• For the group coursework, module participants will be split into different gro

• For the group coursework, module participants will be split into different groups by the programme administrator. Each group is asked to prepare a written presentation (e.g. in Powerpoint, Word, pdf, …) addressing the issues raised in the assigned scenario as set out in Appendix B and how they consider those issues should be addressed. Each group should prepare this presentation without involving other groups and as if they were the individual in the scenario being asked to prepare material in the scenario. The scenario is based on a hypothetical case study “Zoolitre Remy Investments” which is enclosed in Appendix C. Module participants are reminded that similar anti-plagiarism rules and rules on referencing third party sources also apply to group coursework.
• Timings for delivery of the coursework and instructions on how to submit it will be provided separately.
• Group coursework submissions should also include a summary of the roles that each member of the group has undertaken when preparing the coursework.
• Students are encouraged to bear in mind that ‘cases’ of the sort underlying the group coursework typically deal with one or more important issues but also often have complicating elements, designed to mimic what module participants might face in real life, including:
– ‘Noise’, e.g. irrelevancies, dead ends or false, biased or limited data or expressions of views by characters included in the case
– Information relevant to the question that is unstated which will need to be inferred from information that is stated
– A non-linear structure in which related information may be scattered throughout the text or left to inference (meaning that it can, say, be worthwhile reading the case material in a different order to that in which it is presented).
– Uncertainties that may impact plans proposed to address the case.
• As there is no unique “correct” answer to how to respond to these scenarios, marks awarded for the group coursework will focus on the quality and depth of analysis of the group’s presentation as it appears to the lecturer bearing in mind topics such as: “Does this group appear to understand the issues being raised in the case study? Are they capable of thinking laterally if the case so requires? Could they be an effective part of a risk team dealing with the problem? If I was in the shoes of the protagonist but had to delegate my actions to individuals within the group, would they inspire my confidence?”