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Understanding Organizational Behaviour Coursework UNIT DETAILS DEPARTMENT UNIT CODE

BAED EMBA101

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EMBA Understanding Organizational Behaviour Fall 2009

COURSEWORK DETAILS C/W NUMBER CONTRIBUTION 1 100% of the Unit final mark C/W TITLE Literature Review and application C/W TYPE Literature Review and critical analysis HAND-OUT SUBMISSION FEEDBACK DATE DATE DATE

LEARNING OUTCOMES Upon completion of this piece of coursework, a student will be able to: LO1: Synthesize, compare, contrast, and integrate relevant theoretical and applied literature LO2: Demonstrate the ability to utilize academic literature in understanding current organizational behavior issues LO3: Understand the need for an integrated theoretical and practical approach to successfully exploit new opportunities LO4: Critically assess key O.B. issues in relation to effective management. LO5: Understanding the ideas, principles and practices of O.B.

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA Your submission should be in the range of 3,000 – 3,500 words. Assignments that exceed this word limit will be penalized 10%. Your analysis needs to show a strong integration of the O.B. literature – comparing, contrasting, and integrating what you have found – as well as an understanding of what various authors have written and their input into the topic area in question. In addition to your analysis you should conclude with a Reference Section detailing all sources you have cited using the Harvard Reference System. Use of Resources Make sure that you reference material that helps you in addressing the issues of this assignment. For this assignment you must rely, exclusively, on academic, peer reviewed, journals. The EBSCO and FIRSTSEARCH databases are excellent resources for such material but must be applied appropriately. Textbooks and internet related material should be avoided. Quality of Work Ability to synthesise source material (your analysis). Be sure to discuss relevant data and examples. Analyse information, interpret it and draw appropriate conclusions. You must present balanced, well-structured arguments.

Coursework Handout:

Code MBA 101

Unit Title: Understanding Organisational Behavior

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION For the assignment in this course you will choose a topic from any of the areas that we have covered in this Unit that you wish to research and analyse further. You will then conduct a literature review on that particular topic. For examples of literature reviews, look at any academic, peer-reviewed, journal from databases such as EBSCO or FIRSTSEARCH. You should not be simply repeating what authors have said, but be linking theories and comparing, contrasting, and linking what authors have written. In addition, and as an integrative part of your review, you should demonstrate the importance of the topic discussed by referring to actual business issues in your current organisational setting and the application (or non-application) of this literature.

SUBMISSION Students are expected to submit:
Executive Summary
Table of Contents
Introduction
Literature Review and Application of Literature in Practice – a Real Situation
Conclusions
References N.B.: ALL students will be required to individually download their complete assignment into the TURNITIN database system (turnitin.com) which assists in detecting plagiarism. Further details on this procedure will be provided before the assignment is due.

NOTE All sentences or passages quoted in this coursework from other people's work should be specifically acknowledged by clear cross-referencing to author, work and page(s). Failure to do this amounts to plagiarism and will be considered grounds for failure in this coursework. It is on the instructor’s discretion to contact an oral examination, which will result to the award of the final grade to that particular piece of coursework. TURN IT IN REQUIREMENT Apart from the usual hard copy submission, this piece of coursework is required to be submitted to turnitin plagiarism detection software at: www.turnitin.com at a date no later than the submission date. This is an absolute requirement for releasing a mark. Brief instructions on how you can set up your profile and submit your work can be found at: http://www.turnitin.com/static/training_support/tii_student_qs.pdf (text) http://www.turnitin.com/static/training_support/student_training.html (video) You will be provided with: CLASS ID:

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If you have any problems in submitting your work, please contact the course administrator or the lecturer.

Coursework Handout:

Code MBA 101

Unit Title: Understanding Organisational Behavior

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