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Global Supply Chain Management
4,200 words
Global Supply Chain Management – Gatwick Airport Northern Runway Expansion
This individual report examines several strategic and operational aspects of the global supply chain associated with the Gatwick Airport Northern Runway expansion. The assessment requires students to investigate the organisation and its current global supply chain challenges, while applying relevant supply chain management theories, frameworks and models to analyse its operations and develop strategic recommendations. The report begins by providing a background of the organisation, with particular attention to its current global supply chain issues and strategic supply chain relationships. Key areas of investigation include risk management, supply chain resilience, outsourcing, supplier planning and selection, supply chain integration, network design, leadership, benchmarking, decision-making, and the application of lean and agile approaches. These areas provide the basis for understanding how the organisation can manage its supply chain effectively within a complex and changing global environment. A critical evaluation of external factors affecting the organisation's global supply chain is also required through the use of a PESTEL analysis. This enables consideration of the political, economic, social, technological, environmental and legal factors that may influence supply chain performance, risks, costs and strategic decisions. The report must then develop key strategic recommendations aimed at optimising the organisation's global supply chain. The recommendations should focus on reducing costs, supporting sustainability, improving operational efficiency and enhancing supply chain resilience. Each recommendation should be supported by appropriate supply chain management theories and models, such as agile supply chain approaches, lean supply chain principles and global sourcing strategies. Students are expected to provide a clear rationale for their recommendations using theoretical insights and relevant academic and professional literature. The assessment places emphasis on critical reasoning, wider reading and the ability to connect supply chain theory with practical organisational issues. A logically structured, professional and business-like report is required, supported by appropriate evidence and Harvard referencing. The marking criteria assess the use of theory and frameworks, critical analysis and evaluation, conclusions and recommendations, and the overall structure, presentation and referencing of the report. The assignment is worth 70% of the unit assessment and has a required length of approximately 4,200 words, with a permitted variation of ±10%. The report should demonstrate an understanding of global supply chain management practices and the ability to apply relevant theories and frameworks to analyse supply chain challenges and develop realistic strategic recommendations.
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Consultancy Project
1,500 words
Consultancy Project Proposal
This assessment requires students to develop a professional Consultancy Project Proposal addressing a current organisational issue or business challenge. The assessment consists of a 1,500-word individual project proposal worth 80% of the module grade and an A4 Consultancy Project Proposal Digital Poster worth 20%. The proposal should provide an in-depth analysis of a selected business or management issue and establish a comprehensive research methodology for investigating the identified challenge. The assignment requires students to select an existing organisation and critically examine between one and three current and ongoing organisational challenges. The discussion should be evidence-based and supported by relevant, recent and credible sources, such as academic journals, company reports and other appropriate research. Students are encouraged to establish links between the selected challenges, current affairs, news events and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals where relevant. The proposal must establish a clear research aim and three research objectives connected to the selected organisational challenges. Students must demonstrate awareness and application of appropriate research methodologies, including consideration of qualitative and quantitative approaches. The assessment also encourages the development of one or two concise research questions and requires students to demonstrate how the selected research methods can be applied to investigate the identified challenges. Students must also develop a feasible research plan and discuss ethical considerations, particularly those relating to secondary data collection. The digital poster should communicate the research plan clearly and demonstrate data analysis and data presentation skills through appropriate graphs, charts and tables. The final proposal should critically organise and synthesise information, provide a clear conclusion, and maintain professional academic standards. The recommended structure consists of a cover page, table of contents, list of abbreviations where appropriate, introduction, critical discussion of challenges, research aim and objectives, application of research methodologies, ethical considerations, research plan, critical organisation and synthesis of information, conclusion, references, the Consultancy Project Proposal Digital Poster and appendices where required. The main proposal has a 1,500-word limit, while the digital poster should not exceed one A4 page. The assignment requires Harvard referencing and the report should be written in the third person.
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People Analytics / Human Resource Management
2,003 words
Principles of People Analytics and Evidence-Based Decision Making
This CIPD Level 3 assessment introduces the principles of people analytics and evidence-based decision making within the people profession. It focuses on how data, professional expertise, research evidence and stakeholder information can be used to diagnose organisational issues, support rational decision making and improve people practices. The unit emphasises the practical application of analytics rather than data collection alone. The assessment uses a recruitment scenario in which the learner applies for the position of People Analytics Administrator at Company X, an organisation providing HR and people-management solutions. Learners complete an assessment pack containing eight questions designed to demonstrate understanding of how analytics can support business and people decisions. The written component requires learners to explain evidence-based practice and demonstrate how it could be applied in an organisational context. Other areas include the importance of accurate data in diagnosing problems, different forms of data measurement, the role of organisational policies and procedures in decision making, and how people professionals create value for employees, organisations and wider stakeholders. Learners must also consider how a people analytics professional can remain customer focused and standards driven. The practical analytics element uses employee overtime data from Blue Mountain Patisserie. Learners calculate average overtime for individual employees, express overtime as a percentage of normal working hours, interpret patterns within the data and identify potential organisational problems and possible solutions. Findings must then be communicated using at least two different diagrammatic formats, such as bar graphs, pie charts or line graphs. The required written evidence is approximately 1,500 words for Questions 1–6 and 500 words for Question 7, giving approximately 2,000 words in total, with the visualisations excluded from the word count.
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