment Type	Written Report (Group)
Weighting	20%
Word Limit Due date	2000 words 11:59pm Friday, Week 5
Submission type Format/ Layout of Assessment	Report to Turnitin drobox Business report
Assessment instructions			Prepare You knowledge Referencing examples the a will need	APA referencing written report to demonstrate research and on your chosen topic. sources and backing up your report with is a requirement. You are expected to follow style.

Task	For this assessment, students are required to work in teams of 3 or 4 to choose a specific local accommodation property, preferably from an international hotel group/ chain.
	Students then prepare a report covering the systems and organisatrional structures of the chosen property/ chain.

Grading Criteria / Rubric

Posted on Moodle. Please double check that you have covered all areas before sharing your presentation. See Presentation rubric below.

Written Report Rubric	Fail	Pass	Credit	Distinction	High Distinction
Depth and credibility of research	You have not	You have	The depth and	The depth and	The depth and
	demonstrated that you	demonstrated that you	credibility of your	credibility of your	credibility of your
	have conducted	have conducted	research is above	research is very	research is
	enough research (eg	enough research (eg	average (based	good (based on	exceptional
	insufficient references	based on the number	on the number	the number and	(based on the
	to credible research or	of references to	and quality of	quality of your	number and
	peer-reviewed academic literature), and/or you have relied on doubtful sources	credible research and/or peer-reviewed academic literature), and you have relied on credible sources	your	sources)	sources)	quality of your sources)
Description of the issue/problem	Your description of the	Your description is	Your description	Your description	Your description
in terms of theories and	issue/problem is	accurate and	is accurate and	is accurate and	is accurate and
concepts studied in this course	inaccurate and/or	demonstrates a	demonstrates an	demonstrates a	demonstrates an
	demonstrates a lack of	satisfactory	above average	very good	exceptional
	understanding of the		understanding of the	understanding of	understanding of	understanding of
	laws, legal principles		laws, legal principles the laws, legal	the laws, legal	the laws, legal
	and concepts studied	and concepts studied principles and	principles and	principles and
	(eg because of incorrect use of terminology)		concepts studied	concepts studied	concepts studied

Coherence of analysis	Your analysis is illogical and/or poorly reasoned (eg because it relies on unfounded assumptions or misunderstands the laws, legal principles and concepts applied)	Your analysis is mostly logical and well- reasoned	Your analysis is logical and well- reasoned to an above average standard	Your analysis is logical and well- reasoned to a very good standard	Your analysis is logical and wellreasoned to an exceptional standard
Support for findings and analysis	Your findings or analysis are insufficiently supported by theory and/or evidence		Your findings and analysis are supported by laws, legal principles and/or evidence	Your laws, above Your above	analysis supported principles evidence standard findings and are by legal and/or to an average	Your findings and analysis are supported by laws, legal principles and/or evidence to a very good standard	Your findings and analysis are supported by laws, legal principles and/or evidence to an exceptional standard
Creativity	Your report lacks creativity	Your document is appropriately creative, whether in substance or format	appropriately creative standard document is to an average	Your document is appropriately creative to a very good standard	Your document is appropriately creative to an exceptional standard
Use of a commercially appropriate document structure	Your document is not structured in a	Your document is well structured a	Your document is well structured a	Your document is well structured a	Your document is well structured a

	commercially appropriate manner (eg lacking relevant headings)	commercially appropriate manner (eg using relevant headings)	commercially appropriate manner to an above average standard	commercially appropriate manner to a very high standard	commercially appropriate manner to an exceptional standard
Use of academically appropriate	You have not used an	You have used an	You have used an	You have used an	You have used an
document style, writing style	academically	academically	academically	academically	academically
and referencing system	appropriate writing	appropriate writing	appropriate	appropriate	appropriate
	style and/or	style and referencing	writing	style and	writing style and	writing style and
	referencing system (eg	system		referencing	referencing	referencing
	you have used		system to an	system to a very	system to an
	colloquialisms or overly formal language or failed to use the APA referencing system)		above average standard	high standard	exceptionally high standard
Effectiveness of communication	Your written	Your written	Your written	Your written	Your written
	communication is poor		communication is easy	communication is	communication is	communication is
			to follow	clear and succinct to an above average standard	clear and succinct to a very high standard	clear and succinct to an exceptionally high standard

Fail

You failed to complete the formal peer and self-evaluation form or failed to complete it adequately (eg because your comments were brief or genuine)

Your contribution to the group task was below the expected standard (eg in terms of time on task, academic rigour of contribution, cooperation with others or keeping to agreed deadlines etc) Pass You contributed to the group task to a sufficient standard (eg in terms of time on task, academic rigour of contribution, cooperation with others, keeping to agreed deadlines etc)

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