Question - 1 UNIT 102 MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVES ASSIGNMENT 2014 Marks: 40% of total assessment Recommended length: Maximum of 3000 words (excluding attachments) While some may see this as a restriction in the lev el of detail you may include, its purpose is to encourage you to focus on the issues and key concepts for each question. The word limit also encourages you to write concisely, a ski ll highly valued in business. Topics covered: 1–5. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS All assignments are to be submitted online by the d ue date. Please refer to the Important Assignment Submission Details Sheet included with these study materials for instr uctions on online assignment submission. O ...Read More nline assignment submission provides an electronic declaration that you must complete. Hardcopy submissions will not be accepted. P RESENTATION OF ASSIGNMENT (Refer the assignment marking Criteria) You should include a title page that lists your nam e, Student ID and the unit number and title. Number all pages sequentially. Any published material you refer to should be prope rly referenced by including in text citations & citations at the end of your assignment. (see Plagiarism notice overleaf) Appendices may be used for supportive information, however, the key components of your response must b e included within your answer and conform to the number of words spec ified in the question. Assignment will be graded zero if it is not relevan t to the assignment questions. Note: In case you have not submitted your assignmen t on due date, you will not be permitted to do the exam on the schedule date. © Chifley Business School, 2014 2 PLAGIARISM Plagiarism is a form of cheating, by representing someone else's work as your own o r using someone else's work (another student or author) without acknowledging it with a reference. This is a serious breach of the Academic Regulations and will be dealt with accordingly. Students found to have pla giarised can be excluded from the program. Plagiarism occurs whenever you do any of the follow ing things without acknowledging the original source:  copy information from any source (including the study guide, books, newspapers, the internet),  use another person's concepts or ideas,  summarise or paraphrase another person's work. How do I avoid plagiarism? To ensure you are not plagiarising, you must acknow ledge with a reference whenever you:  use another person's ideas, opinions or theory  include any statistics, graphs or images that have been compiled or created by another person or organisation  paraphrase another's written or spoken word. NOTE: Chifley Business School will be testing your submission with the plagiarism detection software, Turnitin to ensure academic integrity. By understanding and using one of the referencing systems detailed in My Resource Centre on e- Communities, you will be able to avoid plagiarism. There is o n e main referencing system followed by CBS:  Harvard Re fe ren cing For further information on referencing please refer to My Resource Centre on e-Communities. What are the penalties? The penalties for plagiarism are: The student in that case will be required to  Repeat the course  Fees applicable  Redoing the assignment and the Final exam. Plagiarism is dealt with on a case-by-case basis an d the penalties will reflect the seriousness of the breach. Please note: claiming that you were not aware of ne ed to reference is no excuse. 3 A S S I G N M E N T Select an organisation that you are familiar with—p referably the one for which you currently work. Select a challenge which has arisen which requires the organisation to change its current way of operating or affects its competitive advantage. Examples may include but not be limited to: 1. Competition from overseas or local enterpri ses 2. Merger with or acquisition of another organ isation 3. Economic recession and/or recovery 4. New government legislation 5. New technology which makes your own obsolet e 6. Development and introduction of innovative practices, processes or systems 7. Attraction and retention of staff (this wil l also require an understanding of Topic 10 – Human Resource Management) 8. Corporate social responsibility 9. Ethical issues and compliance 10. Any other challenge which is feasible and cre dible (e.g. change of government, a series of product failures or a major lawsuit). This assignment is designed to give you the opportu nity to apply some of the issues raised in Topics 1–5 of the Study Guide to your organisati on. If you are currently not working, you can choose an organisation for which you have prev iously worked. INSTRUCTION Prepare a report on how, as the manager of this organisation, you would deal with this challenge. The report will include the following: 1. A brief description of your organisation. Concen trate on details that are relevant to your subsequent discussion, but you must include ar eas such as its products, its structure, its markets and its competitive advantag e. (5 marks) 2. A description of the challenge which it is facin g, including the source of the challenge and the likely effect on your organisation as a who le. In doing this you must analyse the internal and external environments and the like ly impact on key stakeholders. (6 marks) 3. An outline of how you intend to respond to this challenge. Provide details on the strategies you will use as well as examples of spec ific actions you would take. This should include descriptions of the following where relevant: Strategic considerations and planning Required changes to organisational structure How planning and implementation will be approached The change process you will follow, what resistance you might meet and how you will address this Cultural considerations and impacts. How you will employ the various roles of management (at least four) and the functions of management (at least three) in this re gard. (10 marks) 4 4. A description of the information you would gather to measure your progress in managing and meeting the ch allenge identified (as o utlined in Question 3 above). You will need to identify the elements to be measur ed, why it is important that they be measured, how to measure them and what you would use this information for. (10 marks) 5. An overview of the ethical issues which may aris e in the course of responding to this challenge and how you would deal with them. Specifi c examples should be provided. (4 marks) 6. An executive summary for your management board. While you complete this last, it must appear at the beginning of your report The key requirements of this assignment are: (5 marks) 1. That your approach is largely based on the techn iques and theories which have been presented in the course in Topics 1–5. These techni ques and theories do not need to be described or explained: you will need to refer t o them and your application will show your understanding. 2. You are required to submit a report, rather than an essay. Make sure it has a logical flow, rather than a series of standalone answers. D o not title each section, Section 1, Section 2, etc. It should include an Executive Summ ary, Introduction, Background, Sub-headings, Conclusion, Recommendations. 3. Your assignment answers need to be clearly writt en and any assumptions and conclusions you draw must be supported by reference to the material in your Study Guide, prescribed texts, readings or other sources. 4. Present clearly structured arguments paying atte ntion to grammar, spelling and layout. 5. Marks will be given for clarity, logic and brevity. Do not exceed the word limit. Give concise descriptions and avoid irrelevant detail. I n marking the assignment, attention will be paid to your ability to express y our ideas clearly and concisely. Assignments that excessively exceed the word limit may be penalised. 6. Diagrams, lists, bullet points and any othe r form which aids understanding are useful. They are not included in the word limit and are a s imple way to convey a complex message. 7. If you have any sensitivity about criticising yo ur own organisation, or any other organisation, remove any specific reference to the identity of the organisation. Referencing In preparing your assignment you may draw upon mate rial from a range of sources including the Study Guide and textbook. Wherever you draw upo n the work of others in your assignment, you must acknowledge this by referencing the source of the information (e.g. the Study Guide, websites, textbooks, company reports, etc.). This a pplies to more than just direct quotations— you must also reference things like key definitions , ideas from authors consulted and any statistical data that you use in your report. If yo u find helpful statements in an existing document that you wish to include in your report, y ou must either paraphrase them significantly and reference the source or include t hem as direct quotations. You must use an accepted referencing system (e.g. the Harvard syste m) and at the end of your assignment include a reference list. ...Read Less

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