Assignment: Business Report
Length: 2000 words.
Task:
Write a report describing and analysing a current business topic on a selection of people management aspects and issues within a company of your choice.
You must identify two different business/management topics within that company. The topics are to be chosen from the weekly session titles on this module. (Diversity, Leadership)
The company and the topics must be approved by the seminar tutor, who has the final say over which companies to use. It may be possible to combine different aspects but check with your tutor. Tesco, Whitbread, South west Airlines and John Lewis are barred as companies that you can choose.
For each topic, you are expected to incorporate at least one appropriate theory/model or recognised practice. For example, for Motivation you could include Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. For Leadership, you can use Theory X and Y etc.
In your conclusion, you are to include at least two recommendation as to how might the company/industry etc. improve the situation in the future.
The Topic/title:
1) The title needs to be agreed by the seminar tutor.
2) Feel free to discuss possibilities with colleagues and your lecturer. It's usually best to research a company and study the one that offers most information about internal HR policies and management practices.
3) ‘Describe' means ‘this is what happened', ‘Analyse' means ‘this is why it happened'.
4) Recommendations could relate to the future, or to what others could learn from this situation.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
(1) The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
(2) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
(3) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.