The topic is: Ethical Challenges in doing business globally. The presentation will take place at one of your tutorials, date to be decided. Your tutorial group will give you feedback on your presentation, and you will be able to add
Assessment
This module is assessed through a Portfolio weighted 70% and an Individual Essay weighted at 30%.
To pass the module you need to pass each component with at least 40% but overall, once your marks have been weighted you need to have an overall mark of 50% or above to pass.
Example—imagine your Portfolio mark is 63% and your individual essay is 40%, the final mark is 63 x 0.7 + 40 x 0.3 = 44.1 + 12 = 56.1%
Portfolio
- Use the Portfolio template
- Start the Portfolio exercises early
- Work on the portfolio exercises every week do not leave them till the last week.
Portfolio exercises - Portfolio activity 1
From the internet identify a recent (in the last 2 months) example of an External factor(s) influencing on an organisation’s activities.
Copy and paste the example and web link into your Portfolio, underneath the example explain the impact of the external factor(s) and how the organisation responded to them and in your view how the external factor(s) could have been handled more effectively.
Your discussion should include module theory and you should provide in-text references for your examples and theory. Word count 350 words
Marks 10%
Portfolio exercises - Portfolio activity 2
Identify a recent an internet (in the last 2 months) example of Stakeholder influence on an organisations activities.
Copy and paste the example into your Portfolio, underneath the example discuss the impact of the stakeholders and how the organisation responded and in your view how the stakeholders could have been handled more effectively.
Your discussion should include module theory, and you should provide in-text references for your examples and theory.
Word count 400 words Marks 15%
Portfolio exercises - Portfolio activity 3
Identify a recent internet (in the last 2 months) example of organisational leadership and how this leader has played a role in the performance of the organisation.
Copy and paste the example into your Portfolio, underneath the example discuss the impact of the leader on the organisation and in your view why they are an effective leader, your discussion should include module theory. Note you should provide in-text references for your examples and theory.
Word count 400 words
Mark 15%
Portfolio exercises - Portfolio activity 4
You will be assigned a group and each group will have three students. You are expected to present a maximum of three slides to your tutorial group. Each student within the group will have the opportunity to present one slide.
The topic is: Ethical Challenges in doing business globally.
The presentation will take place at one of your tutorials, date to be decided.
Your tutorial group will give you feedback on your presentation, and you will be able to add the slides and their feedback to your portfolio.
Portfolio exercises - Portfolio activity 4 (continued)
In your portfolio you can individually reflect (using a reflection theory) on the feedback and consider what you will do going forward in terms of improving your approach to working in a group and presenting your work.
Note you should provide in-text references for your examples and theory.
Word count 400 words
Individual Essay (Draft to be approved)
Essay Questions
1) Identify an organisation and critically analyse its performance. You should discuss the factors that have led to the organisation being a successful one or not.
Word count 1,500. Your answer should be well structured, proofread, and references. It is expected you will look at the organisational functions, link in examples and discuss organisational performance.
You should provide in-text references for any examples and theory in your discussion
Portfolio exercises - Portfolio activity 5
Identify a recent internet (in the last 2 months) example of how organisational functions (marketing, operations, HRM and Finance) have collaborated to make an organisation successful.
Copy and paste the example into your Portfolio, underneath the example explain how the different organisational functions have integrated and collaborated to ensure the organisation is successful.
Your discussion should include module theory. Note you should provide in-text references for your examples and theory.
Word count 400 words
Mark 20%
Portfolio exercises - Portfolio activity 6
Identify a recent internet (in the last 2 months) example of the challenges faced by senior managers in todays organisations and the tools they might use to overcome these challenges.
Copy and paste the example into your Portfolio, underneath the example discuss the challenges and the tools that may have or could have been used to understand and overcome the challenges.
Your discussion should include module theory/concepts re performance management/improvement. Note you should provide in-text references for your examples and theory.
Word count 400 words