Category: Management

 
This is a small research for a master degree course. A survey is required, 10 questions are fine to be used on the survey. dummy answers can be added from you, it is preferred if you create the survey in google docs, so you can send the sheet & survey questions with the paper. i prefer if you can send the papers you used as references with this essay. i will be attaching some studies shared by my instructor (you can use them if you want, and it is fine if you want to avoid them)

A- Literature review:

Summarize about 10 studies directly related to the subject: (author, title, year, research problematic, method results) for each selected studies (less than 1 page)
Definition:
Project
Project Management
Global Projects
Global Project management
Cross culture
….

B – Theoretical Framework:

Based on the previous literature , conclude the main challenges facing managers whom managing global projects and their impact on project evolution.

 
Describe the culture of an organization or organizational unit with which you are familiar, using concepts from the relevant text readings (chapters 12-14). Reflect on the appropriateness and effectiveness of the unit’s culture in meeting the unit’s goals, and give at least two recommended changes you would like to lead for improvement. Write in the form of a memorandum to a relevant manager in the organization.. Two double-spaced pages in 11- or 12-point font, exclusive of any appendices, is the page limit.

Upload the assignment on the Assignment 6 link on the course homepage. The assignment is graded (15% weight). Grading criteria follow:

Culture of the organization/unit is clearly presented (20%)
Appropriateness of the culture is clearly analyzed (20%)
Recommended changes are presented and justified (20%)
Memo is well-planned, well-written, and logically organized (20%)
Memo makes accurate use of relevant concepts and theories (20%)

Notes:
1. This is Description to my organization and my role and responsibilities. I’m working in Medical City which is consists of four hospitals and four center. Main Hospital, Women’s Specialized Hospital, Children’s Hospital, Rehabilitation Hospital and Medical Centers which include Heart Center, Neuroscience Center, Hematology &Oncology Center and Specialized Diabetes & Endocrine Center. In addition to the hospitals there are primary care clinics, Emergency Medicine Administration and Faculty of Medicine. All these hospitals and centers consist of a total of 1,100 beds.

Since I finished my training and fellowship I handle many leadership positions and responsibility now I’m the chairman for Emergency medicine department which consists of 70 beds with around 100,000 visit per year. We have total of 18 attending physicians and around 30 resident in training program.

2. I need only one reference which is :
reframing organizations by bolman and deal , chapters 12-14

 
Dear writer

Below is just the Module Guide but for the full assignment instructions and the survey Data and the assignment details please check the the attached assignment files (The topic chosen is the online shopping ) & survey datas also there is past report attached to use it just as a guide !!! make sure no direct copy and past for plagiarism
Welcome to the Management Data Analysis.

The module is designed to introduce students to the basic concepts of probability and statistical analysis which will prove to be an essential support to their other modules. It will allow them to work on realistic problems, using case materials where relevant, and extensive use of Excel to analyse management data. Students will apply concepts and processes outlined in lectures.

Intended Module Learning Outcomes
The intended learning outcomes are that on completion of this module the student should be able to:

Apply basic probability and statistical techniques
Formulate, test and interpret statistical hypotheses using significance tests to analyse realistic management problems
Recognise the scope and range of modern statistics packages, to facilitate data analysis and enable more efficient statistical report writing
Method of Assessment (normally assessed as follows)
The intended learning outcomes will be assessed as an end-of-course assignment (100%) where you will write an individual report.

Students undertake a small survey, formulate, test and interpret statistical hypotheses using significance tests in Excel and SPSS, and report on the results. The surveys can be prepared in groups if they are designed so that the data analysis can be performed by separately individuals.

 
You are to select an industry on which the assignment will be based. Each student should select a different industry to be agreed with Gary Cook by week 5 – you can either tell me your chosen industry in class or email me. You are then to prepare a report on the industry that answers the following questions.

a) Identify the key features of structure, conduct and performance in the industry. To what extent does the S-C-P paradigm provide a valid explanation of the conduct and performance in the industry?

b) Examine ways in which new and existing firms attempt to enter the industry and to expand. What barriers to entry and mobility exist and how do firms overcome them?

c) In light of the answers above, which approach(es) provide the most valid insight into how markets develop over time?
The report should be a maximum of 2,500 words for the main body (including within-text references and tables you have created) of the report (not including contents page, footnotes, executive summary, appendices, bibliography, tables imported from elsewhere)

 
1. It is 50% of the total grade, it should be as much perfect as possible!
2. It should be the most greatest quality you can provide, it is writing class and should be passed with a high grade in this paper in order to get the accptence for the program!
I trust you guys, I’m being so much stress on this paper!
However, An A paper (90-100) is excellent in all respects. It shows originality of thought and is well argued and well organized with a clear, specific, and ambitious thesis. It is well developed with content that is specific, interesting, appropriate, and convincing. It has logical and artful transitions and is marked by stylistic finesse and varied sentence structures. It demonstrates command of mature diction and has few, if any, mechanical, grammatical, spelling, or diction errors.

