Please read these instructions carefully, and contact your tutor if you require any further clarifications.
Case Objectives:
This case describes a newly promoted middle manager in a global, multi-cultural organization who is challenged by a number of factors in the workplace which are impacting her and her team's ability to perform to the expectations of her regional manager. While it would be easy to blame the new manager, deeper analysis in fact reveals that many forces are at work here in addition to her inexperience including communication of strategy and performance objectives, mismanaged team members, cultural inconsistencies, and a lack of leadership direction and/or skill from the very top to her supervising manager.
Refer to PDF file Case Study:
Growing Managers:
Moving from Team Member to Team Leader
QUESTIONS:
Question one (Up to 50% Marks):
Explain Richardson management skills and the impact on her team, moreover; evaluate her performance in regard of the case provided.
Students should draw on evidence beyond the course material or only on the case study
Note:
For contextualization, connectivity, and understanding, candidates should have an understanding of in unit I chapter 1, unit II chapter 2 session 2.2
Question 2
Explain forces are at play in ColorTech's Phoenix office that may be affecting Richardson's ability to lead and motivate her team.
Students should draw on evidence beyond the course material or only on the case study
Note: For contextualization, reflection, connectivity, understanding, and synthesis, candidates should refer to Unit 1 Chapter 3 session 3.3, Unit II chapter 2 sessions 2.4, 2.5, chapter 3 sessions 4, and 5.
"For top marks you will need to show command of academic literature beyond the course material (including appropriate citation and referencing)."
Assessment criterion Description
Engagement with theory In all TMA submissions students should be engaging with concepts, frameworks, models and theories which are drawn from their work on the relevant units of the module. They should always explain the theory, rather than list bullet points. Bullet points do not demonstrate an understanding of the ideas, but rather display memory only. Students must show you that they have fully grasped and presented the ideas in their terms, not only that they can repeat them.
Use of evidence Evidence will inform both the way that students critique theory and how they demonstrate their understanding of it. They should give practical examples from their own experiences and practice, or an organisation they know well, in order to provide strong evidence for their arguments. Likewise, they can offer evidence and illustrations for their arguments from the module materials. They must always link their examples to theory, otherwise it is just description and not analysis. They should attempt to weave the theory and evidence together, rather than having large chunks of text about the theory and then large chunks of text about ‘evidence', as the latter inevitably ends up being descriptive rather than analytical and can feel contrived and difficult to write.
Level of discussion At Masters level, simple answers and essentially descriptive reports are not adequate. Student TMA submissions should present a level of discussion in which their consideration of evidence and theory takes account of competing positions and elements of contrast, comparison and evaluation. Their work should demonstrate a Masters' level of critical analysis, where appropriate. The dialogue between theory and practice should inform their discussions. They should develop the arguments they are making and situate them in relation to other views and perspectives, which may be supported (or not supported) by the theory. They need to be sure that they answer the question set!
Marks distribution: This assignment will be graded out of 100 marks, which will be allocated to your answer for the three questions. 20% will be deducted based on the following criteria:
- 10% for improper referencing (5% in-text referencing and 5% end-text references).
- 10% for non-adherence to specified word count.
Word count for TMA submissions
- The overall word count is 2500 words(+/- 10%) (Excluding References).
Harvard Style - References / bibliography
How -to guide
Note: It is a requirement that all students include a header/footer of the following information on every single page of the TMA: Name, ID, Course Code, TMA #, Tutor name, section, and semester.
- You have to use the Times New Roman Font Size 12 (except for the cover page).
- Line spacing should be 1.5
- All pages should be numbered
- Keep wide margins for your instructors' comments
- Align your text to the left. Don't justify leaving spaces between words
Harvard Style Referencing:
- There are various ways of setting out references / bibliographies for an assignment.
- "Harvard Style" is a generic term for any referencing style which uses in-text references such as (Smith, 1999), and a reference list at the end of the document organized by author name and year of publication.
In this guide, we are using a "Harvard Style" which is based on the author-date system for books, articles and "non-books".
NOTE: When you write your list of references/bibliography, please keep in mind the following points:
- Your bibliography should identify an item (e.g. book, journal article, cassette tape, film, or internet site) in sufficient detail so that others may identify it and consult it.
- Your bibliography should appear at the end of your TMA with entries listed alphabetically.
- If you have used sources from the Internet, these should be listed in your bibliography.