Further Information:

1. Word Limit: 3,000 (see individual tasks for word limits)
You must indicate the word count for your submission on the front page. Written assignments must fall within a 10% range of the limit for each section. Your assignment must not be shorter than 2,700 words and not longer than 3,300 words.

2. Submission Date: 13:59 on 9 th May
This assignment must be received by no later than the deadline date. Work cannot be uploaded on Turnitin after the stated date and will receive a mark of zero (unless an extension has been approved in advance of the deadline).

3. Extensions
Requests for short-term extensions will only be considered in the case of illness or other cause considered valid by the Student Adviser. These must normally be received and agreed by the Student Adviser in writing at least 24 hours prior to the deadline. Please refer to the Academic Regulations or your Student Handbook for full details.

NOTE:
YOU MUST SUBMIT YOUR ASSIGNMENT USING TURNITIN SOFTWARE

Type of Assessments: Assignment                                                        Total Word Limit: 3,000
Assessed Learning Outcomes: 1 and 2

Additional Guidance:
You must complete all tasks and submit your responses in a single document, marked with your student identification (SID) number(s) and indicating the word count. You must provide references where appropriate, following Harvard style, and include a bibliography.

Please note that this is an individual piece of work and collusion is not tolerated. This means that all tasks must be written by you individually without assistance.

Task A: Report, 1250 words
Having delivered your presentation to Croft Gleeson Ltd, your Human Resources department have asked you to write a report that details your findings. The report should have the title:

Investment Opportunities in Social Media for Croft Gleeson Ltd

The report must follow a standard business report format, be professionally presented and include the following sections:

• Cover Page
• Executive Summary (approx. 100 words)
• Table of Contents
• Introduction (approx.100-200 words)
• Findings and Analysis (approx. 1000 words)
• Conclusion (approx. 150-250 words)
• Reference List/Bibliography
• Appendices (only if required, this section is optional)

Key areas to cover in the Findings/Analysis section are:

• What is Social Media?
• What is the international picture of the industry like?
• What are the money making opportunities like in relation to the creation of a new social media website?
• What are the potential costs involved in creating a website?
• What are the potential risks of investing in this type of opportunity?
• Do you advise on investing in the creation of a social media website? If so, you will need to give details of the type of team that should be created and reasons why. If not, then you must give a valid explanation of your reasoning.

Your appendices should include:

• Any charts or statistical data that you wish to include. Use a screen shot or the Snipping Tool to incorporate this into your work if you use Excel or similar.
• Potential start-up calculations shown on a spreadsheet. Use a screen shot or the Snipping

Tool to incorporate this into your work.

Task B: Presentation Reflection, 500 words

The HR Manager at Croft Gleeson Ltd has asked you to discuss the challenges faced in working together with other team members on building a presentation.

Write a brief 500 word reflection for the HR Manager under the following headings:
1. Division of Labour
2. Team Working Skills
3. Organisation
4. Delivery

In each section, describe the processes used and detail the difficulties or challenges that you feel that you faced in completing the project.

Task C: Critical Essay, 1250 words

Using a standard essay format, write an essay on the following topic:
“In the United Kingdom, men and women are treated equally in the workplace.” Discuss this statement

• You must conduct suitable research using the reading list that your tutor will provide you with. The reading list will be available on the MyARUL site.
• You must explain various arguments presented and analyse them using critical thinking skills practiced in the module
• You must use Harvard referencing and provide a Bibliography listing the sources you have used
• As this is an essay you should not use any subheadings

Marking Criteria
All tasks should be marked out of 100 separately and then the marks will receive the following weighting:

Task A: 40%
Task B: 20%
Task C: 40%
A spreadsheet will be provided to markers to automatically perform the calculations.