Module Code: BUS4010
Module Title: Contemporary Business Environment
Maximum word count: 2000 words
Assignment Task
The assessment will take the form of a company appraisal by searching international businesses of your choice with accessible corporate site resources to fulfil the needs of the assignment.
You should research widely using a range of academic and industry sources to enable you to examine theory, concepts and models and show how these can be applied in practice of your chosen organisation.
You will need to ensure that the company appraisal includes a title page, contents page, introduction, main body including subheadings, a conclusion and references in the correct AU Harvard style as required by the University.
Task 1:
- Identify two or more different types of organisations, their structures, and stakeholders.
- Discuss how digitisation has impacted the organisations’ structure, operations, and strategies with examples.
- Explain at least one leadership and one management theory and the leadership challenges upon your chosen organisation. (1200 words) (LOs: 1, 2, 4,)
Task 2
- Explain at least one key component of microeconomics and macroeconomics theories and their impacts on organisational behaviour and the national economy.
- Select at least two global issues and then reflect on how the chosen organisation handles these issues.
Note: examples of global issues are cultural diversity, ethical decision-making, accountability etc).(800 words) (Los: 3,5)
