business and management context report

Order Description
Report

• Report format – 2000 words (+ – 10%)
• Weight 40%
• Submit as a word document or pdf only
• Spell check and proof read prior to submission
• Select an organisation in consultation with your lecturer and utilise the unit content from weeks 1-5 to classify its nature and key contextual factors.
• Select one of the following contextual factors:
• Regional economic issues
• Globalisation
• Cross cultural management
• Select an organisation
• utilise the unit content from weeks 1-5 to classify its nature and key contextual factors.
• Content of week 1-5 is in next slide
• Select one of the following contextual factors:
• Regional economic issues
• Globalisation
• Cross cultural management
Unit content from Chapter 1-5
• THE EMERGENCE OF THE ORGANISATION
• THE IMPACT OF ENVIRONMENTAL FORCES ON ORGANISATIONS
• RISKS CONFRONTING THE FIRM
• ORGANISATION AND BUSINESS PRACTICES
• THE FUNCTIONS OF A DIVERSE RANGE OF FIRMS
Task continued
• In relation to the chosen contextual factor:
– Assess its impact
– Identify critical issues
– Generate a series of appropriate recommendations that will enhance organisational performance.
• You are to adopt the perspective of a professional consultant to the organisation who is providing strategic advice to the CEO or Board of Directors.
The report and presentation must summarise the key literature, issues, identified problems and recommendations
• Classify – to consider something as belonging to a particular group e.g. it is a ‘non-profit’ organisation.
• Assess – to judge or decide the importance of the contextual factor.
• Impact – the effect or influence the contextual factor has on the organisation.
• Critical – careful judgment about the important aspects of issues related to the contextual factor.
• Appropriate – the recommendations should logically evolve from the discussion.
• Enhance – to improve the quality, effectiveness or outcomes of the business by using the contextual factor.
Assessment criteria and rubric (report) = 20 marks
• Define (and use appropriately) relevant terms, theories and concepts presented in weeks 1-5 and 9-11 (8 marks).
• Ability to utilise the specific regional or international contextual factor chosen, explain key details and assess their impact on the relevant firm or organisation
(8 marks).
• Demonstrated breadth and quality of research by using a minimum of 12-16 academic sources (2 marks).
• Correctly using the APA in text referencing system to correctly cite academic sources (2 marks).
The group will utilise the content of the course addressed in topics 1-5 to classify the nature of the firm and the key contextual factors.

Students are then to select one of the following:

1. Regional Economic Issues
2. Globalisation
3. Cross Cultural Management.

Groups are to assess the impact of the chosen contextual factor, identify the critical issues and generate a series of appropriate recommendations that will enhance
organisational performance.

This is a group task that requires a formal presentation in class, to be delivered in week 12. Each Group will have 20 minutes to present their findings using
appropriate support materials. Students should adopt the perspective of a group pf professional consultants providing strategic advice to the CEO or Board of Directors
of the firm.

In addition, an Executive Business Report (of not more than 2000 words) is to be submitted, which summarises key literature, issues, identified problems and
recommendations.

Students are to demonstrate knowledge of the subject matter by:
• Defining relevant terms, theories and concepts presented in topics 1-11
• Showing an ability to utilise the specific regional or international contextual factor chosen, explain key details and assess its impact on the relevant firm or
organisation
• Demonstrating a breadth and quality of research by using a minimum of 20 academic sources.
• Correctly using the APA in text referencing system to correctly citing academic sources.
• Developing a concise and structured presentation with introduction, main presentation and conclusion
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These are the minimum requirements. Students should note that satisfactorily meeting the minimum requirements will typically result in the minimum pass grade being
awarded.

As Masters students you are required to engage in research as per the Australia Quality Framework (AQF) guidelines. Two specific requirements need to be considered. 1.
Students need to demonstrate “a body of knowledge that includes the understanding of recent developments in a discipline and/or area of professional practice, and 2.
Students must demonstrate “knowledge of research principles and methods applicable to a field of work and/or learning”.

Each unit in the MBA has a number of required weekly readings in terms of academic texts, journals and business publications that represent the appropriate body of
knowledge and recent developments referred to by the AQF. In order to demonstrate the ability to engage in appropriate research, students should read and utilise these
texts and journals and publications. As Masters students you are expected to research beyond this minimum standard through additional texts, journals and studies to
demonstrate an ability to engage in independent research.??Your attention is drawn to the University’s stated position on plagiarism.

THE WORK OF OTHERS, WHICH IS INCLUDED IN THE ASSIGNMENT MUST BE ATTRIBUTED TO ITS SOURCE (a full list of references must be submitted as part of the assessment).