Choose one or two of the areas covered in the Managing People module and critically analyse them with reference to an organisation in which you have worked or with which you are familiar. The maximum length for this assignment is 2,000 words. This will account for 50% of your overall grade on the module.

Assignment 1 Guidance

1.        The objective is to explore some area(s) of the module that interest you in the context of a real organisation.

2.        Most organisational issues are complex and it is likely that more than one factor may be important in any situation. For example, one of the challenges of leadership is about understanding and managing the organisation’s culture, and this may well affect motivation within the organisation. However, attempting to cover too many areas in one assignment will inevitably lead to a superficial piece of work. It is perfectly acceptable to comment on how different factors interact but focus the discussion on one or two topics to provide greater depth of analysis.

3.        The purpose of the assignment is to utilise theory to analyse practice. An assignment that makes little or no reference to a real organisational situation and appropriate theoretical and conceptual issues will not fulfil the above brief and is likely to receive a fail grade.

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