Task
Students are required to produce a report (LO8) on one international organization of their
choosing and address the following issues:
Task 1:
Brief introduction to the organisation and sector it operates in, including a summary of the
past 3 years’ revenue, operating profits and general overview of the business’s operational
activities (LO2).
Task 2:
An outline of one strategic business issue they are, or have recently, faced; contextualised
within the organisational setting, including an overview of relevant strategic decisions that
led to their current position (discussed through relevant literature, tools and techniques)
(LO2/3).
Task 3:
Critical analysis of why the issue has strategic implications and its impact on its
stakeholders (discussed through relevant literature and supported by other contemporary
examples) (LO2/6).
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SG7001 / Managing Strategy, Operations and Partnerships
In selecting the company to analyse, students will want to spend time identifying an
international organization which has experienced, or is experiencing, major issues as a result
of current and emerging global trends, and satisfy themselves that there are a number of
credible resources from which to refer. Well established media (e.g. BBC, Financial Times,
New York Times, etc) may be used to develop the context of the discussion, but the material
used to underpin the research and analysis should be from academic books and/or peer
reviewed academic journals.
