Guidelines For Assignment

Guidelines For Assignment 

1. If assignment is Question & Answer based then. 

Introduction is needed for each question. 
Question has to be answered based on the mark allotted for each question with references if any idea or information is taken from other source.  

2. If assignment is case based then, 

Executive summary 
Table of content 
Body of assignment (questions related to case need to be answered) 

Conclusion / Recommendation if any 

What are the penalties? 
The penalties for plagiarism are: 
Deduction of marks, 
A mark of zero for the assignment or the unit, or 
Exclusion from the program.

Preamble 

This assignment should be based on your current employer/business or a business with which you have had some recent exposure and with which you are familiar. 

Presenting your findings 

Your report should be presented in a management report format which includes an: 
Executive summary (make it brief, no more than 2 pages),.

Also Introduce the business entity in consideration, its history, milestones it has achieved in past, market share, industry it operates, industry analysis etc. 

Your report should incorporate the following steps: 

1.Identify the firm’s existing vision, and mission statement. Develop vision and mission statements for the organization, what you think it should be as, per knowledge developed in your study. 

2.(a) Do PESTEL analysis of business. 
   (b) Do SWOT analysis  

3.Construct a Competitive Profile Matrix (CPM). 

4.Construct an External Factor Evaluation (EFE) Matrix 

5.Construct an Internal Factor Evaluation (IFE) Matrix

6.Recommend long-term objectives for your company.

7.What strategies would you be recommending to achieve your long term organizational objectives as you have stated in previous question. You may use Strengths-Weaknesses-Opportunities-Threats (SWOT) Matrix, Strategic Position and Action Evaluation (SPACE) Matrix, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Matrix, Internal-External (IE) Matrix, Grand Strategy Matrix, and Quantitative Strategic Planning Matrix (QSPM) to substantiate your strategy choice. {Use as many as necessary, need not be all. Like, you may not need QSPM, unless you need to choose out of alternative strategies.} 

8.What Management, Marketing, Finance/Accounting, R&D and CIS issue, if any ,you foresee. Your recommendations to address them. 

9.Recommend procedures you’ll have in place for strategy review, evaluation and control specific to your business entity.

Type of organization .

If your organization is part of a larger international organization, you may consider only your country's division. Avoid considering individual departments or sections of an organization as this will constrain you to deal with functional-level strategy only. 

If your organization is a government department, proceed with an analysis of that division, providing, it is a budgetary center. Dealing with a subdivision will constrain you to deal with functional-level strategy only. 

If your organization is an independent, not-for-profit entity, proceed according to the advice above. 

Make sure the conclusion is not just a summary of your recommendations. Emphasize the key recommendations in your conclusion and consider how they might be actioned.