** Instructions will be attached, please follow it, it is more than one option to choose from, please chose the more comfortable option you can go with.

** This template contains basic MLA formatting: indentations, margins, font, line spacing, and widow/orphan control.
The first page will contain 22 lines (not counting the header/title and absent widow/orphan control). Subsequent pages will typically contain 27 lines (without widow/orphan). A five page paper will total approximately 1,700 words (not counting header/title and works cited),
**** The template will be attached also
If you have any question, please let me know!

 
The Assignment is 2,500 words

The purpose of this assignment is to assess your ability to investigate and diagnose the nature, source and significance of complexity within organisations through applying appropriate academic theory and literature to real world situations.

Therefore you are required to prepare and produce a 2500 word written case study evaluation in which you;

� Broadly set out the context of the current situation of the case study organisation
� From your observations of issues facing the case study organisation map out the range of contributory factors
� From your mapping exercise use appropriate tools including models, theories, literature etc. to
o identify the most significant factors and
o evaluate how their relationship contributes to the emerging complexity for the organisation

Also, I want to add the marking scheme and there are 3 sections
Section 1: Introduction
Section 2: Mapping
Section 3: Research and Reading + Evaluation = the biggest mark

 
This case study is the central individual project for each student within the course. This study serves to help synthesize the material covered in the course. It should bring the essence of the lectures and readings of the course. It should demonstrate the student’s thorough understanding of at least six of the “metaphors of organization” studied within the course (see below) and a capacity to apply these in depth to a chosen case study.

The following are general instructions for completing the project. You will find a rubric for the grading of the paper in Blackboard, under Assignments, “Practical Case Study”.
GUIDELINES FOR THE PRACTICAL CASE STUDY

In this course, you will examine a number of different ways of viewing organizations. Each way provides a lens that highlights different aspects of organization. These ways of viewing, or metaphors, should be explored in depth within the analysis.

The purpose of this case study is to create an opportunity to apply the ideas and concepts discussed in class and the readings in the analysis of a real organizational situation. The situation may be drawn from your own experience or from some public event on which information is readily available in newspapers, reports, etc. Your choice of organization and situation will be an important one, and will call for considerable judgment and discretion on your part in deciding whether it is feasible to use it for the purposes of the case study.

PRACTICAL CASE STUDY, continued

Be sure to maintain a professional stance in relation to matters which are sensitive and confidential, and disguise the source of your project (unless it is drawn from public records)
through use of appropriate pseudonyms. Confidentiality and the general conduct of the project are entirely your responsibility, so proceed with caution and ethical care.

If you have no other way to identify an organization, you may choose a complex, real life organizational problem/situation as described in a detailed case study or written about in at least multiple sources in the press (for example in Fortune, the Economist, Sloane Management Review, Wall Street Journal, or through a case clearing house such as the Harvard Business School Press. It should not be a case that you have studied in another course, and must be a unique submission with minimal similarity (less than 15%) to other cases or papers submitted via the Blackboard “Turnitin” system. (You will find a Turnitin link under Assignments in Blackboard for your case study.)

In essence, the case study invites you to do the following:

1) Identify an organizational situation that appears to be amenable to the kind of analysis and exploration used in this course: the situation must be sufficiently complex to generate enough material for the writing of a case that meets the specifications described below.
2) Find relevant information and data about the organization and situation.
3.) Consider the metaphors, images, concepts and general ideas discussed in class. Choose at least six of the metaphors to apply to your organization to help to make sense of the situation being described.
4) Write up the case study in a way that relates evidence to theory to provide an appropriate analysis and explanation of the situation described.

Successful organizational analysis rests in an ability to examine any given organizational situation so that its fundamental characteristics are made clear. It is not simply a question of spotting problems and applying appropriate solutions. Rather, it hinges on questions such as:

• What is going on in the situation that you are analyzing?
• How can you account for its characteristics and the way these may be changing?
• How can you make sense of the situation and arrive at an interpretation that allows you to say something concrete about it?

