©Al Tareeqah Management Studies – 2022 3 Preamble This assignment should be based on your current employer/business or a business with which you have had some recent exposure and with which you are familiar.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
 All assignments are to be submitted on 03rd February 2022 at www.atmsstudentportal.com and https://www.atmsstudentgateway.com with the login credentials shared earlier.
 Assignment if submitted to any staff or kept in cc while submitting the soft copy will NOT be considered for marking.
 If assignment is not submitted on date, will follow a penalty of 10%-mark deduction.  Any Assignment submission extension request must come to Azra Fatima (Head: Examination | Academic) – afatima@atmsedu.org 5 days before the date of submission with a valid reason and supported documentary evidence.
● Similarity between students’ work is strictly not accepted, any student found with similar work will be graded Zero and fail for the course. However, Plagiarism is an academic offence and will not be tolerated.
● Any reevaluation request should come in one week of grade release. Any late request will not be obliged. (Form and other details shall be shared based on request)
● Any rescheduling request should come and fulfilled within two months after the actual date of the assessment. Any late request will not be obliged.
● Assignment once submitted to exam board is final for marking.
● Total 90 marks. 10 Marks for Class Participation. Final marks will be converted to 90 marks.
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GUIDELINES FOR ASSIGNMENT
a) If assignment is Question & Answer based, then.
 Introduction is needed for each question.
 Question has to be answered based on the mark allotted for each question with references if any idea or information is taken from other source.
b) If assignment is case based then,
 Executive summary
 Table of content
 Introduction
 Body of assignment (questions related to case need to be answered)
 Conclusion / Recommendation if any
 References (in-text + citation) to be used.
Total Marks / 90
PLAGIARISM
Plagiarism is a form of cheating, by representing someone else’s work as your own or using someone else’s work (another student or author) without acknowledging it with a reference. This is a serious breach of the Academic Regulations and will be dealt with accordingly. Students found to have plagiarized can be excluded from the program.
Plagiarism occurs whenever you do any of the following things without acknowledging the original source:
 Copy information from any source (including the study guide, books, newspapers, the internet)
 Use another person’s concepts or ideas
 Summarize or paraphrase another person’s work.
How do I avoid plagiarism?
To ensure you are not plagiarizing, you must acknowledge with a reference whenever you:
 use another person’s ideas, opinions or theory
 include any statistics, graphs or images that have been compiled or created by another person or organization
 Paraphrase another’s written or spoken word.
What are the penalties?
The penalties for plagiarism are:
 Deduction of marks,
 A mark of zero for the assignment or the unit, or
 Exclusion from the program.
Plagiarism is dealt with on a case-by-case basis and the penalties will reflect the seriousness of the breach.
Please note claiming that you were not aware of need to reference is no excuse.
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Preamble
This assignment should be based on your current employer/business or a business with which you have had some recent exposure and with which you are familiar.
(Word limit – 3000 words with +/- 10 % permissible flexibility)
(Marks: 90 marks)
Your report should be presented in a management report format covering following key elements:
 Executive summary (make it brief around 150 words – not counted in word limit),
 Introduction (setting out the scope of your work),
 Main body, and,
 Conclusion.
Your report should incorporate the following areas:
1. State vision and mission statement of your organization and highlight their key features. Suggest any changes in vision and/or mission statement if you deem necessary. 2. Conduct a SWOT analysis of your chosen organisation and examine its implications. 3. Analyse long-term objectives of your organisation and specific strategies chosen by it to achieve these objectives. 4. Analyse people, their capability, organisation structure and corporate culture issues of your chosen organization. Discuss their impact on its successful strategy execution. 5. Offer recommendations for successful strategy formulation and implementation in your chosen organization.
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Type of Organization
 If your organization is part of a larger international organization, you may consider only your country’s division. Avoid considering individual departments or sections of an organization as this will constrain you to deal with functional-level strategy only.
 If your organization is a government department, proceed with an analysis of that division, providing, it is a budgetary center. Dealing with a subdivision will constrain you to deal with functional-level strategy only.
 If your organization is an independent, not-for-profit entity, proceed according to the advice above.
Make sure the conclusion is not just a summary of your recommendations. Emphasize the key recommendations in your conclusion and consider how they might be actioned.