Impact of Global Business Issues on the Business Environment

Impact of Global Business Issues on the Business Environment
Assessment Learning Outcomes:
• Critically discuss the evolution and dynamic and of these issues and why they continue to
increase in importance
• Identify the connections / links between the issues and critically discuss their interrelationships
• Determine the nature of their impact on the environment and performance of individual
businesses, utilising specific examples to illustrate this.
Details of the task:
Prepare an individual report on how international business has been affected by a range of
global issues. The report should include discussion on the following and their impact on one or
more selected individual companies.
• Innovation
• Government policies and attitudes, especially those regarding international trade
• Corporate Social Responsibility and associated ethical issues.
• Cultural Factors
The report should be structured to include an introduction that gives an overview of these issues
followed by individual sections discussing each of the above topics and their impact on the
chosen business(es)
In each of the sections you can consider the development of the issue covering how its impact
on organisations have changed, utilising examples which illustrate the effect or impact of these
issues on the business environment and the performance of the highlighted companies.
The final part should be a conclusion in which you can explore any links and inter relationships
that may exist between the issues as well as their role in globalisation.