Personal and Professional Development Assignment 1: Managing across Cultures  

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Unit title & code Personal and Professional Development
Assignment number and title Assignment 1: Managing across Cultures
Assessment type Individual Report
Weighting of assessment 100%
Size or length of assessment The word-limit for the assignment is 1,500 words. This does not include the title page, executive summary, table of contents, reference list, appendices and supporting documentation.
Unit learning outcomes 1.       Demonstrate the following knowledge and understanding

· Comprehensive appreciation of cultural elements and dimensions influencing behaviors at work

 

2.       Demonstrate the following skills and abilities

· Able to complete tasks reflecting the communication skills required in both academic and professional contexts in cross-cultural settings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What am I required to do in this assignment?
 

The Practice Report

Title:  “Managing Across Cultures”

You are asked to prepare a report on the above topic, “Managing Across Cultures”.  Also, in class we looked at the Power Point entitled “The Assignment” and “Writing for Success”.  In “The Assignment”, you have been given the Introduction:

Introduction

In today’s global economy, working with people from different cultures is becoming the norm.  Although this brings many rewards, it also introduces challenges for both workers and management alike.  All managers know that motivating their staff is the key to a successful business. To do this, they must understand what drives their staff.  But what if their staff, seem to think and behave in unexpected ways? This can happen when people from very different cultures work together.  Organisations are beginning to realise the importance of training their managers to become inter-culturally competent in order to ensure their staff continue to be motivated and productive.

 

The main issues to be discussed in this report are:

•How culture influences working styles

•Different management styles

•The importance of training managers to become inter-culturally competent

 

Now you have to complete the following based on this introduction.

Findings

The Reading – in Reading and Resources on this BREO site:

Vecchi, A. and Brennan, L. (2009) Quality management: a cross-cultural perspective. Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal, 16 (2), pp. 149-164.

http://www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/viewContentItem.do;jsessionid=4E6779B84E7B9FB1689E81123174751F?contentType=Article&contentId=1786448

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alessandra_Vecchi/publication/235292484_Quality_management_A_cross-cultural_perspective/links/5558f33208aeaaff3bf98bcf.pdf

You need to provide a discussion of the issues as given in the Introduction and use the reading as evidence to support your discussion

Conclusion

Conclude on each issue and a final conclusion.

Reference Section

 

All secondary sources must be referenced using the Harvard format.  You should indicate the source of any primary sources (e.g. feedback from classmates)

 

 
What do I need to do to pass? (Threshold Expectations from UIF)
 

In order to pass Assessment 1 you will need to:

· Demonstrate understanding of different cultural dimensions, their regularity and variability and their impact on behaviour at workplace

· Communicate broad and critically evaluated knowledge using academic conventions

 
How do I produce high quality work that merits a good grade?
We will be filling this section in together in class on Click or tap to enter a date. make sure you have downloaded/printed out the Assignment Brief and bring it to the session with you.

 

 

 

 
How does assignment relate to what we are doing in scheduled sessions?
 

The assignment focuses on key transferable and academic skills (namely paraphrasing and referencing) as well as cultural dimensions and their impacts on behaviour discussed in the scheduled sessions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How will my assignment be marked?
 

Your assignment will be marked according to the threshold expectations and the criteria on the following page.

 

You can use them to evaluate your own work and consider your grade before you submit.

 

 

 

As this unit is zero-credit-bearing with possible “pass” or “fail” outcome, markers will not use a typical grading grid. Instead to pass students will have to:

submit a paper that should be well structured with each theme developed carefully, drawing on theory and applied convincingly to the realities of working across cultures.

Students should prepare a report using the report format as suggested in the assessment guidelines.

Present a well-balanced argument by discussing key aspects of the literature in question and have fully addressed the set areas:

•      How culture influences working styles

•      Different management styles

•      The importance of training managers to become inter-culturally competent

 

It will provide broad and critically evaluative knowledge of relevant theories and concepts showing in-depth and accurate understanding. The analysis is thorough and well explained. Well structured; the style is concise and flowing and referencing is accurate throughout.

