BUS9005 at AIHE: Writing the Assessment 2 Microeconomics Report
BUS9005 Economics for International Business at the Adelaide Institute of Higher Education (AIHE) builds Assessment 2 around a real company operating in a real market. Students pick an organisation, then use it as the case study for a 1,500-word microeconomics report worth 30% of the unit, submitted in two stages: a Week 8 checkpoint draft and a Week 9 final report. The report walks through market context, demand and supply dynamics, market structure and strategy, and market failure and policy response. Below is how to approach each part the way AIHE's rubric rewards.
Choosing and Registering Your Company
AIHE requires company selection to go through the unit's Discussion Forum by Week 5, with a cap of two students per company to keep analyses distinct. This step matters more than it looks -- picking a company too early without checking the forum risks a clash, and picking one with limited public market data makes Parts B and C much harder to support with evidence. A company operating in a market with observable price movements, identifiable competitors, and at least one traceable instance of government intervention or market failure gives you far more to work with across all four parts of the report.
Part A: Company and Market Context (approximately 300 words)
This section introduces the company and the specific market it competes in -- not a general company history, but enough context to set up the economic analysis that follows. AIHE's brief treats this as scene-setting rather than a graded deep-dive, so the strongest Part A sections are tight: what the company does, which market it operates in, and why that market is worth analysing through a microeconomics lens.
Part B: Market Dynamics -- Demand and Supply (approximately 400 words)
Here the report needs to apply demand and supply theory directly to the chosen company's market -- identifying the factors shifting demand and supply curves, and connecting those shifts to real, citable events or trends rather than generic textbook examples. A report that states "demand increased due to changing consumer preferences" without naming the specific preference shift and its evidence is exactly the kind of abstract answer AIHE's rubric marks down; a report that ties a specific price or quantity change to a specific documented cause is what earns marks here.
Part C: Market Structure and Strategy (approximately 400 words)
This section asks you to classify the company's market using one of the four standard market structures -- perfect competition, monopolistic competition, oligopoly, or monopoly -- and then explain how that structure shapes the company's pricing and competitive strategy. The classification itself needs justification: naming "oligopoly" without pointing to the barriers to entry, the number of major competitors, or the degree of product differentiation that supports that classification leaves the analysis unsubstantiated. The strongest responses then use the structure to explain an actual strategic choice the company has made, rather than describing market structure theory in isolation from the company's behaviour.
Part D: Market Failure and Policy Response (approximately 400 words)
The final analytical section asks for a genuine market failure connected to the company's market -- externalities, information asymmetry, public goods issues, or market power -- along with the government policy response addressing it. This is where many reports lose marks by naming a market failure in the abstract without connecting it to the specific company or market under analysis, or by describing a policy without evaluating whether it actually addresses the failure identified.
Why the Checkpoint Draft Is Worth Taking Seriously
The Week 8 checkpoint is only 5 of the assessment's 30 marks, but it functions as a structural safety net -- it is the point where a report heading in the wrong direction on company choice, market classification, or evidence base can still be corrected before the Week 9 final submission. Treating the checkpoint as a low-stakes formality rather than genuine early-stage work is one of the more avoidable ways students lose marks on the much larger final report.
Using GenAI on This Assessment
BUS9005 takes a notably more permissive position than many other units: GenAI use is allowed, across five specific categories -- brainstorming and planning, writing support, concept clarification, visualisation assistance, and research guidance. That last category comes with an important limit: AI tools can point you toward where to look for evidence, but they cannot generate the evidence itself -- market data, statistics, and factual claims about your chosen company still need to come from genuine, citable sources. Whatever combination of these permitted uses you rely on, AIHE requires a declaration of your GenAI use as part of the submission, regardless of how much or how little you used.
Common Mistakes in BUS9005 Microeconomics Reports
- Choosing a company with thin public data. Parts B, C and D all depend on being able to point to real market evidence -- a company with little traceable market information makes every section harder to support.
- Classifying market structure without justification. Naming a structure without pointing to the specific barriers to entry, competitor count, or differentiation that support it leaves Part C unsubstantiated.
- Treating market failure and policy as separate, disconnected points. The policy response needs to be evaluated against the specific failure identified, not described independently of it.
- Skipping the Week 5 forum registration. Late or missed company registration risks a clash with another student analysing the same company.
- Underusing the checkpoint. Submitting a thin or rushed Week 8 draft wastes the one structured opportunity to catch problems before the final report is due.
About the Adelaide Institute of Higher Education
The Adelaide Institute of Higher Education (AIHE) is a boutique higher education provider registered with TEQSA, with campuses in the Adelaide and Melbourne CBDs offering Bachelor of Business, MBA and Graduate Certificate in Management programs. BUS9005 sits within its business curriculum, and its smaller class sizes mean assessment briefs like this one tend to be applied closely by markers -- always confirm your specific trimester's due date and any lecturer clarifications on your student portal alongside general guidance like this.
How Punjab Assignment Help Supports BUS9005 Students
We help AIHE students with BUS9005 Assessment 2 by:
- Helping you evaluate whether your chosen company has enough public market data to support all four parts of the report.
- Strengthening your market structure classification with the specific evidence AIHE's rubric expects to see.
- Connecting your market failure analysis to a genuinely evaluated policy response rather than two disconnected points.
- Checking your APA 7th referencing, word count allocation, and GenAI declaration before submission.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I use ChatGPT or other AI tools for BUS9005 Assessment 2?
Yes, within five permitted categories -- brainstorming, writing support, concept clarification, visualisation assistance, and research guidance -- but AI cannot generate the actual market evidence or data used in your analysis, and a GenAI declaration is required regardless of use.
How long should the BUS9005 microeconomics report be?
1,500 words, covering company and market context, demand and supply dynamics, market structure and strategy, and market failure and policy response.
Do I need to submit a checkpoint draft before the final report?
Yes -- a Week 8 checkpoint worth 5 marks precedes the Week 9 final submission worth 25 marks, and it is designed to catch structural issues early.
How do I choose which company to analyse?
Company selection must be registered through the unit's Discussion Forum by Week 5, with a maximum of two students per company.
Can Punjab Assignment Help assist Adelaide Institute of Higher Education students specifically?
Yes -- we support AIHE students with BUS9005 and other business and economics assessments, including market structure analysis, evidence sourcing, and APA 7th referencing support.