BNU BA (Hons) Business Management
FY021 - Introduction to Business Studies
CW1: Coursework
This assignment is a Portfolio assignment where you will work on 4 pieces of work throughout the module and then submit all 4 partson the submission date. The assessments will include:
3 A Case study/a report – 1000 words. This will be based on one area relating to Human Resources (HR) such as motivation, recruitment, Cultureor orientation and is to be completed individually. 1 (& 4) End of Semester
By 29th Jan 2021 2.00pm HR and ONLY CHOOSE ONE AREA OF HR such as motivation or recruitment or culture or orientation/training
4 A report – 1000 words - which will be based on financial management.
This is an individual piece of work. 1 (& 4) End of Semester
By 29th Jan 2021
By 2pm Financial management
TO SUBMIT YOU IBS CW1 ASSIGNMENT YOU WILL NEED TO:
PUT ALL 4 TASKS (Poster + presentation + case study + Financial report)on to a MICROSOFT WORD DOCUMENT and upload this 1 document ontoBlackboard (Turnitin) by the submission date of 29th January 2.00pm.
Task 3: HR: Case Study – individual work
1. 1000 wordessay (minimum words 900 – maximum 1100 words)
2. Case study: You have been appointed as HR Officer, and have been requested by the Director to discuss the role of HR managers in:motivating employees or recruiting employees or culture of the organisation or orientation/training. You only need to choose one of these areas of HR (not all of them).
3. Describe the theories of HR and motivation (or recruitment or cultureor orientation)
4. To be submitted on Blackboard 29th Jan 2021 -2.00pm
CONTENT OF YOUR CASE STUDY
If you chose the HR area of Motivation
a. 1st part: Introduction
b. 2nd part: Define HR - What is HR?
c. 3rd part: What is motivation?
d. 4th part: Talk about 2 motivational theoriesfor exampleMaslows Hierarchy of needs, Herzbergs 2-way theory, Mcgregors X and Y Theory etc –you can choose to put in diagrams, charts etc. to show the theory.
e. 5th part: For your case study you need to choose a business/companythat you can research about. You can use the same company you did for your poster, or the company you did for your group presentation or you can choose a new company. Give some background (information) about the company you are researching about.
f.6th part: How is the company of your case studymotivating their employees? What steps have
they taken or are taking to ensure their employees remain motivated?
g.References - (the references are not part of your word count)
If you choose the HR area of recruitment
a. 1st part: Introduction
b. 2nd part: Define HR - What is HR?
c. 3rd part: What is recruitment?
f. 4th part: Talk about 2 recruitment models/ theories-you can choose to put in diagrams, charts etc. to show the theory.
g. 5th part: For your case study you need to choose a business/companythat you can research about. You can use the same company you did for your poster, or the company you did for your group presentation or you can choose a new company. Give some background (information) about the company you are researching about
d. 6th part: How is the company of your case study recruiting people? How do they make sure they recruit the right people? Etc
e. References (the references are not part of your word count)
Or You can also select the area of culture or training
Task 4: Financial management Report – individual work
1. 1000 word report (minimum words 900 – maximum 1100 words)
2. Importance of finance functions
3. Describe the role of Financial management/managers
4. Describe sources of finance
5. To be submitted on 29th Jan 2021 by 2.00pm
CONTENT OF YOUR REPORT
a. 1st part: Introduction
b. 2nd part: What is Financial Management?
c. 3rd part: Importance of financial functions within organisations
d. 4th part: Describe is the role (job) of the Financial Manager in a company?
e. 5th part: Sources of Finance
What sources of Finance are available to an organisation? What options does a business have to get capital (funds/money) to start or run the business– mention short-term and long-term financeoptions
f. References (the references are not part of your word count)