Reference no: EM132370269

Management and Organisations in a Global Environment Assignment - Research paper and presentation

Purpose of the assessment (with ULO Mapping) - Students are required to research a topic from a list of topics provided based on topics discussed in lectures.

Topics include:

• Organisational culture and management
• Organisational structures and design
• Decision making
• Groups and teams
• Communication
• Managing Conflict and Negotiating
• Leadership in Organizations
• Power, Influence, and Politics
• Motivating Behavior
• Individual Characteristics

The research provided will provide more in-depth evidence of individual research on the topic, not only material which is provided within the lecture content.

Assignment Specifications -

Purpose: This assignment aims at ensuring that students have familiarised themselves with a general framework of at least one management related topic. Students will be required to apply relevant theoretical concepts with the use of practical examples in most cases in a written research paper and discuss their topic via a live presentation.

Details: Topics and presentation schedule:

Organise yourselves into groups of not more than 4 students and not less than 3 students. Please choose from one of the following topics from the list (see below). Topics will be allocated on a 'first come- first served basis' and will be reserved by your lecturer in writing via email.

Please ensure that you include a list of all of the group members in the email. In the event of too many students choosing the same topic, preference will be given to those students who have secured the topic first and subsequent groups will be required to choose another topic.

Research on the broad topic is a group activity and each student must contribute to that work. Each student in the group will then research, in depth an individual component drawn from the broad research topic.

1. Written report - Your report is to be written as a business report. It must include;

• Executive summary
• Table of contents
• Section headings
• Paragraphing
• Page numbers
• Reference list at the end of the report

2. Presentation - These presentations must be organised as a business presentation. Use of visual aids is encouraged.

List of Topics (Choose one):

TOPIC 1 - Globalisation General Framework

TOPIC 2 - Corporate or Organisational Culture General Framework

TOPIC 3 - National Culture General Framework

TOPIC 4 - Management Decision Making: Social Model General Framework

TOPIC 5 - Organisational Structure General Framework

TOPIC 6 - Goal Setting and Planning General Framework

TOPIC 7 - Strategic Planning General Framework

TOPIC 8 - The Hawthorne Studies General Framework

TOPIC 9 - Stakeholder Relationship Management and its influence on Management Decision Making General Framework

TOPIC 10 - Organisational Structure General Framework

TOPIC 11 - Cross Cultural Teams: People Issues in Global Business General Framework

TOPIC 12 - Teams General Framework

TOPIC 13 - Performance Management General Framework

TOPIC 14 - Motivation Overview General Framework

TOPIC 15 - Motivation: Content Theories General Framework

TOPIC 16 - Motivation: Process Theories General Framework

TOPIC 17 - Change Management General Framework

Note - Choose Topic Number - 10 for assignment and presentation.

Attachment:- Management and Organisations -Global Environment Assignment Files.rar