BUSI1475 MCC essay; planning tool (NB this does not constitute a ‘structure’; it’s merely to help you
get your ideas off the ground
THEME EXTRAPOLATION OF ISSUES FROM STORY
(SUGGESTIONS)
Globalisation  How does the story interact with the global
domain?
 Does it impact on the global domain? (e.g.
international trade, MCCs, policy)
 Or does the global domain impact on it?
(e.g. migration, trade, inequality, ethics)
Technology and/or  Does the story involve the impact of
networks technology on people and/or organisations?
(e.g. automation, AI)
 Does the story involve the creation of new
opportunities?
 Does the story involve degradation, risk and
subordination?
 Who controls the technology and its
implementation?
Co-operation and/or  Does the story involve something being
conflict contested? (e.g. is one party trying to exploit
another, ruin their environment etc.)
 Does the story involve struggle?
 Does the story involve the opening up of
new opportunities, of groups working
together, mobilising, organising etc)
CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENTS YOUR NOTES, IDEAS etc.
(SUGGESTIONS; not exhaustive)
 Theories of globalisation
 Critiques of globalisation
 Consequences of globalisation
(e.g. inequality & oppression, or
wealth creation and new
opportunities in markets?)
 Information society (Castells)
 Networks (Sheeky)
 Technological development
 Labour process (Marx,
Braverman etc)
 Automation
 AI
 Class politics and struggle (Marx)
 hegemony
 Mobilisation, collectivisation
 New forms of capitalism (e.g.
Mason)