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This document provides instructions for Assignment 01 for Semester 1 2024. Students are required to write an essay of 2,500-3,000 words answering four questions related to a case study on MTN Group Limited. The questions address stakeholder engagement, MTN's commitment to sustainable development goals, formulating a SMART goal for MTN, and differentiating purpose, vision and mission statements as they relate to MTN's purpose statement. Students must cite sources and include references in APA style.

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Assignment 01-2

This document provides instructions for Assignment 01 for Semester 1 2024. Students are required to write an essay of 2,500-3,000 words answering four questions related to a case study on MTN Group Limited. The questions address stakeholder engagement, MTN's commitment to sustainable development goals, formulating a SMART goal for MTN, and differentiating purpose, vision and mission statements as they relate to MTN's purpose statement. Students must cite sources and include references in APA style.

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ADDENDUM A: MANDATORY ASSIGNMENT 01 FOR SEMESTER 1 2024

Assignment 01 assesses the outcomes in Lessons 1, 2 and 3

ASSIGNMENT 01 SEMESTER 01

Essay Total marks: 50

Case study MTN Group

Instructions:

Conduct an internet search and access the MTN Group Limited Integrated Report for the year
ended 31 December 2022.

Read the report and answer the questions that follow in an essay format of 2 500 – 3 000 words
(maximum of 10 pages).

1. Start the essay with an introduction.


2. Each question should be answered in a separate paragraph with a clear heading/sub-
heading.
3. When answering the question, begin with a theoretical overview based on the prescribed
material and additional resources and then apply the theory to the case study.
4. Use in-text citations to acknowledge your sources and include a full list of references.
5. End your essay with a conclusion.
6. All the questions should be answered as part of the essay with one introduction, a body
and one conclusion.

Note: You may need to conduct additional research when answering some of the questions.

Questions Marks

1 In the context of responsible management, responsibility focuses on stakeholder 10


engagement with the aim to optimise stakeholder value.

Discuss the concept of stakeholders. Your discussion should include the


following:

• Narrow and broader view of stakeholders.

• Examples of stakeholders and how MTN adds value to its

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stakeholders.

2 Discuss MTN’s Commitment towards the SDGs. Your discussion should also 10
indicate whether the MTN group a responsible organisation or not.

3 MTN is not just doing “business as usual”, but it is deliberately steering the 10
organisation into the direction of its strategic goals.

a) Formulate a SMART goal for MTN.

b) Explain how the goal formulated in a) above meets the SMART


principle.

4 MTN’s purpose is to enable the benefits of a modern connected life for 15


everyone.

a) Differentiate between a purpose statement, vision statement and


mission statement.

b) Formulate a vision statement for MTN.

c) Evaluate the vision statement in b) above to determine whether it


meets the requirements of a good vision statement.

Hint: When evaluating the vision statement use a table with the following
headings; characteristics, yes/no, reason(s).

Technical requirements 5

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