Assignment brief

BTEC Higher National Diploma (Business) Level 4

ACADEMIC COLLEGE OF LONDON

|Unit Number |1 |
|Unit Title |Business Environment |
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(P5)

3. Investigate the behaviour of organizations and the market environment

• Explain how market structures in practice deviate from the model of perfect competition (P7) • Use a range of examples to illustrate the relationship between market forces and organizational responses with appropriate methods (P8) • Explain how business & cultural environments affect an organization in shaping them to fit in the competition. (P9)

4. Explore the significance of international trade and the European dimension for UK businesses • Discuss the importance of international trade, economic integration and global markets to UK business organizations (P10) • Analyse the impact of two policies of the European Union on UK business organizations (P11) • Explain the economic implications for the UK of entry into EMU (P12)

(P- Pass)

The report should be approx. 2,500 words in length, excluding any appendices

Structure and format

You are advised to use the following format

Title page — the details of author, circulation, purpose of submission and date.

Acknowledgements — to those who assisted the author in the production of the report

Contents — with page numbers

Introduction — the background, the issue and the aim of the investigation

Major sections — as many as necessary, usually covering the concepts used, the information collected and the evaluation.

Conclusions — overall findings