MASTER IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
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December 2015 FINAL EXAMINATION
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SUBJECT: ORGANIZATION BEHAVIOR
SUBJECT CODE: MGT 6263
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Assessment CRITERIA:
Assessment | | | Total (Marks) | COURSEWORK: 1. Group written assignment2. Individual assignment | | | 3030 | FINAL EXAMINATION | | | 40 | TOTAL | | | 100% |
Course work 1: Group Assignment (30 marks) A group assignment should cover a selection of an established business organisation in Malaysia (Multinational/foreign Company which MUST have related business in Malaysia for example Mc Donald) from different sector/industry as follow. Other sector/industry not listed below shall seek for approval.
1) Consumer sector/industry. 2) Trading sector/industry. 3) Services sector/industry. 4) Finance sector/industry. 5) Manufacturing sector/industry.
1. Coursework 1 will be distributed in week 1. 2. The assignment should be submitted. Students who do not submit their group assignment will be awarded zero mark. Student who submitted late will have mark deduction stated from the due date given. Mark reduction stated as the following:
Late Submission * A 10% deduction per day of total coursework marks (excluding weekends and public holidays). * Late submission between 5 to 10 days, results in a 50% deduction of total coursework marks. * Late submission past 10 days results in an automatic 0% for coursework and the student will be barred from the final examination.
3. Students are required to form working groups for Coursework 1 (group written assignment) with each group should has at least three members but not more than five (subject to number of students in a particular class). 4. Students may need to conduct an analysis from ONE of the two topic below:
Topic 1
Analyse and debate on old understanding of organisation behavior versus modern understanding of organisation behavior. Argument should emphasized on the potray’s the human workforce. Propose any motivation theory, and explore how such theory could help managers work towards improving employee morale and motivation within the organization. Support your answers with relevant organization examples.
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Topic 2
Analyse how culture influence perception on organization politics, preferences for different power or influence tactics. Explain the effectiveness of those tactics. Propose any motivation theory, and explore how such theory could help managers work towards improving employee morale and motivation within the organization. Support your answers with relevant organization examples.
(a) The written assignment should not more than 3000 words (excluding the references and appendices). Ensure that the printing is clear and legible. A penalty of 10% will be imposed on assignments exceeding the required number of pages. (b) The project should be neatly typed in Font 12 Times New Roman with 1.5 line spacing on A4 size papers. (c) The assignment should be bind. (d) All pages must be paginated consecutively using Arabic numerals (e.g. 1, 2, 3...) and printed at the bottom centre of the page. (e) Mode of Referencing: Harvard Referencing system. (f) Date of submission: 23.11.2015 (g) Deadline for submission of group assignments is to be strictly adhered to. (h) Plagiarism involves copying materials from other sources without acknowledging the original author. The college treats plagiarism as a serious offense. Strict disciplinary action will be taken against students, including failure of coursework or the unit.
Report layout 1. Cover page | | | 5. Contents of reports | 2. Plagiarism statement | | 6. References | 3. Assessment criteria for group assignment | 7. Appendices | 4. Table of contents | | | | | |
Course work 2: Individual assignment (30 marks)
Understanding human behavior plays an important role in determining a manager's effectiveness. Developing managers' interpersonal skills together with the ability to understand the determinants of individual and group behavior helps organizations attract and keep high-performing employees. Positive social relationships are associated with lower stress at work and lower turnover.
Choose an organization that you will study for the purposes of obtaining enough information about the company. The chosen company can be EITHER
a) A well-known company where you are likely to have access to company related information available in journals, newspapers, magazines or the corporate websites.
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b) A smaller company that you can access directly and hold discussions with the managers, to gather the relevant information needed.
Question 1:
Describe a situation in your chosen organisation , where there are problems involving employee job satisfaction, attitudes, personalities and values among certain individuals within the organization. You are expected to apply current theoretical frameworks to critically analyze the determinants for such attributes and the behavioral implications it holds in relation to employee performance effectiveness . ( 15 marks)
Question 2
Using the same behavioral problems outlined in Question 1, apply the concepts within any THREE motivation theories, and explore how such theories could help managers work towards improving employee morale and motivation within the organization. ( 15 marks) Total marks = 30 marks
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Assignment guidelines * You are to answer both questions
* This assignment carries a weighting of 30% within the Module assessment
* You are to answer the following questions in a modified essay format (Cover Page, Table of Contents, numbered headings and sub headings, with Introduction, Body, Close and reference list)
* Word Count 2000
The word count is indicative but students should not exceed the limit by more than 10% . Try to stay with allocated word count as far as possible. Marks are gained for THE CONCISE EVALUATION OF ACADEMIC AND EMPIRICAL MATERIAL. * As a postgraduate student, there is no excuse for poor spelling, bad grammar, or lack of formatting. Use one and half spacing with 12- point font and pages must numbered. Use New Times Roman.
