Sustaining the Business

PowerPoint Presentation

Assignment Brief

As part of the formal assessment for the programme you are required to submit a Sustaining the Business presentation. Please refer to your Student Handbook for full details of the programme assessment scheme and general information on preparing and submitting assignments.

Learning Outcomes:

After completing the module, you should be able to:

1. Critically evaluate the concept of business sustainability and the role of KPIs in monitoring sustainability.

2. Demonstrate a critical understanding of managing failure within a business and personal context.

3. Appraise the resilience of a business.

4. Critically evaluate the internal and external data used to make decisions within an organisational context.

5. Apply the Viable Systems Model to the organisation, in order to diagnose and mitigate threats to sustainability.

6. Appraise the development of the student's own practice during the taught element of the MBA programme and identify any further personal development opportunities that might be appropriate for them to pursue.

7. Communicate effectively both, verbally and in writing, using a range of media widely used in relevant professional context. Be IT, digitally and information literate.

Your assignment should include: a title page containing your student number, the module name, the submission deadline and a word count; the appendices if relevant; and a reference list in Arden University (AU) Harvard format. You should address all the elements of the assignment task listed below. Please note that tutors will use the assessment criteria set out below in assessing your work.

Assignment Task - Presentation

Question 1

You are required to produce a verbally narrated presentation consisting of ten power point slides with accompanying narration embedded into each slide. The presentation should address an issue of business sustainability, reflecting the contribution of all business functions in an organisation of your choice. This will allow you to demonstrate competence in the first five learning outcomes i.e.

a. Critically evaluate the concept of business sustainability and the role of KPIs in monitoring sustainability.

b. Demonstrate a critical understanding of managing failure within a business context.

c. Appraise the resilience of a business.

d. Critically evaluate the internal and external data used to make decisions within an organisational context.

e. Apply the Viable Systems Model to the organisation concerned, in order to diagnose and mitigate threats to sustainability.

Clearly you will be able to address some outcomes in more detail than others but your presentation will need to address all to at least some extent.

Reflection

Assignment Brief

As part of the formal assessment for the programme you are required to submit a Sustaining the Business reflection. Please refer to your Student Handbook for full details of the programme assessment scheme and general information on preparing and submitting assignments.

Learning Outcomes:

After completing the module, you should be able to:

1. Critically evaluate the concept of business sustainability and the role of KPIs in monitoring sustainability.

2. Demonstrate a critical understanding of managing failure within a business and personal context.

3. Appraise the resilience of a business.

4. Critically evaluate the internal and external data used to make decisions within an organisational context.

5. Apply the Viable Systems Model to the organisation, in order to diagnose and mitigate threats to sustainability.

6. Appraise the development of the student's own practice during the taught element of the MBA programme and identify any further personal development opportunities that might be appropriate for them to pursue.

7. Communicate effectively both, verbally and in writing, using a range of media widely used in relevant professional context. Be IT, digitally and information literate.

Your assignment should include: a title page containing your student number, the module name, the submission deadline and a word count; the appendices if relevant; and a reference list in Arden University (AU) Harvard format. You should address all the elements of the assignment task listed below. Please note that tutors will use the assessment criteria set out below in assessing your work.

Maximum word count: 1000 words

Assignment Task - Reflection

You are required to produce a reflection of one thousand words maximum on your development through the programme and your plans for your future career. In this you should appraise your development during the taught element of the MBA programme by evaluating your performance and behaviour against the objectives set in your initial assessment in the Personal and Business Transformation module. In addition, identify any further personal development opportunities that might be appropriate for you to pursue. This reflection should also address the personal element of learning outcome 2, i.e. demonstrate a critical understanding of managing failure within a personal context.