Argumentative Essay YEAR: 2017 SEMESTER: 1 COURSE(S): SUBJECT: Accomodation Management HMD01 CONTRIBUTION TO OVERALL ASSESSMENT: This assignment is worth 25% of the overall assessment. DUE DATE: This assignment is due in on friday, 12th May 2017 at 5pm via Moodle. PARTICIPATION AND SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: This is an individual assignment and is to be completed by yourself only. The word limit for this piece is 1500 words. PLAGIARISM AND OTHER COMPLIANCE ISSUES: TURNITIN: This report must comply with Melbourne Polytechnic policies and academic conventions for report writing, plagiarism and referencing. Your teacher will discuss these policies with you and further information is available on the Melbourne Polytechnic Student Intranet. Before submitting your work, you are required to enrol as a student in Turnitin and submit your work to check for plagiarism. Your Class ID is: and the password is: To get on to Turnitin, log on to the Library portal and look for the Turnitin Menu and follow instructions. ASSESSOR(S): Nathan Copsey Student Name: Student I.D.: Year / Semester: Course: Subject Name: Lecturer: Assessor’s Use Only Date submitted: Date marked: Contribution to final mark: Mark achieved: Please complete an argumentative essay on ONE (1) of the following topics 1- Discuss the arrival of Airbnb and other similar providers into the ‘accommodation space’ and argue whether they should be seen a threat to the Accommodation Industry or if you think they will provide a benefit. Construct your argument from both a guest & Hoteliers point of view. 2- Discuss 4 different issues that hotels are facing currently and how it affects the operations and profitability of the property. Review in detail each of these issues and provide alternative solutions to assist in overcoming these issues. 3- Discuss Dynamic pricing and the advantages and disadvantages it can offer a hotel. Cite examples from throughout the year from different regions and pay close attention to special events and “peak and non-peak’ periods” An Argumentative essay is a genre of writing that requires the student to investigate a topic, collect, generate, and evaluate evidence; and establish a position on the topic. Marking Rubric. Section Poor Good Excellent Maximum Marks Introduction of the topic including an explanation on your position of the argument. Argument is not outlined in introduction. Argument outlined with no indication of what topics will be used to back it up. Argument is outlined with an introduction of topics that will be used to support it. 10 Developing Claims and Counter Claims fairly Writer hasn’t made any attempt to develop their argument. Writer has developed their argument however has not attempted to mention the reasons as to why the counter argument is not correct. Writer has set out claims for both sides of the argument and outlined why they support one side 20 Providing evidence to back up argument made Writer has provided no evidence to pack up their position. Writer has provided some evidence to pack up their position but only from one or two sources. The writer has provided evidence from varying sources to back up their argument. 20 Clarity of writing and writing technique It is hard to know what the writer is trying to express. Writing is convoluted. Misspelled words, incorrect grammar, and improper punctuation are evident. Writing is generally clear, but unnecessary words are occasionally used. Meaning is sometimes hidden. Paragraph or sentence structure is too repetitive. Writing is crisp, clear, and succinct. The reader can clearly understand what the writer is saying and paragraphs flow into each other. 15 Conclusion: The writer has not written a conclusion to sum up the writing. The writer provides concluding remarks that show an analysis and synthesis of ideas occurred. Some of the conclusions, however, were not supported in the body of the report. The author was able to make succinct and precise conclusions based on the question. Insights into the problem are appropriate. Conclusions and the question are strongly supported in the report. 10 Citations/References: Proper Harvard format Citations for statements included in the report were not present, or references which were included were not found in the text. Citations within the body of the report and a corresponding reference list were presented. Some formatting problems exist, or components were missing. All needed citations were included in the report. References matched the citations, and all were encoded in Harvard format. 10 Research Writer has provided no evidence that they have performed any research for this report Writer has provided evidence that they have performed some research for the piece, but not from a wide array of Writer has provided evidence that they have performed extensive research from a wide array of sources to help them with report. 15 TITLE: ASSESSMENT MODERATION CERTIFICATE DOC ID: P/HE/F/4/090B PAGE: 6 of 6 EDITION: 2 DATE: 18 February 2008 ASSESSMENT MODERATION CERTIFICATE SUBJECT: XXXXXXXX SUBJECT CODE: XXXXXXXX ASSESSMENT TASK: Major Assignment SUBJECT COORDINATOR: XXXXXXX SUBJECT MODERATOR: I have read the final draft of the above assessment task and consulted with the Subject Coordinator on amendment, and in my opinion (circle which is appropriate): a) the assessment task does / does not lie within the bounds of the Subject Outline b) the standard required for passing the task is / is not satisfactory c) sufficient / insufficient information is given to enable the task to be completed d) the required amount of work may / may not be completed by an average student within the time specified e) I am prepared / not prepared to double mark this assessment task if required by the Subject Coordinator. Signed: ________________________________ Dated: _________________ Moderator