Management and Organisations in a Global Environment Research Paper Assignment
Topics and Presentation Schedule:
On following pages are listed a number of topics.
Topics are allocated on a 'first come - first served basis' and can only be reserved in writing (e.g. by e-mail to your lecturer).
Please nominate your preferred presentation time (see Lecture Schedule in the Subject Outline) at the time you bid for the topic. In the event of two different groups choosing the same topic, the group who nominates the earlier presentation time-slot will secure the topic. The other group will have 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.
- Topics are to be undertaken as group work in a group of three or four persons
- Each topic has a general framework as well as individual components
When researching the topic:
- The work on the general framework is the responsibility of each team member
- The work on the individual components is the responsibility of the individual choosing that component. However, that individual can be helped by other group members who in turn also can help other team members.
(i) The Live Presentation:
Students form into groups and nominate their broad research 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.
The live presentation must be organised as a business presentation. Strict adherence to the ten minute limit is expected so the time should be carefully allocated to allow for a very short introduction on the broad topic followed by a few minutes allocated to each student to present their individual component.
The presentation is primarily assessed on presentation technique. Your tutor will make suggestions on how the academic content can be improved and that will only be assessed on the written report due in the final week of the semester. Students can therefore choose to present at any time in the semester and it is suggested that you make the decision to present earlier rather than later when there will be many assignments falling due.
(ii) The Written Report:
The final report on your topic will be written up as a seminar report and submitted to your lecturer by the end of the semester. You may incorporate ideas generated in the live presentation. The written report should begin with the broad research topic which is followed by each individual component identified by the individual student who prepared it.
Organisation of the research report
A key ingredient to writing a successful report involves the planning or organising stage. Organising can help you to sort out your ideas and to present your report in the order that communicates best to your readers. Organisation is the procedure of constructing an outline that acts as a plan for your writing task. An outline forces you to think before you write.
Your essay is to be structured and written as a business report. It, therefore, must begin with a Management (or Executive) Summary within which you state in stark form (i.e. unsupported by argument) what you are asserting in this report and you must do that in less than two pages.
As already stated above, you begin the main body of the report with some general background on the broad research topic. This introduction should end with a brief paragraph outlining the plan of the rest of the essay.
What follows is the specific issues of each individual component which were considered. As for any good business report these components should be structured into sections and sub-sections and the heading for these should be in the Table of Contents. In these individual components the in-depth discussion of the relevant issues is elaborated based on the existing literature and/or data. You must provide in-text references to your sources.
The last section of the report contains a brief summary followed by a complete list of references that are cited in the text of the essay. Follow a standard referencing method consistently.
Suggested limits are as follows:
Management Summary: ideally one page but no more than two.
- Sections 1: Introduction 400-600 words,
- Section 2: Main body of the essay consisting of each of the individual components limit each component to approximately 1,000 words each,
- Sections 3: Conclusions 100-300 words,
- Summary and Complete List of References (5-15 references).
TOPICS -
1. Management Yesterday and Today
2. Early Management Theories Relevant to the Modern World
3. The Time-line of Development of Management Theories: Relative or Absolute
4. Globalisation
5. The Hawthorne Studies
6. Corporate or Organisational Culture
7. National Culture
8. Lessons from the Motor Vehicle Industry
9. Management Decision Making: Overview
10. Management Decision Making (continued): Cognitive Biases
11. Management Decision Making (continued): Social Model
12. Stakeholder Relationship Management and its influence on Management Decision Making (continued)
13. Organisational Structure
14. Organisational Structure
15. Goal Setting and Planning
16. Planning Tools/Techniques
17. Strategic Planning
18. Cross Cultural Teams: People Issues in Global Business
19. Teams
20. Performance Management
21. Motivation Overview
22. Motivation: Content Theories
23. Motivation: Process Theories
24. Change Management
25. Control
Words - 5000 + 10 minutes PPT.
Attachment:- Assignment File and Topics.rar