Introduction to Management
Order Description
This assessment requires you to undertake research, and convey your findings relating the academic terms and concepts to a company of your choice. To achieve this, you will need to first understand the academic material, and then how these concepts apply or describe the company based on the information uncovered in your research about the company.
The important aspects here are quality of your research, quality of your written assignment, and quality of how you relate the academic concepts covered in class to the information you uncover describing the company.
Tip: you don’t receive any more or less marks for the choice of company, therefore it is recommended you chose a company that has sufficient information available in the journal databases via the LMS, and the Internet or other resources.
The company can be international or domestic with operational focus in domestic or global markets.
The individual components are outlined in a table form, with the suggested work count, which i would upload in my account here on the site.
Overall, the focus of this assignment is for you to analyse the external environment of your chosen company and describe these in an informative report based on details shown in the table below. Your report must include all factors stated below.
You must use terms found within the study of management and you are encouraged to look up various textbooks and journals to further explore these terms and to gain additional knowledge on management in order to develop your knowledge and the quality of the assessment.
You are required to consult and correctly reference a MINIMUM of 10 different sources of information (most assignments achieving the top two grade levels available include 10 references)
You must use the APA Referencing system to acknowledge your sources of information (both in-text, and as a reference list at the end).
Module
Introduction to Management
Assessment
Assessment 1 – this is an in-class quiz worth 20% of your final grade. This will be conducted in class based on examination procedures, rules & regulations.
Assessment 3 – this is the final examination worth 40% of your final grade. The exam date and time will be set by the Program Management.
Assessment 2: Individual Assignment – 40%
This assessment requires you to undertake research, and convey your findings relating the academic terms and concepts to a company of your choice. To achieve this, you will need to first understand the academic material, and then how these concepts apply or describe the company based on the information uncovered in your research about the company.
The important aspects here are quality of your research, quality of your written assignment, and quality of how you relate the academic concepts covered in class to the information you uncover describing the company.
Tip: you don’t receive any more or less marks for the choice of company, therefore it is recommended you chose a company that has sufficient information available in the journal databases via the LMS, and the Internet or other resources.
The company can be international or domestic with operational focus in domestic or global markets.
The individual components are outlined below, with the suggested work count. Your lecturer will provide you with advice on the marking sheets used to mark you work so you may understand in more detail the level of quality expected and where the major marks are to be found. This will be conducted in class in the first few sessions. The marks sheet will not be provided to you.
Overall, the focus of this assignment is for you to analyse the external environment of your chosen company and describe these in an informative report based on details shown in the table below. Your report must include all factors stated below.
You must use terms found within the study of management and you are encouraged to look up various textbooks and journals to further explore these terms and to gain
additional knowledge on management in order to develop your knowledge and the quality of the assessment.
You are required to consult and correctly reference a MINIMUM of 10 different sources of information (most assignments achieving the top two grade levels available include 10 references)
You must use the APA Referencing system to acknowledge your sources of information (both in-text, and as a reference list at the end).
Description
Recommended word length
1
Description of the company, the nature of its business and any other relevant facts.
200
2
Provide a PESTEL analysis of the company
Ensure you include all of the factors; describe the factor and how your company is affected by the factor
600
3
Undertake a Porter’s Five Forces analysis of the company’s competitive environment
Ensure you include all five forces, describe the force and how the company’s market environment is affected by the force.
600
4
List a minimum of four strategic recommendations you believe the company could enact to avoid problems you have uncovered from the Porter’s or PESTEL analysis.
400
5
Provide a general conclusion of the current state of the company and its operating environment.
200
Total
words
2000
(+/- 10%)
Note: if you are unsure on writing an essay, or how to reference ensure you attend one of the presentation given by the Kaplan Singapore Writing Lab. Also, you may wish to have the written quality of your assignment reviewed prior to submission by a senior academic which you may book via your LMS. Both services are free and confidential.