Organisational studies
READ AND UNDERSTAND THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS:
1. This assessment is made up of a Case Study of Marks and Spencer.
2. You are required to provide answers to the assessment questions based on information from the case study.
3. Take note of the mark scheme and word count allotted to each question (this is only a guidance and you can distribute the word count in a different way if needed).
Assessment Questions
Marks and Spencer is one of the UK giant companies with the presence of the British and Minternational markets for more than a century. The company has been going through ups and downs in its performance over these years Focusing on the last three decades with a historical/chronological observation
1) Assess its main success and setback periods since its establishment and how they manifested themselves (300 words)
2) Identify the types of management styles the company adopted during these different periods of success and the factors that led to adopting particular management styles over these periods and how these management styles impacted the company (700 words)
3) Critically analyse the four models of organisational environments, as you studied in this module, that the company operated in (500 words). Learning Outcomes Assessed
LO2: Identify the elements of the organisational environment and their impact on resource allocation and decision making within organisations.
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LO3: Distinguish between organisation as an entity and organisation as a key management
task within firms.
LO6: Assess various management styles and list their advantages and disadvantages.
LO7: Develop critical reasoning and analytical skills by identifying the role and importance of
organisational functions.
Reading List
1. Hamilton, L., & Webster, P. (2018). The International Business Environment (4th
ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2. Lecture slides.
Deadline:
Submission Dates and Times
You must submit your work on Turnitin.
Submission forms are not in use during the
distance learning changes.
Friday 17 June, 2022 at 12:00pm (noon)
Penalties:
Penalties will be applied to any work submitted late. No submissions may be made after 24
hours – work will not be accepted or marked.
Candidates who exceed the word count by more than 10% should have 10 percentage marks
deducted. Word count excludes, title, candidate number, bibliography and appendices.
It includes the body of the text, all footnotes and in-text referencing.
If a candidate is late (but within 24 hours of the deadline) with their submission, they should
have 10 percentage marks deducted.
Attention – Please note:
You must do all of the following:
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• On the front sheet of your assignment write SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT 1 FOR
ORGANISATIONAL STUDIES. Also, on this front sheet, include your candidate number
and the total word count of your assessment (the word count should not exceed 10% above
the required number of words for this assignment).
• Write your candidate number on the top right corner of each page of your work.
• Make sure all quotes, summaries and paraphrases are correctly referenced as explained
in the RHI Harvard Referencing Guide. In addition, make sure a full alphabetical
bibliography is included at the end of your written reflection, if this is appropriate,
detailing all texts cited in the body of the work and any others that have been consulted.
The Bibliography must follow the format laid out in the RHI Harvard Referencing Guide.
• Avoid using Wikipedia and other commercial websites as sources because they may not be
acceptable as evidence in your writing. If you have any doubts about what sources are
viewed as non-academic, please check with your tutor.
• Word process your work in Arial or Times Roman in size 12 font and use double-spacing.
• Make it clear where paragraphs begin and end by leaving an extra space between
paragraphs.
• Ensure that your word processor uses UK spelling and adheres to UK grammar rules.
