Get People and Global Organisations UMODPX-15-M Assignment

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Module title and code: People and Global Organisations – UMODPX-15-M

Submission and feedback dates

Submission deadline: Before 14:00 on 05/05/2023 Is eligible for 5 calendar day late submission window

Marks and Feedback due on: The marking deadline is the 02/06/2023

N.B. all times are 24-hour clock, current local time (at time of submission) in the UK

Submission details

Component and type: Portfolio – Component A

Assessment title: Multiple elements building towards a summative executive summary.

Assessment weighting: 100% of total module mark Size or length of assessment: Minimum 4,000 words Module learning outcomes assessed by this task:

Appraise theory and research to critically evaluate the theories associated with people and organisations, to better understand the complexity of relationships in multi-national organisational environments
Apply a range of theoretical frameworks, concepts and research relating to the disciplines of both Human Resource Management and Organisation Studies in a global context to develop informed argument
Demonstrate critical insight into how different and multiple perspectives can be used to analyse contemporary people issues in international organisations and propose evidence- based recommendations

Completing your assessment

What am I required to do on this assessment?

People and Global Organisations has one submission assessment which forms Component

A. There are 2 parts to this submission. To pass the module students need a mark of 50% or higher.

This module encourages students to engage critically and in some depth with academic and non-academic literature, and to evaluate the way that this literature can be applied to a real-life case study.

Part 1: A 200-word summary (reflective note) of each topic from PAGO to be completed each week (from week 3 to week 11) plus a final 200-word reflective note on the overall experience of the module and submitted together with Part 2 at the end of the module.

Length: the maximum word-count for this part is 2500 words, assuming that some students might need more space for reflection in some weeks.

Part 2: choose at least two topics from this module, critically discuss them and then link them to the case study in the form of an individual written assignment.

Length: 2000 words (max).

Note that examiners will stop reading your essay when they reach to the point of 2,000 written text. So, please, do not exceed the word-limit, it will not help you achieve a higher grade; and it might imply a lower grade, since in that case, parts of your ideas will not be read and assessed.

Part 1 and part 2 together should constitute a submission of min 4,000 words.

Electronic submission via Blackboard by 5^th May 2023. You must submit in Word format and both Part 1 and Part 2 should be included as 1 document. Part 1 should be included as an appendix.

Part 1

Part 1 should be completed each week. After each seminar, starting from week 3, you will write approximately 200 words on the topic that was covered that week, addressing one or more of the following:

A reflective summary of the topic and its key debates and discussions at the seminar, and/or
1. A reflective summary of how you plan to integrate this topic into your final essay, and/or

A reflective summary of the core reading of the week and/or the key ideas of the lecture

In this way, at the end of week 11 you will have a set of 9 reflective notes of 200 words, which means that you will have approximately 1,800 words all together. At that point, you can write a final 200-word reflective note on the overall assessment of the module. This might take different forms, answering different questions: did this module meet my expectations? Can we apply these ideas to cases in real life? Why have I chosen these topics and not other? Can I see links between topics? How could I use these topics in the essay?

With this final addition you will have completed part 1 with approximately 2,000 words (with a maximum total word count for Part 1 being 2500 words). Part 1 should be included as an appendix to your essay (Part 2). Part 1 will not be formally marked. Yet, if reflective notes are missing or they are of poor quality (i.e., there are no reflections that directly discuss the module material), this can result a penalty of -10% in the final grade (-1 per each reflective note). This weekly task will help you develop your understanding of the topics and plan for your essay. Therefore, Part 1 helps you to prepare for Part 2.

Part 2

This is a 2000-word critical analysis of a case study using your knowledge and understanding of the topics and academic theories that we have covered. You must choose at least two topics from the topics we have covered throughout the term, so as to discuss and analyse the case. When we say ‘at least two’, this means that two concepts is the minimum that we expect, and that we would like to see more than two. Three, four or five topics (depending on your preferred structure) is our suggestion; yet, our advice is to avoid choosing many concepts for your analysis if you do not feel confident that you can clearly combine many ideas from different topics in a short essay of 2,000 words. The restriction here is that you must include at least 1 topic from Organisation Studies and 1 topic from HRM.

