Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing

This week’s topics

Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing

1. Unpacking the assignment brief and criteria
2. Finding and evaluating sources
3. Planning and referencing

What you will be able to do

• 1.1 Describe emerging technologies which impact supply chains.
• 1.2 Compare the impact of emerging technologies on supply chains.
• 1.3 Discuss how emerging technologies can be effectively managed within a supply chain.
• 2.1 Describe ways in which supply chains impact the environment.
• 2.2 Compare the impact of different features of supply chains on the environment.
• 2.3 Discuss how the environmental impact of a supply chain can be effectively managed within a supply chain.
• 3.1 Describe ways in which the global economy impacts supply chains.
• 3.2 Compare the impacts of the global economy on supply chains.
• 3.3 Discuss how the impacts of the global economy can be effectively managed within a supply chain.
• 4.1 Describe types of risk found within supply chains.
• 4.2 Compare risks in supply chains that can impact on organisational corporate social responsibility and sustainability standards.
• 4.3 Discuss how the impacts of the supply chain risks can be effectively managed within a supply chain.

Activity

Plan the unit assignment against every criterion; source and reference the evidence.

Study materials

Further resources

• Writing for Success, ch. 8.1–8.3: Prewriting, outlining and drafting · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 281–318 · for registered students
• Evaluating Information: Applying the CRAAP Test · PDF · Other, report · for registered students
• Harvard Referencing quick guide 2025 (York St John University) · PDF · Other, report · for registered students