BPP Coursework Cover Sheet

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be before the cover/title page of your submission.

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Report/Assignment Title

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Declaration of Original Work:

I hereby declare that I have read and understood BPP’s regulations on plagiarism and that this is
my original work, researched, undertaken, completed and submitted in accordance with the
requirements of BPP School of Business and Technology.

The word count, excluding contents table, bibliography and appendices, is ___ words.

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BPP School of Business and Technology

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 BSc Accounting and Finance

Business Principles

Formative Assessment
Submission mode: Turnitin online access

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1. General Assessment Guidance

• Your formative assessment for this module is made up of this coursework submission.
• Please note late submissions will not be marked.
• You are required to submit all elements of your assessment via Turnitin online access. Only
submissions made via the specified mode will be accepted and hard copies or any other digital
form of submissions (like via email or pen drive etc.) will not be accepted.
• For formative coursework, the submission word limit is 1000 words. You must comply with the
word count guidelines. You may submit LESS than 1000 words but not more. Word Count
guidelines can be found on your programme home page and the coursework submission page.
• Do not put your name or contact details anywhere on your submission. You should only put
your student registration number (SRN) which will ensure your submission is recognised in the
marking process.
• You will be provided detailed feedback on this formative submission which should be followed
to improve your summative assessment.
• You are required to use only Harvard Referencing System in your submission. Any content which
is already published by other author(s) and is not referenced will be considered as a case of
plagiarism.
You can find further information on Harvard Referencing in the online library on the HUB. You
can use the following link to access this information:
http://bpp.libguides.com/Home/StudySupport
• BPP University has a strict policy regarding authenticity of assessments. In proven instances of
plagiarism or collusion, severe punishment will be imposed on offenders. You are advised to
read the rules and regulations regarding plagiarism and collusion in the GARs and MOPP which
are available on the Hub in the Academic registry section.
• You should include a completed copy of the Assignment Cover sheet. Any submission without
this completed Assignment Cover sheet may be considered invalid and not marked.

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Formative Assessment
Formative Assessment Brief Description

Organisations have different purposes for their existence. The dynamic external environment
continually presents opportunities and challenges however, an organisation’s ability to take
advantage of these opportunities and manage the associated challenges are dependent on how
well it evaluates the impact of these challenges from the external environment. Innovative and
agile organisations are likely to adapt and thrive successfully in these dynamic environments.
You are required to choose ONE business organisation from one of the links provided below.
Your chosen organisation should be used as context to answer the questions below.

Please see below links from where you can select a company/business, for your
formative/summative assessment.

• 100 Best Mid-sized Companies 2021: https://www.b.co.uk/lists/best-mid-sized-companies

NOTE: Please copy and paste the above URLS/links to a new tab and do not click on these.

You must choose one organisation from either “100 Best mid-sized Companies” or “100 Best
Large Companies”. You must ensure that there is sufficient quantity and quality of research
material (relating to your chosen business organisation) to support your answers. You will need
to contextualise the analysis in your answers to your chosen organisation.

Your answers must be presented in a professional format with no grammatical errors and the
word count must also not be more than 1000 words. All in-text citations should follow Harvard
Referencing format. You must have a complete reference list before the appendices, evidencing
all research sources used in your work. Any relevant material reflected upon in your answers
should be shown in the appendices and it will not be included in your word count.

Q1.

a) Using research on your chosen organisation, identify its type (e.g., partnership, public
limited company, private limited company, cooperative, etc.) and explain the benefits and
limitations of such an organisational type on its performance. (25 marks)
b) Research and identify two contrasting legal structures of businesses. Outline two
advantages and disadvantages for each of the identified legal entity. (25 marks)

Q2.

a) Using relevant tools or models, provide a detailed assessment of your chosen organisation’s
external environment (40 marks)
b) Identify and explain two key factors impacting on your chosen organisation’s industry (10
marks)

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Marking Guide (Formative Assessment)
Assignment Approach Marks Breakdown
Part
Question 1 a) An excellent answer to this question Identify the type of chosen
requires learners to identify the type organisation (5 marks)
of chosen organisation with at least Explain 2 benefits for the identified
two benefits and disadvantages organisational type (10 marks)
each for the identified Explain 2 limitations for the
organisational type. Learners should identified organisational type (10
explain how the benefits and marks)
disadvantages of the identified
organisational type impacts on the
chosen organisation’s performance
(25 marks)
b) Learners must identify two legal Identify 2 legal structures of
structures of businesses they are business organisations (9 marks)
familiar with. Learners must outline Outline 2 advantages for each
two advantages and disadvantages identified legal structure (8 marks)
for each of the identified legal Outline 2 disadvantages for each
structures (25 marks) identified legal structure (8 marks)
Question 2 a) An excellent evidence of a detailed Application of analytical tool # 1 for
assessment of the organisation’s a detailed assessment of the
external environment should focus organisation’s external
on a use of at least two external environment (20 marks)
analytical tools or frameworks such Application of analytical tool # 2 for
as PESTLE, Porter’s 5 Forces, SWOT a detailed assessment of the
etc. (40 marks) organisation’s external
environment (20 marks)
b) Identify and explain with reasons two Identification of 2 important
important environmental factors environmental factors (5 marks)
affecting your chosen organisation’s Clear explanation with reasons and
industry (10 marks) supporting facts (5 marks)