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Scenario:You area business consultant. Your client is the executive boardof a single organisation in the same sector that you worked on in Assignment 1. They require advice on introducing OR improving performancein the use of the same strategy/practice you focused on in Assignment 1.(NBIf you choose an economic strategy and a sector of the economy, then your report can be designed for a government department).
Your brief is:Submit a short report to the executive board of the organisation with the title:
‘The impact of the business strategy/ practice on the organisation’s performance’
Executive summary A concise account of what the report contains for the ‘busy executive’.
Contents page List all sections and figures, charts, diagrams, illustrations and appendices
Introductionand literature review
Research question An academic introduction and very brief outline of the literature on the key trends in the sector you are referring to (summarised from your essay)
State in one sentence the question your research aims to answer: ‘To what extent is..?
Critical Evaluation of specific strategy/ practice
Findings on Current Organisational Performance
Case Study: discussion of impact of model/practice/strategy
on the organisation
Recommendations
Implementation
Conclusion
References List
Appendices Summarise concisely your critical evaluation (based mainly on your assignment 1 essay)
Include a setof findings from a secondary source on the performance ofthis ONE organisation and a brief analysis of these
Discussand critically evaluateat length how the introduction, change in use or continued use of the practice relates to the literature, to the sector, to your analysis of the organisation and evaluatehow it is likely to impact on the organisation
Listand justify your recommendations to the organisation
A very short suggested implementation strategy
A conciseconclusion
Include all sources cited or quoted in your report.
Include data etc. where appropriate.
Word Limit: 1000 words (+/- 10%) Excludes: title page, executive summary, contents table, equations, diagrams, references list, bibliography and appendices, but includes: headings, tables and in-text citations..
Use the Harvard referencing system.
LayoutBullet points are acceptable where appropriate.
Style: Use Arial 11 font with 1.5 spacing between lines.
Assessment criteria:
For assessment criteria, please see Appendix.
Deadline:
You must submit the draft report byWeek 10Friday 12:00 midday
You must submit the final report by Thursday 23:55 Week 12
NB: anonymous marking is used on the final report so do not include your name as your filename or in the submitted file
First draft Feedback:
You will be provided with feedback on yourfirst draft by Friday Week 11 at midday.
This feedback will, where appropriate, give advice as follows on your text:
• Academic conventions: places where you need to improve conventions and/or consider possible academic conduct issues
• Organisation: sections of the report where you need to revise the organisation of ideas and/or signposting
• Academic Style: parts of your text where you need to edit for style
• Language Use: parts of your text where the intended meaning is unclear will be indicated.
Note that no corrections of your English language can be provided on this first draft.
A general comment on Task Achievement and ONE area of the task to prioritise for development for the final report will be given in the written General Comments section. An oral summary by your tutor, of the main points of the feedback will also be given.
Final report Feedback:
For the final draft, several corrections of major language errors will be written on your text.
Your assessment criteria will show areas of the task, the language, organisation and academic skills that you need to develop. If you have a C, D or F grade in any element, then you need to think about developing this area.
The tutor will list these areas to prioritise for future development in the General Comments section.
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