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Suffolk Business School: Assignment Brief

This document provides an assignment brief for a 2000-word individual report on the impacts of PESTLEE factors on a chosen organization. Students must: 1) Describe positive and negative political, economic, social, technological, legal, environmental, and ethical impacts on the organization. 2) Identify key challenges faced using a PESTLEE analysis. 3) Examine organizational responses to challenges in business strategy, HR, marketing, finance, and IT. 4) Summarize findings and provide recommendations. The report must be professionally presented with in-text citations and a reference list in UOS Harvard style. It carries 70% of the overall module grade.

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Suffolk Business School: Assignment Brief

This document provides an assignment brief for a 2000-word individual report on the impacts of PESTLEE factors on a chosen organization. Students must: 1) Describe positive and negative political, economic, social, technological, legal, environmental, and ethical impacts on the organization. 2) Identify key challenges faced using a PESTLEE analysis. 3) Examine organizational responses to challenges in business strategy, HR, marketing, finance, and IT. 4) Summarize findings and provide recommendations. The report must be professionally presented with in-text citations and a reference list in UOS Harvard style. It carries 70% of the overall module grade.

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Suffolk Business School

Assignment Brief
Course/Programme: BA (Hons) International Business
Level: Foundation
Module Title: Business in Context (LDT3104)
Module Leader: Mohammad Touseef
Assignment title: Individual Report

Assignment number: Component 2


Weighting: 70% of overall module grade

Date given out: Saturday 31st July 2021


Submission date: Saturday 11th September 2021 @ 12:00 noon
Eligible for late submission (3 Yes
working days, with penalty)?
Method of submission: Online only Online and paper
X copy
Special instructions for Word count (excluding reference list, charts, diagrams,
submission (if any): figures and appendices): 2,000 words.

Date for results and feedback: Thursday 30th September 2021


Learning outcomes assessed:  Present possible internal business responses to
*** modification form says these external influences in relation to business
report is to cover learning strategy, human resources, marketing, financial
outcomes 1 and 2, not
management and information systems
number 3
Assignment brief:
You have been recently hired as a "business executive" with a major management
consulting firm based in London. Your firm has been approached by XYZ company (an
organisation of your choice), who are struggling following the decision of Brexit and have
hired your firm to provide a detailed report on the broad-based environmental challenges
and opportunities available for them. Your line manager has asked you to give a report
based on the following:
 Describe some of the positive and negative impacts of the PESTLEE environmental
factors on your client's organisation, i.e. the political, economic, social/cultural,
technological, legal, ethical and environmental factors that may influence company’s
strategies. 
 Using your PESTLEE analysis, identify some key challenges faced by your chosen
organisation.
 Examine how the chosen organisation is responding to such challenges in relation to
its business strategy (e.g., human resources, marketing, financial management and
information systems).
 Summarise your findings with the help of a conclusion and provide
recommendations.

Presentation:
Your work should be professionally presented as a report, which should put forward
structured arguments, which are supported by referenced sources throughout and using
examples to illustrate your discussion. Detailed guidance on writing reports is available at
http://libguides.uos.ac.uk/assignment-toolkit/report

 This assignment carries 70% weightage in the overall grade


 This report will be 2,000 words (+/- 10%). Work that is below (1800 words) or above
(2200 words) the word count will take a mark penalty.  Of…..?
 This is an individual assignment. and will be graded accordingly.(according to what?
If you are giving fixed % to different areas, that’s fine, but you need to be saying
what they are)
 This assignmnetassignment carries 70% weightage in the overall grade. ** this
needs to be the first bullet point
 Professional, clear writing style – no informal language/slang; no writing in the first
person (I, We etc.); no contractions (it’s, can’t, aren’t etc.); a formal tone throughout
 Word processed with the font ideally being Times New Roman, Arial or a similar
style, 12 point.
 You must double space your work and include page numbers. 
 You must use UOS Harvard Referencing format for in-text citations and your
reference list
 Short Introduction
 Main body of text
o Use Headings / Subheadings
o Analysis not description
o Use of academic theory and industry publications
 Conclusion
o Why does it matter / What are the implications?
o Recommendations
 Reference List
 You can include: headings and appendices
 Electronic copies must be submitted in Microsoft Word format only (.doc / .docx)
 You need to provide evidence to support your claims – this must be fully referenced
in accordance with the UoS Harvard style. Refer to the library guidance
http://libguides.uos.ac.uk/friendly.php?s=academicskills/referencing to help you.
o Make sure it is clear to the reader ‘how you know’ the things that you claim
to be true – where have you found your information?
o Make sure that in addition to industry publications, you reference the
websites you are using as well as the academic journals and textbooks.

You will be expected to be referring to Industry Guidance from the


‘Purple Guide’ which can be accessed free of charge on and off the campus
via the library webpages > A-Z online resources.

As with all assignments, this will be discussed, and additional guidance provided during
seminar sessions and tutorials.
Assessment Criteria:

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