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Assignment Brief
As part of the formal assessment for the programme you are required to submit a Sustainability in Theory and Practice assignment. Please refer to your Student Handbook for full details of the programme assessment scheme and general information on preparing and submitting assignments.
Learning Outcomes:
After completing the module, you should be able to:
- Critically analyse the concept of sustainability and its theoretical
- Critically examine how sustainability is managed by a range of organisations and its value and appropriateness to a range of new scenarios.
- Critically analyse and evaluate how the process of sustainability is applied within a range of organisations.
- Critically evaluate the relationship between sustainability challenges, sustainability theory and sustainability practice.
- Apply a reflective, ethical and professional approach to the application of sustainability strategy, the development of principles and implementation.
Learning Objectives
Section 1: Produce a literature review, which critically evaluates the development and value of sustainability as a concept in business. Evaluate examples from real organisations, including the organisation you used for the Group Task, to support your discussions
Section 2: Critically analyse and evaluate how the process of sustainability is applied within a range of organisations. In this section of the report, conduct a comparative case study of real organisations, to identify the best practices and the potential benefits and challenges faced by organisations when implementing sustainable practices.
Section 3: Based on Sections 1 and 2 and the outcome of your Group Task, provide your individual conclusions and recommendations to improve the sustainable performance of the chosen organisation for the Group Task.
Section 4: Produce a reflective appraisal of what you have learned in undertaking the Group Task and what you would do differently for similar assignments in the future.
Material Includes
- An Individual Report of 3,000 words.
- Assignment Task: As discussed within the module materials, there has been changing perception and understanding of what sustainability means to business over the past decade and organisations have been increasingly realising the relevance of sustainability for business success. However, various challenges remain in terms of linking theory and practice; there are various challenges and constraints in the standardisation and implementation of sustainable business practices. Though there is an increasing body of knowledge, the lack of consistency across industries and the commitment from the industry and government forms a major hurdle in the adoption of sustainable practices.
- Using the learning materials provided in the module as the core for your answer, supplemented by reading materials from authoritative sources (EBSCO, Google Scholar etc.) and your own research from the internet, please answer the following questions:
- Section 1: Produce a literature review, which critically evaluates the development and value of sustainability as a concept in business. Evaluate examples from real organisations, including the organisation you used for the Group Task, to support your discussions. (1,000 words)
- Section 2: Critically analyse and evaluate how the process of sustainability is applied within a range of organisations. In this section of the report, conduct a comparative case study of real organisations, to identify the best practices and the potential benefits and challenges faced by organisations when implementing sustainable practices. (1,000 words)
- Section 3: Based on Sections 1 and 2 and the outcome of your Group Task, provide your individual conclusions and recommendations to improve the sustainable performance of the chosen organisation for the Group Task. (700 words)
- Section 4: Produce a reflective appraisal of what you have learned in undertaking the Group Task and what you would do differently for similar assignments in the future.
- For this section, you could use one or more of the models of reflection that were explored in the module materials. (300 words)
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