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ER Description Range
LO1 Analyse organisational strategic
hierarchy and its implications on
business conduct and management
decision making.
outlook.
2.1 Analytical tools are applied to examine Range macro environment may include
macro and but is not limited to political, legal,
micro environments for their impact on economic, technological, globalisation,
the business situation, sustainability socio-cultural, environmental (green), and
and future outlook. other factors.
2.2 Analytical tools are applied to examine Range internal environment may
include but is not limited to product,
for its impact and implications on the technology, financial, human, organisation
business situation, competitiveness and culture, infrastructural, intellectual
sustainability. resource strengths or weaknesses.
3.1 Key success factors are identified and Range key success factors may include
analysed critically for their implications. but are not limited to technology-related,
manufacturing-related, distribution-
related, marketing-related, skills and
capability-related, location, IPs, other.
potential.
5.1 The role and implications of Range political, practical and ideological
Environmental Management (EM) are assumptions.
critically examined for the organisation.
conscience.
INTRODUCTION
You are required to agree with your course tutor on the existing organisation or scenario
that you wish to investigate before you begin to work on this assignment.
1.1 Provide a brief introduction of the organisation (existing or drawn from a scenario),
in a manner that clearly outlines the overall nature, focus and scope of its business
activities.
1.2 Present an analysis which identifies and distinguishes the organisational strategic
hierarchy of the organisation in terms of the following levels of strategy and
interrelationships between these levels:
a) corporate
b) business
c) functional
(ER 1.1)
a)
b) management decision-making style
(ER 1.2)
2.1 By applying at least one analytical tool or a combination of tools, examine the
organisation external macro environment for its impact on
business situation, sustainability and future outlook. Your discussion must include
each of the following macro environment factors:
a) political
b) legal
c) economic
d) technological
e) globalisation
f) socio-cultural
g) environmental (green)
2.2 By applying at least one analytical tool or combination of tools, examine the
organisation external micro environment for its impact on the
business situation, sustainability and future outlook. Your discussion must include
each of the following micro environment factors:
a) industry drivers
b) industry size, trends and growth
c) competition
d) profit and growth potential
e) other relevant (if any)
Note: Refer Appendix-1 for the list of applicable tools for the macro and micro
environment analysis.
(ER 2.1)
2.3 By applying at least two analytical tools or a combination of tools, examine the
internal environment for its impact on the business
situation, competitiveness and sustainability. Your discussion must be based on an
analysis of each of the following resource strengths and weaknesses:
a) product
b) technology
c) financial
d) human
e) organisation culture
f) infrastructural
g) intellectual
h) other relevant (if any)
Note: Refer Appendix-1 for the list of applicable tools for the internal environment
analysis
(ER 2.2)
3.1 In light of the analyses and discussion in Q 1.1 to Q 2.3, identify key success
factors for the organisation. Key success factors may include but are not limited to
the following:
a) technology-related
b) manufacturing-related
c) distribution-related
d) marketing-related
e) skills and capability-related
f) location
g) IPs
h) other relevant (if any)
3.2 Critically analyse each of the key success factors that you have identified in Q 3.1
for its implications for the organisation.
(ER 3.1)
(ER 3.3)
5.1 Critically examine the role and implications of Environmental Management for the
organisation in terms of the assumption under each of the following:
a) political
b) practical
c) ideological
(ER 5.1)
5.2 Critically examine the business practices the organisation engages with, and
discuss impacts of these practices on the environment and sustainability.
(ER 5.2)
5.3 In light of the analyses and discussion in Q 1.1 & 5.2, develop social responsibility
and environment sustainability strategies for the organisation, in a manner that
demonstrates the social and environmental conscience of the organisation.
(ER 5.3)
5.4 In light of the analyses and discussion in Q 1.1 & 5.2, present an analysis that
identifies methods that the organisation could potentially engage with for
communicating its commitment to corporate social responsibility and environmental
sustainability, in a manner that ensures engagement with stakeholders. Your
discussion must be based on a critical analysis of at least one of the following
methods:
a) AA1000 series
b) GRI series
c) ISO14000 series
d) Other relevant (if any)
(ER 5.4)
APPENDIX-1
Analytical tools may include but are not limited to the following:
o PEST analysis
o Scenario analysis
o Five Forces
o Industry/Product Life Cycle
o Industry Value Chain analysis
o Strategic Group Mapping
o Customer analysis
o Other relevant
Analytical tools may include but are not limited to the following:
o SWOT
o Value Chain analysis
o VRIO analysis
o Learning curve analysis
o Financial analysis
o Other relevant
Not
ER Comments Achieved
Achieved
1.1
1.2
2.1
2.2
3.1
3.2
3.3
4.1
4.2
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4