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This assessment is worth 60% of the overall module assessment This is an individual coursework. You are required to identify and critically analyse a relevant case study organisation. Specifically, you will need to conduct a literature review and critically analyse the role of business in society, highlighting the impact of private enterprise in society using the three pillars of sustainable development (social, economic and environmental) with a focus on the impact across the individual, organisational and societal levels.

Your critique should be applied to your chosen organisation and you should outline your recommendations and conclusions for responsible management for your chosen organisation. Your work must be in a report format

2500 words

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Principles of Responsible Management and Practice Assessment 2 2,500 word individual report Task: • 2 This assessment is worth 60% of the overall module assessment • This is an individual coursework. You are required to identify and critically analyse a relevant case study organisation. Specifically, you will need to conduct a literature review and critically analyse the role of business in society, highlighting the impact of private enterprise in society using the three pillars of sustainable development (social, economic and environmental) with a focus on the impact across the individual, organisational and societal levels. • Your critique should be applied to your chosen organisation and you should outline your recommendations and conclusions for responsible management for your chosen organisation. Your work must be in a report format 11 May 2021 Let’s break it down…. • Step 1: pick a company • By ‘case study organisation’ we mean: a company which you will study for Assessment 2 • It does not mean you have to find a case study written about that company online/in books • Do not pick the same company that you used for Assessment 1 – it will just be confusing • You will naturally be expected to explore what the company’s overall strategy is and how it aligns to sustainable goals • You can mention the SDGs; however, this assessment is not about focusing only on the SDGs as was the case for Assessment 1 • The key difference here is – you have to engage with the wider literature 3 11 May 2021 Let’s break it down…. • • • • Step 2: the literature review Some students are getting thrown by the term ‘literature review’ First things first – don’t panic A literature review means searching for literature on the topic relating to the assessment • You will have done this for pretty much all your assessments to date • Use the session run by Sarah, the librarian) – Using the library (Semester 1) – Referencing (Semester 2) • The literature review needs to explore: critically analyse the role of business in society, highlighting the impact of private enterprise in society using the 3 pillars of sustainable development with a focus on the impact across the individual/organisational/societal levels 4 11 May 2021 Let’s break it down…. • • • • • • • • • 5 What is a ‘literature review’? Reading widely – you have been given the topic Getting a feel of what the key points/arguments are Deducing key themes – e.g. organisations trying to work closely with local communities to improve relations and literacy Critically analysing – this does not mean tearing a theory/idea to bits …it means being able to state a theory/point and discussing it in relation to other perspectives How can you do this? By reading widely Is it ‘obvious’ when students do/not read widely? Yes How? You tell me…. 11 May 2021 Let’s break it down…. • Step 2: the literature review • Can we give some help regarding a critical literature review and report writing? • Yes – in the lecture 6 11 May 2021 Let’s break it down…. • Step 3: apply your critique to your chosen organisation • There are two ways of doing this: – (i) Do step 2 first, then apply the critique to you company in the next section. This keep things distinct – This will entail you discussing the key arguments from your critique and applying them to your company – (ii) Do step 2 and then apply the key arguments to your company in the same section – It is up to you to do this, but students sometimes feel ‘tangled up’ in words with this approach • Step 4: outline your recommendations and conclusions for responsible management for your chosen organisation 7 11 May 2021 Let’s break it down…. • Avoid being overly descriptive: – Schuh does this, Schuh does that, Schuh is responsible… • Upcoming session on report writing – 23rd March • What you can be doing now: – Researching for literature – Reading the literature – Figuring out what the key themes are in relation to the question – Select an organisation – Start applying your critique (literature review) to your organisation 8 11 May 2021 Let’s break it down…. • Formative assessment will be in the form of a 300 word plan, outlining the plan of the summative assessment 2, indicating the key discussions, areas of literature and an overview of the key arguments to be included in the final submission • During tutorials 9 11 May 2021