Saint Ignatius College

Year 11 Business Studies Assessment

Task 1
Business Report Windsor Ltd
Research Task 2015
Outcomes Targeted
P1 discusses the nature of business, its role in society and types of
business structure
P2 explains the internal and external influences on businesses
P7 plans and conducts investigations into contemporary business
issues
P8 evaluates information for actual and hypothetical business
situations
P9 communicates business information and issues in appropriate
formats

Task Overview
The syllabus requires that students in the Preliminary Business
Studies course are required to prepare a business report based on
Windsor Limited.
The task carries a weighting of 25%
You will be required to examine the Windsor story and familiarise
yourself with their background. Following this, you will be required to
write a response in a business report format to the questions below.

Business Report Question

You have been hired as a consultant and are required to write a
report to the management of Windsor Ltd. In your report you need to
address the following:
Executive summary - include an outline of the nature of the
business, their size, legal structure and industry sector.
(approx. 100 words)
Provide an outline of competitors in the Australian
confectionery industry (approx. 150 words)
Describe the challenges for Windsor in their current stage of
the business life cycle. (approx. 200 words)
Explain the impact of economic, legal and one other external
influence (other than competitive) on Windsor now or in the
year ahead. (approx. 450 words)
Given your understanding of the external influences you have
explained above, predict the possible future impact on TWO
internal influences for Windsor. (approx. 300 words)
Presentation of the task

The task is in report style this means you use headings,

tables and diagrams if appropriate.
The report is to be typed: Font size 12, Cambria, 1.5 line
spacing
The absolute word limit is 1200 words.
The word count must be stated on your cover page. As well as
handing the report in, it must be submitted on CANVAS.
This is an individual task. Plagiarism is a serious academic
offence. The report must be your own work. Should any
plagiarism at any level be detected, all students involved will
receive a mark of zero and be issued an official academic
warning.

Due Date Monday 16th March 3.30pm deadline.

Name: .
Teacher.
Marking Criteria
Section

Criteria

Mar
k
1

Title Page

Recognises and names the student, business & word count

Executive
Summary

Provides a definitive outline as to the purpose of the report and

the nature of the business including size, industry sector and
legal structure
Provides a brief sketch as to the purpose of the report and the
nature of the business
Provides a brief and basic overview of the report

3-4

Provides features of key competitors, sketches in general terms

their market share and emerging trends in the industry
Sketches in general terms aspects of the confectionery industry
Identifies basic aspects of the confectionery industry

Industry
Outline

Business
Life Cycle

External
Influences

2
1

3-4
1-2

Provides characteristics and features of a stage of the business

life cycle and any challenges that may be relevant to Windsor
Sketches in general terms a stage of the business life cycle and
identifies simple challenges.
May list basic elements of a stage of the business life cycle and
or a challenge to Windsor

4-5

Relates the cause and effect of economic, legal and one other
external influence on the business
Provides characteristics and features of economic, legal and one
other external influences on the business
Sketches in general terms economic, legal and one other
external influences on the business..may examine only one or

7-9

2-3
1

4-6
1- 3

Internal
Influences

two influences
Suggest the impact of external influences on TWO internal
influences for the business
Provides characteristics and features of TWO or LESS internal
influences on the business
Sketches in BASIC terms internal influences on the business.

Total Mark
Markers Comments:

56
3-4
1-2
/30