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pg. 1 HI6005 APPENDIX AND GROUP TOOLS HI6005 Managing Organisations in a Global Environment Appendix for Group Report After forming the group you must confirm your group members’ details in writing with your lecturer. Note that once you do so, your group members are fixed and cannot be changed. The group size should be 4. It is essential that every member makes a significant valid academic contribution to the team result. As you start to work on your group report, you are required to assimilate this Appendix, to be submitted via a link on the UNIT blackboard site in week 8, by Friday 5 pm. What should be included in the appendix? 1. All the group member details-full name, student id numbers, contact phone numbers. 2. The topic chosen for your group assignment 3. Allocation of the tasks for each member in the group. You may utilise this format for the above: Topic Chosen: Student ID First Name Family Name Contact Phone Number Allocated Task(s) 4. A Gantt chart showing the working plan towards completion of the group assignment. This chart must have every allocated task, deadlines and dates clearly stated. [See Gantt chart example, feel free to choose your own style] GANTT CHART example: pg. 2 HI6005 APPENDIX AND GROUP TOOLS 5. Each student to list at least five references and sources for their chosen part. [Final assignment must contain these references plus any others that are cited or used]. Student ID References Key theme / Reason for choosing this? 1. 1. 2 3 4 5 2. 1 2 3 4 5 3. 1 2 3 4 5 4. 1 2 3 4 5 pg. 3 HI6005 APPENDIX AND GROUP TOOLS 6. All the correspondence towards working on the group assignments must be recorded, this would include but not limited to emails, WhatsApp messages, USB file exchanges, group discussion, text messages, record of telephonic conversations etc. 7. Details of a minimum of five group meetings held face-to-face to be provided. Each meeting must be documented in the following format Meeting No. ……: Date ………………….Time …………………… Venue ……………… Student ID Name Points discussed If absent state the reason 1. 2. 3. 4. 8. Our group expectations are: 9. We experienced the following challenges during this assignment: 10. At the completion of the assignment we have the following insights: Group tools Your instructor chooses which communication and collaboration tools are available to your group. If you want to use a tool but don't find on your group's page, ask your instructor to enable it. Group Tool Description pg. 4 HI6005 APPENDIX AND GROUP TOOLS File Exchange Group members and instructors can share files in this area. All members can add and delete files, regardless of who added them. Group Blog In the group area, all members of a group can create entries for the same blog and build on each entry. All course members can read and comment on a group blog, but they can't make posts unless they are members of the group. Instructors can choose to grade group blogs. All group members receive the same grade. Group Journal In the group area, all members of a group can view each other's entries. Only group members and instructors can view a group journal. Instructors can choose to grade group journals. All group members receive the same grade. Send Email Group members can email individual members or the entire group. You can't create folders in file exchange. With your group, decide how you want to name files so that they are easier to locate in a long list. Add a file to the file exchange Group Tools > File Exchange > Add File Add a name for file you want to upload. Browse for the file and submit. You can also delete any file if you wish. On the File Exchange page, select Delete in the file's menu. But it would be good to keep all the files for any future reference. Group Blog All the group members can discuss about the assignment by using Group Blog. Once you are allocated in a group, you can see this function. Group > Group Tools > Group Blog > Create Blog Entry https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Student/Interact/Groups#files https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Student/Interact/Groups#files https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Student/Interact/Groups#files https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Student/Interact/Groups#files https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Student/Interact/Email https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Student/Interact/Email Assessment Details and Submission Guidelines Trimester T3 2019 Unit Code HI6005 Unit Title Management and Organisations in a Global Environment Assessment Type Group Assignment and presentation Assessment Title Research paper and presentation Purpose of the assessment (with ULO Mapping) Students are required to research a topic from a list of topics provided based on topics discussed in lectures. The research provided will provide more in-depth evidence of individual research on the topic, not only material which is provided within the lecture content. Weight 30 % of the total assessments Total Marks 20 marks for research paper and 10 marks for presentation Word limit Not more than 3,000 words Due Date Friday Week 10 – 5pm Submission Guidelines • All work must be submitted on Blackboard by the due date along with a completed Assignment Cover Page. • The assignment must be in MS Word format, no spacing, 12-pt Arial font and 2 cm margins on all four sides of your page with appropriate section headings and page numbers. • Reference sources must be cited in the text of the report, and listed appropriately at the end in a reference list using Harvard referencing style. Note: an in-class presentation will be required. Please ensure you check with your lecturer when your presentation will be held. HOLMES INSTITUTE FACULTY OF HIGHER EDUCATION Assignment 1 Specifications Purpose: This assignment aims at ensuring that students have familiarised themselves with a general framework of at least one management related topic. Students will be required to apply relevant theoretical concepts with the use of practical examples in most cases in a written research paper and discuss their topic via a live presentation. Details: Topics and presentation schedule: Organise yourselves into groups of 4 students. Please choose from one of the following topics from the list (see below). Topics will be allocated on a ‘first come- first served basis’ and will be reserved by your lecturer in writing via email. Please ensure that you include a list of all of the group members in the email. In the event of too many students choosing the same topic, preference will be given to those students who have secured the topic first and subsequent groups will be required to choose another topic. Research on the broad topic is a group activity and each student must contribute to that work. Each student in the group will then research, in depth an individual component drawn from the broad research topic. 1. Written report – worth 20% of your final grade and must be submitted Week 10 at 5pm. The written report should begin with the broad research topic which is then followed by each individual component identified by the individual student who prepared it. Your report is to be written as a business report. It must include; • Executive summary • Table of contents • Section headings • Paragraphing • Page numbers • ‘Who did what’ section (use below table as template) • Reference list at the end of the report To ensure that all students participate equitably in the group assignment and that students are responsible for the academic integrity of all components of the assignment. You need to complete the following table which identifies which student/students are responsible for the various sections of the assignment Page 2 of 13 HI6005 Management and Organisations in a Global Environment – Research Paper and Presentation Assignment Section Student/Students This table needs to be completed and submitted with the assignment as it is a compulsory component required before any grading is undertaken. 2. Presentation – worth 10% of your final grade and will be presented at a date chosen by the lecturer commencing week 6. These presentations must be organised as a business presentation. Use of visual aids is encouraged. Strict adherence to the 10 minute limit is expected. You should allocate your time to allow for a very short introduction on the broad topic followed by a few minutes allocated to each student to present their individual component Page 3 of 13 HI6005 Management and Organisations in a Global Environment – Research Paper and Presentation List of Topics (Choose one): TOPIC 1 Globalisation General Framework In this topic, you are to research globalisation. The business press bombards us with ideas about ‘The shrinking world’, ‘the flat world’ and ‘the border-less world’ – all catchphrases to describe the impact of globalisation. But are the (trade) borders really collapsing or are we seeing, post GFC, a resurgence in them? What is behind the extreme demonstrations against globalisation at G7 and WTC conferences? Individual Components 1. World 3.0: P Ghemawat’s questioning of whether the world really is as ‘global’ as we are being told it