 

 

 
  3rd Class – 40-49% Lower 2nd – 50-59% Upper 2nd – 60-69% 1st Class – 70%+
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BPE3613 MUSCAT Construction Management Research Paper & Presentation

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Department of Business and Accounting  

COURSE NAME : CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT  

MARKS:

 

                       

                          

COURSE CODE: BPE 3613
SEMESTER: Semester 2 (2018-19)
TOPIC: All chapters
TYPE OF ASSESSMENT: ASSIGNMENT  (Group-5 students)
ASSESSMENT NO:  2
TIME/DEADLINE:       
STUDENT NAME:                                                               SIGNATURE:

 

STUDENT ID:                                                                        SECTION:
FEEDBACK(IF ANY):

 

LECTURER NAME:  Ms. Ayisha Powmya                       SIGNATURE:
   

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATE

 

 

 

  1. discuss and answer all the questions. You are required to summarize the result of discussion by preparing a full report and slide presentation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Topics of Discussion:

 

  1. Differentiate between Construction Management and Site Management.
  2. Define the term of Ethics and Professional Ethics.
  3. Provide SEVEN (7) regulations under the Ministerial Decision no. 286/2008 introducing the Regulation of Occupational Safety and Health for Establishments Governed by the Labour Law issued by Ministry of Manpower.
  4. Point out SIX (6) main goals of waste management in construction site.
  5. According to CIOB (2010), construction manager career work involves work before construction starts such as preparing the site and meeting other professionals like architects and engineers. Discuss the duties and responsibilities of a Construction Manager.
  6. Explain TWO (2) types of subcontracting.
  7. The success of a construction project can be measured using several criteria. One of them is to ensure that the client’s needs are met. Briefly discuss the factors to be considered in fulfilling a client’s needs in construction project.
  8. Elaborate at least FOUR (4) unethical behavior practices that have occurred in construction industry.
  9. Standard form of contract is a printed document containing all the standard condition that will bind parties in the contract. The standard form of contract comprises of THREE (3) main contents. Describe all the THREE (3) main content as follows:
  1. Article of Agreement
  2. Condition of Contract
  • Appendix to the Conditions
  1. Define ‘Material Handling’ and list out the functions & objectives of Material handling.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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MBA FP 6014 Muscat college Seseka Trading Financial Accounting Analysis

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Submission Deadline Marks and Feedback
Before 10am on:

20/06/2020

 20 working days after deadline (L4, 5 and 7)
15 working days after deadline (L6)
10 working days after deadline (block delivery)

 

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Unit title & code Accounting For Leaders   &  SHR036-6
Assignment number and title Main Assignment  A1
Assignment type Report
Weighting of assignment 25%
Size or length of assessment 1600
Unit learning outcomes 1. The main aim of this unit is to demonstrate how managers can use accounting and financial information for planning, decision-making and control. The unit aims to help students to develop the skills necessary to interpret and analyze financial information, to address management problems.

2.  The unit incorporates the application of absorption and marginal costing techniques to short term decision-making problems prevalent in the business environment and concludes with time-value-of-money, and related techniques, for the selection of long-term investment projects.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What am I required to do in this assignment?
The Chief Executive Officer of Abdul Wahab Investments is considering the financial information of SesekaTrading, for the year ending 31 July 2019.  They are considering acquiring the company shares and trying to decide whether to bid for control or to take a smaller stake in the business.

The following additional information is relevant:

a)    Purchase and sales are made evenly throughout the year

b)    All purchases and sales are made on credit terms

c)    Inflationary effects are to be ignored

d)    The company makes and sells only one product

e)    There was investment in Plant & Equipment during 2018 totaling OMR 250m.

