Strategic Financial Project
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PAM006 Strategic Financial Project (SFP)
UOL regulations require all submissions to adhere to this deadline. If there are extenuating circumstances, you
should log an enquiry via your student Portal to request an extension (complete with evidence of
circumstances) to be considered.
1. Introduction
This project assignment carries 70% of the total grade for this Module. It comprises TWO
(2) sections, each with their respective weightings. It is an individual not a group-based
assignment. The tasks/requirements are detailed in point 5 on pages 5, 6 and 7.
Please take careful note of the flowing points:
• The submission deadline is Monday 13th June 2022 by 1pm (1300 hours) UK/BST
(week 23).
• Any work received after the submission deadline will receive a recorded mark of zero.
There will be no extensions given except in evidenced extenuating circumstances.
• There are 2 sections for this Project assignment. You will submit ONE (1) combined
document containing both sections.
• The upper limit of the word count should not be exceeded – see point 3 further below
on page 2 – and it is essential that you state an accurate word count for each
Section’s submitted document on their respective title pages.
• If you do not state an accurate word count for each Section will receive a 5-mark
penalty for each omission.
• You should cite references using, preferably, the Harvard referencing system although other
appropriate alternatives are acceptable when used consistently. If you use a referencing
system other than Harvard you should state the name at the start of your referencing list.
• Submitted assignments are subject to a range of quality control and scrutiny checks
including, as appropriate, double marking and/or moderation and/or scrutiny by the
module’s Internal and/or External Examiners. All submitted assignments are subject to
Turnitin checking for plagiarism (see point 2 below on page 2). All results when first
published are provisional until confirmed by the Examination Board.
• Assessment criteria are referred to in point 4 on page 3/page 13.
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2. Plagiarism
This is cheating. Do not be tempted and certainly do not succumb to temptation.
Plagiarised copies are invariably rooted out and severe penalties apply. All assignment
submissions are electronically tested for plagiarism.
3. Penalties for exceeding the word count
1. There are penalties for exceeding the specified word count.
2. The total word count for both submission documents combined, should NOT exceed 6,000
words.
3. For Section 1 your submission should be between 4,000 and 4,500 words. You may use less
than 4,000 words but in so doing you may be penalising yourself as it is likely to be
challenging to respond to Section 1’s requirement in less than 4,000 words.
4. You MUST state an accurate word count (excluding the list of references) on the
Section 1 title page. If you do not state an accurate word count for Section 1 on
the title page you will receive a 5-mark penalty.
5. If you submit more than 4,500 words for Section 1, the following penalties apply:
- up to 10% more than 4,500 words your mark for Section 1 will be reduced by 5
marks;
- for more than 10% than 4,500 words you will receive zero marks for Section 1.
6. For Section 2 your submission should be between 1,000 and 1,500 words. You may use less
than 1,000 words but in so doing you may be penalising yourself as it is likely to be
challenging to respond to Section 2’s requirement in less than 1,000 words.
7. You MUST state an accurate word count (excluding the list of references) on the
Section 2 title page. If you do not state an accurate word count for Section 2 on
the title page you will receive a 5-mark penalty.
8. If you submit more than 1,500 words, the following penalties apply:
- up to 10% more than 1,500 words your mark for Section 2 will be reduced by
5 marks;
- for more than 10% more than 1,500 words you will receive zero marks
for Section 2.
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4. Guidelines regarding criteria for achieving particular grade boundaries
The grade standards represented by the mark ranges are:
Mark range Grade standard
85 - 100 Outstanding Distinction
70 - 84 Distinction
60 - 69 Merit
50 - 59 Pass
40 - 49 Fail standard
0 - 39 Bad fail standard
5. Tasks and requirements
To be submitted by Monday 13th June 2022 by 1pm (1300 hours) UK/BST.
Section 1 (90% weighting of this assignment)
Please provide a front cover/title page for this section.
Also state an accurate word count on the front title page of Section 1. Failure to do state the
word count for each Section in your submission will result in a 5-mark penalty.
Your Individual New business venture proposal/Workplace business-strategic plan report
You are required to produce a 5-year business/strategic plan report.
There are three potential report scenarios from which you should select one:
1. You may if you wish, situate your report within a Workplace scenario. If you do so, it
should be suitable for consideration by a new management team for your workplace in
the context of the strategic challenges facing the company.
2. You may if you wish, use a workplace/company which is not your primary workplace but
one which you are familiar with and can gain access to relevant data and information
(which can be quite challenging). The report should be suitable for a new management
team to take your plan forward within the context of strategic challenges facing the
company. If you choose a publicly listed company please think about how much
information and data you can gather on them before embarking upon this.
3. You may if you wish, prepare a business/strategic plan report for a new business venture
(NBV) scenario, the report should be suitable for potential investors and relevant
stakeholders.
In any of these three scenarios, appropriate permission of use of internal data should be
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sought. If you are using publicly available information you do not require permission.
Where data is of a confidential nature, a note should be placed on the front of your title page:
This project is CONFIDENTIAL and is not to be made accessible outside those
academics who are marking/examining the project and the UOL Programme
Team.
Your report should be between 4,000 words and a maximum of 4,500 words. Penalties apply
for exceeding the word count. No formal penalties apply for using fewer than 4,000 words but in
so doing you may be penalising yourself as it is likely to be challenging to respond to the
requirement in less than 4,000 words. When combined with Section 2 the total word count
should not exceed 6,000 words. State an accurate word count on the title page of Section 1.