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[trephena]

You may need to load to complete submission but if already passed it won’t be marked

[Anonymous]

@trephena but do i need to change its figures and years and all graphs

[trephena]

No the Presentation won t be looked at -it’s just a systems problem sometimes that if you can’t upload without a Presentation you just add one so the system then accepts your files. If you want add an appendix called ‘note to marker’ and tell them that you have already passed it…

[rong219]

Hi,

I intend to resubmit this November (P33). On P30 I have passed SLS for both part 8 and 9.

So if I want to change the company now (since I realize that my previous company does not have enough analyst report in english for reference), do I have to submit SLS again.?

I look through info package, and they put ” If you have changed topic or organisation but havenot passed both sections of the SLS (sections 8&9 of the feedback sheet) then you will need to resubmit the SLS in full. ”

So I think I dont have to submit again, but Im not sure.

Thanks

[trephena]

Apologies for the long delay in replying. As you have cleared the SLS in full then you just need to submit the report. Although you do not have to do a resubmission statement I strongly advise that you at least read my article on this found on our homepage http://www.opentuition.com/obu
This is because it is important to be aware of all your previous weaknesses to stand the best chance of passing next time and potentially avoid repeating the same mistakes

Sometimes there can be a problem in electronically submitting when you have passed just one part of the SLS even when you have not changed company. In those cases I always suggest just uploading the Presentation or SLS statement file that passed just to get the whole thing to upload to the system. This seems to work (even though it will not be remarked if it has already passed) – it just keeps the submission system ‘happy’

[Anonymous]

I am in process of choosing my company for the topic 8, the restrictions are not pleasing really as we are allowed to choose the subject organization/company from three sectors only therefore my question is about the Airline industry, can I choose Airline manufacturers for my topic rather than service industries like Emirates, British or Delta Airliners.

[trephena]

No – aircraft manufacture does not fall within the industry classification which is airlines

https://www.accaglobal.com/uk/en/student/exam-entry-and-administration/oxford-brookes-bsc-hons-in-applied-accounting/oxford-brookes-bsc-research-analysis-project-rap-submission.html

[arijeta]

Hi

I would like to know if a Bank can be taken for topic 8.

Thank you

[trephena]

Why would you think that a bank would fall with one of the 3 categories that you MUST choose if submitting on Topic 8 when the prescribed industry sectors are airlines, pharmaceuticals and telecommunications?

Unless it is a resubmission and your previous submission was on the same company you will be instantly failed if you submit on a bank.

[eyre]

Dear Trephena,

I’m planning on giving the RAP in period 33, but I’m still struggling with selecting the topic. I’m divided between topic 20 and topic 18.
I’m really interested in topic 20 having studied it in A Level business studies but I haven’t done P1 yet so I don’t know about any models etc. But I am willing to put in the hard work and do all the research on it.

With topic 18 the advantage is that I’ve studied marketing quite a bit.

Which one do you think has the potential of making a better project?

[trephena]

That is,a difficult one to answer! With T18 you need to go a bit beyond the 4/7 P ‘s of marketing and also discuss market penetration strategies (Ansoff) and apply the Boston Matrix to the main products in the portfolio. With T20 you could use Carrols pyramid and Mendelow’s Matrix as models.

A good grade depends on the,application of critical thought and possibly that is easier with T20 because of the nature of the topic. However read up on the two topics if possible as well as the posts on our forums for T18 & T20. Before choosing T20 look to see what sources are available as you need some objective sources from outside the company. T20 should not be a ‘re-write or blind acceptance of the company’s CSR report – it should question as well as support the views in the latter and where there is a difference it should consider the impact of this on the stakeholders

[clementsz]

am submitting my RAP on November 2016. but am struggling to get the sources of information. How can I go about it? please assist

[trephena]

Depends what topic you are doing. Use Google and look for the annual reports and use Google scholar to search for academic papers and articles. You mentor should be able to guide you further

[eyre]

Trephena,

Following your advice, I read through the forums and decided to do topic 20. I have been searching for an appropriate mentor- because this isn’t a very popular topic and so the mentor must be quite experienced in order to guide me. Do you think that The Learning Luminarium has a skilled mentor who can specifically help me with this topic?

[trephena]

Yes I would think so. However there is a misconception among students that the mentor is an expert on the subject whereas the mentor’s role is one of more support and basic guidance (see the appendix to the Information Pack). However in this instance the mentors at the Learning Luminarium are also tutors so have a good understanding of the RAP requirements. I am sure you can email them with your query about whether there is a suitable mentor for Topic 20 and get an honest and no obligation opinion.

