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Part 1

Scenario and activity:

You have recently been appointed as a junior operation executive at the London office of SASOL Limited; a fast-growing energy and chemical company whose head office is in Cape Town, South Africa. The company also has a direct presence in New York, Frankfurt, Mozambique, Gabon and Australia in addition to the UK Office. A key aspect of its corporate strategy is continued international expansion.

You have been seconded at short notice to the Group Training and Development team (this is based in Cape Town but you will connect with key colleagues through regular conference and video calls). The team are putting together a Graduate Training pack and as part of this you have been tasked with producing a presentation on the concept of globalisation and the challenges this creates for global businesses such as SASOL in terms new market development. The presentation will form part of a newly developed Graduate Induction programme that will be sponsored by a senior SASOL Director.

You are required to research and work up a first draft of the presentation which should include the following:

1. An introduction to the concept of globalization.

2. An appropriate PESTLE analysis to illustrate the broader and global influences on an organisation such as SASOL.

3. An analysis of the key driving factors of globalisation.

4. Evaluation of the significant impact of digital technology upon globalisation.

5. A critical evaluation of the challenges and complexities globalisation brings to an organisation such as SASOL.

6. Recommendations on how such challenges can be overcome.

Part 2

The draft presentation on drivers and challenges of globalisation you submitted was met with a very favourable response and is presently being reviewed and "tweaked" by the Group Head of Training and Development. You have now been briefed on a second task and are keen to succeed at this as well.

It has been decided that the new Graduate Induction programme must also cover the impact that globalization has on organisational structures, cultures and functions. It is viewed as essential that any prospective SASOL employee should have a developed understanding of this. As part of your preparatory research you therefore have to investigate how globalisation affects decision making and strategy within a global organization such as SASOL. You are asked to submit your work as a briefing document that will then be made available on-line for Graduates through the company Intranet.

You have been explicitly told that you will need to incorporate theory (McKinsey's 7S model, Hofstede's Dimensions of Culture etc.) into your document as well as factors that may influence structures, culture and organisational functions in the business. You will also need to relate this to organisational strategy formulation.

The briefing document, in report format, should include the following:

1. Appropriate introduction and purpose

2. An explanation of structure, culture and governance within an organization such as SASOL applying McKinsey's 7S model to the organization.

3. An evaluation of how the above has been influenced by global operations and how the organisation has adapted to operating in a global market.

4. Applying Hofstede's Dimensions of Culture to demonstrate how the organisation has been influenced.

5. An evaluation of ethical and sustainable factors that the organisation has to consider in a global market.

6. Critical evaluation of strategic decision making in relation to risk and diversification in a global context.

7. An assessment and critical evaluation of the range of strategic global expansion routes available to the organisation.

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