Management and global organisations

Higher Education Faculty

Assignment Cover Sheet

Subject Title	Management and Organisations in a Global Environment
Subject Code	HI6005
Lecturer	LecturerName
Assignment Title	Research Paper 1
Due Date	Friday Week 5
Contact Details	Student ID	YourStudentID
	Student Name	YourName
	Student e-mail address	[email protected]

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Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 E-learning Activities 3 Week ?? – Activity ?? – Activity Title 3 Week ?? – Activity ?? – Activity Title 3 Conclusion 3 References 3

HI6005 Discussion Board - Week 2

In your blog, you should address the following two sections: 

(1) Section 1: list the key ideas you have extracted from the prescribed e-learning activity. 

(2) Section 2: apply those ideas to your own experience, to an organisation you know and to the topic(s) of this subject.

 

Visit the following URLs, and use 'Questions to consider' to guide your thinking.

 

Activity 1: Thomas Friedman on Globalisation; 3 Eras of Globalisation; World is flat

URL :  h ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp4znWHvsjU

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM2BguxRSyY

Questions to consider:

1.  What would be some of the key drawbacks or risks of living in the flat world of Globalisation 3.0 as Friedman describes it?

2.  Do you agree with Friedman’s iron rule of the flat world? Explain.

3.  Is the level of globalisation uniform across the world? Explain.

 

Activity 2: Pankaj Ghemawat on Globalisation

URL: http://www.ted.com/talks/pankaj_ghemawat_actually_the_world_isn_t_flat.html

Questions to consider:

1.   Has your view on globalisation changed after listening to Professor Ghemawat? Explain.

2.  Consider where you have seen the fears that people have about globalisation. Do you think these fears may subside with some data points that may suggest otherwise?

 

Activity 3: Online tool to explore different countries' 5 dimensions by Hofstede

URL: http://geert-hofstede.com/countries.html

Questions to consider:

1. How does the Australian culture compare to other world cultures (eg. Your home country or other countries that you have visited)?

2. Do you agree with the survey results for the Australian culture? Why or why not?

 

Activity 4: 'The myth of national culture' - Counter argument to Hofstede’s work by Professor Brendan McSweeney at Royal Holloway, University of London

URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_l84Dj2eXY

Questions to consider:

1. Do you agree with Professor McSweeney’s view on national cultures? Why or why not? After viewing the survey result done by Hofstede on your home country, who do you think offers a more compelling argument on national cultures? Can a single culture be used to determine the actions of entire population?

HI6005 Discussion Board - Week 3

In your blog, you should address the following two sections: 

1)      Section 1: list the key ideas you have extracted from the prescribed e-learning activity. 

2)      Section 2: apply those ideas to your own experience, to an organisation you know and to the topic(s) of this subject.

Visit the following URLs, and use 'Questions to consider' to guide your thinking. 

Activity 1: Corporate culture and strategy

URL: ‘Culture clash: When corporate culture fights strategy, it can cost you’  http://knowledge.wpcarey.asu.edu/article.cfm?aid=31

Questions to consider:

1. Can you think of any examples where you experienced various culture types (Market, Clan, Adhocracy and Hierarchy culture) as a consumer to, or employee of, an organisation?

2. If so, what is your evaluation of the aligment between its corporate culture and strategy?

Executive Summary

Summarise your discussion of each e-learning activity. About 50 words per activity. Deleted all highlighted text.

E-learning Activities

Week ?? – Activity ?? – Activity Title

Insert here your discussion of the e-learning activity. Either answer the two questions at the top of every e-learning activity (summarise the activity and discuss an application or your experience of what the activity is about) OR answer the questions contained within the activity. Between 400 and 450 words in total. Delete all highlighted text.

Week ?? – Activity ?? – Activity Title

Insert here your discussion of the e-learning activity. Either answer the two questions at the top of every e-learning activity (summarise the activity and discuss an application or your experience of what the activity is about OR answer the questions contained within the activity. Between 400 and 450 words in total. Delete all highlighted text.

Conclusion

Summarise and draw conclusions from your two e-learning activities. About 50 words per activity. Delete all highlighted text.

References

Use Harvard style referencing. Less than five references per activity. Don’t forget to include the URL from the activity as one of your references. Delete all highlighted text.