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Subject Title Managing People and Organisations
Subject Code MGT600
Lecturer / Tutor Stephen Rodwell
Semester Semester 2, 2018
Assessment Title Report
Learning Outcome/s 2, 3, 4 & 5
Assessment type (group or individual) Individual
Weighting 30%
Word count 2500 words (+/- 10%)
Due date Week 11 (before 11.59pm on Friday)
Class submission Lecture ☐ XXXXXXXXXXTutorial ☐
Submission type Paper copy ☐ XXXXXXXXXXTurnitin X
Format / Layout of Assessment
(details of what to include)
(cross the appropriate check boxes)

Report:
ICMS Cover Page
Table of Contents
Synopsis / Executive Summary
Introduction
Findings
Conclusion
Recommendations
Reference List
Appendices

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Essay:
ICMS Cover Page
Abstrac
Introduction
Body
Conclusion
Recommendations
Reference List
Appendices
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Oral Presentation:
Paper submission
PowerPoint submission
Peer review (group presentation)
Reference List
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Other:
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Assessment instructions
(clear, succinct, without repetition)

You are required to interview a manager of a company or
organisation (you should try to find one with more than 10 staff if
possible). If you have a contact please follow up – otherwise your
lecturer will help you to find one.

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Before you go to the interview follow these steps:
1. Research the company or organisation using any sources
available (published annual reports, newspaper or online
eports)
2. Find out what has been written on the topic of operational
area that you have chosen by researching academic or
practitioner journals and magazines).
3. Using the literature to help you, develop a set of questions to
find out about:
a. The firm – a little bit about what it does, whether it is
public or private, government or not-forprofit.
. The number of staff and key areas of activity
c. The role of a Manager (especially within the area of one
or two of the topic areas covered in this course).

The Interview
The main purpose of the interview is for student to gain more
insight into what managers really do, what challenges they face,
what lessons they have learned, what suggestions they have for
you and other students as future team members and managers.

Suggestions for questions to discuss during your interview:
• What has been the manager’s career path to the cu
ent
position? What companies has he/she worked for and
what have his/her responsibilities been?
• If he/she could change anything about his/her career
path, what would it be?
• What does he/she enjoy most about his/her cu
ent
position and responsibilities? What does he/ she enjoy
least about her cu
ent position and responsibilities?
• What aspects of his/her position are the most
ewarding? What aspects of his/ her position are the
most frustrating?
• What is the most challenging aspect of his/her position?
What is he/she doing to overcome these challenges?
• What cu
ent trends could have an impact on
management practices within the next 2-5 years?
• How might the business change in the next 2-5 years?
How is he/she planning for this?
• What advise can he/she offer you as you are entering
the business environment today?
RULES:
1. This has to be a real experience and one where you can
collect and analyse some data to inform your
ecommendations.
2. Take no more than 45 minutes of the HR manager's time.
3. Either record the interview (but ask permission first) or
take careful notes
4. If the manager would prefer anonymity assure he
him
that you will not include organisation or company names
in any report.
After the Interview
1. Write up your notes
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2. If unsure, discuss your findings with your lecturer,
identifying key points
Your report
Present your findings as a short research report (2500 words)
using the following structure:
• Cover page: Your name, MGT600 & Title of the report:
this should be a concise description of your report (no
more than 10 words
• Executive Summary
• Table of contents: list all major sections with page
numbers (words don't count).
• Introduction: Cover the Background (what has come
efore the report to make it necessary for you to write
it?), Aim(s) (what is the main aim(s) of the report?) and
Scope (how will you cover this aim(s), discuss sections
and what will and won’t be covered). About 200 words.
• Literature review: summarize your findings from the
literature search. This section should be around 500 –
600 word and should be comprehensively supported by
appropriate referencing.
• Firm Background In this section you should introduce the
firm providing key information about its size and key
usiness objectives. About 100 words.
• Operations About 1400 words:
o Critically discuss what managers really do (this
section is based on your findings)
o What challenges managers face
o Other interesting lessons learnt from the experience
• Conclusion and recommendations: Using the literature
write a short summary of your findings as well as some
concise and practical recommendations for future
Managers. (About 200 words)
• Supplementary material:
o Reference list: use the APA referencing system.
o Appendix: attach a copy of your interview transcript
and notes (not part of the word count)

Please note the following important points:
• The report should be in a clear, easy to read font, 12
point size, with 1.5 spacing. Overall presentation should
eflect the appropriate business format.
• Unreferenced reports, or those that do not include a
minimum of 8 references, will receive a grade of 50% or
less. The quality of your references will impact your
grade (at least 4 of your sources should be scholarly, i.e.
peer-reviewed academic journal articles)
• Descriptive papers (i.e. not critical) will receive a grade of
50% or less

Feedback: Comments and a mark will be returned to you within
14 days of submission at most. Below is the feedback form, which
will be used to provide you with your grade and summary
feedback.
Assignments must be submitted through Turnitin.

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Grading Criteria / Ru
ic

Assessment Criteria: Performance
Introduction /3 marks
The introduction includes the
following:
• An introductory sentence or
two related directly to the
question.
• A definition or explanation of a
key term, cited from your
findings
• A clear statement of the focus
of the report or the position
eing argued, your opinion
statement.
Analysis /10 marks
The student has:
• Interpreted the interview/date
properly
• Applied the 8 elements of
thought model while analysing
data
• Demonstrated an
understanding of necessary
concepts/perspectives/theories
• Has identified sufficient and
appropriate material from
elevant and credible sources
to effectively support the key
points
Theory and Practice /10 marks
The student has Critically
discussed:
• What managers really do
ased on findings)
• What challenges HR managers
face
Readings for the assessment
(instructions where they can be found e.g.
MyAthens database, Moodle etc.)

