Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing

This week’s topics

Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing

1. Unpacking the assignment brief and criteria
2. Finding and evaluating sources
3. Planning and referencing
4. Craap Test for evaluating sources

What you will be able to do

• 1.1 Explain what is meant by the term ‘contract management in a logistics context.
• 1.2 Describe the key components of contract management
• 1.3 Differentiate between upstream activities and downstream activities.
• 1.4 Illustrate a contract management cycle.
• 2.1 Illustrate a contract management framework.
• 2.2 Differentiate between contract management and contract administration.
• 2.3 Compare contract management key performance indicators.
• 2.4 Describe types of contract risks.
• 2.5 Assess the effectiveness of a logistics business’s contract management.
• 3.1 Explain what is meant by the term ‘financial management’ in a logistics context.
• 3.2 Describe the key components of financial management.
• 3.3 Illustrate key elements of financial management in logistics.
• 3.4 Explain why financial management is important to a logistics business.
• 4.1 Explain key financial relationships for a logistics business.
• 4.2 Illustrate the concept of total cost analysis.
• 4.3 Explain key factors involved in financial management.
• 4.4 Describe types of financial risks.
• 4.5 Assess the effectiveness of a logistics business’s financial management.

Activity

Start with this week’s video, then: Plan the unit assignment against every criterion; source and reference the evidence.

Study materials

Videos

• Craap Test for evaluating sources · YouTube · Talking Libraries and Books · 7 min · for registered students

Further resources

• Writing for Success, ch. 8.1–8.3: Prewriting, outlining and drafting · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 281–318 · for registered students
• Evaluating Information: Applying the CRAAP Test · PDF · Other, report · for registered students
• Harvard Referencing quick guide 2025 (York St John University) · PDF · Other, report · for registered students