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Master of Business Administration
COR 601
Organisational Behaviour
Final Assignment
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PART A
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
This project must be done individually or in groups of two (max) provided that the
two students are working for the same company.
This assignment must be submitted in softcopy only on the assigned due date to
assignment.gbs@gmail.com
Hardcopy submissions will not be accepted
PRESENTATION OF ASSIGNMENT
You must include a title page that lists your name, Student ID and the unit number and
title.
Number all pages sequentially.
Any published material you refer to must be properly referenced (Harvard Referencing)
and included in a reference list at the end of your assignment.
ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION DEADLINE
Due Date: Thursday, 13th October 2016
Weighing: 80% of total assessment
LATE ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION POLICY
Any student submitting their assignments 2 days after the designated deadline will be considered as a
Late Assignment Submission which will incur a penalty of CHF 100/SAR 380.
The penalty amount will be automatically added to your subsequent month's Course Fee.
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NOTE: The first page of each assignment must include the following declaration:
I certify that this assignment is my own work, based on my personal study and/or research, and
that I have acknowledged all material and sources used in the preparation of this assignment
whether they be books, articles, reports, lecture notes, any other kind of document, electronic or
personal communication.
I also certify that the assignment has not previously been submitted for assessment in any other
course or at any other time in this Course, unless by negotiation, and that I have not copied in
part or whole or otherwise plagiarised the work of other students and/or persons. I have read
the GBS policy on plagiarism and understand its implications.
Assignments that do not include the above declaration will not be marked.
PLAGIARISM
Plagiarism is a form of cheating, by representing someone else's work as your own or using
someone else's work (another student or author) without acknowledging it with a reference.
This is a serious breach of the Academic Regulations and will be dealt with accordingly.
Plagiarism occurs whenever you do any of the following things without acknowledging the
original source:
Copy information from any source (including the study guide, books, newspapers, the
internet)
Use another person's concepts or ideas
Summarize or paraphrase another person's work.
How do I avoid plagiarism?
To ensure you are not plagiarizing, you must acknowledge with a reference whenever you:
use another person's ideas, opinions or theory
include any statistics, graphs or images that have been compiled or created by another
person or organization
paraphrase another's written or spoken word
You are required to use the below mentioned referencing system:
The Harvard Referencing System; e.g. 'Smith (1985) listed five key factors'
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Description of the practical session
This is a practical session provide students with the major principles of a
OrganisationalBehaviour with a vision and help to identify the causes of a problem within an
organization and plan individually or in group a project to attain the expected positive
outcomes.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course you will be able to:
1. Ability to understand the principles of OrganizationalBehaviour
2. Recognize the potential effects of organizational‐level factors (such as
structure, culture and change) on organizational behavior
3. Ability to identify the nature and scope of change
4. Ability to identify the change strategies available to organisations
5. Ability to explain why employees resist change and develop strategies to
overcome them
6. Ability to understand how conflict are resolved
7. Ability to understand how change affects the organisation
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Final Assignment
If you were CEO what would you change and why - provide your recommendation with a
Before and After Organizational chart. - If you are not working at this time - use a past
employer..
1. Identify a Vision Statement and Mission Statement (5 marks)
2. Describe the corporate structure (Vertical/horizontal specialization,
departmentalization Organigram) (5 marks)
3. Identify an area of planned change in the organization (using Engine of Change) (10
marks)
4. Describe your corporate culture (using Schein’s 3 levels) and leadership style (10
marks)
5. What are the visible and invisible control systems. (5 marks)
6. Describe the types of resistance you would encounter (10 marks)
7. Identify an area of conflict and explain how to resolve it(specify which style you would
use and why) (10 marks)
8. Select your strategy (use Force Field Analysis model) (10 marks)
9. Identify thekey stakeholders and your methods to influence them in your
decisions(using your feedback loop) (5 marks)
10. How has your organization affected due to Information Technology and what positive
& negative changes has been occurred. (5 marks)
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Executive Summary of your report [4 marks]
An executive summary is an overall summary of the entire report. It should have 3-4 short
paragraphs:
Paragraph 1: Based on the Introduction (Introduce the topic of your report)
Paragraph 2: Summary of the body (Indicate main subjects examined in the discussion section
of your report)
Paragraph 3: Summary of the conclusions
Paragraph 4: Outline recommendations, if any, in bullet points
NOTE: This is a summary of the entire report so you cannot write it until you have completed
the report (you cannot summarize a report you have not yet written).
Even though it appears first, the Executive Summary is one of the last things you will
write.
