INTB706 Global Trends and the Firm (Report 40%) - Individual
INTB706 Global Trends and the Firm (Report 40%) - Individual
Due: Fri, 7 Jun 2024 23:59Due: Fri, 7 Jun 2024 23:59
TaskOverview
In this integrative report,you should apply your learning from across the coursein an analysis ofhowcurrent trends and developmentsin the global economyare affectinga firm of your choice. You may want to focus onsupply and value chain configurations,and/ornarrow down the focus of your analysis to one product line.Use both enterprise-and industry-specific informationas your evidence.You shoulddiscusshow the firmis alreadyresponding tocurrenttrendsand developmentsandreflect on howkey trends and developmentsmight affect the firm in thenearfuture,especiallygiven its industry,organisationalstructureand spread across geographical locations.
Maximum word count: 2,000 words (excluding references).
Course Learning Outcome Assessed
Course Learning Outcome 2 -Evaluate the implications for MNEs of the geo-political situations in different regions
Course Learning Outcome 3 -Analyse the political and economic implications for MNEs of global shocks
Course Learning Outcome 4 -Anticipate the impact of technological developments on the future of international business
Course Learning Outcome 5 -Evaluate the impact of macro-environmental change on the prospects of international business
Notes
Tip! Choose a firm that you can easily find publicly available information about.
Remember that you will be assessed based on your ability to apply your learning from across the course. This means that you shouldsignificantlydraw on materials from across the coursein your analysis and make informed decisions about whichtopicstofocus on in more detailat the expense ofothers.Keep in mind that specific trends might be more relevant for businesses in some industries thaninothers.
As firms are increasingly expected to participatein solvingglobal social challenges, special consideration shouldbe given to how your firm is implicated in the various social challenges across the globe.Thismeans reflecting onhowyour chosen firm alreadyisor might be impacted by them,as well ashowitalreadyisor in the future could respond to them.
Suggested Procedures
Choose your firm. Make sure that there is sufficient publicly available information about it so that you can performan in-depth analysis as required for thisassessment.
Perform an initial search into the firm, its structure and operations. Then perform an initial searchinto the industry that the firm (or the product line you focus on) is part of.
Revise all contents from across the course. Take note of themes discussedthat you think might be particularly relevant to the analysis of your chosen firm.
Go back to your initial firm and industry searches.Look for evidence of the impacts of thecoursethemes. Do further searches if required.
Organiseyour findings. You may want to group these under specificcourse themes, or according to current actions by the firm versus potential future impacts.
Submit your DRAFT report for feedback by the deadline in week 11.
Structure your full report. Try toorganisecontentin a logical order.Aimto builda strong flow of argument, for example moving from the less impactful trends and developments towards the most important onesfor the future of your chosen firm.Make sure tosupport yourargumentswith quality evidence and give examples to illustrate where appropriate.
Write out your full report.
Revise and edit,proofread,andcheckreferences throughout before submission.
INTB 706 Industry Impacts of Climate Change (Research Paper 40%) - Individual
Due: Wed, 1 May 2024 23:59Due: Wed, 1 May 2024 23:59
TaskOverview
Choose one of the following industries: construction, infrastructure or agriculture.Write aresearch paper that analyseshow climate change is affectingyour chosenindustry, both directly and indirectly.
Maximum word count: 2,000 words(excludingreferences).
Note that this is an advanced course, hence the contents of this research paper should go well beyond a mere description of 'what climate change is', and instead focus on an in-depth examination of specific industry implications.
Course Learning Outcome Assessed
Course Learning Outcome 1 -Critically examine the impact of capitalist development on the current state of the global economy and society
Course Learning Outcome 3 -Analyse the political and economic implications for MNEs of global shocks
Course Learning Outcome 4 -Anticipate the impact of technological developments on the future of international business
Course Learning Outcome 5 -Evaluate the impact of macro-environmental change on the prospects of international business
Notes
This assessment builds on course content from weeks 5. The research paper should draw on essential readings and other materials from these weeks. The primary emphasis in this assessment, however, is on independent research into the topic. This research should constitute the evidence-base for a broad-based, in-depth, and well-argued analysis of how climate change and current climate change related social, economic, and political developments are impacting the chosen industry.
