Assignment Brief 2 (RQF)

Higher National Certificate/Diploma in Business

Student Name/ID
Number:
Unit Number and Title: Unit 32: Business Strategy (574)

Academic Year: 2020-2021

Unit Assessor:

Assignment Title: ASSIGNMENT 2 – Internal audit

Issue Date:

Submission Date:
Internal Verifier Name:

Date:

Submission Format:

Format:

 This assignment is an Individual report.

 You must use font Calibri size 12, set number of the pages and use multiple line
spacing at 1.5. Margins must be: left: 2.54 cm; right: 2.54 cm; top: 2.54 cm and
bottom: 2.54 cm.
 You should use in text references and a list of all cited sources at the end of the essay
by applying Harvard referencing style.
 The recommended word limit is 1000-1500 words (+/-10%), excluding the tables,
graphs, diagrams, appendixes and references. You will not be penalized for exceeding
the total word limit.
 The cover page of the report has to be the Assignment front sheet 2 (to be attached
with this assignment brief).

Submission

 Students are compulsory to submit the assignment in due date (slot 21) and in a way
requested by the Tutor.
 The form of submission will be a soft copy posted on http://cms.greenwich.edu.vn/.
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  Remember to convert the word file into PDF file before the submission on CMS.

Note:

 The individual Assignment must be your own work, and not copied by or from another
student.
 If you use ideas, quotes or data (such as diagrams) from books, journals or other
sources, you must reference your sources, using the Harvard style.
 Make sure that you understand and follow the guidelines to avoid plagiarism. Failure
to comply this requirement will result in a failed assignment.

Unit Learning Outcomes:

LO2. Assess an organization’s internal environment and capabilities.

Assignment Brief and Guidance:

*This assignment guidance is for reference only and can be customized by the tutor to meet
specific needs

Assignment scenario.

Assuming that you are a corporate consultant at Deloitte LLP. Your company offers
various consulting services ranging from conducting internal and external analysis, strategic
planning, strategic implementation and strategy evaluation to companies in many different
sectors. At the moment, your company is having an order from company A operating in a
particular sector (which will be specified by your course tutor and each class will be assigned
a different sector to avoid plagiarism).
The CEO of company A wants your company to help them carry out a comprehensive
organizational audit including assessing both its internal and external environments. Based
on these analyses, they also wish to have some recommendations on which strategy they
should pursue in the future.
Your responsibility is to find relevant data and information from trustworthy sources,
process them rationally and present the findings and strategic suggestion as a formal
strategic report, which consists of three main parts:
 Part 1: External analysis
 Part 2: Internal analysis
 Part 3: Strategic planning and evaluation

 Assignment 2 is the part 2 of the required strategic report.

Note: Each student should choose one specific real-life company working in the targeted
sector and they must register their chosen company to the tutor to get approval before
proceeding with their assignment.

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 Structure of the Report:

General introduction: the chosen company, main purposes and structure of the work.

Main contents of the report:

1. Identify the strategic capabilities of the chosen company by using at least two of the
methods including: benchmarking, the value chain & the value system and activity
system.
2. Carry out the strategic capability analysis by using VRIN/VRIO framework to assess
which strategic capability(ies) can be a basis to achieve sustainable competitive
advantage.
3. Based on the internal analysis above and other credible sources of information;
identify and analyze the main strengths and weaknesses (S & W factors from SWOT)
that the company is currently having.

A conclusion to summarize all the key findings and analysis must be presented. Plus, you can
conclude whether the chosen company is facing a tough/advantageous time.

Unit assessment criteria

Pass Merit Distinction

LO2. Assess an organization’s internal environment and
capabilities.
P2. Analyze the internal
environment and
capabilities of a given
organization using
appropriate frameworks.
LO 1,2,3 & 4
D1. Critique and interpret
information and data
M2. Critically evaluate the internal
applying environmental
environment to assess strengths and
and competitive analysis
weaknesses of an organization’s
to produce a set of valid
internal capabilities, structure and
strategic directions,
skill set.
objectives and tactical
actions.

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