BEM3088
Advanced Strategic Management
Assignment Brief 2024-25
Assessment component #1: Business Article Review
Assessment & feedback
Assessment is an essential part of learning. It’show we benchmark your understanding, measure the development of your key skills and recognise achievement. However, assessment is about much more than just a grade. The key reason we mark work is to provide you with feedback to support ongoing learning.
Feedback is an essential part of this process and Iam committed to providing you with as much honest, open and constructive feedback as I can. This feedback can take a number of formats; it maybe verbal or written feedback from me as your course tutor, it maybe highlighting how you have performed against the relevant marking criteria or it maybe feedback from your peers.
Feedback, in whatever form, is provided to help you understand what you have done well and highlight areas where you might improve. It is always given with the aim of supporting your learning journey. If this feedback is ever unclear or you do not understand what you need to do to improve, you should ask me. Iam always here to help and will be happy to discuss this with you one-to-one.
Similarly, feedback should never be just one way! If you have ideas or would like to make suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact me. I welcome any ideas that might help me to improve the support I offer to students.
Module ILOs
As part of our commitment to ensuring that each Module is clearly outlined and identifies the key skills you will develop during the course, we define ‘Intended Learning Outcomes’ or ILOs. These are split into 3 areas: Module-specific skills, discipline specific skills and personal aims.
For this module, the ILOs have been defined as:
Module-specific
1. Critically discuss organisational design principles, and the different types of organizational structures that support effective strategy design and execution.
2. Evaluate models that drive innovation and facilitate strategic adaptation and sustained long-term firm performance.
3. Evaluate the significance of managing organisational networks, and how network dynamics impact successful strategy implementation.
Discipline specific
4. Synthesize theory and organisational data in order to think strategically about organisational design, networks, and innovation.
5. Demonstrate awareness of emerging trends, tools, and practises in strategic management.
Personal & Key aims
6. Analyse and critically evaluate real-life company situations and business cases.
It’s important to review and understand these, as not only do they highlight what you will learn during this course and how this will support your future personal and profession aims, but it also highlights what you will be assessed on.
Assessment Overview
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Assessment 1
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Assessment 2
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Deadline
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February 27, 2025
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March 28, 2025
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Formative/Summative
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Summative
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Summative
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Type
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Individual
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Individual
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Title
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Business Article Review
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Case Study Analysis
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Value
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40%
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60%
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Word Count
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1’500 max
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2’500 max
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Skill assessed
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ILO 2,3, 4
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ILO 1,5,6
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N.B. All submission dates are provisional, approval pending
Assessment Advice and Information
Word count
• Submissions must not exceed the stated word count (+10%). Any additional text
beyond this limit will not be considered in the marking process, thereby limiting your opportunity to score well on this module.
• If you choose to write less than the recommended word count, you may do so but will be limiting your chances to score well on this submission.
• The header page,index, appendix and reference list are not included in the word count.
• In-text references and headings are included in the word count
• Text in tables and charts is not included in your word count. However, please note that tables and charts are usually visually or data-focused and rarely include extensive text. Always consider the legibility and effectiveness of your charts as a means of communication. If text is not legible (recommended no smaller than 9 point font) it cannot be considered in the marking criteria and similarly, if your chart is not an effective means of communication, you may be marked down in the ‘Structure and style’ section of the marking criteria.
Referencing
• Please use APA 7th Edition style referencing for your in-text citations and reference list.
• A detailed A to Z guidance on referencing is available on ELE: https://ele.exeter.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=6748§ion=3
• In addition, you can use your University login to access Cite Them Right, which
contains a range of useful referencing informationhttps://www- citethemrightonline-com.uoelibrary.idm.oclc.org/Home
Style. & Presentation
• Minimum 12-point font for text, 9 points in tables and charts.
• You are encouraged to include relevant figures/tables/images in your essay,
referenced below the figure itself. Further details on referencing charts and figures can be found in the Business School guidance (link above)
How to submit your work
• Please submit your work as a PDF. All submissions must be readable files. Written text, unless this is within a chart or graphic, should NOT be pasted as an imagefile.
• The submission link will be made available on the ELE page of this module.
• Failure to submit on time may incura penalty and could be capped at the pass mark. Please see Business School Guidance on late submissions for further information.