You should consider both the direct physical effects of climate change and the various indirect flow-on effects, including individual, business, governmental and other specific responses to the climate crisis. The research paper should present a well-grounded argument for what the future of the chosen industry might look like in light of the current state of climate change and climate-change-related politics and other actions. Choose a descriptive but precise title for your research paper.
Please note:As part of this assessment, there is a formative element which must be complete one week before submission. None completion of this formative element MAY impact your final grade.
INTB 707 - Assessment 3: Individual case analysis & business report
Type:Business reportLength:1800 words (+/- 10%) PLUS Title page, Executive Summary, Table of Contents, References, and Appendices (if used)Submission:Submit your completed assessment on Canvas by Friday 31 May 2024, 11.59pm.
Template and Case:Refer to"Assessment"on the Canvas landing page where you will find thecase studyandtemplate(scroll to the bottom).
Requirements:This assessment requires students to analyse a firm and develop strategic recommendations for improved future performance. Scenario:You are acting as an independent management consultant to the case firm. You should apply a suitablecombinationof strategic theories, concepts, or frameworks (discussed inthis course) to develop strategic recommendations for the firm, including some suggestions for Agile implementation. Write the report as if you are submitting it to the senior managers of the case firm. The final recommendations you make to the firm managers should beconcrete, actionable, practicalandfit-for-purposeso that the managers of the case firm can start to implement them from the day after they receive your report. However, the recommendations must be based on thorough and thoughtful strategic analysisgrounded in theory. By extension, the report must include accurate definitions for all theories used (with in-text citations) and must demonstrate clear understanding of the theories through in-depth theoretical analysis and integration. Please note:
The report should feature a very succinct background to the firm (i.e., the firms brands/business units, products, markets, customers, revenue, competitors, etc. as appropriate); and the major (2 or 3) strategic challenges facing the firm (with justifications for why these are challenges). This section should be about 300 words maximum.
Do not rely on just one citation when integrating and defining a theory. Instead, use about three different sources (the group Discussant Presentations are a good starting point for further sources).
Do not cite non-academically credible sources when using theory (i.e., no websites onlyacademic journal articles).
You are advised to use a small selection of theories to analyse the case and develop recommendations but go deep with the theories and use them systematically. This will deliver considerably more insight than mentioning many theories with little depth of analysis.
Your submission should be in business report format. A suggested structure is:
Title page (please give the report the kind of title that would be acceptable to the senior managers)
Executive Summary (this should take up an entire page and summarise the entire report)
Table of Contents (which means all pages must be numbered and all sections numbered)
Introduction (a very brief summary of the purpose and structure of the report, about 100-150 words) Background to the firm and the 2 or 3 major challenges faced by the firm (about 300 words)
Analysis and discussion (with multiple sub-sections)
Recommendations (which should be practical and actionable; these could be presented as bullet points). You must include some suggestions for Agile implementation of your recommendations.
Conclusion (this should be very brief, about 200 words)
Reference list
Appendices (if necessary)
Course learning outcomes
Discuss and evaluate choices and issues which arise in the formulation, development and implementation of strategies.
Evaluate how international expansion impacts the formulation and implementation of strategy.
Critically analyse how the strategic management process differs across contexts.
Apply advanced skills in analysis and demonstrate critical strategic management insight.
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Strategy Map Template
ENTR701 Assessment 3: Analysing the social entrepreneurship ecosystem.
Assessment 3 is written work. - Analyse the ecosystem for the social initiative or enterprise you proposed in Assessment 2.
Length:1,500 words (+/ 10% acceptable, excluding reference list & matrix)
This assessment is worth 30% of the course marks.
