Assignment Overview

Literature Topic Selection

Students will be required to read and provide a formal literature review/critique of the following Journal article on "Culture and Business":

Graen, G. & Hui, C. 1996, "Managing changes in globalizing business: how to manage cross-cultural business partners", Journal of Organizational Change Management, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 62-72.

This journal article (PDF) has been placed on Blackboard in the Assignment 1 folder for HI3042.

- That they have identified and understood the article's main thesis statement or hypothesis.
- Identify evidence that the author has provided in the article to justify their argument (both for and against).
- Perform additional external academic research to find other references and sources that support or detract from the overall hypothesis in the article.
- In your conclusion whether you agree or disagree with the author's point of view and provide a summary of the reasons or justification to support your case.
- Provide a list of at least 5-10 good quality academic research articles and references that you have used in your analysis.

General Guidelines

- Assignment Submission: You must submit BOTH an electronic copy of your assignment to Blackboard Safe Assign, as well as a printed hardcopy by the due date that includes the standard Holmes Institute Assignment cover sheet for Higher Education.

- Safe Assignment: IMPORTANT: You must submit an electronic soft copy of your assignment to the Blackboard ‘Final submission link', wait an hour, then print the blackboard safe assign report and attach it to your hard copy.
o Sign and attach an assignment cover sheet to your hard copy, then submit the hard copy to the lecturer in class.
o The maximum Safe Assignment matching % that is allowed for this assignment is 20% and all external material used must be appropriately cited and referenced.

- Assignment Due Date: Week 6
o Assignments must be submitted no later than 5pm on Friday 29th August
o Assignment length: 2000 words

- Format: Standard Academic Essay Format. Students should use a standard font such as Arial 12pt and ensure that their essay is properly formatted and presented. It is suggested that students use 1.5 line spacing to ensure best readability of their completed essay.

- Referencing and Research: Students are required to perform additional research (apart from the recommended text book).
o It is expected that the assignment will include relevant academic research from journals and scholarly articles from at least 5 credible sources.

o All referencing and in-text citations must be presented using Harvard Referencing style.