Assessment Coversheet and Feedback Form Faculty of BLSS Business School Complete the

Assessment Coversheet and Feedback Form

Faculty of BLSS

Business School

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Module Code

ACC5044

Module Title

Business Technology and the Finance Function

Module Leader

Dr Babak Naysary

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Marking Criteria

80%+

70-79%

60-69%

50-59%

40-49%

<39%

Introduction (20 marks)

Contextualization of Technology’s Role

Provides a deep and insightful context of technology in the UK’s financial sector.

Provides a clear context with some depth.

Provides a basic understanding with some relevant points.

Offers general context, missing specific insights.

Contextualization is minimal, with very few relevant points.

Fails to effectively contextualize technology’s role.

Sector Identification

Clearly and accurately identifies the chosen financial sector with a strong rationale.

Identifies the sector with some rationale.

Identifies the sector but with limited rationale.

Identifies the sector, but rationale is weak or poorly articulated.

Sector is somewhat identified, but with very weak or irrelevant rationale.

Fails to clearly identify the chosen sector.

Sector Analysis

Comprehensive analysis of the current state, including detailed market size, trends, and technology’s impact.

Good analysis with some details on market size, trends, or technology impact.

Basic analysis with some relevant information but lacks depth.

Provides a general overview, lacking specific details or insight into market size, trends, or technology impact.

Analysis is rudimentary, with minimal relevant information and understanding of the sector.

Superficial or incorrect analysis of the sector.

Technological Trends and Opportunities (20 marks)

Analysis of Major Players

Provides an in-depth overview of major players, demonstrating deep market understanding.

Good overview with some insights into major players.

Basic overview, with some depth or insight.

Offers a general overview of major players, with minimal market insights.

Limited overview of major players, missing depth and critical insights.

Inadequate or incorrect analysis of major players.

Competition and Technology

Excellently analyzes the influence of technology on competition with detailed examples.

Good analysis with some examples of how technology influences competition.

Basic analysis, with some detailed examples.

Provides a general understanding of the relationship, with few examples and limited depth.

Limited analysis of technology’s influence on competition, with few or irrelevant examples.

Fails to effectively analyze the relationship between technology and competition.

Technology Analysis

In-depth analysis of relevant technologies, their current use, and future applications.

Good analysis with some depth in current use or future applications.

Basic analysis with some relevant points.

Provides an overview of technologies but misses critical details about current use or future potential.

Limited and superficial analysis of technologies, with scant relevance to current or future applications.

Superficial or incorrect analysis of technologies.

Strategic Recommendations (40 marks)

Opportunities and Risks

Clearly identifies and thoroughly analyses opportunities and risks.

Identifies opportunities and risks with good analysis.

Basic identification with some analysis.

Identifies some opportunities and risks, but analysis is superficial or incomplete.

Limited identification of opportunities and risks, but lack analysis.

Fails to identify or analyze opportunities and risks effectively.

Business and Technology Strategies

Provides innovative, well-aligned strategies with the organization’s goals and sector trends.

Good strategies with some innovation or full alignment with goals.

Basic strategies with some innovation or alignment.

Strategies show an understanding of goals but are not fully innovative or aligned.

Limited understanding but strategies are neither innovative nor well-aligned.

Strategies are unclear, unoriginal, or misaligned.

Risk Mitigation

Offers detailed and feasible strategies for risk mitigation.

Good strategies for risk mitigation with some feasibility or detail.

Basic strategies with some effectiveness.

Presents basic ideas for risk mitigation but lacks depth and practicality.

Risk mitigation strategies are vague, overly simplistic, or not very practical.

Fails to provide adequate risk mitigation strategies.

Conclusion (10 marks)

Summary of Key Points

Provides a clear, concise, and compelling summary that reinforces the importance of the recommendations.

Provides a clear summary, with some compelling aspects.

Provides a basic summary of the paper.

Summary is present but lacks clarity or conciseness, providing little reinforcement of the paper’s key points.

Summary is vague or incomplete, failing to adequately encapsulate the main points of the paper.

Fails to effectively summarize or emphasize key points.

References (10 marks)

Quality and Relevance

References are highly relevant, current, and accurately cited.

References are relevant and mostly current, with few citation errors.

References are somewhat relevant and current, with some citation errors.

References are marginally relevant or slightly outdated, with several citation errors.

References have limited relevance and currency, with frequent citation errors.

Poor quality or irrelevant references, or numerous citation errors.

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