Elements of the Case Study

(a) Brief Summary: Introduction to Your Organization A brief account of the situation being investigated, providing sufficient information for the reader to understand the nature of the organization and its context. This section should include relevant background information as well as a clear statement of the focus of your case study. For example, it is appropriate to provide information on the age, size, and history of the organization, the product or services it provides, and the general nature of its environment. The purpose of this is to orient the reader, so that he or she can acquire an understanding of the industry or sector with which you are dealing, and the general trends it is facing. Following a general introduction, you should focus in on the specific situation of the organization that demands—or did demand– attention.

PRACTICAL CASE STUDY, continued
(b) Analyze the organization using at least six metaphors from the course. Here explain and demonstrate your thorough understanding of the metaphors. Present the organization in terms of the six metaphors, applying these to bring out the critical issues and challenges of the situation. Demonstrate your understanding of the metaphors and their relevance to the case (if you find that they do not appear relevant, choose other metaphors. If you cannot find six that are relevant you should choose a different focal organization!).

The different metaphors that we discuss in class fit different situations. Which metaphors or combination of metaphors best accounts for your situation, and helps you understand and produce the analysis or “storyline” by which you can best gain insight (For more details on this method, see Chapter 11 of Images of Organization). This will call upon your ability to use your information and judge its significance.

For example, you may find that your case is best understood as a situation of organizational politics, one of classic bureaucracy, or one that is best understood in terms of the inability of the organization to adapt to its environment. You cannot make this judgment too early in the course—you will have to wait until you have finished the preliminary analysis. If you are successful in this final stage of the project, you will find that you have a much deeper understanding of the situation studied than you did at the beginning of the course. Your task in writing the final report is to communicate this understanding to the reader.

(c) Offer substantial and clear recommendations for the organization, and show how these emerge from your analysis. Here you can synthesize but go beyond the metaphors.

The report should be approximately ten to twelve double-spaced pages (approximately 4000-5000 words).

CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING THE REPORTS

The following criteria will be used to evaluate the case study
• Demonstrated understanding of the metaphors, and the theories and concepts related to these, which can be used to explain the case situation; a discussion of alternative ways of viewing the case will be particularly valuable when relevant.
• The comprehensiveness and care with which the case situation being analyzed is
described
• The complexity of the case (cases that are very simple and offer little challenge will not necessarily earn a high grade)
• The quality of discussion linking theory to data: the rigor and soundness of your
analysis and general conclusions
• The professionalism with which the report is presented.

 
I need you to use the 7 steps of problem solving to write a report about 4000 words, the problem is how (Dublin GAA) football team winning the all Ireland championships, I need you to use techniques (linear programming) (simulation) (statistics) (forecasting).
There are some constraints could be used like injuries, competition from other teams, weather, how many times a week or a day they can train, moral within the team, quality of the coaching.
The abstract of the report should be 2 pages (see the word document guidelines attached)

In addition, I need you to do a poster and follow the attached (pdf) files instructions. Please see the attached instructions for more information

 
Qusestions:
1. Discuss the changes made in the area of communication within COS – what benefits have these brought and how have they done so? What can be gained from conducting an organisational climate or employee opinion survey?
2. What impacts could Dom’s childhood experiences and background have had on his business? Speculate on the impact of two such different national cultures coming together. What aspects of culture should Dom be aware of and respond to as his company continues to grow?

Read case study attached below ( only need question 1 and 2 )

Case study: Complete Office Supplies (COS)

