Assignment Question: A successful local organisation is seeking to expand its business internationally for the first time. You have been hired as a consultant to help to prepare for international expansion. You must advise upon the development of an internationalisation strategy to cover the following:- Provide a brief overview of the chosen organisation and critically discuss which country you would recommend them to enter. (800 words) (20 marks) Discuss typical barriers that will be faced as the organisation expands internationally. (1000 words) (20 marks) Assess the organisation readiness for internationalisation. (1400 words) (40 marks) Based on your analysis, critically evaluate a relevant implementation approach for the internationalisation process (800 words) (20 marks) General Guidelines: Your answers to the questions should be appropriately analysed and must be grounded in appropriate academic literature and must provide clear evidence of independent critical evaluation. 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Maximum word length allowed is 4000 words, excluding words in charts & tables and in the appendixes section of your assignment. This assignment is worth 100% of the final assessment of the module. Student is required to submit a type-written document in Microsoft Word format with Times New Roman font type, size 12 and line spacing 1.5. Indicate the sources of information and literature review by including all the necessary citations and references adopting the Harvard Referencing System. Students who have been found to have committed acts of Plagiarism are automatically considered to have failed the entire module. If found to have breached the regulation for the second time, you will be asked to leave the course. Plagiarism involves taking someone else's words, thoughts, ideas or essays from online essay banks and trying to pass them off as your own. It is a form of cheating which is taken very seriously. Report Structure Title Page Table of Contents Executive Summary Introduction Body Conclusions References Appendix MARKING SCHEME Assignment Question: A local organisation is looking into expanding its business internationally. You have been hired as a consultant to help them prepare themselves for international expansion. You must help them to develop a strategy to cover the following:- Provide a brief overview of the chosen organisation and critically discuss which country you would recommend them to enter or trade with based on the analysis of the organisation and the target country. (800 words) (20 marks) Answer Students will critically examine and discuss the factors that organisation would need to consider to determine the target country for international trade. The answers must reflect a match between the environmental assessment of the target country and the strengths and competitive advantage of the organisation. Areas include management capabilities, organisation vision, financials, organisational structure. They will be expected to provide a logical and cogent critical discussion and provide an answer containing academic and conceptual depth. The difference between excellent and good is likely to be in the areas of the extent of criticality provided in the discussion, the degree of focus on the specific question asked, structure, professional presentation and critical evaluation. A good range of sources will be used in the answer and the work will be properly referenced. Students will answer with reference to the selected business 2. Discuss some of the barriers that will be faced as the organisation expand internationally Use examples to justify your answers. (1000 words) (20 marks) Answer Students will critically examine and discuss some of the barriers that has to be considered such as contractual obligations, management styles, human resource management, organisational structure. They will be expected to provide a logical and cogent critical discussion and provide an answer containing academic and conceptual depth. The difference between excellent and good is likely to be in the areas of the extent of criticality provided in the discussion, the degree of focus on the specific question asked, structure, professional presentation and critical evaluation. A good range of sources will be used in the answer and the work will be properly referenced. Students will answer with reference to the selected business 3. Assess the organisation readiness for internationalisation. (1400 words) (40 marks) Answer Students are expected to refer to macro dimensions of international business by addressing all or some of the following models: external and internal dynamic forces, stakeholder's interest, force factors, modes of entry. 4. Based on your analysis, critically evaluate a relevant implementation approach for the internationalisation process (800 words) (20 marks) Answer Students are expected to offer their prescriptive view on implementation strategy by referring to the selected mode of entry. Students are advised to highlight the perceived challenges and required action plans.