The Task:

Business organisations around the world are struggling with a new role, which is to meet the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of the next generations to meet their own needs. Organisations are required to take responsibility for the ways their operations impact societies and the natural environment. They are also being asked to apply sustainability principles to the ways in which they conduct their business. In this context the main challenge is to deal with Globalization's environmental, social and economic implications, for business managers and to identify and evaluate company specific best practices. In light of this discussion which is related to Globalisation and sustainable development your task in this patch work is to explain some of the core aspects of globalisation and sustainable development. Your final task must reflect an analysis of the following questions.

1. Explain the impact of globalisation in terms of Resources such as food, water, energy, land and minerals.

2. Explain the concept of sustainable development and discuss the idea that overconsumption around the world is a serious threat to sustainability. 100 words

3. Discuss the Role for markets, governments, NGOs and consumers in relation to sustainable development.

4. Explain the challenges facing sustainable development.

5. In conclusion summarise your ideas and suggest your recommendations for the sustainable development.

References: Harvard referencing must be used.

To complete your portfolio and pass this module, you must undertake the following:

- Complete Parts 1 - 4 (above)
- Write a reflective commentary for Part 5 considering how Parts 1-4 contribute to your understanding of the task.

Note:
Patches 1- 4 are what we term "formative" assessment, which means that even though the completion of this work is a formal requirement of this module, this work does not contribute to your final grade at the end of the year. Your final grade is determined by the completion of Patch 5. This assessment is what we refer to as "summative".

If you do not complete all aspects of this assessment, formative and summative, you will automatically be deemed not to have completed the work for the year, and therefore will fail.

By the end of this module students should be able to
- Identify a range of issues and debates through which to illustrate the impact of the business environment on business activity.
- Evaluate the conceptual categorisation of the business environment, and use models based on this categorisation in analysis.
- Describe how different business functions respond to changes in the business environment.
- Use, interpret and understand a range of statistical and non-statistical tools and techniques to analyse business data and information.
- Reflect upon learning and make connections between issues, business activity and appropriate data