Table of contents and numbering
A comprehensive table of contents is required, with section numbers, section headings, and page numbers. It will include the List of references, a List of appendices, a List of figures, and a List of tables, all with page numbers indicated. All sections and pages should be fully numbered.
Introduction
An Introduction should be provided at the beginning to summarize the structure of the following sections of the report/assignment. The introduction does not contain theory, nor does it contain any conclusions or recommendations.
Do not assume that the reader has read the Executive Summary, as it is a totally separate document.
Body of assignment
This is an academic assignment, so it is essential that your statements be justified by relevant academic theory. For example, don’t just use terms like ‘stakeholder’– explain why you selected those terms, and the academic theory to justify their use. A major failing of students is to simply ‘describe’ the processes that have happened. At postgraduate level, you are expected to be able to apply recognized theory to situations, and form opinions. You will often find conflicting opinions from so-called ‘experts’. You should be developing analytical communication skills. Students coming from other universities, and especially overseas students, find this need for ‘analysis’ the most difficult transition to make.
You are expected to use your judgment to analyze problems, make value judgments as to whether it is good or bad (or both), use existing academic theory from a range of sources to justify your position, and to argue whether something is valid or not. In the study of management, there is no right or wrong answers, only lots of opinions, many of which change over a period of time. Show that you can act as managers, and communicate your opinions. Major sections should start on a new page. You will be surprised just how much more readable it makes your assignment / report
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Referencing
Referencing is NOT just inserting a list of publications at the end of the report and this is not acceptable. Referencing is NOT just inserting a citation at the end of each paragraph and is not acceptable.
At postgraduate level, you are expected to demonstrate the use of a wide range of sources and the ability to engage and evaluate different academic and empirical perspectives and practices . Single or very limited sourced assignments are likely to fail of achieve low marks. References MUST be cited using Harvard system (which is author/date). Please do not use footnotes, etc. Read your Communication skills handbook for information on how to cite reference materials. References must be listed alphabetically by author in a single List of References at the end of each assignment. Do not put multiple lists of references at the end of each section or part Late Submission * A 10% deduction per day of total coursework marks (excluding weekends and public holidays). * Late submission between 5 to 10 days, results in a 50% deduction of total coursework marks. * Late submission past 10 days results in an automatic 0% for coursework and the student will be barred from the final examination.
Additional Information
* The coursework write up must be able to demonstrate critical analysis and application of both theory and practical issues to the company in the case study. * You should bind your coursework with the coursework cover as the 1st page Do not forget to include both your student names and Identification numbers * A CD containing the softcopy version of your coursework should be submitted as well.
Group assessment: written report (30%)
Criteria / Peformance | Excellent(5) | Good(4) | Average(3) | Poor(1-2) | Total | Contents | High level of understanding about the questions and able to provide indepth answer | Understood most of the questions and be able to deliver correct answer, but with minor amendment | Understood questions fairly and answer all questions | Limited understanding about questions and unable to answer questions | | Analysis | In-depth analysis of information and critically interpret all information, explore further in the context of study. Ability to justify and compare the information from different point of view | Accurate analysis of the data and be able to transform it into information for the context of study | Offer only average of or minimal of understanding the whole concept | Limited in offering any analysis and interpretation of the information regarding the study. Somehow fail to convert the facts into the context of study | | Written presentation | Assignment reflects clarity of justification, excellent in framework through adequate format and referencing | Coherent structure in quality of works, proper presentation of information. | Structure with satisfactory presentation of information | Poor writing report with massiveness, unstructured of framework such as spelling error and inconsistent of format | | Written layout and design-Citation-Appendixes -Reference | Excellent in neatness, visibility clarity, correctness | Good in neatness, visibility clarity, correctness | Average neatness, visibility clarity, correctness | Poor in neatness, visibility clarity, correctness | | Total | |
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