Organisation Design and Management (HR5053QA)
Essay questions Summer 2021
Choose one of the following questions.
1. Identify different aspects of structure in some contemporary firms. What are the implications for the organisation and its stakeholders? Draw on theory and empirical evidence in your answer.
2. Identify implications for the organisation and its stakeholders? Draw on theory and empirical evidence in your answer.
3. Identify different aspects of organisational culture in some contemporary firms. What are the implications for the organisation and its stakeholders? Draw on theory and empirical evidence in your answer.
2500 word essay, to be submitted by 3pm on Friday 5th November 2021 (via Turnitin assignments, Weblearn)
Guidance
Ensure that you answer the question rather than providing a report on Uber, Facebook, Google etc. Use the material from the sessions and the videos in the Course materials folder. These are intended to provide you with a useful foundation of relevant theories, concepts and empirical evidence to help you address the essay question that you have chosen.
Assessment Criteria for the Individual Essay:
• Coherent and logical structure
• Clearly focused on the chosen essay question/topic
• Applies relevant theory and concepts to discuss and explain the issues
• Evidence of engaging with empirical evidence
• Harvard referencing and citation. Guidance on the system can be found on the University’s library pages: http://student.londonmet.ac.uk/library/subject-guides-and-research-support/referencing-and-copyright/referencing/
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