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Assignment brief – QCF BTEC

Assignment front sheet

Qualification Unit number and title

BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in Business Unit 1 Business environment

Student name Assessor name

Lynn Wickins

Date issued Final Deadline Submitted on

17/01/18 21/02/18

Assignment title Today’s organisations

In this assessment you will have opportunities to provide evidence against the following criteria.

Indicate the page numbers where the evidence can be found.

Criteria To achieve the criteria the evidence must show that Task no. Evidence
reference the student is able to:

P1, P2,
P3, P4, Know the range of different business and their
M1, D1 ownership and understand how businesses are Task 1
organised to achieve their purpose

P5, P6,
M2, M3, Know the impact of the economic environment on
D2 businesses and k now how political, legal and social Task 2
factors impact on business

Student declaration

I certify that the work submitted for this assignment is my own and research sources are fully
acknowledged.

Student signature: Date:

COLLEGE OF CENTRAL LONDON

BTEC Level 3 Extended National Diploma in Business

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UNIT NO: 1 UNIT TITLE: The Business Environment

DATE SET: 17 January 2018

SUBMISSION DATE : 21 February 2018

LEARNER ID : LEARNER NAME :

ASSIGNMENT TITLE: Today’s Organisations
To achieve a pass grade To achieve a merit grade To achieve a distinction
the evidence must show the evidence must show grade the evidence must
that the learner is able that, in addition to the show that, in addition to
to: pass criteria, the learner the pass and merit
is able to: criteria, the learner is
able to:
P1 describe the type of D1 evaluate the influence
business, purpose and different stakeholders exert in
ownership of two contrasting one organisation
businesses
P2 describe the different M1 explain the points of view
stakeholders who influence of different stakeholders
the purpose of two seeking
contrasting businesses to influence the aims and
objectives of two contrasting
organisations
P3 describe how two
businesses are organised
P4 explain how their style
of organisation helps them
to fulfil their purposes
P5 describe the influence of M2 compare the challenges
two contrasting economic to selected business
environments on business activities within a selected
activities within a selected organisation,
organisation in two different economic
environments
P6 describe how political, M3 analyse how political, D2 evaluate how future
legal and social factors are legal and social factors have changes in economic
impacting upon the business impacted on the two political, legal and social
activities of the selected contrasting organisations. factors, may impact
organisations and their on the strategy of a specified
stakeholders. organisation.

OUTCOMES/GRADE DESCRIPTORS ACHIEVED (please tick)

Criteria P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 M1 M2 M3 D1 D2

COMMENTS:

Assessor: Lynn Wickins Signature:______________ Date:___/___/___

Assignment Brief

Scenario

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Organisations operate in an increasingly complex business world. Stakeholders must

fully understand the nature and functioning of organizations.

This assignment is made of two parts.

In the first part you will take the role of a newspaper reporter, and research and
prepare articles on businesses represented in the local area.

In the second part, you will focus on contrasting businesses in the UK and China, and
consider the economic, political, legal and social environments that businesses operate
within.

You must refer to the unit specification for further guidance of how to achieve the
individual assessment criteria.

Tutor Notes

 Your assignment must be handed in by the deadline.

 This assignment must be your own work and original.

 The assessor reserves the right not to mark your assignment if there is
ground of suspected unfair practice on your behalf

 All sources of reference must be included using the Harvard System

 You must check spelling mistakes and grammar.

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Tasks

Task 1 – Two businesses on our doorstep

You work as a junior journalist for the local newspaper which is planning to run a
feature article on local businesses.

Produce an article on two local, contrasting businesses covering purpose and

ownership, business stakeholders, organisational structure, strategic planning and
business style.

For the Merit level work, you will need expand your article to explain the points of
view of stakeholders, and for Distinction level work you will need to evaluate the
influence of stakeholders on one organisation.

Task 1 covers assessment criteria P1, P2, P3, P4, M1 and D1

Task 2 – Similar Businesses in Different Worlds

The first article was well received and you have been asked to carry out research
for another article featuring two businesses – one in the UK and one in China.

Select one business in your local town and another in a town or city in China.

Produce an reporting article describing how the economic environments influence

businesses in the two countries, and then how political, legal, and social
environments affect each of the selected businesses.

For Merit level work you will need to show compare the challenges in the two
economic environments, and prepare an analysis of the impacts of political, legal
and social factors. For Distinction level work, you will need to prepare an
evaluation of future environmental changes and how they might impact on the
business.

Task 2 covers assessment criteria P5, P6, M2, M3 and D2

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