As part of the formal assessment for the programme you are required to submit a Contemporary Management Issues assignment. Please refer to your Student Handbook for full details of the programme assessment scheme and general information on preparing and submitting assignments.
Learning Outcomes:
After completing the module, you should be able to:
1. Exhibit an understanding of the key dynamic forces impacting on business and society.
2. Critically evaluate the relationship between the such forces in terms of effective strategic decision making.
3. Prepare an evaluation of an organisation’s responses to key dynamic forces in the contemporary business world.
4. Select and use decision making tools to address contemporary drivers for change.
5. Analyse the relevant theoretical foundations to support the identification and application of effect corporate responses to contemporary management issues.
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Guidance
Your assignment should include: a title page containing your student number, the module name, the submission deadline and the exact word count of your submitted document; the appendices if relevant; and a reference list in AU Harvard system(s). You should address all the elements of the assignment task listed below. Please note that tutors will use the assessment criteria set out below in assessing your work.
You must not include your name in your submission because Arden University operates anonymous marking, which means that markers should not be aware of the identity of the student. However, please do not forget to include your STU number.
Maximum word count: 4000 words
Please refer to the full word count policy which can be found in the Student Policies
section here: Arden University | Regulatory Framework Please note the following:
Students are required to indicate the exact word count on the title page of the assessment.
The word count includes everything in the main body of the assessment (including in text citations and references). The word count excludes numerical data in tables, figures, diagrams, footnotes, reference list and appendices. ALL other printed words ARE included in the word count.
Please note that exceeding the word count by over 10% will result in a 10-percentage point deduction.
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Assignment Task
Question 1
Select any ONE organisation with which you are familiar or can research from publicly available sources.
Drawing upon appropriate sources of information, critically evaluate how increasing pressure to operate businesses in an ethical and socially responsible manner impacts upon its business decision-making for the future and its operations and assess the effectiveness of its current response/s to that pressure.
Please note the following instructions for the assignment:
You will need to undertake some secondary research to complete the assignment and to develop the evidence base to support your conclusions. Higher marks are awarded to those students that display an ability to evaluate and provide a critical review of the evidence - i.e. to assess the value and reliability of different sources before drawing their conclusions. You may select any country or organisation upon which to base your research but you are strongly recommended to select an organisation that you have worked for or one you feel you can research easily.
End of questions
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(4000 words) (100 marks) (LOs: 1 - 5)
Formative Feedback
You have the opportunity to submit a draft submission to receive formative feedback.
The feedback is designed to help you develop areas of your work and it helps you develop your skills as an independent learner.
If you are a distance learning student, you should submit your work, by email, to your tutor, no later than 2 weeks before the actual submission deadline. If you are a blended learning student, your tutor will give you a deadline for formative feedback and further details.
Formative feedback will not be given to work submitted after the above date or the date specified by your tutor - if a blended learning student.
Referencing Guidance
You MUST underpin your analysis and evaluation of the key issues with appropriate and wide ranging academic research and ensure this is referenced using the AU Harvard system(s).
Follow this link to find the referencing guides for your subject: Arden Library