Management in critical context
Your task is to identify and select an article from the BBC News website (news.bbc.co.uk) that has a significant impact on the way in which organisations are managed from the last six months.
Examples could be business ethics, globalisation, social or industrial conflict, outsourcing, regulation and/or deregulation of business or indeed any substantive issue that impacts on managerial decision making.
With this as your starting point, you should then develop and write an essay on your chosen issue using all three broad themes explored in the course:
Globalisation
Technology
iii. Conflict and co-operation
You need to identify and use the key ideas and concepts concerning these themes in this module that are most relevant to the core issue that your essay question addresses. You will use these to develop a comprehensive understanding of your essay topic.
You are required to have developed your idea by term week 5 (February 18th) and submit a pro forma to your tutor for approval (see the pro forma in the appendix of this document and on Moodle).
Note also that there is a space on the pro forma for the full web URL of the story you have chosen which you must also supply. Make sure that your news article addresses business management and/or work and employment.
Your essay should be structured into sections as follows:
Introduction
Globalisation
Technology
Conflict and co-operation
Conclusion including a synthesis / discussion
References
