HC1031 Managing People and Organisations

Question:

This assignment will allow you to apply the concepts and skills covered in this subject. Its purpose is to draw on the concepts and models used in this course to:

a) analyse a particular situation and the management process involved in it.

b) reflect on management theories to determine if and how they are still relevant to organisations today.

For each of the theories you have selected, either

a) choose a well-known organisation for whom the theory is still relevant and utilised to some extent today, providing evidence to support your selection.

b) choose a well-known organisation which contradicts the theory and provide evidence to explain why you believe this to be the case

As a minimum, the report should contain the following:

1) A brief Executive Summary detailing the purpose of the report.

2) A section for each group member containing their individual contribution with their name and student number, clearly identified next to the work they have written.

3) A section clearly identified as the group element

4) Bibliography. (a minimum of 8 references with links back to in-text citations)

• Your report should contain a coherent argument presented within the length limit

• Your evaluation should logically follow from your analysis

• Avoid long and detailed descriptions of the individual situations or management theories, a short description with the necessary details is sufficient so that you can spend most of your time on your analysis and the recommendations.