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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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