Description
LSC London
UoS BA in Business
Assignment Brief
Course/Programme: BA Business
Level: 4
Module Title: Organisational Theory and Practice
Module Leader: Dr Rajendra Kumar
Assignment titles: 1. Individual Case Study Analysis
Assignment number: 1
Weighting: Individual Case Study: 100 %
Date given out: April 2025
Submission date: 16th June 2025
TASK DESCRIPTION – (Individual Assignment 100 %).
TASK
Please read the article given below and then proceed with the tasks.
““Explainer: Homebase enters administration with 2,000 jobs at risk”, Espiner, Tom, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c624nzepd59o accessed on 14th November 2024.
Choose the organization given below and write a report describing and analyzing the management style of their respective CEOs and comment on their impact on their respective organizations:
HOMEBASE
After undertaking extensive research on the company, you must identify and state the issues within this company which are leading to store closures as highlighted in the above reference article. The topics to be chosen from your module are given below and cover learning outcomes for this module.
For each task given (FROM A to E), you are expected to incorporate at least one appropriate theory/model or recognized practice.
In your conclusion, you are to include at least two recommendations as to how might the company improve the situation in the future.
- A) Analyse and comment on the effectiveness of the managerial style of the CEO using suitable theoretical models and what went wrong with this organisation as they had to close outlets. (400 words)
- B) Assess the current structure and culture of the organisation and comment on whether the CEO has any role and impact in creating and enforcing them to achieve high performance. (400 words)
- C) Explain the Entrepreneurial Strategy by the CEO of that organisation to enhance the organisational effectiveness and performance. (400 words)
- D) Examine the Leadership style of the CEO of Homebase in managing change. (400 words)
- E) Explain the various types of motivation strategies used at Homebase and their influence on employees’ performance. (400 words)
- F) Use appropriate corporate examples and literature to justify your research. (250 words)
- G) Based on the discussion and debate what suggestions / recommendations (strategies) would you make to increase organisational performance? (350 words)
PLEASE See page 4 for suggested word count breakdown which add up to 3,000 words
See below for the full explanation of the marking criteria
The Topic/title
- Feel free to discuss possibilities with your lecturer.
- ‘Describe’ means ‘this is what happened’, ‘Analyse’ means ‘this is why it happened’.
- Recommendations could relate to the future, or to what others could learn from this situation.
Basic Format:
- A title page, a contents page, an introduction, a main section with sub-sections, and a recommendation, conclusion and references. Clear headings are essential. Relevant sources of information should be cited using the Harvard referencing system.
- Any areas of doubt need to be raised with your lecturer
The tasks A to F addresses all the learning outcomes.
LENGTH REQUIRED A maximum of 3000 words not including executive summary, table of contents, appendices or list of references.
Executive Summary- 200 words
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