Reference no: EM131833385 , Length: 1650 Words
Case Study for Assignment 2 (Case Study from page 680): Lauren’s Balancing Act
Management Principles Assignment Task: Case Study Report
Title: Report on Case Study
Based on this case study, you are now required to identify, discuss and evaluate a range of selected management theories and concepts from management that managers and organisations can use to operates efficiently and effectively.
Details of task: Read and analyse the Lauren's Balancing Act case study and answer the three questions provided here. The report should be 1500 words and presented in report format with appropriate APA referencing citing a minimum of four academic references.
Case Questions for Report:
1) Identify and describe how the four management functions contributed to improve the business in the case study, using relevant examples to reinforce your answer.
2) What one (1) management approach (eg. scientific, administrative, etc.) best suits this organisation or could be adopted by this organisation? Please elaborate.
3) Explain how Lauren could improve the efficiency and effectiveness in managing the enterprise.
In your report you should consider the following:
Preliminaries: These are the title page, table of contents, and full executive summary. Note that these are NOT included in the word count.
Introduction: This
- indicates the purpose of your report
- identifies the plan of the report.
Discussion (40%): This is the main part of your report. Here you will identify, discuss and evaluate case study based on the questions provided. You can have three separate subheadings addressing each aspect of the questions in this section.
Conclusion: This is where you draw your conclusion from the discussion based on the purpose of this report.
Recommendations: Finally, based on your discussion, make some recommendations that you suggest the organisation/manager should do to achieve their purpose.
Quality: You must use academic journal resources and suitable language and grammar.
References: Appropriate APA referencing citing a minimum of four academic references. Note that the reference list is NOT included in the word count.
Attachment:- Case Study.rar