Management and Organisations in a Global Environment Research Paper Assignment

This is a group assignment with specific individual components.

Groups choose from the list of topics. You are to research your topic in more depth providing evidence of independent research. The set of topics will be provided from which your group must choose on a 'first-come, first-served basis'. Note that each topic has a group component to which each group member must contribute. However there are also specific individual components which have been defined.

You will deliver your research topic findings in a presentation at any time during the trimester. The presentation is primarily assessed on presentation technique. Your tutor will make suggestions on improving the academic quality of your assignment.

You may improve the quality of the assignment for the written report at any time up until submission date at the end of the semester. It is at this point that the academic quality of your research is assessed.

TOPICS -

1. Management Yesterday and Today

2. Early Management Theories Relevant to the Modern World

3. The Time-line of Development of Management Theories: Relative or Absolute

4. Globalisation

5. The Hawthorne Studies

6. Corporate or Organisational Culture

7. National Culture

8. Lessons from the Motor Vehicle Industry

9. Management Decision Making: Overview

10. Management Decision Making (continued): Cognitive Biases

11. Management Decision Making (continued): Social Model

12. Stakeholder Relationship Management and its influence on Management Decision Making

13. Organisational Structure

14. Organisational Structure

15. Goal Setting and Planning

16. Planning Tools/Techniques

17. Strategic Planning

18. Cross Cultural Teams: People Issues in Global Business

19. Teams

20. Performance Management

21. Motivation Overview

22. Motivation: Content Theories

23. Motivation: Process Theories

24. Change Management

25. Control

Attachment:- Assignment File.rar