INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT
CASE ANALYSIS
Master of Management
September Semester 2024
MGT71104
Strategic Management
Individual Written Assignment (20% of overall module grade)
Based on the case study – ‘Amazon.com ’ from myTIMeS, answer the following questions.
QUESTION
Using illustrative case study, the students are required to critically evaluate the vision and mission statement, identify and analyse ethical challenges and cultural complexities faced by the international corporation, and its impact on the organizational performance. Students are also required to include appropriate strategic approaches to solve the ethical and cultural issues. The following components must be critically discussed in your assignment. Please use at least TEN (10) scholarly articles to support your argument.
(a) Vision and mission analysis
(b) Identify and analyse the ethical challenges and cultural complexities
(c) Analyse the consequences of ethical challenges and cultural complexities on organizational performance
(d) Outline how you would attempt to resolve the ethical challenges and cultural complexities with appropriate strategic approaches
Assignment Format:
The assignment must be typewritten using:
a) Time News Roman font sized 12 and 1.5 line spacing.
b) Length: maximum of 1,500 words, not including reference list, tables, charts, illustrations. Marks will be deducted for excessive length.
c) Minimum of 10 scholarly articles for reference.
d) Please include the word count at the end of your assignment.
Reminders:
Please provide clear in-text referencing and reference list (use Harvard Referencing Method). Plagiarism will be penalised.
Upload your assignment to Turnitin via the assignment submission box created in myTiMES.
Arrange your work in the following sequence:
1) Assignment cover page
2) Table of content
3) The main body of work (with headings)
4) Reference list using Harvard referencing
5) Appendices (if any)
6) Feedback form.
7) Turnitin report
Example Harvard referencing
In text:
According to Adams (1999) learning to reference correctly is good academic practice …
and
“correct referencing is essential if you are to succeed in academic study” (Adams 1999,p. 123) In the reference list:
Adams,B. 1999. The importance of good referencing. Chicago: Random House
Deadline: 11th October 2024, 5pm, Friday
MARKING RUBRIC FOR INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT- STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
TGC
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Criteria
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Outstanding (80-100%)
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Mastering (65-79%)
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Developing (0-64%)
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Marks
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5.4
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Professional ethics:
Execute
ethical
reasoning in the context of research and/or
professional practice.
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Independently applies and assesses ethical
perspectives/concepts to an ethical question accurately and is able to consider full
implications of the application.
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Independently applies and assesses ethical
perspectives/concepts to an ethical question accurately but does
not consider the
specific implications of the application.
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Applies and assesses ethical perspectives/ concepts to an ethical question with support (using examples, in a class,in a group, or a fixed-choice setting) but is unable to apply ethical
perspectives/concepts independently (to a
new example).
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/20
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