The Industry
The stationery industry is competitive, with thin margins. The small number of major suppliers and large number of small suppliers have rationalised in the past few years. Complete Office Supplies (COS) is one of just four major players in the contract channel. As aggregators they buy stationery products from many local and overseas sources and sell to other businesses. ‘We store the supplies for the shortest amount of time and despatch them to our customers as quickly as possible. In the door then out the door.’
COS in the Industry
COS’s customer base is corporate and government. Much of their business is under contract, as the sole or preferred stationery supplier for a business for an 18- or 24-month period. However, most customers are casual and can be snatched away at any time by a competitor. To gain and retain customers, COS must offer flexible solutions to reduce customers’ costs. Analysing customers’ end-to-end stationery needs from needing stationery to paying the bill is core to keeping corporate clients. In the quest to tighten supply chains, corporate clients are increasingly demanding the fewer but more meaningful single sourcing relationships. Services never previously thought to be the domain of stationery suppliers, such as forms and print management, toner refill management, office furniture and design consultation, and management of promotional products, are provided. COS boasts ‘smart, flexible solutions for ordering systems, billing methods, reporting structures, logistics and product choice to ensure [clients] receive maximum cost reduction and efficiency’. COS has been recognised for its IT innovations and industry-leading website uptake by being named as a finalist in the 2003 Western Sydney Industry Award for Excellence and Innovation.
The Founding of COS
Complete Office Supplies was founded in 1976 by Dominique Lyone, the son of an Egyptian immigrant to Australia. Dom’s father had run a typewriter repair business in Egypt, and fled that country after the 1967 Six Day War threatened the lives of his family. Dom started learning English on arrival in Australia at age 13. He finished school at age 15 to become a telegram delivery boy, then followed his father’s footsteps into the typewriter repair business as a mechanic. Attracted to the sales environment, he was soon selling consumables in that business. After a few years he started out on his own, selling a wider range than just the typewriter consumables to which he had previously been restricted.
Growth
The business grew so well in the first ten years until expansion into retail took the business to the brink of liquidation in the mid 1980s. Dom recalls, ‘The business was overstretched, I took my eye off the ball, and we had few reporting systems’. Doing a deal with creditors to repay outstanding debts, it took four years to trade through. Many employees from that time have stayed with the company.
In the early 1990s, COS began a national expansion program, and now the company has a presence in every Australian state. It distributes more than 8500 SKUs (individual stock items) from six distribution centres and has more than 120 employees. The business is structured along functional lines with managers of Sales and Marketing, Finance and Administration, Procurement, Logistics and IT. In 2002 COS joined the global strategic alliances of American Office Products Distribution Inc., with multiple dealers linked for global customers. The AOPD group’s combined turnover is in excess of $3 billion a year. Dom and the management team plan to continue the current rate of growth – to double the business every three years.
Leadership
While Dom retained full ownership and control of the business, many members of his immediate and extended family were employed in the business. In the past, these intimate loyal contacts in the organisation have supported Dom’s leadership and strengthened his ability to stay in touch with employees. However, he realised he was not in touch with employees when the business started national expansion. ‘Suddenly I wasn’t there. I wasn’t seeing everything that was happening every minute of the day. I had to rely on others to run my business in my absence. It was no longer a small business operation.’
Since that expansion, Dom has realised the value of training and developing managers and employees. COS supports employees through performance review outcomes and recognition awards. Induction programmes, self-study support, national conferences and on- or off-site training are some of the professional development opportunities now available.
Employee Characteristics and Culture
The culture at COS could be described as conservative and autocratic. A classic example of Dom’s past style is when he initiated a major IT change. Employees found out about it when they powered up their computers one morning. Dom was used to seeing what needed to be
done, and going ahead and doing it. He hadn’t needed change management principles or communications programmes when the company was small. But now his impact is wider. Employees must still wait and depend on him, as Dom’s approval is required for most decisions. This causes a potential motivation problem among senior management – others don’t see any possibility of being able to lead the organisation. The answer to the question ‘Can someone get from the bottom to the top of the organisation?’ is simply ‘Not while Dom’s in charge’. While his sales approach is professional and innovative, Dom’s management approach is conservative, with low risk taking. For example, he wants to ensure the last recruits are paying for themselves before recruiting more. He has lost his family home before, and he’s not going to lose it again.
Cultural rites and rituals within COS include personal as well as business events. Respecting high family values, all employees are given the day off for their birthday, family social BBQs are held on site, ‘show where you work’ family days are held each year, and special days such as Melbourne Cup and Halloween are celebrated throughout the organisation. Employees’ partners are invited to the staff Christmas parties, where a thoughtful exchange of gifts reflects the family culture.
The workforce is stable, with key people working in the same role for many years. There is low staff turnover; however, few return from maternity leave. Multiculturalism is taken for granted at COS. There are very low levels of intergroup conflict, reflecting COS’s history of diversity.
An Opportunity for Employee Opinion Surveying
When planning for growth in 2002, Dom wanted to ensure his employees were prepared. He had always assumed he knew how they felt, and had never really asked them what they thought of their jobs, their teams and the organisation. He knew large organisations regularly surveyed their employees, but he hadn’t thought to do it himself before.
He contracted Macquarie University’s Voice Project (from their Psychology Department) to conduct an organisational climate survey – often known as an employee opinion survey. This was his opportunity to professionally evaluate how the organisation was performing, and to compare their results with those of other organisations. The survey consisted of 115 questions in the broad categories of Leadership, Direction, Relationships, Human Resource Management, Non-Financial Outcomes, and Financial Outcomes. Three open-ended questions were asked of employees to canvas opinions in their own words. The survey was designed to capture a comprehensive snapshot of employee opinions. The survey was sent to each employee and the responses were analysed when more than 70 per cent were completed and returned, anonymously, to the consultants.
At the beginning of the consultants’ feedback of the results to Dom and his management team, the team was asked to rate how they thought the organisation might have responded on a number of the scales. The true surveys were, not surprisingly, different to the ‘gut reaction’ of those managers. Although simplified for the purpose of this case study, the issues that COS needed to address were Communications, Processes and Structure, Resources, and Training and Development. Employees confirmed their attitude that COS is a very successful company, with satisfied customers and a promising future.
Although a great deal more information came from the survey, Dom and the team prioritised their efforts on a few manageable areas, including improving their communications and processes. The action plans became their ‘to do’ list, which they have worked through in the year since the survey.
Improving Communications
Specific results in the area of the company’s communications efforts were first evident in the way the survey results were fed back to the employees, a key component to encourage future participation. A four-page newsletter with a summary of the full company results was sent to every employee.
As a direct result of the survey, the decision was made to develop the company’s intranet site. From now on it was to be used to post internal communications and communicate policy changes, for example. Within a year the intranet has become integral to COS staff accessing company information. While developing the site had been planned for a few years, the survey highlighted its urgency. The full survey report was placed on the intranet site.
A third major communications outcome of the survey is the monthly ‘company meeting’. The entire head office – 50 to 60 people – attends the warehouse lunchtime talk with Dom and the management team. Dom presents information on where the company is headed and other relevant news. Employees are free to ask questions of him and the team. The sessions usually last around one to two hours. Is it worthwhile? ‘You’d have to ask them that’, says Dom. Anecdotally the results are positive, with staff now seeing more of their employer than they have for many years.
COS’s future
Employees will be asked whether these initiatives are worthwhile when the survey is run for a second time shortly. Their scores on the communication scale will reflect their attitudes towards the communications changes made during the year.
Eleven months after the initial survey, managers still refer frequently to the ‘Voice results’. The survey results come up in management conversations at least weekly. There’s enough corporate memory to keep the survey on the agenda, and it is scheduled to run again on the anniversary of the first survey. Dom and the team plan to compare last year’s results with the next batch. He sees it as a formal way of asking all employees what they think, and acknowledging that the management team have heard it. He sees the results as a reflection of himself and the management team. He appreciates that the survey results highlight problems he may not have been aware of as the size of the business grows, and sees them as ‘constructive feedback’.
Initial concerns about possible disadvantages of conducting an employee survey – that staff may want even greater input, that they may start to challenge his (or management’s) authority, that they may distort survey results – have not eventuated. The survey has enabled Dom to stay in touch with his employees despite the organisation’s reaching a size and geographic spread that ordinarily limits that level of contact. The employee survey is now a standard business tool that will see Complete Office Supplies fulfil its promised growth.
Source: Adapted from Wood, J. et al (2009) Organizational Behaviour: A Global Perspective, 3rd edition, Wiley.

