Business Organisation & Policy
Assignment Task
You are required to write an analytical business report that covers the following three tasks:
Critically analyse the strengths and weaknesses of an organisation of your choice using any 4 of the McKinsey 7s.
The McKinsey 7s are:
Shared values
Structure
Systems
Style
Staff
Skills
strategy (40 marks)
Discuss how your chosen 4s of the McKinsey 7s can affect the planning of your chosen organisation. (30 marks)

Explain why it is important for the government to intervene in the following market situations:
Perfect competition
Monopoly (30 marks)
TOTAL MARKS: 100
Your report (which must be written in business report format), should comprise of the following sections:
An executive summary which gives a brief overview of the argument in your report including key findings and conclusions. (100 words)
An introduction which explains what the report is all about and highlights on what is to be covered in the report. (100 words)
The body including an analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of an organisation of your choice using any 4 of the McKinsey 7s, how your chosen 4s can affect the planning strategy of your chosen organisation and the importance of government intervention on perfect competition and monopoly. (1600 words)
Conclusion which includes a critical evaluation of your chosen company and its planning strategy. (100 words)
Recommendations to your chosen business on chosen 4s and their effects on planning. (100 words)
Bibliography showing all sources of references.