Group Assignment

Group Assignment Guidelines and Specifications

Instructions in Forming a Group

Students are requiredto formandself-enrolinto agroupof4 membersinBlackboard.Notethatyou can’tchangethegroupforanyreason.Youneedtogotoclasstofindgroupmembers.Youmustform agroupwithstudentsinthesameclass/samecampus.Youaretoformagroupatyourearliest.Discuss with your lecturer in the class if you have any question.

For help with any group registration matters in Blackboard, please address your email to bbhelpdesk@holmes.edu.auensuringthatyourfulldetails(Name,studentID,unitnameandnumber) are included.

Assignment details

This assignment provides an opportunity for students to reflect on modern organizational concepts, problems, and challenges, applying concepts and frameworks covered in this unit to solve such problems. You will explorethe management approaches of an entrepreneur from Australia and then compare and contrast with an entrepreneur of a similar company from outside Australia (e.g. India, Nepal,Africaetc.)Thisgroupassignmentensuresthatstudentsnotonlyresearchandunderstandthe management practices of their chosen entrepreneurs and companies in different contexts, but also critically analyse and reflect on these practices, providing a comprehensive learning experience.

ALL TASKS ARE TO BE COMPLETED

Task1(A):AustralianEntrepreneurandCompaniesOverview

SelectoneofthesuccessfulentrepreneursfromAustraliafromthelistbelow.Researchthecompany or companies they have developed or currently control and answer the following questions:

1. MikeCannon-BrookesandScottFarquhar:Company:Atlassian
2. MelaniePerkins:Company:Canva
3. ClivePalmer:Company:Mineralogy
4. ElaineStead-Company:BlueSkyVentureCapital
5. PeterFreedman-Company:RØDEMicrophones
6. Whoistheentrepreneuryouhavechosen,andwhatarethekeycompanyorcompaniesthey are associated with?
   1. Whatnotableachievementsandmilestoneshavethesecompaniesreachedunderthe entrepreneur’s leadership?
   2. Basedonyourresearch,whatmanagementtheories,modelsandpracticeshasthe entrepreneur adopted?

Task1(B):Your Country Entrepreneur and Companies Overview

Select another successful entrepreneur of a similar business or company to the one you selected in Task 1 (B) from outside Australia (e.g. India, Nepal, Africa, America, Europe etc.)

Researchthecompanyorcompaniestheyhavedevelopedorcurrentlycontrolandanswerthe following questions:

1. Whoistheentrepreneuryouhavechosen,andwhatarethekeycompanyorcompaniesthey are associated with?
2. Whatnotableachievementsandmilestoneshavethesecompaniesreachedunderthe entrepreneur’s leadership?
3. Base do nyourre search,what manage menttheoriesandpracticeshastheentrepreneur adopted?

Task2:Management Styles’ Comparison

Compare the management styles used by the two entrepreneursinTask1(A)andTask1(B)by answering the following questions:

1. How do the cultural dimensions of Individualismvs.Collectivismand Power Distance differ between Australia and your selected country, according to Hofstede's model?
2. What implications might these differences have for business practices,management styles and organizational culture in each of your chosen companies?
3. Provide examples of effective management practices you perceive from each of your two chosen entrepreneurs.
4. Arethereanycommonstrategiesoruniqueapproachesusedacrossthetwochosencompanies?
5. Basedon your findings,recommend the management approach you would adopt asafuture manager or entrepreneur? Provide clear justifications for your answers.
    

Task 3 :Analysis and Reflection

Each member will reflect on what they learned from this assignment,by each answering the following question:

1. Discuss how your team collaborate dand managed the workload to complete the assignment.
2. Address any challenges face dand resolved during the assignment.
3. Share personalinsightsor changes in perspective gained from this assignment.

Referencere quirement:

You must provide at least 5 relevant academic journal articles, and follow the Holmes Institute Adapted Harvard Referencing, which include providing the hyperlink to the full text of the cited reference source.Search and read several journal articles before you select the relevant articles you will use for the assignment.

Report structure and requirement

1. Introduction of the group assignment and what will be discussed(100words)
2. Task1(A):Australian Entrepreneur and Companies Overview(400words)
3. Task1(B):Your selected Entrepreneur and Companies Overview (400words)
4. Task2:ManagementStyles’Comparison-Students will,asagroup,comparethe management styles used by an entrepreneur outside Australia with those used in the Australian company, using Hofstede’s theoretical framework initially. (400 words)
   • It is very important for students to also use the ideas and theories discussed in the unit to make these comparisons.
     • You should choose at least 3 other theories that have been studied in the unit and use them tomakethecomparisons,e.g.inLecture2theunittalksabouta‘scientificanalysis’ofworkas suggestedbyFWTaylor.Thediscussiontalksabouttheeffortandimpactthatmanagersshould maketoachieveefficiency.Studentswillbeexpectedtodiscusstheapplicationofascientific approach in their selected home company and compare this approach to the Australian company. (100 words per theory, total 300 words).

• The group is expected to comment upon the impact to their home company, and Australian company by adopting,ornot adopting the manage menttheories selected,e.g.isIndiaamore efficient economy because job roles are/are not analyzed from a scientific perspective?Are they more effective than for exampleMcDonald’sworkersin Australia whose job behaviours are very scientifically analyzed and dictated? (600 words)
  1. Task3:Each member will reflecton what they learned from this assignment(100wordseach, total 400 words)
  2. A summing up statement summarizing the above plus a statement of the overall satisfaction and experience gained as a result. (100 words)

Marking Criteria (alsorefertothemarkingrubric):

1. Introduction,structure and format presentation                            5marks

1. Explanation of the 2 selected companies                                            5marks

1. Consideration of 4 theories(Hofstede+3 other)                             10marks

1. Analysis of similarities/differences,re:twocompanies                 10 marks

1. Impact of adopting theories,ornot.                                                      5marks

1. Summation,satisfaction and experience gained                              5marks

Total                                                                                                               40marks

Marking Rubric

AdaptedHarvardReferencingRules

HolmeswillbeimplementingarevisedHarvardapproachtoreferencing.Thefollowing rules apply:

1. References our cesin assignments are limited to sources that provide full-textaccess to the source’s content for lecturers and markers.

2. There ferencelistmust belocatedonaseparatepageatthe end of the essay and

   titled:

   “References”.

3. The reference list must include the details of all the in-text citations, arranged A-Z alphabetically by authorsurnamewitheach reference numbered(1to10,etc.)and each reference MUST include a hyperlink to the full text of the cited reference source.

For example:

1. Hawking,P.,McCarthy,B.&Stein,A.2004.SecondWaveERPEducation,Journalof Information Systems Education, Fall,http://jise.org/Volume15/n3/JISEv15n3p327.pdf

2. Allassignmentswillrequireadditionalin-textreferencedetailswhichwillconsistof the surname of the author/authors or name of the authoring body, year of

   publication,pagenumberofcontent,paragraphwherethecontentcanbefound.

For example;

“Thecompanydecidedtoimplementanenterprisewidedatawarehousebusiness intelligence strategy (Hawking et al, 2004, p3(4)).”

Adherence to Referencing Guidelines is Mandatory

Where students do not follow the above rules:

1. For students who submit assignments that do not comply with the rules,a10%penalty will be applied.
2. Asperthe Student Handbook,latepenaltieswillapplyeachdayafterthestudent/shas been notified of the resubmission requirements.
3. Students whose citations are“fake”will be reported foracademic misconduct