Identify the characteristics of the enterprising manager.

Report to be in English only and UK sources should only be used.

Assessment Task

This is an individual assignment, resulting in a report of 1500 words (excluding appendices).

This should be presented as a 1500 word Management Briefing document entitled ‘Four Key Lessons for Today’s Enterprising Manager’. The audience for the Briefing is the Senior Management team of a large global company, who are looking for ways to develop the young ‘enterprising managers of the future’ in their organization. They are asking you to identify the four most important facets of an enterprising individual, and propose ways to develop those attributes. Your proposal should be fully justified in terms of research and theoretical underpinning.

Produce a 1500 word report with a max of 3 appendices to address the following elements:

Identify the characteristics of the enterprising manager
Identify and justify the four enterprise attributes that should be developed in the young managers, the ones that you believe that would be most beneficial for the organization
Explain how the organization could develop the managers
Utilize ‘academic’ and practitioner research findings to support your assertions
This should be in Business English with care taken with punctuation, spelling and presentation. The report style and quality should be appropriate for presentation to a professional manager. Note that appendices should be used to provide supporting research and information. A maximum of three brief appendices are allowed, each no more than 2 sides. Appendices will not contribute to the grade.