Assignment Proposal: Formative and Summative Assessments

This assignment requires you to produce an initial proposal of (Formative) about a topic you will like to write about in your final report. Please note that, the formative (proposal) element does not go into your final grading but it is a requirement before you can submit your final report (summative) as the final report will be based on the proposal.

FORMATIVE

• Produce a formative assessment of 1000 words identifying an issue or problem incorporate governance or strategy in an organisation of your choice.
• You are recommended to use your own organisation but you may use any organisation that is well known to you.
• The proposal should explain why the issue or problem you have identified is important. There should also be a brief literature review about the area of proposed research as well as details ofthe methods to be used for both primary and secondary research.
• The proposal will include a Gantt chart showing the projected start and finish of the finalsummativeproject.

SUMMATIVE

• Based on the feedback you will receive from the formative assignment; you are to produce a 6000- word report which should include the following:
• An introduction that reviews the background of the organisation and the issues or problemsfaced.
• A literature review that discusses the key areas of theory applicable in thiscase.
• A discussion of the secondary and primary research undertaken to analyse the problem orissue.
• A critical review of the results of the secondary and primary research.
• A recommendation and action plan that proposes solutions to the problem of issue based onyour findings.

The summative assessment should include the following:

• Introduction, background of organisation and review of the problem faced.
• Literature review.
• Discussion of the secondary and primary research undertaken.
• Critical review of the results of the research.
• Recommendation and action plan.
• 5% of the remaining marks will be allocated to general assignment parameters including but not restricted to structure, synthesis, referencing etc. This assignment has been designed to provide you with an opportunity to demonstrate your achievement of the following module learning outcomes:

LO1. Critically evaluate the industry life cycle of a chosen organisation and reflect on the existing corporate strategy

LO 2 Compare and contrast the board’s corporate governance structure and effectiveness.

LO 3 Prepare a board crisis action plan for a natural disaster of unforeseen event of catastrophic proportions.

LO 4 Critically analyse a corporate governance failure and suggest actions that can be taken to reduce or eliminate any similar such occurrences from happening in the future

LO 5 Critically analyse the various methods of data collection in order to conduct research into complex organisational issues using both primary and secondary research techniques.

Task requirements

• Use Times New Roman font size 11 with 1.5-line spacing.
• Insert page numbers at the bottom of each page
• You must have a cover sheet with your student ID, Name and word count
• The aim of the assignment is to produce an individual written report with actionplan.
• The assessment consists of two parts. There will be one formative assessment and onesummative assessment.
• The formative assessment will consist of a proposal comprising a 1000-word report. This report will include a brief introduction to the issue or problem in corporate governance and strategy in a specific organisation along with a discussion of why the issue is important. Students will be required to produce a brief literature review about the area of proposed research as well as the details of the methods they will use for both primary and secondary data collections. As part of the formative assessment, students will be required to produce a Gantt chart showing the projected start and finish dates of the final summative project.