Assignment Specifications
A minimum of 12 peer-reviewed academic articles in total must be cited in the text to support your claims/arguments, and all references must be listed appropriately at the end of the report using Harvard referencing style.
The assignment must be in MS Word format, 1.5 spacing, 12-pt Arial font and 2 cm margins on all four sides of your page with appropriate section headings and page numbers.
Purpose:
This assignment is designed to assess your level of knowledge of the key topics covered in this unit “Management and Organisations in a Global Environment”.
Details
Question 1 Week 3: Tutorial 2 (Question 2) (7 marks)
What steps are today’s organisations taking to promote diversity and are these efforts effective? Answer this question in 300 words (support your arguments with key research findings on diversity management).
Question 2 Week 4: Tutorial 3 (Question 2) (7 marks)
How should the company’s supervisors behave differently to get their subordinates to experience less stress on the job, or at least, get them to react less negatively? Answer this question in 300 words (support your claims/arguments with key research findings on managing stress in the workplace).
Question 3 Week 6: Tutorial 5 (Question 2) (11 marks)
Mark Martin has just been appointed manager of a production team operating the 11pm to 7am shift in a large manufacturing firm. Mark is concerned that the team members really like and get along well with one another but they also appear to be restricting their task outputs to the minimum acceptable levels. What could Mark do to improve things in this situation and why should he do them? Answer this question in 300 words (support your claims/arguments with key research findings on team performance factors).
Question 4 Week 9: Tutorial 8 (Question 1) (7 marks)
What are some emerging issues in leadership? Discuss some alternatives to leadership. Answer this question in 300 words (support your claims/arguments with key research findings on leadership in contemporary organisations)

Question 5 Week 10: Tutorial 9 (Question 1) (7 marks)
Describe when and where organisational politics occur and the forms of such behaviour takes. Answer this question in 300 words (support your claims/arguments with key research findings on organisational politics).
Question 6 Week 11: Tutorial 12 (Question 1) (11 marks)
Intranets can reflect and influence an organisational culture. Discuss the impact of technology on organisational culture in contemporary organisations and the challenges involved in building and maintaining culture with remote employees. Answer this question in 300 words (support your claims/arguments with key research findings on the impact of technology on organisational culture and virtual employees).