HOW TO INSERT A TABLE OF CONTENTS.......................................................................

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INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT...............................................................................................3
REFLECTION.......................................................................................................................................3
REFERENCING.....................................................................................................................................4
ASSIGNMENT STRUCTURE..................................................................................................................4
FORMAT.............................................................................................................................................4
PLAGIARISM.......................................................................................................................................4
MARKING CRITERIA...........................................................................................................5
LIST OF OPEN RESOURCES (JOURNAL, ARTICLES & BOOKS).....................................6
SOURCE'S CREDIBILITY....................................................................................................6

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HOW TO INSERT A TABLE OF CONTENTS
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/insert-a-table-of-contents-882e8564-0edb-435e-84b5-
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o Table of contents, example:

o List of Tables, example:

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INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT

VALUE: 10%
WORD LIMIT: 800 words + Reference list + Appendix
DUE DATE: 28/02/2022
Late submission (-10% for each day late without written approval)
FORMAT: Essay format: headings and sections but no numbering

FOCUS: According to Griffin (2016, p. 15), Theory X and Theory Y developed by Douglas
McGregor examine two distinctive perspectives of those in management position toward their
subordinates. Discuss and analyse how your real-life experience reflected Theory X and Theory
Y.

REFLECTION

Step 1. Read your text book Fundamentals of Management and other texts and/or journals that
discuss Theory X and Theory Y and how those theories are applied in organisation settings.
Step 2. Reflect and think about your real-life experience.
Suggestion for the experiences includes (but not limited to): Part-time jobs, personal
activities, class projects, club activities, community services, high school camping fairs, travel
tours.
Step 3. Write your reflections in essay format. You may use headings for different sections.

Hints: (Not for constructing your essay in the questions & answers format):
1. How theory X and theory X are relevant to management situation regarding your real-life
experience (in the workplace/organization settings)?
2. Identify and analyse success or failure in management regarding that experience.
3. In what ways does the information you have learned about theory X and theory X in the
workplace/organization settings help your understanding of manager and employee
behaviour in workplace/organisational settings?
4. What lessons in management did you learn from the situation(s)?

You must use a minimum of 2 references for the Reflection:

 1 text book: Fundamentals of Management (Ricky W.Griffin); plus one ( 1) other
credible source: journal article or book.

Griffin, R. W. (2016). Fundamentals of management. Mason, OH: South-Western Cengage

Learning.
REFERENCING

1. Papers with incorrect referencing will receive no more than a 6.0 grade
2. Papers with no citations will receive no more than a 4.5 grade.
3. Papers with no reference list at the end of the assignment will receive no more than a 4.5
grade.
4. You must make reference to at least 2 sources.
5. The APA Referencing Style must be applied.
6. Footnotes must not be used as a referencing style.
7. Wikipedia is not to be used as a reference.
8. Plagiarism is taken very seriously in this course.

ASSIGNMENT STRUCTURE
1. Cover Page
2. Table of Content
List of Figures and Tables (if any)
3. Content of the Paper
4. Reference list
5. Appendix (if any)

FORMAT

1. Typed and double-spaced

2. Font: Times New Roman, Size: 11
3. File should be submitted to LMS.

PLAGIARISM

o To avoid plagiarism, you should first read and follow while writing paper:
https://www.scribbr.com/category/plagiarism/
MARKING CRITERIA

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LIST OF OPEN RESOURCES (JOURNAL, ARTICLES &
BOOKS)
 The directory of open access journals: https://doaj.org/
 Trove is a collaboration between the national library of Australia and hundreds of partner
organisations around Australia: https://trove.nla.gov.au/
 Open and free content on Jstor and Artstor: https://about.jstor.org/oa-and-free/
 Directory of open access - books: https://directory.doabooks.org/
 Online library and publication platform: https://www.oapen.org/home
 University of California press: https://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/search?
facet=subject;style=eschol;brand=eschol
 Frontiers - open access publisher and open science platform:
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals?domain=all

 Mendeley (Mendeley is a free reference manager that can help you store, organize, note,
share and cite references and research data) https://www.mendeley.com/
 APA Formatting and Style Guide:
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_g
uide/reference_list_basic_rules.html
 Written Assignment Guidelines:
https://libguides.westminster.ac.uk/writtenassignments/reports
https://libguides.westminster.ac.uk/academicenglish

SOURCE'S CREDIBILITY
Consider your source's credibility when using it as a reference of your paper
https://sites.umgc.edu/library/libhow/credibility.cfm
https://www.una.edu/writingcenter/docs/Writing-Resources/Source%20Credibility.pdf