Subject Code & Title :- BUSM4737 Leadership And Management
Time/word limit :- 3,300 (+/- 10%)
Assessment type :- Report – Individual
Weighting :- 50 %
Overview :- The purpose of this individual assessment task is to use what you have learnt in the second half of this course to prepare for a job interview or for a promotion interview. This assignment is about the importance of gaining credibility within an organisation by demonstrating your understanding of the concepts and using the language of managerial leadership. In addition it enables creative thinking about the capabilities required of managerial leaders and encourages professional self-development
BUSM4737 Leadership And Management Assignment
Assessment criteria
• insightful use of the literature covered in Leadership and Management (12.5 pts)
• responses which are comprehensive yet concise, coherent and convincing (12.5 pts)
• use of examples from workplace and business cases studied in this course, to support arguments (12.5pts)
• explaining not only what you would do but also the evidential and theoretical groundsthat add to your credibility by making it clear why you would do those things (12.5 pts).
Course learning outcomes :-
This assessment is relevant to the following course learning outcomes:
CLO 1 Recognise the appropriateness of different types of leadership styles in a range of organisational settings.
CLO 2 Accurately assess your personal strengths and areas of challenge and effectively self manage these to wards improved practice.
CLO 3 Explain how effective managerial leaders are able to diagnose and ethically improve
the key areas of organisational functioning.
CLO 4 Motivate and influence others in ways that contribute to sustainable organisational performance.
Assessment Details :-
This assessment task comprises six questions that you are required to answer in a written format as part of your preparation for a potential upcoming job or promotion interview.
Write your answers as if you are preparing ahead of time for an interview and want to increase your chances of knowing what to say by spending time sorting out what you know and putting that knowledge into writing. In other words do not write your answers as if you are sitting in front of a selection panel and talking. Your writing will therefore be as formal as it was for the first assignment.
These are the questions you are required to answer in written form as preparation for an upcoming job or promotion interview :
Your application indicated that you participated in personality training as a part of the MBA program. Based on the results of your personality test what do you think are the strengths and limitations of your personality type in relation to effective leadership and management of the organisation? how do you plan to overcome the limitations?
This is a high performance work setting where we must overcome obstacles and setbacks to achieve the desired business outcomes. Often this means that members of senior management may adopt a demanding and confrontational style. When such situations arise what will be your response? how would you manage the situation?
BUSM4737 Leadership And Management Assignment
We are in the process of expanding our business operations from Australia to China. How might national culture prove to be communication barrier for our company’s representatives from Melbourne? What would you do to overcome the cross-cultural communication barriers?
We believe that effective communication is essential to influence others in a positive way. Can you elaborate your approach to influence someone in a more senior role than yours to ensure that your recommendations for business improvement are implemented?
We have been struggling to motivate a group of employees who work in our Research and Innovation Department despite giving them a 10 per cent salary increase! As a team leader what would you do to improve their level of motivation, and why you think that approach will make a difference?
Innovation is critical for our business growth and success, but we are behind our competitors in this area. What are your suggestions for improving creativity and innovation at work?
BUSM4737 Leadership And Management Assignment
Note specially :-
Your assignment must use the reading materials studied in this course. Assignments that rely on references that have not been studied in this course cannot achieve even a Pass grade because such assignments fail to demonstrate what you have learnt from studying this course.
You will have to answer the set of six questions that you have already been given. These questions test your comprehension of the course materials and tools for under standing business and leadership problems and designing solutions.
Note:
Your case study assignment submitted at the end of week five focused on the first three course topic modules so the questions set for this assignment focus on the concepts covered in the latter half of the course. That is topic modules 4 to 6.
BUSM4737 Leadership And Management Assignment
How to succeed in this assessment
• Ensure you are fully aware of ALL assessment requirements.
• Keep the marking rubric handy during write-up and aim to achieve the HD criteria.
• Make sure you address all aspects of the question by drawing on relevant examples.
• Take the time to proofread your work before submission.
• Ensure you express your ideas clearly and concisely, yet in a comprehensive and convincing manner.
• Don’t forget to provide specific examples from the case as evidence to support the claims you make.
• Avoid long recap of the concepts. Go directly to explaining how the concepts can be utilised in an organisational setting.
• It’s not enough to reiterate the theories or concepts. You’ll need to provide and link the theories or concepts to examples to demonstrate your understanding and analysis.
• The more specific and relevant your examples are the more you will demonstrate your understanding and analysis ability.
• Ensure you correctly acknowledge all sources of information. Use of the RMIT Harvard referencing method is required.
• Use the original terms of the theories/models/concepts.
• Plan your overall approach, decide how much time/words you will locate on each topic/question. Don’t write too much for questions 1–2 and miss out on question 3.