Length Essays will be 1500 words
Use a minimum of 8 references including 3 journal articles, 3 academic books, one website and the newspaper or document of the case study itself
Font: Arial Font size: 10 Double spacing Separate page for the reference list Word count on the end of the paper underneath final paragraph.
Explore a contemporary management issue that has attracted national and/or international media attention at some time during the past two years.
1. Choose one from a selection of four newspaper articles (already chosen and basic outline attached).
2. Identify one or two management topics from the lecture program (and one in which you are interested) relevant to the issue. Identify the company, its context, industry sector etc.
3. Provide a brief summary of the issue that the managers in the case are confronting.
4. Use relevant management concepts and theories as the ‘lens’ through which you critically evaluate the performance of management in addressing the issue.
5. Make a judgment, based on the critical review you conduct in steps 1-4 above, about the management strategies/ decisions that were or could be tried to resolve the issue, and what worked or didn’t work, and why.
6. Recommend any different approach that might be taken to resolve the issue, and explain why. Your ability to link concepts and theories to real life problems, and argue your opinion based on evidence, is important here.
7. Provide a reference list of the information sources used in accordance the Summers and Smith (2010) Communication Handbook.
Examples of issues that you might explore include any of the areas covered in the weekly lectures: change that has occurred in organisations due to globalization, alternative approaches to management, change and innovation management, organisational culture etc.
Essays will be graded based on:
1. Demonstrated level of articulated understanding of the key areas of management practice
2. Demonstrated level of analysis of the article
3. Breadth and quality of use of academic readings
4. Correctness of essay style/structure and academic genre (Summers and Smith 2010)