Due inWeek 12 [11:55 PM (night), Wednesday, 29 May 2024]
Programme Learning Goals
Be knowledgeable in a specialist area(s)
Be future generators of sustainable value for business and society at large
Be effective communicators
Course Learning Outcome Assessed
LO 1. Recognize entrepreneurship includes other forms of value creation beyond economic value creation (social, cultural, and ecological).LO 2. Derive and apply multiple tools needed to assess opportunities for creating social, cultural, and ecological value.LO 3. Critically examine and discuss multiple methods for developing innovative products, services, and ventures in the not for profit, community, and public sector contexts.LO 4. Discuss the leadership and management skills needed to draw together the unique mix of knowledge needed to successfully find a social purpose business.LO 5. Critically examine the tensions between economic and social value creation within a social purpose venture.
Suggested Procedures
Analyse the ecosystem for the social initiative or social enterprise that you have proposed in Assessment 2.
Utilize theEntrepreneurial Needs Diagnostic Matrix templateDownload Entrepreneurial Needs Diagnostic Matrix template provided (adapted from Figure 12.1, p. 276 of the textbook) as a starting point and a thinking tool to inform your analysis. Attach the completed table with your assessment. Text that you will write within the cells of this table will not be included in the total word count for this assessment.
Write your assessment of specific obstacles to specific resources, skills or knowledge required for your social initiative/social enterprise.
Analyse how will you address the identified obstacles and focus on ALL the following elements of the ecosystem in your analysis for initiative/enterprise. Please match identified obstacles to 'specific' support organizations/networks/groups or platforms in the ecosystem: ~ Support 'dedicated' to supporting and promoting social enterprises. ~ Government, local and national, agencies. ~ Potential stakeholders and/ornetworks. Your analysis should be based on research and cover all of the above three elements of the ecosystem.
Complete reference list (APA 7 format)
Assessment presentation:Please use a standard business report format with page numbers and parallel headings. Type in Microsoft Word using a legible, 12-point font with 1.5 line spacing. Please provide a complete reference list (APA 7 format) and the Entrepreneurial Needs table in the appendices section.
DIAGNOSTIC MATRIX, REVISED FOR ASSESSMENT THREE
From p. 297, Kickul, J, Lyons, T. (2016). Understanding social entrepreneurship. New York, Routledge
Requirements Available Affordable Barriers Capability
Concept: outline the idea Discuss whether the opportunity is available Discuss whether the opportunity is affordable? Outline any barriers that might exist, e.g. government regulations? Discuss ways you have the capability to proceed?
Physical Resources What resources are available Are these resources affordable? What are any barriers to access? What are your capabilities to overcome the barriers, e.g. capital, family etc?
Skills: management, marketing, legal, financial Do you (and you team) have the all the necessary skills? What new skills might you need to acquire/employ/buy? What barriers are there to accessing these skills? What is your ability, e.g. networks, to acquire these skills?
Market Who/ what is your market, clients? How will you reach out to them? Are there any barriers to reaching them? How might you overcome these barriers?
ENTR701 Assessment 2: Develop a social initiative or enterprise.
Assessment 2 is a written work and audio-visual resource. The purpose of this assessment is to engage with real-world, local, and community problems, to propose an initiative or social enterprise, and to produce an audio-visual resource to support your idea.
Written work, 1,500 words (+/ 10% acceptable & excluding means table & reference list)
Promotional Video, 3 minutes maximum
The weighting for this assessment is as follows:
30% Written Work
10% Video
Due in Week 7 - 12/04/2024 (Fri) 11:55 PM
LO 1. Recognise entrepreneurship includes other forms of value creation beyond economic value creation (social, cultural, and ecological).
LO 2. Derive and apply multiple tools needed to assess opportunities for creating social, cultural, and ecological value.
LO 3. Critically examine and discuss multiple methods for developing innovative products, services, and ventures in the not for profit, community, and public sector contexts.
LO 4. Discuss the leadership and management skills needed to draw together the unique mix of knowledge needed to successfully find a social purpose business.
LO 5. Critically examine the tensions between economic and social value creation within a social purpose venture.
Describe the social problem you have focused on, your social change initiative or enterprise and the community it will serve.