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Introduction of your report [6 marks]
In this part of your assignment you will required to give details introduction about your
company
The introduction should generally include three key types of information.
a) Background
This section sets the context for the report and provides the (brief) background information
required for the reader to understand the report.
NOTE: Detailed company background should not be included here. It is best discussed in the
body of the report
b) Aims/Objectives
This tells the reader what the aims/objectives of the report are. It indicates what key questions
the report is trying to answer and what it is trying to achieve. Why was it written?
c)Scope
Tell the reader exactly what areas/ideas are covered in the report. This also helps to explain how
the report is organized. Look at your plan and consider your headings and sub-headings.
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Body of your report
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References [5 marks]
The body must be fully referenced throughout, using Harvard Referencing Guidelines (In-text
referencing) to support ideas.
It should be organized logically, using topic headings, subheadings and minor subheadings to
break it into sections and sub-sections.
All headings must be numbered sequentially.
In-text Referencing:
If you take any information from the textbook, website, etc, you will need to mention it between
the lines within your report.
Example for textbook referencing:
Support organizations are those that use IS primarily for activities such as transaction
processing. (Neville, 2010, p.76)(Author’s last name, Year of Book Publication, Page
number of the book)
Example for website referencing:
In a management information system, modern, computerized systems continuously gather
relevant data, both from inside and outside an organization.(BBC, 2008) (Name of the
Website, Year)
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Conclusion & Recommendation of your report [6 marks]
This is your final chance to impress the reader so make it powerful. Most conclusions include
three main parts
i) stating the aim/ context of the assignment again
ii) followed by a very brief summary of the main points
iii) final comments often considering the future (for eg: what can be done to improve the
implementation of an intervention in the future)
Assignment Formatting (Page Numbering, Header, Footer, etc) [5 marks]
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References of your Report [5 marks]
Citation:
Last page of your assignment must include the complete list of the references used during the
completion of your assignment with all the details.
Format for referencing from print media like books:
FAMILY/SURNAME, Initials. (Publication year in brackets) Book title - italicised or
underlined.Series title and volume if applicable. Edition – if not the first. Place of publication:
publisher.
Example:
NEVILLE, C. (2010) The Complete Guide to Referencing and Avoiding Plagiarism. 2nd Ed.
Maidenhead: Open University Press.
Format for referencing from electronic sources:
Author of website FAMILY/SURNAME, Initials or WEBSITE name if no author is available.
(Year - in brackets) Title of website in italics or underlined. Any numbers if necessary or
available if website is part of a series. [Online in square brackets] Available from: URL.
[Accessed: followed by date in square brackets].
Example:
BBC NEWS. (2008) Factory gloom worst since 1980. [Online] Available from:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7681569.st m. [Accessed: 19th June 2012].
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Appendix of your Report
Things that you refer to in your main paper but don't want to include in the paper, like:
Questionnaires /Answers to questionnaires
Interview transcripts
Consent forms
Maps
Articles/clippings
Data
Charts/Tables
Some diagrams
Pamphlets
Specifications
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Rubric-Assignment
Part A Excellent Good Average
Needs
Improv.
Marks
Allocated
Marks
Received
Executive Summary
Paragraph 1: Basedon the Introduction
(Introduce the topic of yourreport)
Paragraph 2: Summary of the body
(Indicate main subjects examinedin the
discussion section of your report)
Paragraph 3: Summary of the conclusions
Paragraph 4: Outlinerecommendations, if
any, in bullet points
4
Introduction
Background
This section sets the context for the report
and provides the(brief)background
information requiredfor thereader to
understandthereport.
NOTE: Detailed company background
should not be included here.It is best
discussed in the body of thereport
b)Aims/Objectives
This tells the reader what the
aims/objectives of the report are.It
indicates what key questions the report is
trying to answer and what it is trying to
achieve. Why was it written?
c) Scope
Tellthe reader exactly what areas/ideas
are covered in the report.This also helps to
explain how the report is organized. Look at
your plan and consider your headings and
sub-headings.
6
Vision and MissionStatement
5
Corporate Structure 5
Engine of Change 10
Culture 10
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Control Systems 5
Resistance to Change 10
Conflict Resolution 10
ForceField Analysis 10
Stake holders 5
Information Technology 5
Conclusion & Recommendation
i) stating the aim/ context of
the assignment again
ii) followed by a very brief
summary of the main points
iii) finalcomments often
considering the future(for
eg: what can be done to
improve the implementation
of an intervention in the
future)
5
Harvard Style of References 5
Assignment Formatting (Page
Numbering, Header, Footer,
etc.)
5
Total 100