Understanding the Work Environment

    Choose an organisation you wish to analyse. This can be an organisation in the private sector (e.g. Amazon, Deliveroo, Bupa, AXA Health, etc), public sector (e.g. the NHS, the BBC, the Armed Forces, etc), or ‘third sector’ (e.g. Oxfam, Cancer Research UK, etc), as you prefer. Write a report of 2000 (+/–10%) in which, with reference to your chosen organisation, you analyse the relationship between evolving social and organisational structures relevant to work and employment practices in contemporary society, and the lives and experiences of working people, including their economic welfare and overall well-being. Your analysis should include discussion of: • the type of organisation (statutory/non-statutory) and its overall purpose(s) or goal(s), as well as any other relevant arrangements (e.g. organisational structure, stakeholders, etc); • values and ethical practice within the organisation; • relevant public policy and legislation; and • up to TWO forms of social identity (e.g. class, gender, ethnicity, disability, age, etc). Use relevant concepts and/or theories to inform your analysis, and relevant empirical evidence to support the claims you make. Though you should pay particular attention to your chosen organisation, you can and should discuss evidence from other similar (or, indeed, contrasting) organisations in developing key points. You should also include a brief introduction identifying the organisation you have chosen to focus on and providing some context for the analysis that will follow, and a conclusion reflecting on the significance of key points you have made.