Management WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT

WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT Seen Article Analysis related to Learning Outcomes 1 & 2 Background. The business environment is under constant change.

Economic, political and social factors, amongst others, are markedly shaping the ways in which organisations have to transform themselves

in order to be sustainable and maintain competitive advantage. The following articles provide the necessary background in order for you to

complete this assessment task. Read ONE article that is relevant to your specialism of study (as provided below): Article 1:

Cryptocurrencies: A Niche Pursuit? For students undertaking the following programmes:  BSc (Hons) Business Management  BSc (Hons)

Business Management with E-commerce  BSc (Hons) Business; Professional Management  BSc (Hons) Enterprise and Small Business Development
Link to article:

http://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Cryptocurrenciesa-niche-pursuit

you also get the link to the article in assignment Brief.
You are required to review and critically analyse the article provided and by the following:

1. Critically evaluate the key emerging themes within the article, outlining the current impact that they are having on organisations

within your business sector.

2. Critically discuss how those themes (identified in task 1) are likely to affect the sector over the next five years and outline what

their implications might be for the formulation of business strategy. Within your critical discussion, you should outline the key factors

for consideration when organisations within the sector are formulating future strategy. Your arguments must be supported with appropriate

evidence(s) and justification of the validity of such evidence(s). The assessment submission should be written in an essay format i.e. no

sub-headings. Your submission is expected to include a title page, with paragraphs providing a separation of key arguments/discussions,

along with a conclusion (remember not to include any new material in a conclusion). You are required to provide a reference list of all

cited work, using the Harvard style of referencing.