SIM336 Stategic Management Assignment Help

Learning outcomes:

Upon successful completion of this module, students will have demonstrated:

Knowledge

K1. Understanding of the origins and various approaches to strategy

K2. Understanding of the complexity of the relationships between the organisation and its environment

K3. Understanding of international/global strategic thinking

K4. Understanding of the application of strategy ideas in practice

Skill

S1. The ability to analyse the complexity of organisations and their environments

S2. The ability to synthesise earlier, diverse and possible piecemeal studies of the organisation, assimilate new theoretical models, and offer solutions relative to strategic issues

S3. The ability to evaluate existing models and methodologies against observations of the practices of real organisations

Please read carefully the following instructions:

All students are required to submit their assignment via the module in Canvas and JIRA. The penalty for students that do not submit their assignments through the module in Canvas and JIRA is that they will fail the assignment.

Students may submit assignment drafts prior to the submission date to generate originality reports. The last submission of the assignment prior to the submission date will be deemed as the final submission for assessment purposes.

All work submitted must adhere to the University Policy on ‘Cheating, Collusion and Plagiarism’ You must not submit an assignment that analyses the mobile phone industry and or a mobile phone company.

Task:

You are required to submit an individual report of 3,000 words, which can be based on an organization or idea of your own choice. The strategic analysis must be related to a recognised aspect of business policy, strategic management or the philosophical underpinning of a particular methodology within the public or private sector strategic management domain.

If your analysis is of an organisation then do not submit a functional analysis; for example do not submit a strategic marketing analysis or a strategic human resource analysis. You should be applying the concepts and models from the topics that are within the module to your chosen organisation. The report must be written in a recognised style, i.e. table of contents, introduction, main analysis, conclusions, recommendations, references and bibliography. You must apply the Harvard system of referencing in your report. The word count must be stated on the front page of your assignment. The word count includes the introduction, main analysis, conclusions, recommendations, diagrams, tables, figures and graphs; the word count does not include the front page, executive summary and or abstract, contents page, references, bibliography and appendices. A penalty will be applied for exceeding the word count. The penalties that will be applied for exceeding the word count can be found in Table 1.

Objectives

To analyse a business policy or strategic management topic, to carry out individual research or evaluation of an organization.

Requirements

Meet the learning outcomes listed above, identify and critically analyse fundamental issues related to strategic management. Undertake a study that shows clear evidence of synthesis and evaluation.

There are a number of ways you might carry out this assignment. Here are a few ideas: Use a theoretical model to reflect upon the reality (practice) of a situation. Use theory to predict the outcomes of practice. Use practice to reflect upon / modify theory.

1. Compare theory and practice: for example; does M.E. Porter’s (1985) model of competition support the experience of practitioners? i.e. use a practical example/case/ issue to reflect on Porter’s model(s) and examine success and/or failure.

2. A case study approach: for example, is Satya Nadella, C.E.O. managing Microsoft as effectively as he might? i.e. do an analysis of Microsoft’s performance in relation to declared (or undeclared) strategy and the efficacy of his strategy.

3. A recovery plan: for example, my advice to the Chief Executive Officer of the Toshiba Corporation is i.e. suggest a way forward for the organization in light of their poor performance over recent years.

4. A risk management strategy: for example, my advice to Tesco’s Chief Executive Officer in light of their 2014/5 £6.4 Billion trading loss.

These are merely examples of approaches you might take; thinking up your own ideas might be more productive and fun. You are encouraged where practical to discuss your ideas with your tutor prior to commencing the assignment.

Assessment Criteria

Your seminar tutor on the basis of the following general criteria will assess the paper:

• The university generic assessment criteria

• Discretion - additional credit may be awarded to a student who tackles a difficult subject well.

The “Presentation” element of the Generic Assessment Criteria will be used to assess the report structure.

Table 1 Applied Penalties for exceeding the word count.

Assessment Regulations

For further information regarding Assessment Regulations, extenuating circumstances or extensions and academic integrity, please refer to your Programme Handbook on the University of Sunderland in London information page on Canvas.

Reading List

Please access your reading list from the library website. To access it, please go to https://moduleresources.sunderland.ac.uk/ and search for your module.

Submission guidelines

There are currently two steps that you need to follow to ensure that you successfully submit your work for marking. Your submission links will become available approximately 3 weeks prior to your submission deadline, along with detailed instructions on how to submit your assignment, but in the meantime please feel free to also watch this Assignment Submission Instructions video.

Grading

You will be marked in accordance to the University of Sunderland assessment criteria attached below. The assessment criteria covers; Relevance, Knowledge, Analysis, Argument and Structure, Critical Evaluation, Presentation, Reference to Literature.