This guide is for BUSI 400 Week 1 Individual Assurance of Learning Exercise 1, start to submission. An individual experiential exercise applying the week's strategic management concepts to the textbook's Cohesion Case.
BUSI 400 is Strategic Planning/Business Policy, 3 credit hours, in Liberty University's BS in Business Administration. Canvas and the course guide file print the code as BUSI400; it is the same course.
| Course | BUSI 400 Strategic Planning/Business Policy |
|---|---|
| Module/Week | 1 |
| Points | 125 points |
| Length | Not set in the guide; follow the exercise instructions |
| Sources | The Cohesion Case and the textbook |
| Faith integration | Not required by the guide |
| Format | As instructed |
What BUSI 400 Week 1 Individual Assurance of Learning Exercise 1 asks for
The textbook's Cohesion Cases run through the readings with experiential exercises that apply text material to real organizational situations, assigned to individuals or groups. Individual Exercise 1 is due in Module/Week 1 with David and David chapters 1 and 10. Worth 125 points.
Where it fits in BUSI 400
In the published schedule, Individual Assurance of Learning Exercise 1 is one of 10 graded written assignments in BUSI 400. It is the first written assignment in the course; the next is Week 2 Group Assurance of Learning Exercise 1.
How BUSI 400 Week 1 Individual Assurance of Learning Exercise 1 is graded
Liberty grades Individual Assurance of Learning Exercise 1 with the rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas, worth 125 points in the published guide. That is about 12% of the course's 1,010 points. The rubric rows are the real instructions. Draft against them, and you will rarely be surprised by the grade.
Course grades in BUSI 400 use Liberty's point scale: an A is 900 to 1010 points of the course total. Missing the length or source minimum usually costs points on several rows at once, which is why the checklist below starts with them.
Timing in the published guide: Each course module/week (except Module/Week 1) begins on Tuesday morning at 12:00 a.m. (ET) and ends on Monday night at 11:59 p.m. (ET). The final module/week ends at 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday. Check the due dates in your Canvas section, which govern.
The BUSI 400 Week 1 method, step by step
Set up the data before the write-up
Do the calculations first and check them. Interpretation built on a wrong figure loses more points than a missing paragraph.
Show the method
Say which method, formula or test you used and why it fits the question. Graders want to see that the choice was deliberate.
Report the results plainly
Report each result with its value and what it measures. Tables and figures help when they are labeled and referred to in the text.
Interpret in the context of the question
Translate the numbers into a conclusion about the question. Say what decision they support and how confident you can be.
Name the limits
Name the assumptions and limits. A result with its limits stated reads as professional.
Submit the files the guide asks for
Check which files Canvas expects (spreadsheet, output, written document) and that each is complete and labeled (Not set in the guide; follow the exercise instructions).
Follow the exercise steps exactly and show your work, since experiential exercises are graded on applying the tool correctly. Use the Cohesion Case facts, not general knowledge, as evidence.
A structure for BUSI 400 Week 1 Individual Assurance of Learning Exercise 1
Word targets are planning numbers for about 1,100 words of body text, set by the length in the guide; the rubric decides where to spend more.
| Section | What it must do | Target |
|---|---|---|
| The exercise task | What it asks of the Cohesion Case. | ~180 words |
| Analysis | The chapter's tool applied. | ~510 words |
| Findings | What the analysis shows. | ~260 words |
| Implications | What it means for strategy. | ~150 words |
A topic angle that works
Chapter 1 introduces the strategic management model and chapter 10 covers business ethics and social responsibility. If the exercise asks you to evaluate the company's mission or ethics, measure it against the textbook's criteria.
Model paragraph with notes
An original paragraph written by our desk to show the register that earns full rubric credit. It is study material: learn the moves, then write your own.
Measured against the nine components David and David list for a mission statement (customers, products, markets, technology, survival and growth, philosophy, self-concept, public image and employees), the company's statement covers six. It names customers, products and its commitment to employees but says nothing about technology, markets or growth, which weakens it as a guide for strategy.
- Uses the text's criteria.
- Applies to the case.
- A judgment.
Mistakes that cost points on BUSI 400 Week 1
- General knowledge instead of case facts.
- Skipping exercise steps.
- No implications.
Checklist before you submit
- Length: Not set in the guide; follow the exercise instructions
- Sources: The Cohesion Case and the textbook
- Calculations checked and output saved
- Every table and figure referred to in the text
- Each rubric row read against the section that answers it
Questions students ask
When is the first BUSI 400 individual exercise due?
In Module/Week 1.
How many points is BUSI 400 Week 1 Individual Assurance of Learning Exercise 1 worth?
125 points in Liberty's published course guide for BUSI 400, out of a course total of 1,010 points (about 12% of the grade). The rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas shows how those points are divided.
Is BUSI 400 Week 1 the same in every section of BUSI 400?
This guide follows Liberty's published course guide for BUSI 400. Liberty notes that course content can change from term to term, so if your Canvas section shows different instructions, a different week or different points, follow Canvas and your instructor.
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