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This document outlines the assignment brief for Unit 1: Business and Business Environment, focusing on reviewing organization types, size, and structure. It details submission requirements, learning outcomes, and vocational scenarios for students to analyze business organizations in Vietnam. The assignment includes various tasks such as explaining different sectors, legal structures, and stakeholder analysis, culminating in a critical evaluation of organizational functions and structures.

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BBE-Assignment 1 - Organization reviews (1)

This document outlines the assignment brief for Unit 1: Business and Business Environment, focusing on reviewing organization types, size, and structure. It details submission requirements, learning outcomes, and vocational scenarios for students to analyze business organizations in Vietnam. The assignment includes various tasks such as explaining different sectors, legal structures, and stakeholder analysis, culminating in a critical evaluation of organizational functions and structures.

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Unit 1: Business and Business Environment

Assignment 1 Brief
Student Name/ID Number

Unit Number and Title Unit 1: Business and Business


Environment (5032)
Academic Year 2024-2025

Unit Tutors

Assignment Title Assignment 1 – Reviewing organization


types, size and structure.

Issue Date
Submission Date

Submission Format

Format:
● This assignment is an Individual report and specific.
● You must use Times New Roman font, size 12, set number of the pages and use
multiple line spacing at 1.5. Margins must be: left: 1 inch; right: 1 inch; top: 1
inch and bottom: 1 inch.
● You should use in text references and a list of all cited sources at the end of the
essay by applying Harvard referencing style.
● The recommended word limit is minimum 3000 and maximum 5000 words (+/-
10%) , excluding the tables, graphs, diagrams, appendixes and references. If you
exceed the word limit (excluding reference, appendix, and administrative sections),
your grade may get penalized.
● The cover page of the report has to be the Assignment front sheet 1 (to be attached
with this assignment brief).
Submission
● Students are required to submit the assignment in due date and in a way requested
by the Tutor.
● The form of submission will be a soft copy posted on http://cms.btec.edu.vn/ .
● Remember to convert the word file into PDF file before the submission on CMS.

Note:
● The individual Assignment must be your own work, and not copied by or from
another student.
● If you use ideas, quotes or data (such as diagrams) from books, journals or other
sources, you must reference your sources, using the Harvard style.
● Make sure you understand and follow the guidelines to avoid plagiarism. Failure to
comply with this requirement will result in a failed assignment.

Unit Learning Outcomes

 LO1 Explain the different types, size and scope of organizations


 LO2 Demonstrate the interrelationship of the various functions within an
organization and how they link to organizational structure

Transferable skills and competencies developed

 Develop appropriate research skills and skills of critical inquiry to enable the
evaluation of different approaches to problem solving in a specific business
context.
 Competently use digital literacy to access a broad range of research sources, data
and information.
 Communicate confidently and effectively, orally and in writing, both internally and
externally with businesses and other stakeholders.
 Develop a range of skills to ensure effective teamwork, independent initiatives,
organizational competence and problem-solving strategies.
 Reflect adaptability and flexibility in approach to business; showing resilience
under pressure and meeting challenging targets within given deadlines.
 Emotional intelligence and sensitivity to diversity in relation to people and cultures.

Vocational scenarios

You are working as a business analyst at Dragon Capital (DCVFM) , an Investment


Fund in Vietnam . Your direct supervisor asks you to summarize the current situation
of business organization in Vietnam, with respect to types, sizes and scope, functions
and organizational structures for the investment plan of the company in 2025-2010.

Your task is to make a report of what you have conducted for the research as in the
following topics:

1. Introduction of the purpose and main contents of the report from the perspective
stated in the scenario (200 words).

2. Explain 3 major sectors: Public, Voluntary and Private sector in terms of types and
purposes and give examples for each sector (1 sector – 1 real organization) (max 500
words)

3. Explain the major business legal structures (sole trader, partnership and limited
company (ltd) and joint stock company (jsc)) in Vietnam.

4. Choose at least 2 business organizations in Vietnam that provide 2 different products


or services (listed companies preferred) to compare the size and the scope of the
companies by pointing out: (max 500 words)

a. The vision, mission and types of company (in legal structure)


b. Field of business the companies are operating (scope)
c. The total revenue or total capital in the latest balance sheet the and the total
employees in 1 fiscal year (size)
d. Explain how structure, size and scope affect the differences in objective,
products or services affect the size and scope of organizations

5. Choose 1 specific company (can be 1 of above companies). Identify at least 5


“stakeholders” (both internal and external) and show the roles and considerations of
each. Analyze the power of each type of stakeholders by relating to the company's
characteristics. ( maximum 500 words)

6. With above specific company (max 800 words ) :

- Showing the current organization chart. And explain the type of organizational
structure. (200 words)
- Choose minimum 3 functions of various key departments in the company and
explain the roles of the functions in company's operating activities .
- Give a real example on how the company functions link to organization objective
and structure by explaining how they work together to reach at least 1 real
objective.

7. With above analysis, give an critical analysis on the complexity of different


organizational functions and structure by:
- Asses s the advantages and disadvantages of the current organizational structure
and how it may affect company's operations or interrelationships between
organizational functions . (max 500 words)
- Compare the company's structure with at least 1 global organization and explain
the complexity of going global in terms of changing company structure and
functions. (max 500 words)

A conclusion to summarize all the key findings and analysis must be presented. ( max 300
words)

Recommended Resources
Please note that the resources listed are examples for you to use as a starting point in
your research – the list is not definitive.

Textbooks
BURNS, J. and NEEDLE, D. (2019) Business in Context: An Introduction to
Business and its Environment. 7th Ed. Cengage Learning.
MORRISON, J. (2020) The Global Business Environment: Towards Sustainability?
5th Ed. Red Globe Press.
WETHERLEY, P. (Editor) and OTTER, D. (2018) The Business Environment:
Themes and Issues in a Globalized World. 4th Ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
WORTHINGTON, I. and BRITTON. C. (2018) The Business Environment. 8th Ed.
Harlow: Pearson.

Websites

www.businessballs.com Business Balls (General reference)


Business Case Studies (case studies)
www. Forbes
businesscasestudies.co.uk
(General reference)
www.forbes.com International Business Times Business (General
reference)
www.ibtimes.com TED Talks
Business and technology (Video resources)
www.ted.com

Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria (Assignment 1):

Learning Outcome Pass Merit Distinction


LO1 Explain the P1 Explain different M1 Analyze how the LO1 & 2
different types, size types and purposes of structure, size and D1 Provide a critical
and scope of organizations; public, scope of different analysis of the
organizations private and voluntary organizations link to complexities of the
sectors and legal the business different
structures. objectives and organizational
products and services functions and
offered by the structure
P2 Explain the size organization.
and scope of a range
of different types of
organizations.

LO2 Demonstrate the P3 Explain the M2 Analyze the


interrelationship of the relationship between interrelationships
various functions different between
within an organization organizational organizational
and how they link to functions and how functions and the
organizational they link to impact that can have
structure organizational upon organizational
objectives and structure.
structure.

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