Org culture - stakeholders - workplace laws - control

Essay Topics on Organisational Culture, Stakeholders, Workplace Laws, and Control, Power, or Influen

Write an essay on ONE of the following topics:

1.How does organisational culture impact on an organisation’s performance?

2.Discuss the role of stakeholders in an organisation.

3.Choose ONE of the following laws and explain why it is so important in the workplace?

a.The Equality Act
b.The General Data Protection Act
c.The Health and Safety at Work Act

4.Which is most important in an organisation? Control, power, or influence?

For your topic you should discuss relevant theories and their impact on organisations. You should illustrate your essay with examples of organisations which have implemented the various models, theories or laws (or have failed to do so) and discuss their influence. You should reflect on the role of leadership and management within the context of your essay. This assignment relies on you carrying out research from a number of sources, formulating appropriate arguments, and applying informed judgement in order to draw evidence based conclusions.

This assessment will enable students to demonstrate in full or in part the learning outcomes identified in the module descriptors.

Criteria	A 1 – A2	A3 – A4	B1 – B3	C1 – C3	D1 – D3	F1	F2 – F3
Explain specified aspects, issues or practices within organisational behaviour, leadership and management, their methods, concepts or theoretical basis	Exceptional breadth and depth for work at this level; Thorough investigation generates well-founded conclusions.	Excellent, accurate and coherent in breadth, with depth in many areas; Investigation generates well-founded conclusions.	Good accuracy in breadth, with depth in several areas; Investigation generates well-founded conclusions.	Satisfactory accuracy, with depth in some aspects; Satisfactory selection and analysis of information,;	Largely accurate across most areas with limited depth; Analysis using given methods is adequate;	Inaccuracies / omissions in some areas, depth limited; Superficial analysis;	Substantial inaccuracies/omissions/irrelevancies. Analysis absent or with significant errors/omissions
Apply knowledge and skills, including theoretical knowledge, to differing contexts, including practical or work-related skills	Exceptional exploration and evaluation of information/ideas from a wide range of sources (may include primary sources);	Excellent understanding of concepts and theories (some of them abstract) and/or current practice, and some of their implications and applications.	Good understanding of concepts and theories (some of them abstract) and/or practice and some of their implications and applications.	Satisfactory understanding of the relevant concepts, theories and/or practice; Shows some ability to deal with unfamiliar and abstract ideas.	Locates and organises an acceptable range of information/evidence mostly from given/familiar secondary sources; Adequate understanding of the main concepts, theories and/or practice; Engagement with abstract/unfamiliar ideas or implications and applications is slight.	Range of information limited to the familiar/given with some errors in organisation; Occasional errors in understanding of main concepts, theories and/or practice; Struggles to engage with unfamiliar/abstract ideas and complexities.	Range of information inadequate and disorganised; Substantial errors in understanding of concepts, theories and/or practice, or none; Fails to engage with/address unfamiliar/abstract ideas and complexities.
Deploy a range of specialised practical, technical, subject-specific, scholarly or work-related skills at a basic level, with some guidance, using established methods/procedures	Exceptional, detailed, specific, conclusions completely based on evidence in in the essay	Excellent, detailed, specific, conclusions almost completely based on evidence in the essay	Good, accurate conclusions, based on the evidence presented in the research.	Satisfactory, largely accurate conclusions, mainly based on the evidence reported in the research.	Adequate conclusions, partially based on the research, with some errors, or advice not based on evidence presented.	Limited conclusions, only partially based on the evidence presented, with errors, or limited advice not based on the evidence presented.	Very limited, partial conclusions, with no consideration of the evidence. Advice impractical.
Communicate information, data and ideas effectively, referencing sources accurately	Excellent presentation and organisation of work and lucid communication in all contexts; Exemplary referencing/citation;	Excellent presentation and organisation of work and lucid communication in most contexts; Extensive, accurate referencing/citation;	Presentation and organisation of work appropriate to context and purpose, communication clear; Referencing consistent and accurate;	Satisfactory organisation and presentation of work, communications mostly appropriate to the context/purpose; Referencing mostly consistent/accurate;	Organisation and presentation of work and communications adequate in most contexts, with some mistakes/irrelevancies; Some errors in referencing;	Elements of disorganisation/ poor presentation/ poor or inappropriate communication or expression; Errors/ omissions in referencing, or none;	Work is disorganised, poorly presented with poor/inappropriate communication and expression; Substantial errors in referencing, or none;