BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT: COURSEWORK WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT: COURSEWORK WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT
BUSINESS REPORT
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The word limit is 2500 words, not including the table of contents, tables, diagrams, reference list, and appendices.
Assignment deadline: Assignment: 011
Module: MOD003353
Module Leader: Josh Jimenez
Semester/Trimester: Academic year: 2022/2023
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (250 words)
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An executive summary should summarise the contents of the report. It should not simply take the form of a general introduction. It is ideally compiled after you have completed your report. Present the major points in the same order they are written in the report. It should contain all essential elements of the main report, including findings, and one recommendation for both innovation and business ethics/corporate social responsibility.
Table of Contents
TOC o "1-3" h z u 1.1.EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (250 words) PAGEREF _Toc108099873 h 2LIST OF FIGURES PAGEREF _Toc108099874 h 4LIST OF TABLES PAGEREF _Toc108099875 h 41.2.ORGANISATIONAL AND STRATEGIC ASPECTS OF INNOVATION (550 words) PAGEREF _Toc108099876 h 51.3.RESEARCH, ANALYSIS AND APPLICATION OF INNOVATION TO [Insert your chosen company here] (450 words) PAGEREF _Toc108099877 h 51.4.THE BUSINESS ARGUMENT FOR SOCIALLY RESPONSBILE BUSINESS (550 words) PAGEREF _Toc108099878 h 61.5.RESEARCH, ANALYSIS, AND APPLICATION OF STAKEHOLDER THEORY OR CARROLLS PYRAMID TO [Insert your chosen company here] (450 words) PAGEREF _Toc108099879 h 61.6.RECOMMENDATIONS (250 words) PAGEREF _Toc108099880 h 61.7.REFERENCES PAGEREF _Toc108099881 h 61.8.APPENDIX PAGEREF _Toc108099882 h 6
LIST OF FIGURESLIST OF TABLES
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If you include figures and/or tables in your report, list them here by page number.
ORGANISATIONAL AND STRATEGIC ASPECTS OF INNOVATION (550 words)
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Here you should demonstrate knowledge and understanding of business organisations and business concepts.
DO NOT discuss your chosen company here, as you will do this in the next section of the report.
This section is about business organisations in general.
Use the lectures, module textbook chapter topics, and your own independent research to clearly discuss and explain the use and importance of innovation in business organisations.
Outline and discuss how innovation is key
Discuss innovation from an organisational and strategic perspective, providing practical examples and assess the extent to which innovation is key to increased productivity, market share, profitability.
You may discuss any of the following organisational and strategic aspects:
Organisational aspects of innovation
Innovation and organisational size, goals, structure, and culture.
How an organisation can make effective use of innovation.
Product, process, organisation and management innovation, and the scope of innovation (incremental, radical and paradigm shift).
Strategic aspects of innovation
Innovation and management strategies.
Types of strategy (first to the market, first mover advantage, follower strategies, follower advantages, licensing, partnering, open innovation)
Constraints to effective innovation strategy. RESEARCH, ANALYSIS AND APPLICATION OF INNOVATION TO [Insert your chosen company here] (450 words)DELETE TEXT IN RED BEFORE SUBMISSION
Innovation is linked to increased productivity, market share and profitability.
In this section, research and critically assess your chosen companys innovation strategy.
With real-world company data and examples, assess the extent to which innovation contributes to the companys profitability and success.
For example, you may analyse and evaluate the companys innovation strategy by applying the types of innovation strategies discussed above to the company you have chosen.
In this section, DO NOT engage in lengthy definitions/explanations of the theories and vague, speculative statements. Instead, apply them critically to your chosen company, backed up by real-world company data and examples. THE BUSINESS ARGUMENT FOR SOCIALLY RESPONSBILE BUSINESS (550 words)
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Here you should demonstrate knowledge and understanding of business organisations and business concepts.
DO NOT discuss your chosen company here, as you will do this in the next section of the report.
This section is about business organisations in general.
Use the lectures, module textbook chapter topics, and your own independent research to clearly discuss and explain the use and importance of business ethics, corporate governance, and CSR in business organisations.
Outline and discuss the business arguments that socially responsible businesses are successful and profitable businesses, outlining the choice of strategies and practices available to organisations to operate in a socially responsible way.
Your emphasis should be on the the business argument for businesses to be socially responsible, providing practical examples of how business ethics/CSR contribute to the economic success of business organisations and are used as a source of competitive advantage
RESEARCH, ANALYSIS, AND APPLICATION OF STAKEHOLDER THEORY OR CARROLLS PYRAMID TO [Insert your chosen company here] (450 words)
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Research and critically assess your chosen companys business ethics/CSR approach.
Analyse and evaluate the companys business ethics/CSR strategy by applying Stakeholder theory OR Carrolls pyramid of CSR DO NOT engage in lengthy definitions/explanations of the theories and vague, speculative statements. Instead, apply the model to your chosen company, backed up by real-world company data and examples.
RECOMMENDATIONS (250 words)DELETE TEXT IN RED BEFORE SUBMISSION
Provide one recommendation for innovation and one recommendation for business ethics/CSR for your chosen company.
REFERENCESInsert Harvard references here.
List in alphabetic order by authors surname
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