Group Assignment

A group of four or five students will choose a company to write on one to two management
issues or challenges faced by that company. From the theories acquired from this course,
give your group’s recommendations to this company for solving those issues or challenges.
The input for the assignment must be based on direct interviews of senior managers of that
company.

Requirement of content:

1. Describe the issues or challenges faced by the company, including company profile.
2. Your own evaluation of the issues, linked the issues with management tasks.
Explaining why the current solutions do not work.
3. Give recommendation based on the theoretical perspectives from class.

Suggested structure:
I. Cover Page
II. Introduction
III. Analysis and Findings
a. Literature Review
b. The company and problems
c. Evaluation of problems and its existing solutions (if any)
d. Recommendation
IV. Conclusion
V. References
VI. Appendices

Due dates:
1. 1st Draft & Tutor by hardcopy:
2. Final Report by softcopy via LMS:
Individual Assignment

A student is required to interview one manager (in charge of at least 3 staff) to analyze 17
roles of a manager (according to Minzberg's classification): identify the actual roles that a
manager is acting, and his or her difficulties in acting those roles.

Requirement of content:

1. Explain the manager’s roles in the company

2. Identify the key issues or difficulties in acting those roles.
3. Recommendations (if any)

Suggested structure:

I. Cover Page
II. Introduction
III. Analysis and Findings
a. Literature Review
b. Explain the manager’s roles and his or her problems.
c. Recommendation (If any)
IV. Conclusion
V. References
VI. Appendices

Due dates:

1. 1st Draft & Tutor by hardcopy:

2. Final Report by softcopy via LMS:
 Individual and Group Assignment Rubrics Scale

Weight (%) Mark

Satisfactory
Criteria Poor (1) Moderate (2) Good (4) Excellent (5) Allocate
Indi Group (3)
d
Able to Able to Able to
Unable to Able to slightly
identify and identify and identify and
identify and identify and
Identification of understand understand understand all
understand understand
Main Issues/ some of the most of the of the main
20 20 the issues in the issues in
Problems issues in the issues in case issues in the
case study the case study
case study study case study
(organization) (organization)
(organization) (organization) (organization)

Relevant
discussion of Complete but Insightful and
Moderate
Discussion of No discussion some of the not thorough thorough
discussion of
Issues 30 25 of issues issues in the discussion of discussion of
issues
case the issues all the issues
(organization)

Inadequate Significant Exceptional

No effort to adequate
Relate to efforts to adaptation to adaptation to
relate to adaptation to
theories / relate to relate to relate to
20 25 theories / theories /
concepts theories / theories / theories /
concepts concepts
concepts concepts concepts

Provide 10 10 No solutions Inadequate Adequate Relevant Well-thought

suggestions on solutions solutions Solutions and highly
appropriate
 solutions relevant
solutions
Routinely
Usually contribute
Never Rarely Occasionally contribute constructive
contribute contribute contribute ideas, perform ideas, perform
Teamwork NA 10 ideas and ideas and ideas and tasks, tolerant all tasks, high
perform tasks perform tasks perform tasks and fair tolerance and
decision outstanding
decision

The
The The
organization of
assignment organization of The The paper
the paper was
was poorly the paper was organization of was very well
Writing skills somewhat
organized and generally the paper was organized
organized with
(Organization, lacked acceptable with well organized and
minimal
Grammars, 20 10 supporting some supporting and supports supports
supporting
Spelling, evidence evidence
evidence
References) Few No
Too many Several grammatical grammatical
Numerous
grammatical grammatical errors errors
grammatical
errors errors
errors
Total 100 100 /100