Homework: Group Management Concepts Analysis Paper/Presentation
Objective:
To analyze how management concepts relate to managers to be more effective and efficient. (see below for prompts to help you tackle the Homework). Being a group Homework, students will gain exposure to various perspectives, benefit and learn from different writing styles/strengths, and if each group member contributes at least one journal article, then groups will benefit from having a greater number of articles from which to choose.
Article Selection:
o Each team (4-5 students) will select a journal article (published no earlier than September 1, 2016 in outlets such as Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Forbes, and/or Peer reviewed journal articles in Academic Journals).
o Teams are required to choose an article related to concepts covered in the course and how they are relevant for managers to be more effective and efficient.
Paper Description:
This paper allows you to state your opinion about the management concepts of your choice and then support your claim with facts, theories, or research. Thoroughly explain your opinions and cite as much outside reference support (i.e., peer-reviewed, scholarly journal articles) to substantiate your discussion. Empirical research, in particular, will help strengthen your discussion.
(Note: Do not copy the information present on the web. Emphasis should be to understand the framework for understanding the factors that influence how managers can be more effective and efficient).
Prepare a detailed 8 to 10 pages concept paper using the questions below as a guide.
Section A: Paper Overview (Max. 1 Page, double space)
a) Article Specific- Discuss the management concepts and/or functions?
b) What is the current status of the company in the industry? (Review Bloomberg.com/Reuters/WSJ/Forbes/PRJ's.
c) Briefly discuss the overview of the article.
Section B: Identification and Discussion of Management concepts using P-O-L-C framework. (Max 6 Pages, double space)
Using a Management Concepts lens, the students should be able to identify and discuss at least four management concepts and functions applicable in the selected article mentioned below:
a) Management environment and landscape
b) Strategy
c) Organizational Culture
d) Organization Structure (Identify your company's organization structure; describe how organization use this structure, is it used in combinatory of other; discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the structure used).
e) Organization design
f) Employee engagement and motivation
g) Leadership
h) Human Resource Management
i) Communications
j) Teams
k) Performance Management
l) Operations
Section C: Reflection (Max. 3 page, double space)
This section is mainly your analysis of the selected article focusing on the managers to be more effective and efficient.
a) Through this newspaper article, are any management course concepts challenged?
b) Having read this journal article, do you see the need to refine any of our course material to better capture the reality of organizational life?
c) What changes would our management course material suggest in order to improve the practice(s) featured in your journal article?
d) How would you use our management course material to support the initiatives/new practices featured in your journal article?
e) Why should a management student read this article?
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
a. The answer must be double spaced, typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
b. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the course title, the student's name, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
c. Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.