Beginning the assessment tasks

That’s right – you will have to choose a project for yourself and solve problems as you go along.

The process will be much more valuable to you if you work on a problem that is related to your area of study, for example, if you are studying Business Administration, the problem that you select might be:

• To produce a PowerPoint presentation

or

• To organise a work placement.

If you are studying Travel and Tourism, an appropriate problem might be:

• To plan a holiday for the cheapest possible price for a group of ten young people who want to visit EuroDisney, Paris

or

• To plan an itinerary for an American couple who are visiting Scotland for two weeks and want to visit all the important historic sites.

You may choose to work on your own or with others in a group. If you decide to work in a group you will still have to present all your own work for each of the assessment tasks.

Use your imagination and the advice of your tutor. You may also want to use a technique described on the following pages. It is called ‘brainstorming.’