Outline Who Are the Winners and Losers in a Consumer Society.
TMA02 - Assignment Plan
Assignment question: Outline who are the winners and losers in a consumer society.
‘Outline’ – my understanding of this is to summarise/define the winners and losers in a consumer society, focussing on identifying who they are and not why they are.
Intro;
Describe what I am going to do – keep it short and refer to the question that is being asked, I could start by pointing out who are the winners and losers in general and then building on them in the following paragraphs in the body of the assignment.
Body:-
Use the mind maps and the references below with notes taken manually to form the body of the assignment. Try to keep each example of a winner and loser to a separate paragraph and keep to the point, don’t go too much into detail about why. Building on my last assignment I need to include comments and references from some of the social scientists in the ‘Making Social Lives’ book, chapters 1 and 2 in particular from weeks 4 to 7 and the following audios may have some relevance; Evidence in the social sciences, Making connections: ‘economics and politics’ and Reflections on ‘Material Lives’. Also make references to positive-sum game and zero-sum game.
Conclusion:-
Draw from the body of the assignment and refer to the question to conclude what I have learned and why this is.
Remember no more than 1250 words – this does not include the plan.
Mind maps on who are the winners and losers in a consumer society;
Winners in more detail - Quantitative and qualitative information;
Large Chain Stores – Chapter 2, strand 3 page 73 – ‘’Tesco operates over 3700 stores in 13 countries – of which just over 2000 are in the UK. ASDA part of the US Wal-Mart chain operates over 6000 stores in 16 countries - of which 300 ASDA stores are in the UK. Sainsbury’s operates over 800 stores in the UK and Morrisons who acquired Safeway in 2004 to gain market share in the south of England operates over 800 stores in the UK.’’ –
Assignment question: Outline who are the winners and losers in a consumer society.
‘Outline’ – my understanding of this is to summarise/define the winners and losers in a consumer society, focussing on identifying who they are and not why they are.
Intro;
Describe what I am going to do – keep it short and refer to the question that is being asked, I could start by pointing out who are the winners and losers in general and then building on them in the following paragraphs in the body of the assignment.
Body:-
Use the mind maps and the references below with notes taken manually to form the body of the assignment. Try to keep each example of a winner and loser to a separate paragraph and keep to the point, don’t go too much into detail about why. Building on my last assignment I need to include comments and references from some of the social scientists in the ‘Making Social Lives’ book, chapters 1 and 2 in particular from weeks 4 to 7 and the following audios may have some relevance; Evidence in the social sciences, Making connections: ‘economics and politics’ and Reflections on ‘Material Lives’. Also make references to positive-sum game and zero-sum game.
Conclusion:-
Draw from the body of the assignment and refer to the question to conclude what I have learned and why this is.
Remember no more than 1250 words – this does not include the plan.
Mind maps on who are the winners and losers in a consumer society;
Winners in more detail - Quantitative and qualitative information;
Large Chain Stores – Chapter 2, strand 3 page 73 – ‘’Tesco operates over 3700 stores in 13 countries – of which just over 2000 are in the UK. ASDA part of the US Wal-Mart chain operates over 6000 stores in 16 countries - of which 300 ASDA stores are in the UK. Sainsbury’s operates over 800 stores in the UK and Morrisons who acquired Safeway in 2004 to gain market share in the south of England operates over 800 stores in the UK.’’ –
References: Zygmunt Bauman. (1988) Freedom, Milton Keynes Open University Press. The Guardian, 2007, based on the Competition Commission data. Competition Commission, 2008 Groceries Market Investigation: Final Report [online], www.competition-commission.org.uk (Accessed 20 January 2009). SN (Supermarket News) (2008) CN’s Top 25 Worldwide Food Retailers 2008 [online], www.supermarketnews.com/profiles/top25/food_retialers_worldwide/ (Accessed 12 January 2009). Young, W. (2004) Sold Out: The True Cost of Supermarket Shopping, London, Vision Paperbacks.