Contemporary Management Issues Assignment: Evaluating Ethical and Social Responsibility of an Organi

As part of the formal assessment for the programme you are required to submit a Contemporary Management Issues assignment. Please refer to your Student Handbook for full details of the programme assessment scheme and general information on preparing and submitting assignments.

After completing the module, you should be able to:

1. Exhibit an understanding of the key dynamic forces impacting on business and society.

2. Critically evaluate the relationship between the such forces in terms of effective strategic decision making.

3. Prepare an evaluation of an organisation’s responses to key dynamic forces in the contemporary business world.

4. Select and use decision making tools to address contemporary drivers for change.

5. Analyse the relevant theoretical foundations to support the identification and application of effect corporate responses to contemporary management issues.

Your assignment should include: a title page containing your student number, the module name, the submission deadline and a word count; the appendices if relevant; and a reference list in Arden University (AU) Harvard format. You should address all the elements of the assignment task listed below. Please note that tutors will use the assessment criteria set out below in assessing your work.

Question 1

Select any ONE organisation with which you are familiar or can research from publicly available sources.

Drawing upon appropriate sources of information, critically evaluate how increasing pressure to operate businesses in an ethical and socially responsible manner impacts upon its business decision-making for the future and its operations and assess the effectiveness of its current response/s to that pressure.

Please note the following instructions for the assignment:

You will need to undertake some secondary research to complete the assignment and to develop the evidence base to support your conclusions. Higher marks are awarded to those students that display an ability to evaluate and provide a critical review of the evidence - i.e. to assess the value and reliability of different sources before drawing their conclusions. You may select any country or organisation upon which to base your research but you are strongly recommended to select an organisation that you have worked for or one you feel you can research easily.

In order to assist with your learning and to give you some early feedback you are encouraged to engage with your tutor to receive formative feedback. The formative feedback for this module assessment is available on the module page.

The feedback is designed to help you develop areas of your work and it helps you develop your skills as an independent learner.

If you do decide to complete the formative work, in order to receive feedback, submit to the module tutor two weeks before the final submission.

The tutor’s email address can be found on the module front page on iLearn and you will receive feedback within seven days.

A very good knowledge base which explores and analyses the discipline, its theory and any associated ethical issues. There is evidence of some originality and independence of thought. A very good range of learning resources underpin the work and there is clear evidence of self-directed research. The work demonstrates the ability to analyse the subject and apply theory with good academic and intellectual skills. Academic writing skills are good, expression is accurate overall and the work is consistently referenced throughout.

A satisfactory understanding of the discipline which supports some analysis, evaluation and problem-solving within the discipline. There may be reference to some of the ethical considerations. The work shows a sound level of competence in managing basic sources and materials. Academic writing skills are good and accurate overall and the work is planned and structured with some thought. Professional skills are satisfactory (where appropriate). The work may lack originality but academic and intellectual skills are moving into the critical domain. The work is referenced throughout.