Edinburgh Business School

Management in a Global Context – C17EB

Group Project - Template

Template/Guide
Title Page The title page should clearly state the course name and code, the title of your group project, a word count and the
name of each project group member together with their matriculation numbers.

Contents The report should have a contents page for easy reference

Introduction The introduction should explain which two companies you have selected and why you selected them. You should then provide
an overview of the contents of your report (Guide – 200 words)

Organisation 1: Overview Provide a summary describing the company you have chosen (Guide – 200 words)

Organisation 1: Management In each section you should explain what you consider to be the company’s approach to this subject and critically compare it
Models & Challenges to the learning from the course. There is no right or wrong answer, but you should justify and evidence your comments and
analysis. You may wish to use models or diagrams to help explain (Guide – 500 words)

Organisation 1: In each section you should explain what you consider to be the company’s approach to this subject and critically compare it
Organisational Culture to the learning from the course. There is no right or wrong answer, but you should justify and evidence your comments and
analysis. You may wish to use models or diagrams to help explain (Guide – 500 words)

Organisation 1: Planning & In each section you should explain what you consider to be the company’s approach to this subject and critically compare it
Strategy to the learning from the course. There is no right or wrong answer, but you should justify and evidence your comments and
analysis. You may wish to use models or diagrams to help explain (Guide – 500 words)

Organisation 2: Overview Provide a summary describing the company you have chosen (Guide – 200 words)

Organisation 2: Management In each section you should explain what you consider to be the company’s approach to this subject and critically compare it
Models & Challenges to the learning from the course. There is no right or wrong answer, but you should justify and evidence your comments and
analysis. You may wish to use models or diagrams to help explain (Guide – 500 words)

Organisation 2: In each section you should explain what you consider to be the company’s approach to this subject and critically compare it
Organisational Culture to the learning from the course. There is no right or wrong answer, but you should justify and evidence your comments and
analysis. You may wish to use models or diagrams to help explain (Guide – 500 words)

Organisation 2: Planning & In each section you should explain what you consider to be the company’s approach to this subject and critically compare it
Strategy to the learning from the course. There is no right or wrong answer, but you should justify and evidence your comments and
analysis. You may wish to use models or diagrams to help explain (Guide – 500 words)

Comparison between This section should identify the strengths and weakness of each organisations approach and identify what in your groups
organisations 1 & 2 opinion, they could learn from each other from your group project and detail what conclusions you have drawn from your
analysis. (Guide – 400 words)

References Your project should be appropriately referenced throughout using the Harvard system of referencing
(http://www.hw.ac.uk/is/docs/Harvardguide.pdf )
and must contain a minimum of 10 academic references in addition to any online and organisation references. (Not included
in word count)
Company Options

PwC Global Consulting Company (https://www.pwc.co.uk/who-we-are.html/)

TATA Motors Global Car Manufacturer (https://www.tatamotors.com/about-us/company-profile/)

LVMH Global Luxury Brand Group (https://www.lvmh.com/)

Intercontinental Hotel Global Hotel Chain (https://www.ihgplc.com/)

Group

Bank of China Global Financial Company (http://www.boc.cn/en/)

Samsung Global Electronics Company (https://www.samsung.com/uk/aboutsamsung/home/)

UNICEF Global Charity (https://www.unicef.org/)

Kraft Heinz Global Food Company (http://ir.kraftheinzcompany.com/corporate-governance)

Yunus Social Business Global Social Business Organisation (https://www.yunussb.com/)