6BUS2008 Advisory Services Assessment 1 Brief 2026 | University of Hertfordshire

6BUS2008 Assessment Brief 

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding assessed in this assignment: 

• Analyse risks within a business and identify both risks and solutions to mitigate those risks, as well as comparing and assessing the effectiveness of a variety of business opportunities.
• Research and evaluate issues around mergers and acquisition advisory services, including alternative ways to raise funds and/or prepare a business for a structuring deal.
• Investigate the impact of the regulatory environment and non-compliance on businesses
• Examine and evaluate the signs of business distress and the options open to a business.

Skills and Attributes assessed in this assignment: 

• Analyse findings and make effective recommendations in a written report
• Use business knowledge to advise client organisations, having taken independent research, and effectively communicate conclusions drawn.

Transformational Opportunities

E.g. Use LinkedIn Learning to improve skills

• Using real-life experiences through recorded interviews with highly experienced experts to develop skills of research and critical independent thinking
• Opportunity to explore wider industry issues and personalise learning

Feedback /Marking criteria for this Assignment

• Performance will be assessed using HBS Grading Criteria (Rubric)
• Feedback for improvement will be given in writing viayour Canvasmodule site within 4 weeks of submission
• Lateness Penalty: For each day or part day up to five days after the published deadline, coursework relating to modules submitted late will have the numeric grade reduced by 10 grade points until or unless the numeric grade reaches the minimum pass mark (UG 40/PG 50). Where the numeric grade awarded for the assessment is less than the minimum pass mark, no lateness penalty will be applied. If the coursework is submitted more than 5 days after the published deadline, it will not bemarked and a grade of zero will be awarded. Please note: Referred coursework submitted after the published deadline will be awarded a grade of zero (0).
• Extensions: Students do not have an automatic right to an extension. If you require an extension, this must be requested in advance of the submission deadline. Please give your reason(s) for needing an extension. Not all Assessments are eligible for an extension. Please check above.
• Retrievable Assessment: Students who fail a retrievable assignment have the opportunity to act on the feedback promptly and to resubmit the same assignment within a specified deadline set by the Module Leader. Marks for resubmitted work will be capped at 40% for UG and 50% for PG. Students who resubmit work and fail the module will still be able to do the referred coursework (capped at 40% UG or 50% PG).

Assignment Title: Industry Presentation (30%)

Description of the assignment, task, content and structure

Choose one of the 5 recommended sectors to research. (Confirm selection with your tutor in teaching week 3 w/c 12th Feb 2025 and ensure you are allocated to the industry group).

Assignment 1

You are required to make a presentation to potential clients demonstrating your expertise.

The format of this presentation is for you to choose, you may wish to use PowerPoint (3 slides max) or makea poster or use other presentation software of your choice to meet the brief below.

The presentation should be recorded in an appropriate format to upload to canvas and your face and supporting poster/slides should be clearly shown during the presentation. CASE can provide you with technical support on how to record this presentation.

• Evaluate the key current economic and financial factors creating challenges and opportunities for businesses in that sector.
• Consider if an advisor was seeking to support the growth of a business in that sector whatinformation would they want to gather; how would they use that information, and how would that benefit the company? You should also consider what knowledge and expertise an advisor could offer.
• Within this, you should comment on the regulatory environment for a business in this sector

You should be prepared to talk for 8-10 min; you may have prompts, but should not read from a script

Your reference list should include at least 10 credible, referenced and up-to-date resources that you have used in your research. Ensure you do not use fake references. For more support, please attend a CASE session. The reference list should be submitted as a separate document when you submit your presentation.

Any Specific Instructions

The HBS Grading Criteria (rubric) will evidence how marks are awarded for individual parts of the assignment, i.e. Presentation and Structure, Intellectual Curiosity and Referencing, Content, Analysis, and Discussion. This is shown in the rubric attached to the assignment.

Academic Integrity, Plagiarism, Essay Mills and Other Academic Misconduct Offences

• You are NOT allowed to copy any information into your assignment without using quotation marks and a reference – this is ‘plagiarism’ (a type of academic misconduct).
• You are NOT allowed to copy from other students (or allow other students to copy from you) – this is‘collusion’.
• You are NOT allowed to copy from your own assignments on other modules – this is ‘self-plagiarism’.
• You must NEVER buy assignments from websites (essay mills) – this is called ‘contract cheating’and it is now illegal in the UK.
• Contract cheating is a serious academic misconduct offence and also includes arranging for help with an assessment such that there is also reasonable doubt as to whose work the assessment represents. It extends to input from a fellow student, friend, relative, or any other person, artificial intelligence, with or without payment of any kind.
• For all references, use Cite Them Right
• Unauthorised use of artificially generated material (AI) in researching or presenting material for an assessment is an academic misconduct offence if you use AI tools in producing your assessment, unless the use of AI tools is expressly permitted. However, even if expressly permitted, where you do not declare that you have used an artificial intelligence tool(s) in the production of your assessment, or you are dishonest about the extent to which such tools have been used, you will have committed academic misconduct.
• If you commit academic misconduct, your mark will be reduced, or, depending on the severity of the offence, you may get 1% for the assignment in question or 1% for the module, and get a disciplinary warning. Repeat offenders normally face disciplinary action.

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