HC303: Global Business Environment
Trends in the Global Business Environment Assignment
This assignment is designed to assess your level of knowledge of the key topics covered in this unitUnit Learning Outcomes Assessed:1
- Discover, analyse and evaluate social, economic, political, and technological trends both in particular countries and across the globe.
- Analyse and evaluate trends to assess how these trends may impact on business in general or on a specific organisation.
- Apply research skills to assist clients to evaluate social, economic, political, and technological trends.4.Demonstrate familiarity with the academic literature on the macro environment and a capacity pursues life-long learning.
- Demonstrate the capacity to write persuasive reports containing soundrecommendations, in preparation for a career in business or government.
Description: Each week students were provided with three tutorial questions of varying degrees of difficulty. These tutorial questions are available in the Tutorial Folder for each week on Blackboard. The Interactive Tutorials are designed to assist students with the process, skills and knowledge to answer the provided tutorial questions. Your task is to answer a selection of tutorial questions covered over Week 2 to Week 11 inclusive. The assessment contains 6 questions. Answer all 6 questions.
Students who cite a minimum of 12 peer-reviewed academic articles(in total) in the text to support their assertions, and list all references appropriately at the end of the report using Harvard referencing style may receive higher marks than those who do not cite relevant materials.The questions to be answered are:
- Question 1(7 marks)(Week 3)How do Gannon’s cultural metaphors differ from how Hofstede uses culture to classify countries? (Support your arguments with key research findings on diversity management).Answer this question in 300 words.
- Question 2: (7marks)Week 5Which do you think would be more effective for shaping long-term ethical behaviour in an organisation: a written code of ethics combined with ethics training or strong ethical leadership? Which would have more impact on you? Why? (Support your arguments with key research findings on organisational ethics).Answer this question in 300 words.
- Question 3: (11marks)Week 5A business executive once said, ‘A company’s first obligation is to be profitable. Unprofitable enterprises can’t afford to be socially responsible’. Define the concept of ‘corporate social responsibility’ and how to evaluate it along with economic, legal,ethical and discretionary criteria. In your opinion, what are some difficulties in understanding social responsibility in today’s organisations? (Support your arguments with key research findingson CSR in contemporary organisations). Answer this questionin 300 words.