Describe the business model and how will it create social value.
Outline the organisation structure.
Illustrate the economics, e.g., total start-up cost, funding need and source(s) and/or revenue generation.
Include an Entrepreneurial Means Table Entrepreneurial Means Table to 'reflect' (not just describe) on your role and contribution to the venture.
Cite credible references, where applicable, e.g., textbooks, and other sources of information such as govt. research reports, academic journal articles, and include a full reference list using APA 7
Produce a 3-minute promotional video aimed at potential investors, clients, or other key stakeholders such as new team members or volunteers. A piece-to-camera, i.e., speaking directly to your audience in your voice, will be sufficient. Any additional audio, visual, graphics, or music that you incorporate will be a bonus (Please respect Copyright).
The video should have something to inspire, be clear about the a) identification of group(s) the social change initiative/enterprise will create value for, b) the possible contributors (who the target audience is), and the c) ASK (what is the expectation from the potential contributors)
ENTR701 MARKING: ASSESSMENT 2
Develop a social initiative or enterprise. Produce a 3-minute promotional video.
Please note: the work is examined holistically and sometimes clear boundaries between each of the assessment criteria may not necessarily be evident.
Written Work Mark: 30%
Video Mark: 10%
Criteria IndicatorsofACHIEVED WITH DISTINCTION
[A+ A A-]
IndicatorsofACHIEVED WITH MERIT
[B+ B B-]
IndicatorsofACHIEVED
[C+ C C-]
IndicatorsofNOT ACHIEVED
[D]
Written Work
Excellent coverage of the Assessment Criteria outlined below Good coverage of the Assessment Criteria outlined below Adequate coverage of the Assessment Criteria outlined below Inadequate coverage of the Assessment Criteria outlined below
Presentation Well written, including grammar, spelling, syntax
Specified word limit Good writing
Adequate writing
Inadequate
Referencing Excellent range of credible references Referencing is accurate and consistent Good range of credible references
Referencing has some errors and inconsitencies Adequate range
Referencing has frequent errors and inconsitencies Inadequate
No or limited referencing (.e.g, relaying on mostly one or two sources) with numerous errors/inconsistencies
Marks: /30 Video An excellent video, informative, engaging and inspiring and clear (see criteria outlined below)
Video not exceeding 3 minutes in length A good video
Video length 10% +/-
An adequate video
Video length 20% +/-
Inadequate
Video length Over 20% +/-
Marks: / 10 Total Marks: /40
Overall comments Assessment Criteria for Written Report and video
Describe your social change initiative or enterprise and the community it will serve
Explain how it will be set up, and create social value
Outline the business model, and organisation structure
Illustrate the economics of the business, how it will generate any revenue
Include an Entrepreneurial Means Table to reflect on your role and contribution to the venture
Cite credible references, where applicable, e.g., textbook, and other sources of information such as govt. research reports, academic journal articles, and include full reference list using APA 7
Produce a 3-minute promotional video aimed at potential investors, beneficiaries/clients, or other key stakeholders such as new team members or volunteers. A piece-to-camera, i.e., speaking directly to your audience in your voice, will be sufficient. Any additional audio, visual, graphics, music that you incorporate will be a bonus (Please respect Copyright).
The video should have something to inspire, be clear about the a) identification of group(s) the social change initiative/enterprise will create value for, b) the possible contributors (who the target audience is), and the c) ASK (what is the expectation from the potential contributors).
Assessment presentation: For written work, please use an essay-type format with page numbers, single-sided with appropriate headings and paragraphs, and no bullet points. Type in Microsoft Word using Arial 12-point font with 1.5 line spacing. Please provide a complete reference list (APA format) for both written work and promotional video
Table: Personal Entrepreneurial Resources (Means)
Column 1
Resources (means) for entrepreneur Column 2
Your personal resources (means)
Who are you?
-Your traits, characteristics, abilities, values, strengths
Whom do you know?
-People you know, personal and professional contacts What do you know?
-Your knowledge and education
