Category: Management

How does organisational culture impact on an organisation’s performance?Which is most important in an organisation? Control, power, or influence?

Write an essay on ONE of the following topics:

1. How does organisational culture impact on an organisation’s performance?

2. Discuss the role of stakeholders in an organisation.

3. Choose ONE of the following laws and explain why it is so important in the workplace?

a. The Equality Act
b. The General Data Protection Act
c. The Health and Safety at Work Act

4. Which is most important in an organisation? Control, power, or influence?

For your topic you should discuss relevant theories and their impact on organisations. You should illustrate your essay with examples of organisations which have implemented the various models, theories or laws (or have failed to do so) and discuss their influence. You should reflect on the role of leadership and management within the context of your essay. This assignment relies on you carrying out research from a number of sources, formulating appropriate arguments, and applying informed judgement in order to draw evidence based conclusions.

Restrictions on Time/Word Count: 1,800 words +/- 10% (not including references)

Core book
• Boddy, D. (2014) Management: An Introduction. (6th Ed). Harlow: Pearson Education. Chapters 1 and 10 [EBook].

How does organisational culture impact on an organisation’s performance?Which is most important in an organisation? Control, power, or influence?

Write an essay on ONE of the following topics:

1. How does organisational culture impact on an organisation’s performance?

2. Discuss the role of stakeholders in an organisation.

3. Choose ONE of the following laws and explain why it is so important in the workplace?

a. The Equality Act
b. The General Data Protection Act
c. The Health and Safety at Work Act

4. Which is most important in an organisation? Control, power, or influence?

For your topic you should discuss relevant theories and their impact on organisations. You should illustrate your essay with examples of organisations which have implemented the various models, theories or laws (or have failed to do so) and discuss their influence.

You should reflect on the role of leadership and management within the context of your essay. This assignment relies on you carrying out research from a number of sources, formulating appropriate arguments, and applying informed judgement in order to draw evidence based conclusions.

 

 

How does organisational culture impact on an organisation’s performance?Which is most important in an organisation? Control, power, or influence?

Write an essay on ONE of the following topics:

1. How does organisational culture impact on an organisation’s performance?

2. Discuss the role of stakeholders in an organisation.

3. Choose ONE of the following laws and explain why it is so important in the workplace?

a. The Equality Act
b. The General Data Protection Act
c. The Health and Safety at Work Act

4. Which is most important in an organisation? Control, power, or influence?

For your topic you should discuss relevant theories and their impact on organisations. You should illustrate your essay with examples of organisations which have implemented the various models, theories or laws (or have failed to do so) and discuss their influence. You should reflect on the role of leadership and management within the context of your essay. This assignment relies on you carrying out research from a number of sources, formulating appropriate arguments, and applying informed judgement in order to draw evidence based conclusions.

Restrictions on Time/Word Count: 1,800 words +/- 10% (not including references)

What advice do you have for the Interim President on how to improve New York City Transit’s Rapid Transit Operations structure to better accomplish its goals? What factors should be considered when deciding whether to restructure the Rapid Transportation Operations structure?

Functional vs Divisional Structure. Organizational change.

Prompts:

1. Based on the old organizational charts provided, describe the structures of the Rapid Transit
Operations and the Staten Island Railway, and the strengths and weaknesses of each structure.

2. What advice do you have for the Interim President on how to improve New York City Transit’s
Rapid Transit Operations structure to better accomplish its goals? What factors should be
considered when deciding whether to restructure the Rapid Transportation Operations
structure?

3. The Interim President senses that the organization’s culture has problems, including the
potential for burnout and turnover. How would you help the Interim President understand the
connection between structure and an organization’s culture? (e.g., What would you observe?
Whom would you speak to? What data would you collect? What would you recommend the
NYCT do to change the culture of the agency?)

4. Be sure to take into consideration that the suggested structural improvements in Question A will
help to change the organization’s culture to better meet their goals.

5. Finally, change is difficult in organizations. The Interim President would appreciate your advice
about how to implement any proposed changes, what resistance should be anticipated, and
what can be done to address any resistance.

What are some of the pros and cons of a “customer-centric” approach to Amazon’s growth?Assuming the chart pictured above is an accurate representation of Amazon’s organizational structure, which of the fundamental structures does the chart represent and why?

Case Study Analysis – Amazon’s Jeff Bezos: The Ultimate Disruptor!

View the video, “Amazon’s 14 Leadership Principles via Jeff Bezos,” review the org chart below, and read the following case study from your case study e-coursepack: “Amazon’s Jeff Bezos: The Ultimate Disruptor!”

WATCH -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-xdfQv3I1k&t=1s

Critically analyze and answer the following questions.address these issues in an essay of 750-1000 words.

1. Assuming the chart pictured above is an accurate representation of Amazon’s organizational structure, which of the fundamental structures does the chart represent and why?

2. What are some of the pros and cons of a “customer-centric” approach to Amazon’s growth?

3. How would you describe Jeff Bezos’ leadership style?

4. Which one of Jeff Bezos’ leadership principles (from the video) resonates most with your own principles and why?

Evaluate the role of strategic technology management across a range of organisations.Analyse the importance of recognising the evolution of technology in its strategic management for organisations.

Strategic Technology Management

Understand the role and scope of strategic technology management.

2. Evaluate the role of strategic technology management across a range
of organisations.

3. Analyse the importance of recognising the evolution of technology in
its strategic management for organisations.

4. Analyse the potential for strategic technology management across a
range of cultures.

5. Prepare a strategic technology management plan for an organisation.

How it’s important to study the proposed relationships? Why using thematic analysis technique?

Additional explanation.

How are those terms interrelated?
How it’s important to study the proposed relationships?
About Methodology:

Why qualitative research method?

Why using interviews for data collection?

Why using thematic analysis technique?

Why focusing on purposive sampling method?

Why using Semi-Structured interviews?

What are the challenges associated with sustaining your desired profile? Are there any similarities or differences between this profile and your CVF profile (which you took at the start of the term) and your personality traits profile (module 1)? Can you think of a mentor, coach or role model to help guide your improvement efforts?

Trusted Leadership

Review pp. 145-155 in Belasen’s Women in Management [chapter 4] and use the Trusted Leadership survey to create your own profile (actual and desired using Excel spreadsheet).

Discuss your strengths and weaknesses and describe your plans for improving your overall profile.

What are the challenges associated with sustaining your desired profile? Are there any similarities or differences between this profile and your CVF profile (which you took at the start of the term) and your personality traits profile (module 1)? Can you think of a mentor, coach or role model to help guide your improvement efforts?