LSC UoS BA in Business Studies
Assignment Brief
Course/Programme: BA Business Studies
Level: 6
Module Title: Contemporary Management Issues in the 21st Century
Module Leader:
Assignment titles: Case Study
Assignment number: 2
Weighting: 50%
Date given out:
Submission date:
Eligible for late submission (3 working days, with penalty)?
Yes
Method of submission: X Online only Online and paper copy
Special instructions for submission (if any):
Date for results and feedback:
Employability skills assessed: C1: Reading, selecting, analysing and synthesising information from a range of sources
C2: Producing different types of document C3: Participating in discussions LP1: Develop a strategy for using a range of skills to
improve own learning and performance IT1: Preparing information IT2: Processing and presenting information IT3: Reviewing the use of information technology LP2: Review and Critically Reflect on Progress LP3: Evaluate overall effectiveness of strategy and
present achievements N1: Collecting and recording data
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N2: Working with data N3: Presenting your findings PS1: Develop a strategy for using skills in problem
solving, for a short-term routine problem and a longer term extended problem.
PS2: Monitor progress and adapt any problem solving strategy as necessary to achieve the quality of outcomes required when tackling one complex problem with at least three options.
PS3: Evaluate your overall strategy considered in PS2 and consider improvements.
S1: Plan personal work schedules S2: Monitor and manage progress on prolonged
tasks S3: Review achievement of objectives and the
effectiveness of your own self-management skills
WWO2: Working towards identified targets
Learning outcomes assessed:
LO1: Understand the dynamic of business management issues in the contemporary global business environment
LO2: Critically evaluate a wide range of contemporary management issues by synthesizing relevant theories
LO3: Assess and critically evaluate the significance of contemporary change and the impacts on decisions, behaviours, human capital and the organisation configuration
LO4: Critically analyse and evaluate an organisational situation and change so as to inform and improve performance and enhance value
LO5: Evidence highly developed autonomous learning skills, problem solving and the ability to clearly and appropriately communicate findings and recommendations.
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TASK DESCRIPTION – Individual Case Study Analysis TASK
Description of Assessment Requirements:
Study the following article carefully and complete the tasks below:
Leadership in Crisis: Ernest Shackleton and the Epic Voyage of the Endurance by Nancy F. Koehn
http://www.gonder.org.tr/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/salvipdf.pdf
Tasks:
1. Martha Lagace states: “One of the great challenges of managing or leading in turbulence is being able to play to your stronger suit as a leader and also play to others’ stronger suits. Lincoln did it, Shackleton did it, Gandhi, Frederick Douglass, and many others have done it. We need to be able to help our students understand how they can do it both in “big L” leadership contexts, and, as HBS Dean Kim Clark says, in “small l” leadership roles”. (Harvard Business School, Shakelton: An Entrepreneur of Survival, 2003, p.3). How would you characterise Shackleton’s leadership style? What are the important lessons that can be learned from the article in the context of contemporary business organisations in a crisis? (LO 2).
2. In relation to a business example of your choosing, critically analyse and evaluate an organisational situation by drawing on the schools of leadership. Make recommendations for improving performance and enhancing value. (LO 4)
LENGTH REQUIRED
1500 words.
FORMATTING AND LAYOUT
Please note the following when completing your written assignment:
1. Writing: Written in English in an appropriate business/academic style 2. Focus: Focus only on the tasks set in the assignment. 3. Document format: Report 4. Ensure a clear title, course, and name or ID number is on a cover sheet and a reference
using Harvard referencing throughout is also provided. 5. Research: Research should use reliable and relevant sources of information e.g.
academic books and journals that have been peer reviewed. The research should be extensive.
The use of a range of information sources is expected – academic books, peer reviewed journal articles, professional articles, press releases and newspaper articles, reliable statistics, company annual reports and other company information. All referencing should be in Harvard style. (LO5)