 

Required

As a Management Consultant, you are required to produce 1500 words report (structure 5 marks) for the Board of Directors of Abdul Wahab Investments, which covers, inter alia, the following regarding Seseka Trading:

  1. Analysis and interpretation of the available information provided                                    (25 marks)
  2. An assessment of the completeness of the information provided and its implications for your analysis and advice                                                                                                                                 (20 marks)
  3. Areas that, in your assessment, require further investigation                                        (15 marks)
  4. Limitations of your analysis and interpretation                                                                 (20 marks)
  5. A recommendation based upon the information provided, as to whether Abdul Wahab Investments should purchase an interest in SesekaTrading, take a controlling stake, or not invest at all                                                                                                                                                   (15 marks)

(Total 100 marks)

 

 

 
What do I need to do to pass? (Threshold Expectations from UIF)
In order to pass Assessment 1, you will need to:

Demonstrate an ability to classify and analyze, to a limited level, the five groups of ratios commonly deployed in the business context.

Apply, to a satisfactory level the outcomes the above information provides, in both horizontal and vertical analysis of financial statements in the business context.

 
How do I produce high quality work that merits a good grade?
Your work should show a critical insightful evaluation of the information provided. There should be high level of creativity, and independent thought.

Extensive evidence of advanced applications and/or empirical results, where applicable, informed extensively by current research and practice in the area

 

Your work should show remarkably high level of competence in analysing and interpreting the financial performance of the company under consideration, and assessment of the completeness of the information provided and its implications for your analysis and advice

 

The conclusions should be outstanding, logical and consistent with the information provided and

a recommendation based upon the information provided, as to whether Abdul Wahab Investments should purchase an interest in SesekaTrading, take a controlling stake, or not invest at all

 

Overall, the work should be Outstanding, well-directed presentation, logically and coherently structured, using correct grammar, spelling and accurate referencing and presentation
How does this assignment relate to what we are doing in scheduled sessions?
The main aim of this unit is to demonstrate how managers can use accounting and financial information for planning, decision-making and control.

The unit aims to help students to develop the skills necessary to interpret and analyse financial information, to address management problems.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How will my assignment be marked?
 

Your assignment will be marked according to the threshold expectations and the criteria on the following page.

 

You can use them to evaluate your own work and consider your grade before you submit.

 

 

 

 
  Pass – 40-49% Pass – 50-59% Commendation – 60-69% Distinction– 70%+
Report structure & Referencing (5%) Weak presentation and structure, grammar, and spelling. Limited or no referencing

 

 Adequate presentation and structure, acceptable grammar and spelling. Adequate referencing and bibliography

 

 Good presentation competently structured, using correct grammar and spelling. Comprehensive referencing and bibliography Excellent presentation, logically structured, using correct grammar and citation. Outstanding referencing and bibliography
Analysis and interpretation of the available information provided

 (25%)                                

Basic categorization of ratios and  basic analyses of ratios Good categorization of ratios and limited analyses of ratios but demonstrates links between ratios and non-financial information.

 

 

 Good categorization of ratios and good analyses on ratios with sound rationales Excellent categorization of ratios and detailed analyses of how each ratio has been changed with sound rationales and able to link with non-financial information
An assessment of the completeness of the information provided and its implications for your analysis and advice

(20%)

 Basic assessment of the completeness of the information provided and its application Good assessment of the completeness of the information provided and its application

 

 

 

 

 Very good assessment of the completeness of the information provided and its application Excellent assessment of the completeness of the information provided and its application
Areas that, in your assessment, require further investigation (15%) Basic identification of areas that require further investigation Good identification of areas that require further investigation

 

 Very good identification of areas that require further investigation Excellent identification of areas that require further investigation
 

Limitations of your analysis and interpretation

(20%)

 Basic identification of the limitations of your analysis Good identification of the limitations of your analysis

 

 Very good identification of the limitations of your analysis Excellent identification of the limitations of your analysis
 

Recommendation based upon the information provided, as to whether to purchase an interest, take a controlling stake, or not invest at all in the other company

(15%)

 Basic recommendations and/or recommendations not grounded in analysis. Draws good recommendations grounded in analysis of practical situation

 

 

 

 

 

 Draws appropriate recommendations well-grounded in analysis of practical situation.

