Sustainability Management Group Presentation: Organizational Assessment

Learning Outcomes

The assignment is aimed at assessing students’ knowledge regarding the five learning outcomes of the module as highlighted below:

1. Critically analyse the concept of sustainability and its theoretical development.

2. Critically examine how sustainability is managed by a range of organisations and its value and appropriateness to a range of new scenarios.

3. Critically analyse and evaluate how the process of sustainability is applied within a range of organisations.

4. Critically evaluate the relationship between sustainability challenges, sustainability theory and sustainability practice.

5. Apply a reflective, ethical and professional approach to the application of sustainability strategy, the development of principles and implementation.

The following tasks must be completed in the group presentation. Your findings from the audit should be presented in a 20-minute PowerPoint presentation, followed by tutor questioning for a further ten minutes, at a date to be agreed with the module tutor. Your presentation should be structured as follows:

Section 1:

Introduction to provide a brief overview of your organisation and the aims and objectives of your audit.

Section 2:

Critical examination of how sustainability is managed and valued by your chosen organisation. You should also provide examples from other organisations as comparisons.

Critical analysis and evaluation of one area of sustainability in your chosen organisation. For example, choose one area of sustainability such as the organisation’s approach to supply chain management, social sustainability or environmental sustainability.

Section 4:

Critical evaluation of the operational challenges of implementing sustainability in practice in your chosen organisation.

Section 5:

Conclusion and Recommendations for your organisation, including reflection on the organisation’s ethical and professional approach.

Guidelines:

You must underpin your analysis and evaluation of the key issues with appropriate and wide ranging academic research and ensure this is referenced using the AU Harvard system.

The My Study Skills Area on iLearn contains useful resources relating to referencing. Additional notes: Students are required to indicate the exact word count on the title page of the assessment.

Excellent analysis of key issues and concepts/. Excellent development of conceptual structures and argument, making consistent use of scholarly conventions. Excellent research skills, independence of thought, an extremely high level of intellectual rigour and consistency, exceptional expressive / professional skills, and substantial creativity and originality.

Excellent academic/intellectual skills. Work pushes the boundaries of the discipline and demonstrates an awareness of relevant ethical considerations. Work may be considered for publication by Arden university

Very good level of competence demonstrated. High level of theory application. Very good analysis of key issues and concepts. Development of conceptual structures and argument making consistent use of scholarly conventions. Some evidence of original thought and a general awareness of relevant ethical considerations

A satisfactory to good performance. Basic knowledge of key issues and concepts. Generally descriptive, with restricted analysis of existing scholarly material and little argument development. Use of scholarly conventions inconsistent. The work lacks original thought. Some awareness of relevant ethical considerations. Satisfactory professional skills (where appropriate). Marginal

Limited research skills impede use of learning resources and problem solving. Significant problems with structure/accuracy in expression. Very weak academic / intellectual / professional skills.

Limited use of scholarly conventions. Errors in expression and the work may lack structure overall.

A poor performance in which there are substantial gaps in knowledge and understanding, underpinning theory and ethical considerations.

Little evidence of research skills, use of learning resources and problem solving.

Major problems with structure/ accuracy in expression. Professional skills not present. Very weak academic / intellectual / professional skills. No evidence of use of scholarly conventions