You must choose at least ONE topic from the following:

Culture
Leadership
Power and Politics
Change

You must also choose at least ONE topic from the following:

International Strategic Human Resource Management
Resourcing
Learning
Diversity
Working Ethically

You may choose your third, fourth of fifth topic from either of these lists. Again, our advice is that you should not choose more than five topics – just because there is always the risk of being overloaded with much reading and of using many concepts that cannot be coherently used in a short essay of 2,000 words. Use your time wisely, try to focus on certain texts and ideas and avoid the possibility of pressing yourself more than is needed. Effective use of topics and time-management goes hand in hand with successful academic writing.

The case study: ‘The Lidl International Career Opportunity: From Dream to Nightmare in 8

weeks’ By Matt Bladowski and Rosemary A. McGowan. (find it at the reading list)

This is our basic case study: students should discuss only the case of Lidl, by using this case study. Of course, in your effort to support your analysis, you are encouraged to do your research and find additional (academic and non-academic) sources about Lidl.

In your effort to tackle the essay question, you need to briefly define and explain key concepts and ideas that are related to the topics you have chosen for the analysis, offer comparative points among the academic articles which discuss these concepts and ideas, offer your critical analysis of these ideas (with the help of additional literature), and then relate your remarks and conclusions to the case study. Therefore, you are invited to find supplementary academic and non-academic sources to support your argument and narration. Your own research is essential for this task. Note that there will be supplementary material and guidance for the completion of this assignment uploaded in Blackboard.

Remember that the module leader will explain possible structures and different “logics” of argumentation at the seminars of week 5 and the final lecture at week 11. A document with two proposed structures together with checklist for the preparation of the assignment will be sent to students and will be uploaded to Blackboard by the module leader.

Remember to use citations (following Harvard style of referencing, see below) when you

refer to others’ ideas and not yours. Remember to read the marking criteria (See below).

Use the critical “I” (in both parts 1 & 2) when is need, when you refer to your ideas or critical remarks or comparative points of yours. Also remember that quotations can be powerful tools to support your arguments, as long as they are brief and characteristic. Long quotations need to be avoided; if you decide that you really need a long quotation, then spend a few words to explain its relevance.

Remember that we value quality over quantity. This means that you can write a satisfactory or even an excellent essay by using 5-7 sources. The aim of the assignment is that you can show that you can clearly, and following a step-by-step and coherent mode of argumentation, show that you have a deep understanding of key ideas. Yet, in the academic writing in this kind of modules, it is not enough to analyse a theory or compare two theories. What is also needed is to link theoretical analysis with descriptions of a real case study.

Remember that this is an open question. Use your imagination and critical thinking in order to relate generic ideas and theories (that we have explained throughout the term) to the case study. Clarity, consistency, precision and step-by-step analysis are what we are looking

for. Though there might be inconsistent, or not well-informed approaches, there is not one and single right or optimal answer, that is, there is no single correct way to tackle the task of the assignment or to structure it; so, we are inviting students to critically reflect on academic and non-academic sources in their own original way.

Note that references to the current pandemic, if needed, should be brief and relevant. In any case, students are invited to avoid unnecessary extended parts on Covid-19, they can possibly harm the flow of the argument, and this is a frequent mistake.

What do I do if I am concerned about completing this assessment?

UWE Bristol offer a range of Assessment Support Options that you can explore through this link, and both Academic Support and Wellbeing Support are available.

For further information, please see the Academic Survival Guide

In line with UWE Bristol’s Assessment Content Limit Policy (formerly the Word Count Policy), word count includes all text, including (but not limited to): the main body of text (including headings), all citations (both in and out of brackets), text boxes, tables and graphs, figures and diagrams, quotes, lists.
- UWE Bristol’s UWE’s Assessment Offences Policy requires that you submit work that is entirely your own and reflects your own learning, so it is important to:
  1. Ensure you reference all sources used, using the UWE Harvard/OSCOLA system and the guidance available on UWE’s Study Skills referencing pages.
  1. Avoid copying and pasting any work into this assessment, including your own previous assessments, work from other students or internet sources
  1. Develop your own style, arguments and wording, so avoid copying sources and changing individual words but keeping, essentially, the same sentences and/or structures from other sources
  1. Never give your work to others who may copy it
  1. If an individual assessment, develop your own work and preparation, and do not allow anyone to make amends on your work (including proof-readers, who may highlight issues but not edit the work) and

When submitting your work, you will be required to confirm that the work is your own, and text-matching software and other methods are routinely used to check submissions against other submissions to the university and internet sources. Details of what constitutes plagiarism and how to avoid it can be found on UWE’s Study Skills pages about avoiding plagiarism.

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