 

 Draws insightful recommendations thoroughly grounded in in-depth analysis of practical situation.

 

 

 
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MBA7000 People and Organisations

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MBA7000 People and Organisations

Writ 1 Assignment Brief

The assignment for this module is designed to evaluate your knowledge and understanding of the range of topics covered within the module and to satisfy the learning outcomes listed below:-

  1. Critically analyse key theoretical approaches to the management of change with reference to structure, culture, conflict and managing self
  1. Critically examine organisational behaviour in a variety of contexts and develop discussion based on complex scenarios and the changing external environment
  2. Develop, explore and critique human resource management approaches in these contexts with reference to contemporary theory and an understanding of current practice
  3. A conceptual understanding of the core theories in understanding people and their role in organisations.

Guidance Notes:

The assignment is in the form of a negotiated assignment focusing on a critical aspect of Organisational Behaviour and Development that is familiar to you from your existing organisational environment or an organisation in which you have recently worked.  Your work should build insights into the factors influencing the behaviour of people within your organisation and critically reflect on how these influences might be taken into account to achieve maximum organisational effectiveness.

 

Where appropriate, link this work to the content to which you have been exposed during the module – notably – organisational strategy, climate and culture; organisational power and politics; strategic concepts and practices linked to human resource management;  reflective practice and experiential learning; business coaching and high performance working; organisational change; and organisational learning.

 

The assignment ‘Brief and ‘Task’ are outlined on the next page.

 

You are advised to proof read and spell check your work before submission and to ensure that the work is laid out with double line spacing and in a business-like and professional manner, as it would be expected in the workplace.   You are expected to draw upon a range of contemporary academic and appropriate business sources, and to reference these in Harvard format.  If in doubt, please visit www.citethemrightonline.co.uk for help with the correct form of referencing.

Key Skills Developed

This assignment will enable you to develop your ability to critique practice, develop new ideas for implementation and present these via report format. It will enable you to explore original ideas for your own personal development in future assignments. It will also enable you to develop original ideas for communicating policy in an organisation.

The Assignment Task:

Action research assignment involving a case study approach.

 

The Assignment Brief:

Critically review a recent and significant change in your current organisation and link this critique to contemporary (published post-2000) research and best practice.  As a minimum, we would expect you to incorporate the following:-

  1. A brief introduction to your report and a section providing background for your organisation (approx. 500 words). 7 marks available.
    1. A critical analysis of the changing external environment in which the organisation competes (approx. 750 words). 8 marks available.
  2. Organisation structure and culture and their impacts upon behaviour at different levels within the company (approx. 1250 words). 15 marks available
    1. Models of change management and their practical implementation in the workplace (approx. 1000 words). 10 marks available
  3. The impact of change upon staff at different levels within the organisation – including resistance to change, barriers to change, managing conflict and managing self (approx. 1250 words). 15 marks available

  4. An academic reflection upon this change process, incorporating recommendations for human resource management approaches, policy and practice which will enable future organisational change programmes to contribute more effectively to high performance work, organisational strategy and employee engagement (approx. 1250 words). 15 marks available

  5. A further 30 marks are available for students who demonstrate a wide range of academic reading, beyond the module content.

 

The overall word count for the assignment is 6,000 (+/- 10%) but you should be mindful of the guidelines specified above as these relate directly to the maximum number of marks allocated in each section. Please also look at the specific marking criteria attached, which will guide you further on what to include and how to improve your marks.

 

 

 

Marking Criteria/Marks

 

  Distinction

80% plus

 Merit

70% plus

 Good

60%

 Satisfactory

50% plus

 Fail

Below 50%
Section 1

 

15 marks

 The student has clearly explained the organisational context, the external environment including specific drivers of change has incorporated a detailed range of relevant examples.  

