ECOM 201 2020 Saudi Electronic University College of Administrative and Financial Sciences Introduction to E-Management
Project Assignment 2
As a group of managers, consider yourselves as Global Managers for one of the following Saudi companies: Jarir Bookstore, Baja, Al-Baik, Herfy or Coffee Day. At present the company you’ll choose is planning to do business in the USA and UK. You are required to develop a detailed strategy on the following: • • • • • • • • • • • • Give a brief summary of the current status of Virtual Teams. Give a brief introduction about the chosen company (history, products, etc.) Explain what type of virtual management characteristics that will be implemented and why? How will the virtual teams work together? What tools are they using for communications and task management? How will you manage the teams in both locations in terms of language, cultural, time, political, and economical differences? What are techniques that you will be using in order to create a strong team with a high level of teamwork? What are the advantages and disadvantages of managing a virtual team? What type of conflicts might occur between members? When conflicts happen how will you solve them? As a manager how will you manage outsourced projects? What techniques will you apply to encourage and motivate your team for improvement? Write a Conclusion. 1 Project report structure: ➢ Title Page: the name of the institution, title of the report, name of the author and date. ➢ Abstract: Brief summary of your work. ➢ Table of contents. 1.Introduction: Background or introduction to state what the report is about. You must give the reader an overview of the whole report. 2.Main Body of the report: Include your main work. 3.Conclusion. 4.References: Use APA style. Due date 18/04/2020 Marks 15 marks Useful links: ➢ http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/studentservices/documents/planning-andpreparing-to-write-assignments.pdf ➢ APA reference system https://student.unsw.edu.au/apa ➢ About plagiarism http://wts.indiana.edu/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml ➢ About plagiarism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiarism Guidelines for the project assignment: • • • • • • • • • • This is a group project, which 3 members is the minimum and 5 members is the maximum. You must send me a list of group members via email by February/6/2020. I will assign you to a random group after that date if you don’t have one. It requires effort and critical thinking. Your answer must be supported by different resources (at least 10 references sources). Any proof of copying will result in 0 mark. Each team member must individually sign a declaration form that outline the group work was divided equally. Use font Times New Roman, Calibri or Arial. Use 1.5 or double line spacing with left Justify all paragraphs. Use the footer function to insert page number. Ensure that you follow the APA style in your project. Your project report length should be between 3000 to 3500 words. 2 Group name Project title Instructor name CRN: Student name Submission date: Mark: 3 …