22 Jan PEOPLE IN ORGANISATIONS

People in Organisations

Report and Presentation

Date for Submission: please refer to the timetable on ilearn

Assignment Brief

As part of the formal assessment for the programme you are required to submit a People in Organisations assignment. Please refer to your Student Handbook for full details of the programme assessment scheme and general information on preparing and submitting assignments.

Learning Outcomes:

After completing the module, you should be able to:

1. Discuss the ways organisations motivate workers.

2. Assess the role of leadership in the organisational transition.

3. Evaluate the relationship between organisational structure and culture within organisational transition.

4. Examine the attributes of effective teams.

5. Effectively present the strategies used in the case study to motivate teams.

Maximum word count: 3000 words

Please note that exceeding the word count by over 10% will result in a reduction in grade by the same percentage that the word count is exceeded.

You must not include your name in your submission – Arden University operates anonymous marking, which means that markers should not be aware of the identity of the student. However, please do not forget to include your STU number.

Assignment Task

Case Study – Indeed
Employee Benefits, 2018. Indeed offers unlimited annual leave to support employee work-life balance. Employee Benefits, 11th December 2018. [Online]. Available from: https://www.employeebenefits.co.uk/indeed-offers-unlimited-annual-leave/ [Accessed 19th December 2018]. See appendix page 6.

Consider the content and theory that you have learnt in the Module – People in Organisations and apply this to the case study on Indeed to answer the following questions.

Question 1. Structure, culture and leadership

Explain the role of leadership that may exist within Indeed and how the structure and culture of the organisation may support effective transitional change. (Suggested word count – 1400 words)

To achieve this, you will need to consider the case study in relation to module theory and wider reading; consider elements including structure, culture and approaches to leadership. You should analyse and evaluate these in relation to the transitional change of the organisations’ focus, to offer unlimited annual leave to support employee work-life balance.
(1300-1500 words)
(50 marks)
(LO’s 1, 2 and 3)

Question 2. Motivation and effective teams, and presentation

Analyse and evaluate the ways in which Indeed may build effective teams through motivation; identify team development attributes that may contribute to Indeed’s success. Present your main findings in a presentation suitable for Indeed managers. (Suggested word count – 1400 words including the MS PowerPoint presentation)

To achieve this, you will need to discuss motivation and team effectiveness theory within the context of the case study organisation. You should then present current strategies used by the company by summarising the main findings on motivation and team effectiveness into a
PowerPoint presentation. This presentation should be suitable to disseminate to Indeed managers and be no longer than 8 slides and with supportive presenters’ notes. Your presentation must be included/pasted into the one MS Word or PDF file document that you submit.

(1300-1500 words including the MS PowerPoint presentation)
(50 marks)
(LO’s 1, 4 and 5)

END OF QUESTIONS

Layout

Use a structured report style as follows:

Title page – awarding body (Arden University), course title, module title (People in Organisations), assessment title (Case Study – Report and Presentation), student number, tutor name, submission date, word count used
Introduction – 100 words to explain what will be covered in the assignment

Question 1 – 1300-1500 words
Question 2 – 1300-1500 words
Conclusion – 200 words to summarise the assignment
References – to Harvard standard
Appendices – if applicable (does not add to word count)

Formative Feedback

You have the opportunity to submit your DRAFT outline / plan for question 1 and 2 to receive formative feedback.

The feedback is designed to help you develop areas of your work and it helps you develop your skills as an independent learner.

If you are a distance learning student, you should submit your work, by email, to your tutor, no later than 2 weeks before the actual submission deadline. If you are a blended learning student, your tutor will give you a deadline for formative feedback and further details.

Formative feedback will not be given to work submitted after the above date or the date specified by your tutor – if a blended learning student

Student Guidelines

Development of academic skills:

You MUST underpin your analysis and evaluation of the key issues with appropriate and wide ranging academic research and ensure this is referenced using the AU Harvard system. The My Study Skills Area contains the following useful resources:

Guide to Harvard Referencing
http://moodle.bl.rdi.co.uk/guides/HarvardRef/AU_Harvard_Quick_Ref_Guide.pdf

Guide to Harvard Citation
http://moodle.bl.rdi.co.uk/guides/HarvardRef/AU_Guide_to_Harvard_Citation.pdf

You must use the AU Harvard Referencing method in your assignment.

Word Count:

Students are required to indicate the exact word count on the title page of the assessment. The word count excludes the title page, executive summary, tables, figures, diagrams, footnotes, reference list and appendices. Where assessment questions have been reprinted from the assessment brief these will also be excluded from the word count. ALL other printed words ARE included in the word count. See ‘Word Count Policy’ on the homepage of this module for more information.

Submission Guidance:

Assignments submitted late will not be accepted and will be marked as a 0% fail.

Your assessment should be submitted as a single Word (MS Word) or PDF file. For more information please see the “Guide to Submitting an Assignment” document available on the module page on iLearn.

You must ensure that the submitted assignment is all your own work and that all sources used are correctly attributed. Penalties apply to assignments which show evidence of academic unfair practice. (See the Student Handbook which is on the homepage of your module and also in the Induction Area).

Key text
Mullins, L., 2013. Management and organisational behaviour, 10th edition. UK: Financial Times:
Prentice Hall [Available on MyiLibrary]

Literature
Armstrong, M., 2012. Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice 12th edition. London: Kogan Page

Armstrong, M., 2010. Essential Human Resource Management Practice: A Guide to People Management. London: Kogan Page

Johnson, G. Whittington, R. Scholes, K., 2011. Exploring Strategy: Texts and Cases. UK: Financial Times: Prentice Hall

Katzenbach, J.R. Inayat-Khan, Z., 2010. Leading Outside the Lines: How to Mobilize the (in) formal Organization, Energize Your Team, and Get Better Results. San Francisco: JosseyBas