ABF205 Management Accounting
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Assessment 1 – Individual essay (Business models)
Length: 1500 words
Assessment Overview
This assessment must be completed by students individually. The assessment is designed for students to develop understanding of the importance and appreciation of the close links between business strategy, business innovation and business models. The business model concept is central to this understanding. It has evolved from a term that refers to ‘the logic of the firm or the way of doing business’ to a set of conceptual analytical and creative tools that can be used to help imagine, conceptualise, deliver and capture business value. The assessment is about assessing business models using different perspectives. The assessment involves writing a 1500 word essay.
Assessment Tasks
Business essay, 30% of the total marks for the unit
Business models are less durable than they used to be as technological advances in areas such as artificial intelligence, computing power, communication networks and battery technologies offers both threats and opportunities for existing businesses and their business models.
“Lets face it: business models are less durable than they used to be. The basic rules of the game for creating and capturing economic value were once fixed in place for years, even decades, as companies tried to execute the same business models better than their competitors did. But now, business models are subject to rapid displacement, disruption, and, in extreme cases, outright destruction” (de Jong & van Dijk, 2015).
Specifically, your essay is required to:
1. Clearly and succinctly define the terms ‘business model’ and ‘disruption’ based on a short literature review.
2. Analyse the opportunities and threats caused by the advances in smart-connected-products (Porter & Heppelmann, 2014, 2015) to the existing business model for one (1) of the following businesses:
a. Cochlear, Australia (link). Cochlear implant manufacture and service.
b. Commonwealth Bank, Australia (link). Banking and insurance.
c. Domino’s Pizza, Australia (link). Fast food restaurant.
d. LEGO, Denmark (link). Toy manufacturer.
e. Procter & Gamble, United States (link). Manufacture of disposable nappies and many other products.
f. Volvo Group, Sweden (link). Manufacture and service of trucks and construction equipment.
g. Strava, United States (link). Social fitness application.
3. Use the business model framework by Osterwalder and Pigneur (2010) to illustrate your initial findings.
4. Expand your analysis to address only two (2) of the following business model perspectives: business models as value proposition, business models as a set of capabilities and resources, business models as a system of processes, business models as a profit formula (Chesbrough 2010; Johnson, Christensen, & Kagermann, 2008).
5. Conclude by briefly discussing the significance of your findings to the business and its business model and the future of the business.
Assessment references
You should include at least 15 references and no more than 20 references in your essay. All sources must be highly credible and fully referenced using the APA referencing style.
Assessment Criteria
1. Demonstrates an appreciation of business model theory in the literature. 3%
2. Identifies and concisely outlines the opportunities and threats caused by the advances of smart connected- products to the existing business model. 3%
3. Applies the Osterwalder & Pigneur (2010) business model framework to illustrate findings. 6%
4. Critically applies the business model perspectives: value proposition, capabilities and resources, system of processes and profit formula to the analysis. 6%
5. Critically discusses the significance of the business model findings to the future of the business. 6%
6. Introduction, conclusion, coherence of arguments and theoretical integration. 3%
7. Written communication, credible sources and referencing standards skills. 3%
