How the assessment fits into the subject/course:
Marketing in the 21st Century has profoundly evolved and is a critical component of business administration. The design of marketing plans is integral to business organisation and the assessment for this subject aims to provide students with the opportunity to apply the knowledge of developing effective marketing strategies. This assessment requires the students to analyse market trends before developing a marketing strategy. There is a short scenario for students to address the assessment tasks.

Linkages between Assessments 1 and 2:
Assessment 1 requires students to undertake the SWOT analysis of their chosen organisation. In doing so, students are referred to consult the IBISWorld database through Torrens Library to do the preliminary research to specify an industry and an organisation wtihin the given industry that they intend to write their assignments. Students can also select an organisation from their home country or elsewhere but need to ensure that they have access to the data that they need to work on their assignments. Students are expected to summarise the situation anlysis from their assessment

1 while discussing this section within the marketing plan in the assessment

2.Instructions: This assessment task requires you to develop a Marketing Environmental Analysis that comprises both the micro-environment and macro-environment. The micro-environment analysis involves a scrutiny of internal environment that facilitates specifying the strengths and weaknesses, while, the macro-environment analysis requires the scrutiny of PESTLE dimensions which will assist in spoting the oportunities and threats. Changes within the macro environmental forces are outside of an organisation’s direct control requiring an organisation’s marketing strategies to be adjusted to capture emerging opportunities and minimise any potential threats.
Therefore, in this assessment task you will need to:
• Demonstrate your learning about marketing concepts and principles covered so far and allow yourself to demonstrate your level of understanding of them.
• Analyse the link between marketing practice and marketing theory
• Demonstrate research skills to reveal the insights
• Apply appropriate business report writing skills
• Use the appropriate citation of references and a reference list in your written work. It is essential that you use the appropriate APA style for citing and referencing research.