Understand and elaborate what are the challenges and issues top management and leaders face or could face, and the proposed solutions

MCO101 MANAGEMENT SKILLS FINAL Task brief & rubrics

Task:

The final is an individual task, and will be released in week 4 of the course.

Please read following link. Understand and elaborate what are the challenges and issues top management and leaders face or could face, and the proposed

solutions. Make the corresponding research of how this could be mitigated. Please submit your findings in a report format.

https://wiw-report.s3.amazonaws.com/Women_in_the_Workplace_2020.pdf

Formalities:

• Wordcount: 3.000 words (+/-10%).

• Cover, Table of Contents, References and Appendix are excluded of the total slide count.

• Font: Arial, size 12.5.

• Text alignment: Justified.

• The in-text References and the Bibliography have to be in Harvard’s citation style.

Submission: Week (5) – Via Moodle (Turnitin). Submission deadline Dec 13, 2020, 23.59h

Weight: This task is a 60% of your total grade for this subject.

It assesses the following learning outcomes:

• Outcome 1: Understanding and evaluate key management concepts and principles

• Outcome 2: Examine different frameworks to analyze organizational systems and apply best practices

• Outcome 3: Review and compare the components of the organization’s environment, their effect, significance, purpose, and impact on an organization

Rubrics

Exceptional 90-100 Good 80-89 Fair 70-79 Marginal fail 60-69

Knowledge & Understanding

(25%)

Student demonstrates excellent understanding of key management concepts and principles, the factors and forces managers must confront both internally and externally in the organization, the importance of management, functions and uses vocabulary in an entirely appropriate manner.

Student demonstrates good understanding of key management concepts and principles, the factors and forces managers must confront both internally and externally in the organization, the importance of management, functions and demonstrates use of the relevant vocabulary.

Student understands the task and provides minimum theory on key management concepts and principles, the factors and forces managers must confront both internally and externally in the organization, the importance of management, functions and/or some use of vocabulary.

Student understands the task and attempts to answer the question but does not mention key management concepts and principles, the factors and forces managers must confront both internally and externally in the organization, the importance of management, functions or uses minimum amount of relevant vocabulary.

Application (25%) Student applies fully relevant knowledge of different frameworks to analyze organizational

systems, best practices and innovative management approaches topics delivered in class.

Student applies mostly relevant knowledge of different frameworks to analyze organizational

systems, best practices and innovative management approaches topics delivered in class.

Student applies some relevant knowledge of different frameworks to analyze organizational

systems, best practices and innovative management approaches topics delivered in class. Misunderstanding may be evident.

Student applies little relevant knowledge of different frameworks to analyze

organizational systems, best practices and innovative management approaches topics delivered in class. Misunderstands are evident.

Critical Thinking (25%)

Student critically assesses in excellent ways, drawing outstanding conclusions from relevant sources and authors.

Student critically assesses in good ways, drawing conclusions from relevant sources, authors and references.

Student provides some insights but stays on the surface of the topic. References and sources may not be relevant.

Student makes little or none critical thinking insights, does not quote appropriate sources, authors, and does not provide valid sources.

Communication (25%)

Student communicates their ideas extremely clearly and concisely, respecting slide count, grammar and spellcheck

Student communicates their ideas clearly and concisely, respecting slide count, grammar and spellcheck

Student communicates their ideas with some clarity and concision. It may be slightly over or under the slide count limit. Some misspelling errors may be evident.

Student communicates their ideas in a somewhat unclear and unconcise way. Does not reach or does exceed slide count excessively and misspelling errors are evident.