management essay

College of Business Administration

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Academic Year: 2020

FALL SEMESTER 20201

MGT 101 Assessment Guide

Group Assignment: Essay

Due Date	20th Oct 2020, 11:55pm
Weighting	20% of the final grade
Word Count	700 words +/- 10% excluding references
Cover page	Add and fill in the cover sheet (p.8)
Submission	Students to submit their assignment via LMS
File name	Full student name, course code, and assignment name Ex.: EmanAlswaid.MGT101.Essay

Objective

This assignment requires you to write a 700-word essay. The objective of this assignment is to demonstrate your knowledge of what you have learned so far on management environment and relate it to businesses.

In chapter two in your textbook: The Management Environment, p. 59, you will find Exhibit 2.1. This exhibit provides an overview of the external organizational environment. The outer layer of the external organizational environment consists of sociocultural, technological, economic, political/legal, demographics, and global conditions in which organizations operate. We also looked at stakeholders and the influence they have on organizations.

More information about each of these conditions will be found on pages 59-69 and p. 64-65 of your textbook.

Assignment Task

· You are required to select a company from any country. It could be local or international.

· Analyze in depth the company’s environment along the lines of stakeholders. In particular: Customers, Competitors, Suppliers, Shareholders, Government, Pressure Groups.

· Discus how factors of the external environment mentioned in Exhibit 2.1 have influenced management decisions within your chosen company.

* Discuss : To investigate and present the different aspects of a problem or subject, usually in support of a position or argument.

Your essay must define key terms such as external environment and the specific factors you choose. The essay should also introduce the business/company you chose and give the reader a basic idea about it.

Your essay must have a minimum of three scholarly citations and references in addition to your textbook (i.e. a minimum of three references in total).

Note: Where to find information? The companies’ websites, annual reports, newspaper and magazine articles and other publications will help you to do your analysis.

Assignment Submission and Return

Your written assignment must be submitted online by 11.55 p.m. on the due date.

The assignment is checked for plagiarism (copying) and marker will mark your assignment on an electronic marking sheet. DO NOT RE-USE MATERIAL YOU HAVE WRITTEN FOR PREVIOUS ASSIGNMENTS/COURSES - YOUR ESSAY OR REPORT MUST BE ORIGINAL WORK PREPARED FOR THIS PARTICULAR OFFERING OF THIS COURSE.

Do not send us your assignment by email or in person - only submit via the drop box in LMS. Please get assignments in by the due date. Like any deadline you would face in the business world you must prioritize to meet it. Your written assignment must be submitted ON or BEFORE the due date and time in order to be accepted as a valid submission.

To access your assignment feedback and grade, go to the assignment dropbox you submitted through.

Follow these steps to submit your assignments:

1. Check that your assignment meets the assignment instructions.

2. Check your assignment against the grading sheet in the Assessment Guide (see below page 7).

3. Read this: Copying or paraphrasing of another person's work, published or unpublished, without clearly acknowledging it, will be considered as plagiarism, and is unacceptable. The University contains a plagiarism policy. There are strict penalties for plagiarism. Note that, in submitting your assignment, you acknowledge that you have read this notice.

4. Check that your document has been saved with the correct file name and file-type as Microsoft Word and saved as .doc or .docx (NO PDF or PPT).

5. Please attach a cover or a title page at the beginning of your essay stating: your names, group number, students ID numbers, course name and code and word count (for title page example see page 8).

References

You will need to examine and cite at least 3 other scholarly sources in addition to the textbook as part of this assignment. Scholarly sources include journal articles and books sourced from the YU Library, the YU online article database, and/or Google Scholar.

You may also use extra non-scholarly citations to support your argument, however you must be aware of the credibility of your sources. For example, a government website is likely to be a credible source, but many commercial websites (ending with a .com address) will not be regarded as credible sources (you may, however, cite your chosen business'

website).

Please note that Wikipedia is generally not accepted as a credible source to use as a reference in an academic essay. If Wikipedia is a useful starting point, by all means use it, but wherever possible, be sure to find and cite the original source of the information.

You will be marked on the quality and quantity of credible sources you use and how effectively you use the APA referencing style, so paying attention to these matters will make a difference to your grade.

Before you submit:

Before you finalize and submit your essay make sure that:

· You have a clear introduction and conclusion.

· You have kept to the topic, answered the questions given, and excluded irrelevant points and unnecessary padding.

· The main ideas or points are distinguished in separate sections.

· You offer your own analysis of the topic (with supporting evidence)

· The argument evolves logically.

· Sentences are grammatically correct, clear and easy to understand.

· You have used a spell checker to check for typing mistakes.

· Central terms are adequately defined.

· There is adequate evidence (references and citations) to support your claims or generalizations.

· Your style is active and likely to engage the audience.

Policy on Plagiarism and cheating

Cheating, which include plagiarism, is a form of misconduct that undermines academic integrity. As such YU condemns all form of cheating and imposes stiff penalties on offenders in order to build a no-cheating environment.

Cheating is a serious educational offence. Cheating occurs when a student:

· Uses or attempts to use unauthorized aids, assistance, materials or methods.

· Copies another student’s work and submit it as his/her own work.

· Allows another student to copy his/her work.

· Collaborates excessively with other students and decompiles sample solutions.

· Using mobile phone during exam.

If it is determined that a student has cheated, in any course at any time during their enrolment at YU, the University will proceed various types of disciplinary action depending on the circumstances like giving zero grade for the quiz in question, failing grade for the course, even suspension from the semester or from the university. (ref: Cheating and Plagiarism Policy: version 1, approved on 5.12.2009).

MGT 101- Introduction to Management

Assignment 1: Essay

Assignment 1: Essay Grading Framework

When your assignment is marked, the following will be assessed:

Essay Presentation 20%

Correct use of essay format (Introduction, Discussion, Conclusion)

Accurate spelling, punctuation and grammar

Clear, legible, professional presentation

Appropriate tone/language choice

 

Essay Content and Focus 50%

Clear introduction of the topic (external environment) and the company

Sets the scene and identifies the main dimensions of the topic

Clear logical analysis and discussion using relevant management concepts

Thoughtfully applies theory from the text and other scholarly sources

Logically connects ideas within a coherent essay structure

Central terms are adequately defined

Concise conclusion, restating main points

  

Supporting Evidence 20%

Integrates at least three (3) relevant scholarly sources

References all in-text sources using correct APA format

Reference list in correct APA format

  

Overall Quality 10%

Comprehensive exploration of topic

Coherence and clarity of writing

General excellence (e.g. a 'model' assignment)

“Title Page”

Name

ID #

Course Name

Section #

Word count

Essay

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