4.Topic+Selection+and+Negotiation

Leo : Hello. I will introduce myself first. I am 3rd year student majoring in Economics. I am an international student come from Korea and have been in NZ for 4 years. Well, we need to decide essay topic by end of this week. Do you guys prefer writing about interests or any business topic?

Angela: Hey guys. I'm a 4th year student doing conjoint degrees majoring in Information Systems and Japanese. I've been in NZ for about 14 years now but was originated from Hong Kong. For the topics, I don't really have any business topics in mind right now, because what we are required to do is so vaguely explained. As for interests, I don't think that I'll have common interests as you guys (I could be wrong!). After introducing ourselves, maybe __then__ we could find some aspects that we have in common.

Leo: Cool. Hope that everyone writes comments at least before this week ends so that we can discuss a bit for our topic.

Young: HI, my name is young and came from Korea, having first year of AU. Its all fresh for me. However, I did not actually chosen the major yet but I am more interested in business so I might say it is interesting to do with business topic.

Leo: Don't you guys think that it is more common for everyone to decide a topic about interests or issues? What do you think guys?

Angela: I myself don't really mind what topic as long as it is possible to write 4 paragraphs about it. Business topics are quite hard to do because it is such a broad subject; it could be about anything from Accounting, Economics, Management etc. Since everything doesn't have any ideas and the 4th person hasn't even popped up yet, perhaps I'll start off with a topic (just on top of my head right now) and we can move on from there Topic = Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of operating a business. (Operating a business will include both small and big from small family businesses to large companies) 4 paragraphs can be divided like this: para 1 = advantage(s) of operating a small business para 2 = disadvantage(s) of operating a small business para 3 = advantage(s) of operating a big business para 4 = disadvantage(s) of operating a big business This is just an idea on top of my head right now. If nobody is interested in this, we can change it and work on something else. But everyone please contribute in an idea of some sort so we can start researching before resources and books are all loaned out. If anyone knows who Nam is (the 4th person in our group), please tell him that we have started our planning and that we need him to join in. =)

Young: Yea, I agree with you guys. I think business topic will be abit stressful, Nam is friend of mine and as we can meet tomorrow morning, we can discuss about this.

Nam - Hi guys, sorry for the late participating. I'm a 1st year student doing BA, thinking to trasfer my course to BCOM next semester hopefully. I've been living here for almost 4 years. SO Marketing is my topic and its due today right?. I will try it to finish by on time. GOOD luck guys.

Angela: So here is what we discussed in class today =)

**Topic chosen (for now at least) = Discuss the aspects of which make a business successful.**
1) Marketing (includes advertising) = Nam 2) People management = Leo 3) Systems management = Angela 4) Financial (profits and costs) = Young I know that the assignment 2 essay's due date is coming soon, so just to make it easier for everyone, just start of the paragraphs this week (try to finish it, if not then it's okay). Then when assignment 2 is out of the way, we can focus on editing and finishing it off. But at least try and make a start on the paragraphs this week. Thanks =)

Leo: Our assignment 2 due date has been postponed by 20th of May. Just let you know guys :)

Angela: Hope you guys had a great weekend =P Look forward to seeing you guys on Monday and reading your paragraphs.

Angela: Hey guys, hope you guys are having a great weekend. It seems that we've all pretty much on the right track with our paragraphs. There is just one more thing that all of us needs to do which is add one or two sentences to link to each others' paragraphs so that the whole thing makes logical sense. We can talk more on this on Monday. For now, it would be nice if we can all finalise the paragraphs (with the correct references and correct grammar and structure) so that we won't have to rush near the due date. __**A kind reminder: Please don't delete any of the comments/suggestions that are posted on each person's paragraph page. We need them to get marks on the commenting requirements.**__ =)

Angela: Hey guys! It's time to gather all our paragraphs together and put it into the final draft page. Please put them in the correct order. __**If nobody puts the paragraphs in the final drafts page by Thursday 4pm, I will put what we have got into the final page**__. Each person is responsible to submit their own paragraph into Turnitin.

Angela: WELL DONE GUYS! It looks like we have done a good job on this assessment =) Every thing is finished now. Hope everyone has commented on each other's paragraphs and remember to hand in your own paragraph onto Turnitin by midnight today =) Good luck with the exams.