LB5203: Choose a Specific Enterprise and Develop a Sustainability Indicators Monitoring System: Sustainable Enterprise Assignment, JCU, Singapore

ASSESSMENT TASK 1:

DESCRIPTION

Topic Students will be required to choose a specific enterprise (it should be one with which they are somewhat personally familiar) and develop a sustainability indicators monitoring system for that enterprise.

Examples of the enterprises you might consider include a plant nursery, a pet shop, a daycare center, a primary school, a carpet manufacturing business, a small zoo, an insurance office, a bank, an auto repair shop, a restaurant, a veterinary surgery, a home services business, a bookshop, and many other possibilities.

To provide a realistic account of the enterprise you might need to access a website or undertake a site visit.

You should NOT use a place where you work or have worked because it becomes difficult to separate the creative and learning purpose of the assignment from the issue of students simply reporting the monitoring systems of the known workplace. Nevertheless, you may choose a place similar to your own workplace if that is how you feel you will get the most benefit from doing the assignment.

Introduction to monitoring systems and the development of indicators in general.

In this section, students should review the literature on the characteristics of good monitoring systems and the features that contribute to effective indicators. This part of the report should be in essay form but it may be useful to use a Table or tables to summarise indicator characteristics.

The Enterprise 

Description of the enterprise.

Sustainability dimensions: Consider the 3 sustainability dimensions as they apply to this enterprise. In this section, students should identify and describe the range of socio-cultural, economic, and environmental dimensions that apply to the operation of the chosen enterprise and explain how each is relevant.

Some dimensions may apply more to specific enterprises but some treatment of all three dimensions for all enterprises is required.

Specific sustainability area: Next select ONE (1) of the three areas (economic, environmental or socio-cultural)  (needs only to be stated at the top of the next section -no pages required)

List and assessment of indicators for monitoring: Develop and present a list of indicators to monitor this one specific dimension. The description of each indicator must include what the indicator is, how it will be measured and reported, and any limitations or challenges associated with it. It is likely to be an effective use of space to incorporate the required information in an initial one-page summary Table using the columns: Indicator name, its definition, its measurement, key challenges/limitations and then base the essay discussion around the points in this Table (2-3 further pages).

Assessment Task 1:

a. Introduction section. Quality and thoroughness of the literature review of monitoring systems and indicators

b. The enterprise AND sustainability dimensions sections. The presentation of the enterprise and the detail reported about and the applicability of impacts and outcomes in applying the 3 dimensions to the enterprise

c)list and assessment of indicators for monitoring Consistency appropriateness of the indicators for the dimension

d)list and assessment of indicators for monitoring. Assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of the indicators proposed