The text and all relevant journals found through the Academic
Databases.

Grading Criteria / Ru
ic See Below
Peer Review Evaluation
(group work – optional)
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• Other interesting lessons
learnt from the experience

Conclusion /3 marks
The student has included in the
conclusion:
• A
ief summary of the main
ideas presented in the essay.
• Confirmation of the opinion
included in the introduction.
• Final evaluative comments on
the relative importance of the
arguments.
Report Presentation /4 marks
The student has:
• Identified the key report
elements (i.e. introduction,
ody, conclusion)
• Given each section/paragraph
a clear focus and line of
thought
• Provided a writing style that is
appropriate to the task.
• Used writing that is fluent and
grammatically co
ect, with
appropriate punctuation.
• No spelling or typing e
ors
and given due regard to the
ules of capitalization and
a
eviation etc.
• Used a minimum of 8 academic
eferences, including textbooks
and journal articles
• Applied the APA referencing
system using the co
ect
technique
Total available marks – 30
Total grade/mark obtained:

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Akansha · Accepted Answer

Roles of a manager in an organization		5 | Page
Title:  Role of a managers in an organization.
Name:
Class
Subject
Date
Executive summary:
This report will give an insight as how the role of Manager leads to the success of it organization and its employee. The Introduction will outline the key objectives or its aim, while the literature review section will explore the diverse studies that have been conducted on the topic. The organizational background will offer key understandings into the organization that is selected in the report. Operation section comprises the finding of the Managers operations within the organization while the last part will include the conclusion and recommendations on the topic.  
Contents
Introduction:	4
Aim	4
Scope	4
Literature	4
Background	6
Operations:	6
Roles of manager	7
Challenges faced by Managers:	8
Globalization:	9
Quality and Productivity:	9
Ownership:	9
Environment:	9
Strategy Formulation:	9
Ethics and Social Responsibility:	10
Workforce Diversity:	10
Change:	10
Empowerment:	10
Information Technology:	11
Conclusion	11
References	13
Appendices:	14
Introduction:
“People leave managers not company”, this is a common phrase used but also we come across phrase like, “My boss is great”. But what does it truly mean, what sets the boss apart from other bosses and what GREAT managers really do?
The key to being a good manager lies in how one Manages and leads the organization and its employee’s i.e. Management & Leadership. It is a perilous aspect that defines the accomplishment of a company by ensuring the alignment and utilizing the resources to set and attain organizational goals and objectives as well as assisting the human resources with required help and direction. Business in today’s difficult and competitive environment requires a responsible manager, he/she should have the capability to make multiple perspectives and make toughest and uncertain decisions, communicate and practice company’s policy justly and efficiently and instead of only maximizing and focusing on financial returns, he/she should try to increase the value or worth of assets of the organization. 
Aim
The main purpose behind this report is to explore the Managers roles & the challenges involved and the skills and responsibilities that are required to shape the employees and run the organization effectively.
Scope
The Introduction of the report will outline the key objectives or its aim, while the literature review section will explore the diverse studies that have been conducted on the topic. The organizational background will offer key understandings into the organization that is selected in the report. Operation section comprises the finding of the Managers operations within the organization while the last part will include the conclusion and recommendations on the topic.  
Literature
The role of a manager has a total impact on the performance of it organization or the employee they line to manage. They are the common link between the top most hierarchy of the organization and its lower level.  Because of this nature of job, the role of manager widely impacts the working culture in an organization.
According to Dunitz-Scheer (2012), Manager of an organization are responsible for the specific function or department. Manager could be leading a team or manage group of team leaders who manage particular team. The position of a manager has some of the following responsibilities –Daily Operation, Staff Controlling, Setting Goals, and Administration, Entrusting task to employees, Motivating, Enforcing Policy, and Training & Evaluation. 
According to Dorr (2016), the one of the key areas of a manager where it can impact the outcome of the company is, by building and supporting the strong well executed performance of management culture.  In a well designed system, there are regular meetings and follow up with between the manager and its employees. This offers a platform to give clear objectives to achieve with performance and then measure it. This also gives an opportunity to mentor them as well. This could be achieved by regular appraisal, which gives clear picture of success and under performance of employees. It connects the aim of growth and success of an employee within the organization. 
According to Bigliardi, B. (2011) The other behavioral that impacts the performance and engagement of the employee within the business is Communication. It is found in a survey that that more than 60 percent of managers finds uncomfortable to talk to their employees. With soft skill training and encouragement of internal communication can overcome this hurdle effectively. 
When leadership includes personal mentoring, it yields positive result where the employee feels belonged and engaged.  A good manger understands the weakness and strength of its team and understands how to deal with individual personality. Such culture allows team members to learn quickly and to improve their weakness to give great results both qualitative and quantitative using their natural talents.
As per Himmerich, D. (2007), a poor management by manager results in poor productivity of its employee which indirectly hinders the progress of the company with changing environment and innovation. It majorly results into employee stress which further results into strained relation with manager or feel tirelessly over worked. This could be seen that happy and engaged employee has better work –life balance whereas an over stressed employee feels dissatisfied and lingers on his misery at home which result in dissatisfaction at home.
With lack of poor communication, there will be lack of instruction or delegation of work as per the strength of the individual, resulting in poor productivity. This will also result in the poor performance of the team lead as they tend to misinterpret the information given to them resulting downgrade of their own productivity.
The quality of the work and their overall operations depends on the culture of its workforce. A resentful or blame culture results in to negative and less energetic workforce who doesn’t understand the aim of the company.
Background
 White-field Private hotel is a budget hotel in Sydney. It’s a small property of 30 rooms.

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