Final Hand in dates: 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.