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Sustainable Business Practice in a Dynamic Global Environment

Sustainable Business Practice in a Dynamic Global Environment
Porter and Kramer (2011) identify the opportunities to create shared value for business and society as a
key source of competitive advantage. Increasingly stakeholders are pressuring business to adopt
integrative thinking in its use of ‘capitals’ for creating value.
Read the case study provided to you, i.e. “Marks & Spencer: the Business Case for Plan A” (Spitzeck, H
2009, Cranfield University). Also access Marks &Spencers’ website (and especially their 2013 Plan A report
http://corporate.marksandspencer.com/investors/reports_publications/2012_2). Note that Marks
andSpencer (M&S) aim to become the world’s most sustainable international multi-channel retailer.
•    What are the main features of the International Integrated Reporting Council’s business model
framework? How might this framework help businesses become more sustainable? Explain and justify
your response.
•    Apply this framework together with other relevant frameworks, models or theories, in
assessing how M&S has integrated its stewardship of ‘capitals’ in the business model underpinning Plan
A.
•    Evaluate the success of their approach and argue the case for improvements
As well as effectively responding to the task requirements and effective communication and
presentation, there is a significant focus on scholarship & critical analysisas parts of the assessment
criteria; so catering for these elements is absolutely essential!
In framing recommendations, ensure you have justified your advice in the body of the report with
reference to relevant academic and other sources. Your recommendations must be workable, and
capable of being implemented by the organization concerned if it so chose.
The appropriate useof visual illustrations i.e graphs and figures relevant to the case organization is
highly desired.
Presentation Requirements
The report structure should include at a minimum
•    An executive summary that succinctly presents the main arguments, conclusions and
recommendations;
•    An index or table of contents complete with page numbering;
•    An introduction that covers the issues relevant to the question that you will be considering in
the report and the scope of your inquiry;
•    The report body including identification and rigorous analysis of the issues you have identified;
•    A conclusion that reflects your overall assessment of the effectiveness of the organization’s
approaches to decision making and risk management, and
•    Recommendations for change as appropriate.
Sources:Anywhere between 12 to 20 (quality is more important than quantity!)
Main sources (Some attached!):
1.    The case study provided to you, i.e. “Marks & Spencer: the Business Case for Plan A” (Spitzeck,
H 2009, Cranfield University)
2.    The Marks &Spencers’ website (and especially their 2013 Plan A report
http://corporate.marksandspencer.com/investors/reports_publications/2012_2).
3.    Burgelman, RA 2002, Chapter One in Strategy is destiny: how strategy-making shapes a
company’s future, The Free Press, New York
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5.    Mintzberg, H &Lampel, J 1999, ‘Reflecting on the Strategy Process’, Sloan Management Review,
Spring
6.    Porter, ME & Kramer, MR 2011, ‘Creating Shared Value’, Harvard Business Review, vol. 89, no. 1-2,
pp. 62-77
7.    Accenture, Marks & Spencer and Business in the Community, 2103,’Fortune Favours the Brave by
Accenture, Marks & Spencer and Business in the Community’, http://www.accenture.com/gb-
en/Pages/insight-fortune-favoursbrave.aspx?c=mc_prposts_10000045&n=otc_1013
8.    Haanaes, K, Arthur, D, Balagopal, B, Kong, MT, Reeves, M, Velken, I, Hopkins, MS, &Kruschwitz, N
2011, Sustainability: The Embracers Seize the Advantage, MIT Sloan Management Review and Boston
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9.    Porter, ME 2001, ‘Strategy and the Internet’, Harvard Business Review, March
10.    Porter, ME & Kramer, MR 2006, ‘Strategy and Society: The Link Between Competitive Advantage
and Corporate Social Responsibility’, Harvard Business Review, December
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http://www.wbcsd.org/vision2050.aspx
•    WEF 2011, Executive Summary, Outlook on the Global Agenda 2012, viewed 4 January 2012
http://www3.weforum.org/docs/GAC11/WEF_GAC11_OutlookGlobalAgenda.pdf
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Thomson, South Melbourne, Australia
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London
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presentation
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ethics’, in Business and Society: Ethics, Sustainability, and Stakeholder Management, 8e, South-Western
Cengage Learning Mason US pp. 64-90
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Revisited”’, Organization Science, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 364-369
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create value: Looking inside the black box’, Academy of Management Review, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 273-292
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innovation, Harvard Business Review, September
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business, http://www.wbcsd.org/vision2050.aspx
•    World Economic Forum 2013, Outlook on the Global Agenda 2014,
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•    Hillson, D & Murray-Webster, R 2007, Chapter 2 – Understanding and Managing Risk Attitude,
2nd Edition, Gower, England
•    Hubbard, DW 2009, Chapter 2 – The Failure of Risk Management: Why It’s Broken and How to Fix
It, John Wiley & Sons, NJ
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Harvard Business Review, October
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risk’, The International Journal of Management Education, vol. 12, no. 2, pp.55–67
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Accountants, 5th Edn, South-Western Cengage Learning, OH USA, Chapter 1
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Ethics: A stakeholder and Issues Management Approach, 4th Ed, Thomson South Western, Chapter 3
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pp.345-357
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‘Risk Management’
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