Job/Promotion Interview Report

Purpose: The purpose of this task is to use what you have learnt in this course to prepare for a job interview or for a promotion interview. This assignment is based on the importance of gaining credibility within an organisation by demonstrating your understanding of the concepts and using the language of managerial leadership.

Task & Scope: There are six questions that you are required to answer, in written form, as preparation for an upcoming job or promotion interview. In other words, do not write your answers as if you are sitting in front of a selection panel and talking. Write your answers as if you are preparing ahead of time for an interview and want to increase your chances of knowing what to say by spending time sorting out what you know and putting that knowledge into writing. Your writing will therefore be as formal as it was for the first assignment.

Note: Your case study assignment submitted at the end of week five focused on the first five course topics, so the questions for this assignment focus on the concepts covered in topics 6 to 11.

Note specially: Your assignment must use the reading materials studied in this course.Assignments which rely on references that have not been studied in this course cannot achieve even a Pass grade because such assignments fail to demonstrate what you have learnt from studying this course in leadership and management.

Also note: There is no opportunity to resubmit failed assignments

These are the questions that you are required to answer, in written form, as preparation for an upcoming job or promotion interview:

1. Your application indicated that you participated in personality training as a part of your MBA degree. Based on the results of your personality test, what do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of your personality type in relation to effectively leading and managing and what are you doing to overcome the potential disadvantages?

2. This is a high-pressure organization and we must overcome obstacles and setbacks to achieve results. Often, this means that members of senior management might take a demanding and confrontational approach. Given these circumstances, how would you manage any negativity, not be overwhelmed by stress and remain resilient?

3. As you know, we are a multinational enterprise and whilst the diversity of our employees is a huge advantage we sometimes experience cross-cultural communication breakdowns. What would you do to ensure that there is clear and open communication between your team members operating in different countries across multiple cultures?

4. We have been struggling to motivate a group of employees who work in our Research and Innovation Unit, even though we recently gave them a 12% salary increase! What would you do to improve their motivation, and why would you take that approach?

5. We believe effective communication is essential in order to influence others in a positive way. Could you explain how you would influence someone in a more senior role that your ideas are highly valuable to the organisation?

6. Innovation seems to be everyone's buzz word, including ours, but I think we could be doing better in this area. What do you think might be holding us back? And how would you improve creativity and innovation in your team?

Presentation Requirements:

This assignment requires use of the Harvard Referencing System. Please consult the Guidelines for Referencing and Presentation in Written Reports and Essays published by the College of Business. You can access this here:College of Business Referencing and Presentation Guide.docx

Please answer each question, one at a time.

You can write in both first person and third person.

Assignment Criteria:

• Insightful use of the literature covered inLeadership and Management
• Responses which are comprehensive yet concise, coherent and convincing
• Use of examples from workplace and business cases studied in this course, to support arguments
• Explaining not only what you would do but also the evidential and theoretical grounds that add to your credibility by making clear why you would do those things