[lp96617292]

Dear Trephena
I am struggling to select the T8 and T17 .
For T8, there should be a lot of pp to do , so the std should be quite high compare to others topic and may not easy to pass ?
For T17, I am quite interesting .
Because firstly I was study p1 on 2015, but almost forgotten .
Secondly ,English is not my first language, so I am worry about my written report .
Now I have a problem of organisation selection . I am a Singapore student , so better to use Singapore company or doesn’t matter ? And the country CG code use need follow the organisation are where come from ?
Look forward to your reply .
Thank you

[trephena]

I will admit I am totally biased. I think T8 is rarely well done and I wish OBU would drop it as a topic! Students take a routine approach and think all it involves is ratio analysis plus a basic SWOT and PEST Analysis. No it doesn’t – if done properly it needs to look at strategies -and thankfully markers are now insisting on this. So if you choose T8 fine but don’t expect a good grade.

T17 can offer the opportunity for a higher grade if you consider some of the recent issues in Corporate Governance. This is because application of critical thinking is necessary for a good grade whichever topic you do and there is more scope for this with T17. For this you look at the current issues that affect your company and discuss them from various view points as well as cover the more routine things. Risk assessment is an area too that should be considered particularly with regard to integrity of customer data and the potential security of it in the light of the many instances of this being hacked even in large companies

[eyre]

I tried adding this to the ‘word count’ forum but that seems to have been closed. Trephena I just had to make sure if are in text citations are also counted as normal words? I know that our reference list isn’t part of the word count.
Thank you for your help.

[trephena]

I have looked into your issue about the word count forum and am temporarily posting my reply in both places. (In fact as someone had opened a second one only the duplicated one had been closed)

Basically everything from the start of the front page to the final word in the Conclusions (and any Recommendations) is counted. This includes citations and the in text references.

Some students try to get around word count issues by including information pasted as images in tables e.g. the SWOT analysis so it is not picked up by MS Word. Whereas a little bit of textual information from a copied chart or diagram may be ignored by the marker instances of this deliberate ploy to exceed the word count by creating one’s own wordy images will not.

The markers will estimate the number of words in the pasted images and add them back to the MS total and stop marking after 7,500. The requirements are for a Conclusion within the 7,500 words. If there is very little by way of a conclusion within the limit as calculated by the marker, the report is likely to fail.

With word count problems my advice is to trim the beginning and superfluous material e.g. is a marker really interested in why you chose the topic/ company? – I very much doubt they care why and even bother reading the 100s of reasons from the 100s they mark as such information is not a component of the assessment criteria for the report (save it for the SLS); does the marker really need to know about primary data when you are not even using primary data? If the marker doesn’t know the difference then they wouldn’t be a marker in the first place!!!! In other words focus on what is relevant and important

[eyre]

That’s really great advice, I will definitely be following it. Thank you very much Trephena.

[william]

Hie trephena

I need help with the last part of Part 2 of topic 8. How do I reference the business analysis models in the BPP books.

[trephena]

Have you read all of our article on Referencing (all 3 parts) on our homepage http://www.opentuition.com/obu ?

[Bolage]

@eyre said:
Trephena,

Following your advice, I read through the forums and decided to do topic 20. I have been searching for an appropriate mentor- because this isn’t a very popular topic and so the mentor must be quite experienced in order to guide me. Do you think that The Learning Luminarium has a skilled mentor who can specifically help me with this topic?

@eyre, try Irwin at The Learning Luminarium. he was my mentor, he is awesome, and he has experience in mentoring T18 and T20!

[Anonymous]

Hi Trephena, I failed on my first attempt in P32. It was quite a disheartening experience as despite charging an exorbidant fee, my mentor had been irresponsible and barely helpful for most part of the project. I made an enquiry with TLL and was surprised by their prompt response and for taking the time to assess the work I had previously submitted when my mentor had hardly gone through my report. All I could do was try my utmost. Unfortunately, I could not scrap by with an overall pass. I had failed on 2 points for the RR – Point 3: Evaluation of info, analysis and conclusion & Point 6: Referencing and info gathering. Having since reeled in from the shock of getting an F, I have been looking intently for help in Opentuition and found a silver lining in the forums. Your advice on financial analysis will be especially helpful to my resubmission. Thank you for sharing.

[Anonymous]

Good day,

I am preparing for my project submission in November and this forum has been extremely helpful but I have learnt that it is also common to fail which did not come as a surprise. What are the main reasons that usually cause students to fail OBU project.

[Author]

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