1. Discuss and evaluate the practices, processes, systems and general tools you have observed that your organisation uses to manage
• Internal relationships (organisational structure, organisation culture, practices, processes and any other insight into how your organisation is managed).
• External relationships (including customers, clients, suppliers, outsource services, competitors etc.)
Notes: Make sure the following is included in your answers: You should be referring to the resources particularly relating to the internal environment of your organisation for questions. You need to discuss interrelationships that are part of your tasks outlined in your role (above) and discuss:
• How does my role or my department's tasks impact on the other functional areas?
• What effect do other functional area's activities and decisions have on my role and my department
• Discuss and evaluate the practices, processes, systems and general tools you have observed that your organisation uses to manage internal relationships. This is where you can exercise judgement but you need to provide evidence in the form of some management theory, the management theory you covered in your first year papers is sufficient. The articles by Blanchard and Dwyer on Blackboard are good sources to guide you.
• Make you include examples relevant to organisation - D'Mello Chartered Accountant and role - assistant accountant.
• Don't just summarise what is written on the articles
Articles-
1. The external environment: Opportunities, threats, industry competition and competitor analysis.
2. Mission Possible by Ken Blanchard
3. Internal environment: It's Effect on SH&E Professionals by Wanda D. Minnick
4. Organisational standards and behaviour.