Essay Assignment: Organizational Management
Length: 2,000 words.
Organisational Culture
Part A: What are the essential elements of a strong organisational culture? How can leadership ensure an inclusive and multicultural organisation? Refer to theory in your answer. (1500 words +/- 10%)
Part B: Critically reflect and discuss your own observations of multiculturalism in an organisation known to you. Provide examples to explain how management and leadership may have influenced, or failed to influence, multiculturalism in the organisation known to you. (300 words +/-10%)
Plus introduction (100 words +/- 10%) and conclusion (100 words +/- 10%).
Rationale
This assessment task will work towards assessing the following learning outcome/s:
• be able to express opinions on management issues with clarity, from both personal and more objective positions that are backed up with sound evidence and analysis.
• be able to apply management theory in order to analyse management dilemmas and problems, and provide recommendations for action.
This assessment will assist you learn to:
• demonstrate your understanding of the challenges that managers face
• learn about and identity the skills and abilities required for managing
• perform in-depth research on matters relating to contemporary management
• develop your critical thinking skills so you can present a balanced view of management theory and organisational practice
• critically reflect on your own philosophy, goals and skills about managing
• develop and practice your formal written communication skills (academic literacy and numeracy)
• develop your APA citation and referencing skills (academic literacy and numeracy)
Presentation
The following points are an important guide for presenting assessment items:
• To introduce the essay, create a title page including a title (topic of the essay), your name and student ID, date the essay was written.
• Clearly structure your paragraphs.
• Use design elements to create a professional-looking paper.
• Provide a single reference list ("References") that starts on a new page (for example, use "Ctrl+Enter")
• Use 1.5 spacing throughout the report.
• Use a standard 12 point font such as Times New Roman, Calibri or Arial.
• Left-justify body text.
Requirements
• Always keep a copy of your assessments.
• Most importantly, always use your spelling and grammar checker. Remember this does not pick up all errors, so you must also manually and carefully edit your work.
• Always cite and reference all sources of information used in assessments (see plagiarism below).
• Do not include personal experience or comments.
• Indicate the number of words (do not include: what is inside citation brackets or in reference list; title page; table of content)
• If you do use images or graphs in your assignment, please make sure they are small size image files (total less than 1 mb)
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also Include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.