Describe a business report of Woolworths Limited in Australia
Describe a business report of Woolworths Limited in Australia.The aim of these three questions is for you learn how to:
Plan your final Business Report by planning its proposed Table of Contents(TOC).
Use academic ideas (i.e. theory and concepts from the textbook and peer reviewed academic journal articles) to help understand, analyse and critically examine real world organisations.
Find peer reviewed academic journal articles relevant to understanding management. Develop your academic and business writing skills.
Provide Deakin Harvardstyle in-text citations and a reference list. Ensure your answers meet the requirementsshown in the assignment marking rubric.
The three questions you must complete are:
1. Provide a Table of Contents(TOC) showing the section and sub-section headings you plan to use in your A1.3 Business Report.
2. Write a 500 word (+/- 10%) discussion on your chosen organisation’s general environment and analyse the impact of one real-life dimension in its general environment in 2016/17. You must use academic definitions and ideas to describe, structure, and support the information in your
discussion and analysis. Begin your research by reading pp. 32–41 of the textbook. In this answer you must include:
(a) a citation from the textbook
(b) a citation from a suitable peer reviewed management academic journal article
(c) a direct quotation using Deakin Harvard referencing style
(d) an indirect (paraphrased) quotation using Deakin Harvard referencing style.
3. Provide ONE reference list that includes the sources used in this task as well as the peer reviewed academic journal articles you plan to use in the A1.3 Business Report.
In this reference list you must include:
(a) the MMM132 textbook
(b) five relevant peer reviewed academic journal articles. One article relevant to question 2 in this A1.2 task and one article relevant to answering each of the questions 1-4 in the A1.3
FinalReport. (Normally you should only list works used in the body of this assessment but you are required to include the A1.3 academic journal articles for planning purposes).
(c) at least one reputable (non-academic) source of information about your organisation.
Four sections in the body of your report. Provide one section for each question.
1. Identify the purpose of your chosen organisation, its mission in 2016/7, and its profit/notfor-profit orientation. You must use academic definitions and ideas to describe, structure, and support the information in your discussion and analysis. Begin this by reading p.4, p.13
and p. 93 and Table 4.1 in the textbook. Remember to cite at least one academic journal. (200
words)
2. Discuss your chosen organisation’s specific environment and analyse the impact of one reallife dimension in its specific environment in 2016/17. You must use academic definitions and ideas to describe, structure, and support the information in your discussion and analysis.
Begin this by reading pp. 32–41 of the textbook. Remember to cite at least one academic journal. (600 words).
3. Discuss your chosen organisation’s ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). You must use academic definitions and ideas to describe, structure, and support the information in your discussion and analysis. Begin this by reading pp. 52–59 of the textbook. Remember to cite at least one academic journal. (600 words).
4. Discuss your chosen organisation’s culture. Also complete and report on your results in the personal insights quiz ‘What’s the Right Organisational Culture for Me?’ (Robbins et al., p. 46) and evaluate your results from this quiz and reflect on how well you think you might fit into this organisation’s structure and culture. You must use academic definitions and ideas to describe, structure, and support the information in your discussion and reflection. Begin by reading pp. reading pp. 42-44 and 46-47 of the textbook. Remember to cite at least one academic journal and cite the quiz with an in-text citation. (600words).
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