I. Report Marking Criteria (30% of the overall module mark):
1. Overall style of written report and structure – 10% of total marks Writing style should be simple and fluent in terms of spelling, grammar and punctuation. The report should have a clear structure and organised into identifiable sections with introduction, main body and conclusion.
2. Analysis –
Question 1 – 20% of total marks.
The answer should have good theoretical underpinning drawing on the appropriate theories/issues of communication and organisational culture/climate and should not be just a repetition and description of facts that are contained in the case study. There should be evidence of an in-depth examination of relevant issues with supporting evidence from the case. There should be evidence of logical development of arguments.
Question 2 – 20% of total marks
The answer should have good theoretical underpinning drawing on the appropriate theories/issues of personality, national/organisational culture and groups/teams and should not be just a repetition and description of facts that are contained in the case study. There should be evidence of an in-depth examination of relevant issues with supporting evidence from the case. There should be evidence of logical development of arguments.

Referencing – 10% of total marks There should be a properly constructed list of references using Harvard referencing system with a minimum of five appropriate academic sources and all referencing and citing in the text should be correct.

 
Goals, values and ethical positions.
For this week’s discussion, answer the following question:
Choose a well known organisation and discuss how its values and ethical position could be used for both setting goals and performance measurement.
I prefer journals in referencing.