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Level 5 Diploma in Accounting and Business

Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement

AB501 · Principles and Concepts of Business Strategy — Week 14 of 16

CourseAB501
Week14 of 16
SemesterI
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This week’s topics

Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement

  1. Drafting against the criteria
  2. Tutor and peer feedback
  3. Improving the final submission
  4. Things To Do Before You Hand In Your Assignment
  5. Feedback and peer review
  6. Academic writing workshop

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Explain what is meant by the term ‘business strategy’.
  • 1.2 Compare different levels of business strategy.
  • 1.3 Compare elements of a strategic framework.
  • 1.4 Explain strategy development processes.
  • 2.1 Differentiate between different types of business strategies.
  • 2.2 Compare the elements of a strategic management process.
  • 2.3 Discuss key organisational theories which impact business strategy.
  • 3.1 Explain what is meant by the term ‘strategic option.’
  • 3.2 Compare different strategic options available to a business.
  • 3.3 Recommend a relevant strategic option which a business could implement.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Draft the assignment, get feedback and improve it before submission.

Study materials

Videos

  • Things To Do Before You Hand In Your Assignment · YouTube · University of Staffordshire Student Life · 22 min · for registered students
  • Feedback and peer review · YouTube · Akademiskt skrivande/Academic Writing · 6 min · for registered students
  • Academic writing workshop · YouTube · University of Staffordshire Student Life · 14 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Writing Guide, 3.5: Peer review and using feedback · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 92–94 · for registered students
  • Business Communication for Success, ch. 8: Feedback in the writing process · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 290–322 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Foundations of Business Strategy
  • Week 2: Hierarchy of Business Strategy
  • Week 3: Strategy Development Approaches
  • Week 4: Organisational Theories in Strategic Management
  • Week 5: Typologies of Business Strategy
  • Week 6: The Strategic Management Process: Environmental Analysis
  • Week 7: The Strategic Management Process: Execution and Control
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Conceptualising Strategic Options
  • Week 10: Comparing Growth Vectors and Strategic Options
  • Week 11: Recommending Strategic Options
  • Week 12: Applying Principles and Concepts of Business Strategy in pr…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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