IBE+Presentation

International Business Environmental Factors
You've been studying about different factors that affect international trade. Now it's time to apply your knowledge. Your team has selected a country. You will now research the environmental factors that make up the international business operating environment for that country. Remember that the four environmental factors are geography, cultural/social, economic conditions, and political/legal. Refer to pages 16-18 in your student text for detailed information on these factors. This information should help guide your research.

Once your team has completed your research, you will develop an online presentation that illustrates your findings. You may use Prezi, SlideRocket, 280Slides, [|Google Docs] (or another collaborative Web2.0 tool) to showcase your research. Your presentation should include all the relevant research information for each of the four environmental factors, as well as a minimum of 10 relevant graphics, and at least one video. In addition, **you must cite your sources**. To do so, simply link relevant information to the website from where you found the it (called a contextual link--If you need assistance, please ask your teacher). You must use a **minimum of 6 different resources** for your research (remember that Wikipedia in NOT a valid source!).

Link to Sample Project

You may use the following resources to assist you in your research: · CIA, The World Factbook · BBC, Country Profiles · US Department of State-Background Notes · Executive Planet · Globalization 101 · International Monetary Fund · Culture Crossing

Your project will be graded utilizing the rubric listed below. of the four environmental factors is covered in depth. Subject knowledge appears to be good. || At least 12 (of the 16) sub areas of the four environmental factors is covered in depth. Includes essential information about the topic but there are 1-2 factual errors. || Content is minimal OR there are several factual errors. ||
 * **CATEGORY** || **20** || **15** || **10** || **5 points or less** ||
 * **Content** || All 16 sub areas of each of the four environmental factors is covered in depth. Subject knowledge appears to be excellent. || At least 14 (of the 16) sub areas
 * **Organization** || Content is well organized using headings or bullet lists to group related material. || Uses headings or bullet lists to organize, but the overall organization of topics appears flawed. || Content is logically organized for the most part. || There was no clear or logical organizational structure, just lots of facts. ||
 * **Blog Post** || Includes detailed information about what was learned about each of the 4 factors as well as a personal reflection paragraph. || Includes detailed information about what was learned in at least 3 of the 4 factors as well as a personal reflection paragraph. || Includes detailed information about what was learned in at least 2 of the 4 factors as well as a personal reflection paragraph. || Blog post incomplete; may or may not include personal reflection, or blog post not completed ||
 * **Attractiveness** || Makes excellent use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance the presentation. || Makes good use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance to presentation. || Makes use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. but occasionally these detract from the presentation content. || Use of font, color, graphics, effects etc. but these often distract from the presentation content. ||
 * **Mechanics** || No misspellings or grammatical errors. || 2 to 4 misspellings and/or mechanical errors. || 5 to 8 misspellings and/or grammatical errors. || More than 8 errors in spelling or grammar. ||
 * **Sources** || Includes source information collected for all graphics, facts and quotes. All documented in desired format. || Source information collected for at least 5 graphics, facts and quotes. Most documented in desired format. || Source information collected for at least 4 graphics, facts and quotes, but not documented in desired format. || Very little (less than 4) or no source information was collected. ||