LGI Enviromental Analysis

Title:	LGI Enviromental Analysis
Paper type	Essay
Deadline	19th Apr 2015 @ 20:05:54 PM
Paper format	Harvard
Course level	Undergraduate
Subject Area	Business
# pages	4   ( or 1100 words Minimum)
Spacing	Double Spacing
Cost	$ 16.00
# sources	4

Teaching Period 1, 2015

MGT10001 Introduction to Management

Assessment 2: Environmental analysis Word limit: 1000 (+/- 10%) Weighting: 20%

Due date: 9am AEST Monday 13 April 2015 (Week 6)

Assessment overview

This assessment is based on the case study below. You are to do an environmental analysis, which requires you to demonstrate your ability to identify and describe the key environmental challenges facing a particular group of managers within a specific industry operating in business today.

Note that the case study provided, Landfill Gas Industries, is the same business to which you have been introduced to at various points throughout this unit.

Assessment details

Case study

Landfill Gas Industries Pty Ltd is a business that specialises in offering gas extraction from landfill sites (rubbish dumps) around Australia. The extracted gas is used to generate electricity for local councils and landfill owners around the nation.

LGI Pty Ltd offers a variety of services from assessment of gas and flare capability to maintenance and monitoring of electrical generators powered by the gas they extract from landfill sites.

You can find out more about landfill gas as well as the business’s specific customers, services and capabilities by going to its website:

www.landfillgasindustries.com.au

Presume that LGI Pty Ltd has commissioned you to conduct a preliminary investigation of the environmental factors and how they will impact the business’s operation in Australia.

This investigative essay will then provide LGI Pty Ltd with further research options and investment strategies in the future, once it has been presented to the board for approval.

Your task is to provide an overview of the external environmental (general and specific) factors affecting LGI’s performance.

Your analysis should focus on and explain in depth the particular environmental factors you feel significantly impact LGI’s operation.

Task notes

1. Carry out an environmental analysis to identify what opportunities and threats LGI faces.

To help limit your analysis area, you can also choose to identify a specific location for the

basis of your analysis e.g. a particular council in your state’s capital city.

2. Your analysis should be structured in the form of an essay and include:

 An introduction to LGI including the industry it operates in and what the business is aiming to achieve.

 An overview of the general and specific environmental framework, i.e. what the

framework’s purpose is, what are its components, and which components are

relevant in this particular case and why.

 An analysis identifying and applying the general and specific environmental factors to LGI to identify the opportunities and threats facing the organisation. All analysis must be defended with specific references back to reliable and relevant academic theory, statistics and industry reports.

 A conclusion summarising your analysis.

Starting your research

Your analysis should draw upon your weekly readings and other reputable sources. Information on the general environment can be drawn from the following IBISWorld reports:

Wind and Other Electricity Generation in Australia, viewed 24 February 2015,

< http://clients1.ibisworld.com.au.ezproxy.lib.swin.edu.au/reports/au/industry/default.aspx?e ntid=5321>

On Selling Electricity and Electricity Market Operation in Australia, viewed 24 February 2015,

< http://clients1.ibisworld.com.au.ezproxy.lib.swin.edu.au/reports/au/industry/default.aspx?e ntid=2147>

Information on the specific environment can be drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

You should evaluate the likelihood of this idea working in a particular location, for example in a

particular council in your state’s capital city.

Hints and tips

 You are expected to critically review the material you read in light of its source and your

client’s requirements.

 The strength of an argument is judged on how it is constructed and the evidence used to support it.

 High marks will come from a demonstrated ability to construct a persuasive argument that is adequately researched, constructed and referenced.

 While the internet is a good starting point for your research, only reputable sources should be referenced and quoted in your final analysis.

 Web-based information must come from refereed journals and/or reputable business magazines, not just notes put on the web by enthusiastic individuals e.g. Netmba,

Wikipedia, Businessballs, quickMBA.com, blogs.

 Do not copy word for word from the internet or texts: write in your own words and reference correctly, otherwise you are plagiarising. Copying long pieces of information demonstrates limited understanding, poor academic skill and will receive minimum marks. Do not use bullet points or lists in your academic writing.

 The essay should be edited to achieve consistency of grammar, style and flow of argument.

Assessment criteria

1. Introduction: purpose, overview and outline of the essay (10%)

2. Analysis (40%)

3. Recommendations and conclusions (20%)

4. Scholarship (30%)

Your work will be assessed using the following marking guide:

Criteria:	No pass	Pass 50‐59%	Credit 60‐69%	Distinction 70‐79%	High Distinction 80‐100%
Introduction: purpose, overview and outline of the essay (10%)	Did not meet criterion.	Some lack of clarity in the identification of purpose, overview and in the outline of issues discussion.	Purpose and overview of structure and outline of issues identified, but with some gaps.	Clearly identified purpose, overview of structure and outline of issues to be discussed.	Provided clear and comprehensive evidence of an introduction that expertly identified purpose, overview and outline of issues to be discussed in the order that they appear.
Analysis (40%)	Did not meet criterion.	Overall a complete environmental analysis that draws on an established framework but lacks the clarity of factors and/or application to the case study.	An overall complete environmental analysis using an established framework that is applied to the case study but with some minor gaps.	A complete environmental analysis using an established framework that is applied to the case study.	An insightful and sophisticated environmental analysis using an established framework that is applied to the case study.

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Recommendations and conclusions (20%)	Did not meet criterion.	A summary of the analysis and a statement of key findings and recommendations of the case study is provided, but lacks clarity.	A summary of the analysis and a statement of the key findings and recommendations of the case study is provided, but with some gaps.	A clear summary of the analysis and a statement of the key findings and recommendations of the case study is provided.	An expert summary of the analysis and a statement of the key findings and recommendations of the case study is provided.
Scholarship (30%)	Did not meet criterion.	Structure and/or spelling and grammar need work but argument can be understood. Sparse scholarly texts with some key statements lacking sufficient relevant supporting evidence. Referencing generally correct according to the Harvard referencing system, though with a number of errors.	The ideas are presented in a reasonably well- structured and logical order, but with minor issues, including with spelling and grammar. A minimum of three scholarly texts used; statements generally supported by relevant evidence. Referencing is mostly correct according to the Harvard referencing system.	The ideas are well presented and argued, in a logical and well-structured order, and are supported by at least six scholarly texts. Writing is free of grammatical and spelling errors. Correct use of the Harvard referencing system.	The ideas are compelling and sophisticated, and are presented in a well-structured and logical order, and are supported by at least six highly relevant scholarly texts. Writing is free of grammatical and spelling errors. Correct use of the Harvard referencing system.

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