STRM060 - IBN - Assessment 2 - 2016
STRM060 - IBN - Assessment 2 - 2016
STRM060 - IBN - Assessment 2 - 2016
2015-2016
Level
7
Credit Value
20
Module Tutor
Dean Brookes
Word count:
Weighting:
50%
Classroom activity:
Submission date:
16 May 2016
Resit date:
25 July 2019
local institutions. Markets in China have not opened up to the extent hoped for and
the company continues to sell mainly into the USA and Britain. As important, it has
not been easy to control quality over long distances and wage costs in China began
to rise almost as soon as Beauforts set up their contract with XFM.
In November 2014, Beaufort was approached by Northampton Borough Council
and the Northamptonshire Enterprise Partnership to encourage the firm to expand
UK production in the town once again. Land and a new unit near to the motorway
can be made available to the company at reduced rates and support would be
available to retrain a local workforce. Might it be time to consider reshoring
Beauforts shoe production and integrating the firm once again?
The Task
The group must engage in negotiations involving three parties Beauforts
management; XFM management; and representatives of Unity, a UK trade union
representing the interests of the shoemaking workforce in Britain.
The negotiations are likely to be complex and it will be for the parties involved to
consider how they will be structured. Is it desirable for all parties to meet together at
the same time or are separate meetings preferred? How will the scope of
discussions be agreed? And, within teams, it will be necessary to identify your
negotiating strategy and to plan how negotiating roles will be organised.
The Delegation Teams will be allocated in the week beginning 14th March
2016
Beauforts Management
Unity
XFM
Assessment Guidance
Ensure that the assignment is
Closely structured to the requirements of the question: The published title should be
set out at the head of the assignment and referred to throughout the text.
Concluded in such a way as to provide an answer to the published question: An
authoritative conclusion should synthesize the arguments developed through the
essay and establish that the central requirements have been met.
Written in simple and direct language: Complex sentence structures and the use of
jargon should be avoided as much as possible.
Founded on a suitable range of reading and effectively referenced: Core arguments
should be supported by appropriate reference (using the Harvard system) to
reading indicated in the Module Guide and found in literature searches.
Academic Practice
This is an individual assignment. The University of Northampton policy will apply in
all cases of copying, plagiarism or any other methods by which students have
obtained (or attempted to obtain) an unfair advantage.
Support and guidance on assessments and academic integrity can be found from
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Learning outcomes
The learning outcomes being addressed through this assignment are:
Subject Specific
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Key Skills
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