As part of the formal assessment for the programme you are required to submit a Contemporary Business Environment 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. Identifying different types of organisations, their structures and stakeholders 2. Discuss the role and impact of digitisation on the business structure, operations and strategies of contemporary business organisations
3. Explain the key components of micro- and macroeconomics theories and their impacts on organisational behaviour and the national economy
4. Examine leading theories of management, leadership and control and discuss the challenges posed by contemporary business models
5. Understand global issues and their place in a globalised economy, ethical decision-making and accountability. Adopt self-awareness, openness and sensitivity to diversity in culture
The assessment will take the form of a company appraisal by searching international businesses of your choice with accessible corporate site resources to fulfil the needs of the assignment.
You should research widely using a range of academic and industry sources to enable you to examine theory, concepts and models and show how these can be applied in practice of your chosen organisation.
You will need to ensure that the company appraisal includes a title page, contents page, introduction, main body including subheadings, a conclusion and references in the correct AU Harvard style as required by the University
Task 1: • Identify two or more different types of organisations, their structures, and stakeholders.
• Discuss how digitisation has impacted the organisations’ structure, operations, and strategies with examples.
• Explain at least one leadership and one management theory and the leadership challenges upon your chosen organisation.
Task 2 • Explain at least one key component of microeconomics and macroeconomics theories and their impacts on organisational behaviour and the national economy.
• Select at least two global issues and then reflect on how the chosen organisation handles these issues. Note: examples of global issues are cultural diversity, ethical decision-making, accountability etc).
