INSTRUCTIONS:
Digital Assignment Instructions:
1. The two assignments form a critical building block towards your exam. By
completing the two assignments, you will form a basic skill to answer the exam
questions, which are drawn up in the exact same format. In fact, assignment
questions have been drawn from previous exam papers
2. The assignment carry 100 marks.
3. The assignment consists of two questions of which you are required to answer both.
4. The first assignment carries 40% with 8 pages to write.
5. The second assignment carries 60% with 12 pages to write.
6. You have one month to complete and submit the assignments.
8. Answer each question by using the following format:
a. Table of content
b. Question no and title of the question
c. Introduction
d. Problem statement and objective
e. Literature review
f. Discussion of the solution to the problem statement.
g. Conclusion
h. Reference list
9. Ensure that you use Harvard referencing, using at least 10 sources per answer. In
order to understand the Harvard referencing method, you need to study the research
methodology guidelines provided with your first study pack. In addition, you must
attend the online lectures related to research methodology. Timetables for online
lectures are published at the beginning of each month.
8. Guidelines for the digital file are as follows:
Guidelines: No of pages:
Cover page with your name, student number, contact details and title
of question you selected to answer
1
Question answer Table of content 1
1. Introduction to the answer
2. Problem statement
3. Objectives
4. Methodology
5. Literature review
6. Discussion of solution to the problem
statement
7. Conclusion
8/12
References 1
9. Prescribed materials must form the basis of your answer. You may further consult
any source if the source is correctly referenced. Your prescribed material will then
count as one of your references. Remember that you can quote the same
reference multiple times in your answer. It then still counts as one reference.
10. Do not copy from other students as this will lead to immediate disqualification.
11. Do not commit plagiarism. Any plagiarism detected will result in immediate
disqualification.
12. Marks will be allocated as follows:
Subject knowledge Facts, examples, description, explanation 30%
Logical thinking Capable of independent reasoning and
application of cause-and-effect principles
30%
Presentation Title page, numbering, and general outlay
such as fonts, margins, formatting, etc.
10%
Language proficiency
and style
Grammar, writing style, spelling 10%
Referencing and
plagiarism
Proof that the student is familiar and capable
of using the Harvard-style referencing
20%
Total 100%
ASSIGNMENT 1
Defining strategy is not simple. Understanding different ways of thinking about strategy is the
first toward mastering the art and science of strategic management. Strategy is a complex
concept that involves many different processes and activities within an organization. To
capture this complexity, Professor Henry Mintzberg of McGill University in Montreal, Canada,
articulated what he labelled as “the 5 Ps of strategy.”
Identify these 5 P’s of Mintzberg, and then show through examples how these 5 P’s are
applied to strategic planning.
ASSIGNMENT 2
An organization’s environment includes factors that it can readily affect as well as factors
that largely lay beyond its influence. The latter set of factors are said to exist within the
general environment. Because the general environment often has a substantial influence on
an organization’s level of success, executives must track trends and events as they evolve
and try to anticipate the implications of these trends and events.
Executives rely on to organize factors within the general environment and to identify how
these factors influence industries and the firms within them. Wise executives carefully
examine each of these six segments to identify major opportunities and threats and then
adjust their firms’ strategies. By using these 6 elements, show through examples how these
elements will be applied to an organisation.
END OF EXAMINATION