Seminar_Diary_Management

Newcastle University Business School BUS1001 - Introduction to Management & Organisations 2009/10 Seminar Diary – Due on Friday 23rd April 2010 This will serve two purposes: A) It is one of your pieces of assessed coursework, counting for 20% of the total mark B) It will be your record of the seminars you attended It must be between 1,500 and 2,000 words (approximately 300 words per entry) – do not exceed these limits It should contain FIVE entries, one each for seminar items 1-5 on the lecture & seminar programme (see below). You should use entries in the Seminar Diary to critically evaluate the subject for these seminars, in the light of the discussion during the seminar and in the light of your own reading and experience. You should not describe or repeat the seminar activities Critical evaluation is a core academic skill which you should be constantly refining. In general, with reference to essays and other long pieces of written work, critical evaluation requires you to be able to do the following, in ascending order of skill: A) Grasp the essential concepts, viewpoints, theories, models, arguments, facts, or assumptions, etc. B) Analyse a theory or text and compare it with other appropriate concepts, viewpoints, etc. C) Use the comparison to set out the merits of opposing or different concepts, viewpoints, etc. D) Make a reasoned argument to support or reject particular concepts, viewpoints, etc. E) Make a reasoned, coherent, and valid argument to support or reject particular concepts, viewpoints, etc F) The best evaluations will demonstrate original and creative approaches, in addition to an excellent analysis. For Diary entries of approximately 300 words you should aim to demonstrate these skills in a very succinct manner – it will be excellent practice for you to summarise and paraphrase complex positions and arguments. Assessing the Seminar Diary The Seminar Diary, will be assessed using the following guidelines: 90% Demonstrate an original or creative approach to the Seminar Topic, in addition to an excellent critical analysis and evaluation. 75% Fully demonstrate an excellent ability to critically analyse and evaluate the Seminar Topics 65% Demonstrate an ability to critically analyse and evaluate the Seminar Topics 55% Demonstrate some comparative analysis of the Seminar Topic 45% Write at least FIVE Diary entries describing the topic of different seminars 35% Write at least FOUR Diary entries describing the topic of different seminars 25% Write between one and three Diary entries describing the topic of different seminars 0 Fails to write between one and three Diary entries describing the topic of different seminars It is unlikely that you will be able to obtain a good mark for the Seminar Diary if you do not attend the seminars and participate in the activities/discussion. BUS1001 – Seminar Diary Programme 2009/10 (Please note that this is the list of seminars which you need to include in your Seminar Diary and not the full seminar programme. The full programme is available in the Lecture & Seminar Guide.) Week commencing Diary Item Seminar Diary Topic Seminar Activity 09/11/09 1 Organisational Design Why is Bureaucracy relevant' 16/11/09 1 Oticon case study 23/11/09 1 Oticon Presentations (not assessed) 30/11/09 2 Group Working & Decision Making Bridge Building 07/12/09 2 ‘The Indivisible Load’ 25/01/10 2 Group decision making – effectiveness and barriers 01/02/10 3 Motivation at work Motivation – The Meaning and satisfaction of work 08/02/10 3 Motivation – The Meaning and satisfaction of work 15/02/10 3 Motivation – what do we know about it' 22/02/10 4 Management & Leadership Leadership 1 – Consumer Association. Case study 01/03/10 4 Leadership 2 – My Greatest Failure Case Study 08/03/10 4 Leadership 3 – My Greatest Failure Case Study 15/03/10 5 Management & Culture Management, Leadership and Organisational Culture Material for each seminar will either be provided in advance or on the day of the seminar. One copy should be posted in the assignment boxes on the 3rd Floor of the Armstrong Building by mid-day Friday 23rd April, 2010. As in all assignments, all source material should be fully referenced, using the Harvard System. Please note that assessed work is not returned and feedback is provided via the Module Feedback Sheet. You are therefore advised to keep a copy of the assignment for your own use. Tony Boland September 2009