Your report should answer the following guide questions above and must follow the structure provided below with a maximum of 1500 words (+/- 10%). Write a title of your report and the title must be related to the contents you are narrating. Use your creativity and imagination. Your report must be supported by readings from academic sources covering the following. Management is the attainment of organizational goals in an effective and efficient manner through planning, organizing, leading and controlling organizational resources. Note: Student is expected to elaborate the discussion along these concepts and meaning, through further readings and theoretical information.

Additional Instructions - Your work will be graded on the following aspects: This is an individual assignment. The assignment MUST be submitted on-line (through MOVE) on or before the due date. Your assignment shall reflect the depth and breadth of your original analyses in a clear and coherent manner. Use of the relevant academic literature to support ideas and issues discussed. The range of academic sources such as texts and journals to support your arguments and comments.

Any reference to authors and other writers shall be quoted with due acknowledgement in your assignment report using the Harvard Referencing System. For details of Harvard referencing style refer to the student’s hand book page 46-47 section 7.2. This is an individual assignment and carries a 40% weighting of the module grade. This assignment follows an essay format (modify according to the requirement of your assignment) and must be original and creative. An analytical piece of work is required. The use of ‘cut and paste’ approach will be penalized. It must be presented in a structured manner, with appropriate cover page, content page, introduction, body (with appropriate heading / sub-headings), conclusion, references, page numbered and any required appendices.

Your assignment should be word processed and professionally presented. The length of your essay should be 1500 words (+/- 10%), presented in text of font size 12 with 1.5 line spacing. Please state the exact word count at the end of the assignment. The cover page should be attached with the assignment and uploaded through MOVE (on-line. Name of the student, The Programme, Module Title, Assignment Title and number of words must be reflected on the cover sheet). All assignments must be adhered strictly to the deadlines specified by Majan College. Failure to hand in the assignment for any reason and without prior approval and a valid written extension from the module tutor will not be marked and will be awarded a grade G (0) irrespective of the quality of the work. See Student handbook page 16-17 section 4.4.

Additional Guidelines - The Assignment Submission link on MOVE will be open, a week ahead of the submission date. You can submit your assignment multiple times, till the submission deadline. Note that Turnitin could take up to 24 hours to produce similarity reports for submissions. The last submission, within the deadline, will be considered as your final submission. Assignments should be submitted by 6 pm on the day of the deadline. There is a grace period until midnight to allow for any technical difficulties, but any assignments submitted after this will be counted as late. Technical problems will not be accepted as an excuse for submitting after the day of the deadline.

You are required to tick to confirm the statement: “I confirm that this assignment is my own and all sources have been acknowledged. I understand that the use of other people’s work or ideas without acknowledgement is plagiarism and could result in failing the assignment”. You will not be able to submit the assignment without ticking this box. In a case of group work, it is recommended that the group should identify a leader who can be responsible for uploading the assignment on Turnitin and to share the feedback received from lecturers with the group members. The similarity percentage of your final submission will be one of the factors considered, for assessing the originality of your assignment. However, the decision to report an assignment for plagiarism is taken by the Lecturers, who mark your assignment.

Note that the similarity percentage of your submission can change till the submission deadline, if the submissions of other students have similarity to your assignment. Therefore, the similarity percentages are not final, till the assignment submission is closed. Exceptional use of a wide range of appropriate and current sources, focusing on research based reviews indicating personal research and critical awareness of their status and relevance.

Evidence of exemplary understanding of relevant theory and research. Reference to appropriate theoretical background provides support to the discussion. Illustrations are provided that amplify the theoretical background. Critical reasoning is consistently evident across the discussions. The tasks have exemplary discussion and detailed narration. The structure is exemplary. Execution is excellent. Discussions are free of grammar or writing errors. A clear layout augments the presentation. Excellent overall organisation of the report. Accurate use of Harvard Referencing style. Student recognizes the concept of intellectual property, can defend him / herself if challenged, and can properly incorporate the ideas / published works of others into their own work building upon them. Skillful use of credible, relevant and current sources of information that augments quality of discussion.

An outstanding piece of work. Shows evidence of wider reading and originality. Strongly analytical. All important points are covered. Arguments should be supported by examples and evidence, objectively presented and evaluated, Well-structured and well written, without noticeable grammatical or other errors. Correctly referenced.