select one of the subjects below as your individual coursework brief. Report format only 1. œFood retailers need to retain their flexibility and responsiveness to consumer needs. This is not because there is a threat from newcomers because the barriers to entry are very high, rather it is because a small loss in sales volumes can have a significant impact on profitability œ(Mintel 2010). Identify a supermarket currently operating in the UK and assess the market environment they currently trade in. Consider all aspects of their strategy and how they are responding to their customer’s changing tastes and buying behaviour in such a competitive market to maintain or increase market share. 2. œThere are several advantages to a retailer’s enacting a multi-channel approach, including the selection of specific channels based upon their unique strengths, opportunities to leverage assets, and opportunities for increased sales and profits by appealing to multi-channel shoppers (Berman et al. 2010, p.174). Select a non-food retailer operating in the UK who has adopted additional sales channels to maintain or increase their market share. Provide analysis of their strategy and motivations for creating additional sales channels, and how his has affected their overall market position. Remember the customer is key, so how have they adapted their channel strategy to suit their changing behaviours.

Individual report

Order Description

Demographic profile of countries and impact on employment. Select two countries studied in this unit to analyse the effect of a country’s age profile on work organisation or labour markets in the context of industrial relations.
? Youth bulge? Ageing workforce?
? What are the two countries that exemplify issues & challenges with national population characteristics?
? How do we understand and plan for demographic change in industrial relations context either firm level or setor level or country level.
? What is the role of organisational or government policy.

Select two countries from below:
Australia, China, South Korea, Singapore, Japan, India, Malaysia and Indonesia.

Report format:
Executive summary
Headings logically move the reader through the topic
References – high quality that develop an evidence base for your arguments
You DO NOT need to include Recommendations in your Report

Arguments need to be supported by current case studies and/or examples.
?    Can be news items, government reports or studies by Non-Government Organisations (NGOs), ILO/UN -supranational organisations
?    Also academic case studies and examples
Exec Summary: Summary of main points of the report
Intro: Set out specific topic, orientation & approach
Body – Adopts theory, uses empirical evidence, data to build argument/response to question. Linking sections.
Conclusion – sums up how well you have addressed the topic, revisits what you aimed to do & summarises the arguments & evidence. Do not make general statements – link directly to the topic.

Topic exposition
Each topic requires Two Countries.
Research: not dictionaries, Wikipedia or poor quality web sources
Analysis: Use literature/academic sources to build the platform for your topic. More than describe – in-depth critique.
Debate: Integrate different perspectives & differing viewp01oints but build own arguments as a response to the topic.
6-8 quality reference sources: journal articles – use google scholar.

Topic:
Demographic profile of countries and impact on employment. Select two countries studied in this unit to analyse the effect of a country’s age profile on work organisation or labour markets in the context of industrial relations.
?    Youth bulge? Ageing workforce?
?    What are the two countries that exemplify issues & challenges with national population characteristics?
?    How do we understand and plan for demographic change in industrial relations context either firm level or setor level or country level.
?    What is the role of organisational or government policy.

Select two countries from below:
Australia, China, South Korea, Singapore, Japan, India, Malaysia and Indonesia.

Individual report

Order Description

Demographic profile of countries and impact on employment. Select two countries studied in this unit to analyse the effect of a country’s age profile on work organisation or labour markets in the context of industrial relations.
? Youth bulge? Ageing workforce?
? What are the two countries that exemplify issues & challenges with national population characteristics?
? How do we understand and plan for demographic change in industrial relations context either firm level or setor level or country level.
? What is the role of organisational or government policy.

Select two countries from below:
Australia, China, South Korea, Singapore, Japan, India, Malaysia and Indonesia.

Report format:
Executive summary
Headings logically move the reader through the topic
References – high quality that develop an evidence base for your arguments
You DO NOT need to include Recommendations in your Report

Arguments need to be supported by current case studies and/or examples.
?    Can be news items, government reports or studies by Non-Government Organisations (NGOs), ILO/UN -supranational organisations
?    Also academic case studies and examples
Exec Summary: Summary of main points of the report
Intro: Set out specific topic, orientation & approach
Body – Adopts theory, uses empirical evidence, data to build argument/response to question. Linking sections.
Conclusion – sums up how well you have addressed the topic, revisits what you aimed to do & summarises the arguments & evidence. Do not make general statements – link directly to the topic.

Topic exposition
Each topic requires Two Countries.
Research: not dictionaries, Wikipedia or poor quality web sources
Analysis: Use literature/academic sources to build the platform for your topic. More than describe – in-depth critique.
Debate: Integrate different perspectives & differing viewpoints but build own arguments as a response to the topic.
6-8 quality reference sources: journal articles – use google scholar.

Topic:
Demographic profile of countries and impact on employment. Select two countries studied in this unit to analyse the effect of a country’s age profile on work organisation or labour markets in the context of industrial relations.
?    Youth bulge? Ageing workforce?
?    What are the two countries that exemplify issues & challenges with national population characteristics?
?    How do we understand and plan for demographic change in industrial relations context either firm level or setor level or country level.
?    What is the role of organisational or government policy.

Select two countries from below:
Australia, China, South Korea, Singapore, Japan, India, Malaysia and Indonesia.