Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 1:

• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of current international retailing trends and practices.
• Develop management practices to implement business ethics in a retail business.
• Analyse and interpret the behaviour and needs of customers in various retail businesses.
• Apply strategic retail buying principles and practices on selected retail businesses.
• Apply strategic marketing principles and practices on selected retail businesses.
• Design and plan the layout for a retail store by applying layout principles to utilise the available space and environment.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 2:

• Apply the principles of micro and macroeconomics applicable for the management of a retail business.
• Apply good decision-making skills to locate the retail store or shopping centre.
• Apply good decision-making skills for the best business form for the retail operation.
• Develop management practices to buy, implement and manage a group of retail franchise operations.
• Develop management practices to manage a group of retail operations in different locations.
• Apply management practices to implement e-business practices in a retail operation.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 3:

• Compile a strategic retail supply chain management programme for a retail business.
• Determine the viability in opening a Distribution Centre (DC) for a retail business.
• Determine the best location criteria for a retail distribution centre.
• Design the layout of a retail distribution centre, stock rooms, and warehouses.
• Analyse and develop stock management systems for a retail Distribution Centre.
• Develop efficient systems to manage the physical movement, handling, stacking, and flow of stock.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 4:

• Plan and control to ensure the retail business has sufficient working capital to function efficiently and effectively.
• Determine the financial viability as an owner or regional manager when evaluating new retail business opportunities, new product or service offerings, or the opening of a new retail branch.
• Know, understand and apply all costing principles in a retail business retail business.
• Ensure a retail business is properly insured.
• Know, understand and determine the financial performance of a retail operation and to implement a management information system and dashboard that to manage the financial performance of a retail business.
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding to ensure that the business is properly audit per year and the correct taxed are paid.
• Know, understand and correctly calculate retail business mathematics and statistics used to analyse information.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 5:

• Identify and describe researchable problems or topics relevant to the study field of retail and wholesale.
• Demonstrate research skills relevant to the study field of retail and wholesale.
• Plan, conduct and write a basic literature review for a research problem or topic in the study field of retail and wholesale.
• Plan and conduct relevant empirical research techniques on research problem or topic in the study field of retail and wholesale.
• Analyse and interpret research data of a research problem or topic in the study field of retail and wholesale.
• Write and present a research report in such a way that it correctly reflexes the outcome of the research findings with recommendations according to correct academic writing criteria.

Integrated Assessment:

• The overall assessment strategy of this qualification is based on continuous assessment in keeping with institutional policy and requirements and will consists of formative, summative and integrated assessment methods.
• Formative assessment is aimed at enhancing student success and provides students with an opportunity to reflect critically on their own learning and to improve their own levels of accountability and time management.
• Summative assessment will take place at the end of a section of work/quarter or semester and is aimed at assessing the students' attainment against the learning outcomes of the programme and subject(s).
• Integrated assessment often span a number of learning outcomes and might even be applicable to more a number of subjects/modules. Integrated assessment tasks are aimed that the holistic development of the student and contributes to the students' personal and professional development in the field of study.