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Unit: Sustainable Business, 5J3180: Assignment Brief
Unit: Sustainable Business, 5J3180: Assignment Brief
Assignment Brief
Question 1
1.3 Finally, suggest future steps that could be taken by your company (and/or
businesses in general), governments and scientists to improve the management
of your chosen ecological issue. (20%)
or
Question 2: Choose one of the following concept-author choices:
Having selected one of these, your assignment should address the following:
2.1 A synopsis of the concept – summarising the key principles, approaches and
arguments – and the author(s)’s contribution to it. (30%)
2.2 A critique of the concept: What are the pros and cons of the viewpoint being
expressed by the author(s)? It will be necessary to place this work in the
context of the wider literature in the sustainable business field. For
example, does it build on the thinking in previous work and /or other authors?
How are the ideas different? (40%)
You will produce a written report (maximum 3,000 words). Whilst the format
requested is business report style, the assignment should also be strongly academic in
content. In other words, a high level of intellectual content is expected, with
referencing to appropriate and wide ranging background sources of material (books,
specialist reports, academic journal articles, websites, business data, etc). When
drawing on the ideas of others in your work, you should look towards presenting
critical analysis of differing arguments from across the range of opinion. The report
should contain a balance of factual evidence, theory and concepts, reasoned argument
plus where appropriate your own critical observations. The latest MMUBS
referencing standard guidelines are attached to this brief.
This assignment is worth 40% of the overall mark for this unit. The specific
assessment criteria are indicated on the assignment assessment summary / feedback
forms, attached. General guidelines to marks and grades are also provided – see
‘Assessment Grade Descriptors’, also attached.
Submission Details
Assignment due: week commencing 15 February 2010, on your designated day of the
week.
Student:
Mark:
Tutor:
1st = excellent; 2.i = very good/ good; 2.ii = satisfactory; 3rd = poor; Fail = inadequate
Clarity of ecological
issue explanation; link 1st 2.i 2.ii 3rd Fail
to sustainability
Quality of evidence
presented to identify 1st 2.i 2.ii 3rd Fail
extent of problem
Choice / review of
chosen company issues 1st 2.i 2.ii 3rd Fail
Evaluation of company
actions to reduce 1st 2.i 2.ii 3rd Fail
impacts
Quality of conclusions
and recommendations 1st 2.i 2.ii 3rd Fail
Other comments:
Final Year Option
Student:
Mark:
Tutor:
1st = excellent; 2.i = very good/ good; 2.ii = satisfactory; 3rd = poor; Fail = inadequate
Quality of synopsis of
concept 1st 2.i 2.ii 3rd Fail
Contextualising of the
concept in the wider 1st 2.i 2.ii 3rd Fail
SBM literature
Assessment of
potential contribution 1st 2.i 2.ii 3rd Fail
to chosen organisation
Overall depth and
quality of analysis 1st 2.i 2.ii 3rd Fail
Other comments: