Strategic Risk Assignment 2
M31271
21 November 2022 Full Time Students
02 December 2022 Part Time and DA Students
Students are required to identify a situation of risk management failure that has a base in real life. This can be
a previously-considered case or a situation which they know of. Details of the actual situation must be included
as an appendix in a descriptive form.
In this written assignment, students are required to meet the following questions, which will be used as
marking criteria:
Criteria
Apply theories to explain the ineffective behaviour of
key individuals and groups
Identify the actual leadership process/style and that
which was really needed in this situation
Describe at the organisation level what went wrong,
and what support is needed to strengthen the
organisation's ability to cope with risk.
Initial mark
Weighting
50%
25%
25%
Mark
Marking Scheme:
Marks are shared, in each question, equally between range of theory used (50%) and theoretical accuracy of
insights gained (50%)
Length: 3,000 words
Note: Students are required to use appropriate academic tools, models and research data throughout the
assignment with conventional Harvard referencing.
This is an individual assignment and the University rules on plagiarism apply./nPresentation:
Your assignment is to be presented in report format, include an executive summary, a contents page and a
correctly presented bibliography, and be a maximum of 3000 words (plus appendices) in total. You must state
the word count on the front page of your assignment. Text should be fully justified and a decimal numbering
system used for headings and sub-headings.
The following structure and headings are recommended, amongst others:
1. Executive summary - which summarises the key points of the assignment - what you investigated, what you
found and how you applied theoretical constructs to the understanding and analysis of the case and what your
conclusions were.
2. Introduction, context and objectives.
Identification of the issue, explanation of the context of the investigation, the links to people management and
organisation development strategies, and the articulation of the objectives.
3. Literature review.
A critical review of appropriate literature in relation to the objectives to reflect current thinking and effective
practice; a thematic approach should be adopted which includes a summary
4. Findings and conclusions
Presentation of the findings, grouped by important issues, that is thematically. Overall conclusions which flow
from the analysis and link to the literature review and also to the strategies articulated in section 1 above./n5. Recommendations and implementation
Recommendations which are feasible, practicable, and persuasive, and which recognise barriers or points of
resistance and how these might be overcome.
Assignment
Cover page to include:
Student Number
Title of assignment (keep it shortish)
Executive Summary - 300 words maximum
Contents page
Word Count (do not exceed 3000 words)
Main body of report
1. Introduction, context and objectives
2. Literature review
3. Findings and conclusions
4. Recommendations and implementation
All of these sections in black constitute the word count, and the bits in red do not come into word
count
Then Bibliography/references
Appendices - we have asked for details of the issue to go into the appendix - please keep this brief
For the above on the assignment, all contents of the assignment in red
are not included in the word count, however all contents in black do
constitute inclusion in the word count.
Happy to discuss, but in October/November 2022 for Full Time Students and no later than
November 2022 for PT and DA students please.
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