The student has explained the organisational context, the external environment including some specific drivers of change and incorporated a good range of relevant examples.

  

The student has explained the organisational context, the external environment and generic drivers of change and has incorporated good examples.

  

The student has attempted to explain the organisational context and external environment.  They have made reference to some  drivers of change and have incorporated some examples although both may be rather more generic than specific.

 The student has not properly explained the organisational context and/or the external environment.

And/or They may not have covered drivers of change.

And/or the work lacks relevant examples.
Section 2

 

25 marks

 The student has demonstrated comprehensive understanding of organisation structure and culture and impact upon organisational behaviour with strong reference to relevant theory and practice. The student has demonstrated very good understanding of organisation structure and culture and  impact upon organisational behaviour with clear reference to relevant theory and practice. The student has demonstrated good understanding of organisation structure and culture and  impact upon organisational behaviour with good reference to relevant theory and practice, The student has demonstrated understanding of organisation structure and culture and impact upon organisational behaviour with reference to relevant theory and practice. The student does not appear to understand organisational structure or culture, or has been unable to interpret the  impact upon behaviour or the student has not answered this question.
Section 3

15 marks

 

 The student has made detailed use and synthesis of academic theory or model(s) to explain a planned approach to organisational change and demonstrated excellent understanding of the potential impacts upon people at different levels within the company. There is strong understanding of resistance, barriers, conflict and ability to manage self. The student has made very good use and synthesis of academic theory and or model(s) to explain a planned approach to organisational change and demonstrated strong understanding of the potential impacts upon people at different levels within the company. There is clear understanding of resistance, barriers, conflict and ability to manage self The student has made good use of academic theory or model(s) to explain a planned approach to organisational change and demonstrated clear understanding of the potential impacts upon people at different levels within the company. There is good understanding of resistance, barriers, conflict and ability to manage self

 

 The student has made use of academic theory or model(s) to explain a planned approach to organisational change and demonstrated understanding of the potential impacts upon people at different levels within the company.

There is some understanding of resistance, barriers, conflict and ability to manage self but perhaps these lack depth of discussion.

 The student has not utilised academic theory or model(s) or is unable to properly explain organisational change,

or has not considered the impact,

or does not show understanding of barriers, conflict or ability to manage self

or not answered the question.
Section 4

 

15 marks

 The student has provided a comprehensive academic reflection and critique of this change process, incorporating a range of HRM recommendations to enable future organisational change programmes to contribute more effectively to high performance work, organisational strategy and employee engagement The student has provided a detailed academic reflection and critique of this change process, incorporating practicable HRM recommendations to enable future organisational change programmes to contribute more effectively to high performance work, organisational strategy and employee engagement The student has provided an academic reflection and some critique of the change process, incorporating reasonable HRM recommendations to enable future organisational change programmes to contribute more effectively to high performance work, organisational strategy and employee engagement The student has attempted an academic reflection and critique of this change process, incorporating some HRM recommendations to enable future organisational change programmes to contribute more effectively to high performance work, and/or organisational strategy and/or employee engagement The student has not attempted an academic reflection or critique, or the work attempted fails to properly reflect upon this change process.

 

And/or there are no HRM recommendations enabling future organisational change programmes to contribute more effectively or the recommendations are unsound

 

And/or there is a lack of detail with regard to  high performance work, and/or organisational strategy and/or employee engagement

 
Wider reading, referencing and academic content.

30 marks

 The student has utilised an extensive range of wider reading (beyond module content) at Master’s level and evidenced this throughout the assignment.  References are in the correct format. The student has utilised a wide range of wider reading (beyond module content) at Master’s level and evidenced this throughout the assignment.  References are in the correct format. The student has utilised a range of wider reading (beyond module content) at Master’s level and evidenced this throughout the assignment.  References are in the correct format. The student has evidenced wider reading (beyond module content) at Master’s level. The majority of references are in the correct format. The student has not evidenced wider reading and is limited to module content.

 

 

 
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