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HC1031 Managing People and Organisations Assignment - Holmes Institute, Australia

Assessment Title - Tutorial Question Assignment

Purpose of the assessment and linkage to ULO - Students are required to answer 5 questions come from the recorded tutorial questions every week from week 2 to week 6

The following Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable to this assessment:

- To explain the theoretical foundations of management and organizational studies and apply the knowledge in the context of sounds business ethics

- To apply critical and analytical thinking, including a capacity to question existing practices and assumptions, to the study of management and organizations

- To evaluate management and organizational issues relevant to organizations operating in a global and diverse workplace and appraise the politics and ethics of managerial and employee behaviour in organizations

- To demonstrate and apply research skills, showing initiative in consulting the academic literature and integrating fresh ideas into the discourse in preparation for lifelong learning

- To demonstrate the capacity to express ideas, concepts and arguments in a logical and coherent written form and in conformity with relevant standards of academic writing.

- To understand how IT changed the world of management

- To know how to use IT tools at different level of management and apply technical skills as the tools of an effective manager.

Assignment Specifications -

Purpose: This individual assignment is an opportunity for students to demonstrate their understanding of concepts and applications related to the managing of people and organisations.

Details - Answer all FIVE (5) of the following questions. The questions come from the recorded tutorial questions.

Question 1 - The world of management is rapidly changing. Please identify and describe three (3) major and current challenges for a manager in the workplace.

Answer this question in 300 words. You must support your discussion by referring to three (3) additional academic sources from ProQuest. Harvard Referencing is required, and you need to ensure that you reference them correctly.

Question 2 - List the three (3) key principles of scientific management by Frederick Taylor. In addition, identify and define the three (3) contributions and three (3) criticisms of scientific management.

Answer this question in 300 words. You must support your discussion by referring to additional academic sources from ProQuest. Harvard Referencing is required, and you need to ensure that you reference them correctly.

Question 3 - What does it mean to say the world is becoming 'borderless' or that large organisations are 'stateless'? Illustrate with an example. Answer this question in 300 words. You must support your discussion by referring to 3 additional academic sources from ProQuest. Harvard referencing is required and ensure that you reference them correctly.

Question 4 - Define the concepts of risk and ambiguity and explain the differences between both in 100 words. In 300 words, discuss how decision making may differ for each situation, i.e. in a situation of risk and a situation of ambiguity. You must support your discussion by referring to three (3) additional academic sources from ProQuest. Harvard Referencing is required, and you need to ensure that you reference them correctly.

Question 5 - Describe the four essential steps involved in the management approach Management by Objectives (MBO).

In 300 words, discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this management approach. You must support your discussion by referring to three (3) additional academic sources from ProQuest. Harvard Referencing is required; please ensure that you reference them correctly.