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HC1031 Managing People and Organisations - Holmes Institute

Learning Outcome 1: Explain the theoretical foundations of management and organisational studies and apply the knowledge in the context of sounds business ethics.

Learning Outcome 2: Apply critical and analytical thinking, including a capacity to question existing practices and assumptions, to the study of management and organisations.

Learning Outcome 3: Evaluate management and organisational issues relevant to organisations operating in a global and diverse workplace and appraise the politics and ethics of managerial and employee behaviour in organisations.

Learning Outcome 4: Demonstrate and apply research skills, showing initiative in consulting the academic literature and integrating fresh ideas into the discourse in preparation for lifelong learning.

Learning Outcome 5: Demonstrate the capacity to express ideas, concepts and arguments in a logical and coherent written form and in conformity with relevant standards of academic writing.

Question 1
A management lecturer once said that for successful management, studying the present was most important, studying the past was next and studying the future was least important.

Discuss your opinion and support your arguments with key research findings. Answer this question in 300 words.

Question 2:
Should a multinational company operate as an integrated, worldwide business system or would it be more effective to let each subsidiary operate autonomously? Discuss your opinion and support your arguments with key research findings. Answer this question in 300 words.

Question 3:

Analyse three decisions you made over the past six months. Which of these decisions were programmed and which were non-programmed? Which model the classical, administrative or political best describes the approach you took to make each decision? (support your arguments with key research findings) Answer this question in 300 words.

Question 4:

What strategic plans could the university at which you are taking this management course adopt to compete for students in the marketplace? Would these plans depend on the school's goals? Discuss your opinion and support your arguments with key research findings. Answer this question in 300 words.

Question 5:

Suggest some personal traits that you believe would be useful to a business leader today. Are these traits more valuable in some situations than others? How do you think traits differ from strengths? (support your arguments with key research findings). Answer this question in 300 words).

Question 6:

Some critics argue that Six Sigma is a collection of superficial changes that often result in doing a superb job of building the wrong product or offering the wrong service. Do you agree or disagree? Discuss your opinion and support your arguments with key research findings.
Answer this question in 300 words.

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