Choose a company and three topics
Essay (2400 words – you can use appendices but no 10% leeway allowed)
Choose three topics covered in the module (e.g. perception, teamwork, culture, misbehaviour/ resistance, leadership, change, motivation). Critically review academic sources on your chosen topics and identify relevant theories, concepts and findings from available academic research which you will later use to analyse your chosen company.
You can decide to use one or two topics as your main focus, and supplement them with sources on the third topic, or devote an equal amount of space to each of the topics.
Analyse a company of your choice (so your case study company) using the relevant theories, concepts and findings from your review of the academic research. Draw conclusions from your analysis or give relevant, well supported, practical and future-oriented recommendations for the chosen company.
The assignment should consist of two parts:
Part 1. Review of relevant academic sources
Briefly introduce your focus.
Critically review relevant academic sources on the selected three topics. Focus on sources which will help you in the analysis of your chosen case study company.
(1100 words)
Part 2. Case study analysis and conclusions/ recommendations
i. Briefly introduce the company you have chosen as your case study using a variety of data coming from a range of sources that need to be clearly and accurately cited and referenced in your assignment (approximately 100 words)
ii. Analyse the company you have chosen as your case study using the academic sources you reviewed in Part 1. Your case study data should also be clearly cited here and come from a range of sources. (approximately 900 words)
iii. Based on your analysis, provide relevant conclusions and well supported, practical and future-orientated recommendations for the chosen company. (approximately 300 words)
