Assignment 1 – DUE Week 6 – 03 May 2013
1500-2000 words plus a bibliography

SMART Objectives and Goals

Compare and contrast the following TWO companies in relation to the following:

1. A vision or mission statement.

2. Values of the organisation –

3. Corporate Social Responsibility /Sustainability

4. Stakeholders mentioned in their corporate statements

The two companies are:

• Woolworths- www.woolworths.com.au and www.woolworthslimited.com.ausee Who We Are and About Us

• Stockland– www.stockland.com.au– see Investor Centre and Sustainability
The comparisons must include an analysis of these statements as to whether they meet the SMART (Simple, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Timely) test for objectives and goals.

Are these statements of intention “believable” and do they add value to these companies?


















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Assignment 2 – DUE Week 9 – 24 May 2013
1500-2000 words plus a bibliography



AMAZON.com Inc.


Starting points: www.amazon.com; www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon.com



1. Briefly trace the development and growth of Amazon.com from 1995 to the present through the application of corporate strategies – what types of strategies have these been?

2. There have been many criticisms of the business practices that Amazon.com has pursued over the years. Describe TWO of these practices and outline the outcomes.

3. Perform an environmental analysis for the involvement of Amazon.com in the book and publishing industry – what are the main opportunities & threats?

4. Describe the organisational culture or leadership style within Amazn.com Inc.












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Assignment 3 – DUE Week 13 – 21 June 2013 – 20% final mark
1500-2000 words plus a bibliography

News Corporation Scandal
The News Corporation scandal developed in mid-2011 out of a series of investigations following up the News of the World royal phone hacking scandal of 2005–2007. Where initially the scandal appeared contained to a single journalist at News Corporation subsidiary News of the World, with the 2007 jailing of Clive Goodman and the resignation of then editor Andy Coulson, investigations eventually revealed a much wider pattern of wrongdoing.
This led to the closure of the News of the World on 10 July 2011, an apology by Rupert Murdoch in an advertisement in most British national newspapers, and the withdrawing of News Corporation's bid to take over the majority of BSkyB shares it did not own.
Investigations continued into what the company and individuals at the company knew of the phone hacking and when, as well as into other issues, including questions around police bribery. Since police renewed investigations in 2011, 90 people have been arrested and 16 charged with crimes in conjunction with illegal acquisition of confidential information, many if not most of them employees or agents of News Corp.

Research matters as they relate to the questions –a starting but not necessarily authoritative source is www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_Corporation_scandal.

Search many other sources that relate to this topic.

Answer the following four (4) questions related to the causes of the disaster and lessons that might hopefully be learned to avoid a similar situation occurring (equal marks for each question).

• Describe the different types of controls that managers can implement on any project – feed forward control, concurrent control and feedback control.
• Summarisesome of the causes of the scandal and detail what are some of the feed forward controls that should have been undertakenfor such a global media company.
• What monitoring or controlling processes should have been in place to prevent or quickly identify any problems occurring in the news reporting business?
• Describe the overall impact on the global media, newspapers, staff, politicians and investors due to failures in the control processes in News Corporation.