Name
Nancy Chau
mpo@uts.edu.au
Ace Simpson
(MPO Admin
Support)
Ace.simpson@uts.edu.au
The assessment structure in this subject has been designed to develop your understanding,
critical thinking and essay writing skills in relation to the objectives set out at the beginning of
the subject outline. A summary of the major assessments in this subject is found in the table
below.
Assessment
Type
Details
500 words
Assessment 2 Essay
1500 words
(Individual)
Response to
feedback
200 words
Final exam
Questionnaire Multiple
choice
Contribution
to final grade
25%
Due date
10/09/2016
by 9pm
35%
22/10/2016
by 9pm
40%
TBA
Assessment item 1: Presentation (Group)
Completion of assignment will familiarise you with this courses performance requirements and
feedback process, preparing you for the submission of your second assignment, which carries a
higher weighting.
Task
As a group, prepare a presentation arguing a position in relation to one of the following topics
from the first half of the semester:
Managing cultures
Leadership
Managing Individuals
Body
Discuss your argument within the context of the literature. Discuss new insights/practices that have
emerged and the underlying assumptions of these insights/practices. Compare and contrast the
arguments and assumptions embedded in your different source materials (i.e. managerialism vs. Critical
Management Studies or stakeholder perspectives). Approach the topic from different perspectives;
whose voices are dominant or missing, what are the implications and what are the new emerging
questions?
Conclusion
Briefly summarise your argument to draw a concluding thesis statement.
References
Present a reference list with least four references from quality sources, ensure they are formatted
according to Harvard UTS conventions and that referencing is consistent throughout the report.
Layout
Double-space your text and use 2.5-centimetre margins. The text should be in a 12-point Times New
Roman font and left-justified. Pages should be numbered, with the numbers appearing in the bottom
right-hand corner of the pages.
Submission
Written summaries should be submitted via Turnitin by 9 PM on the due date. A group leader should be
tasked with uploading the assignment. Each member of the group must sign a group assignment cover
sheet indicating the percentage of work each student has contributed to the overall assignment. Group
presentations will be made in the tutorial.
Note: Further guidance on the process and structure of writing an essay is provided with an
example on pages 9 to 12 of this guide.
Assessment item 2: (Individual)
Your second assignment will build upon your first essay and involve two parts: constructing an
essay, and responding to your tutors feedback from your first essay.
Task
Part 1: Essay
Write an academic essay of 1700 words (+/-10%) in which you further develop the arguments of
your first essay by applying them within the context of one of the topics from the second half of
the semester:
Globalisation
Managing communication
Practices of [your chosen topic area for essay one] contribute to managing [your chosen topic
area from essay two] with the advance of post-bureaucratic approaches.
You may use some of the same text and references from your first essay.
References
Select at least six sources from the tutorial readings and prescribed additional readings listed in
your Tutorial Guide. Supplement your argument with at least two references from other relevant
quality journal articles. Illustrate your arguments by cases from the lectures or relevant reports
from reputable media outlets as secondary sources. You may also draw material from the
recommended textbook by Clegg, Kornberger and Pitsis (2016). Provide a complete reference list
at the end of your essay.
Part 2: Reflective response to Tutors Feedback from Assignment 1.
Your second task is to write a response of approximately 300 words (+/-10%), to the feedback
your tutor provided to your first essay. You may want to break your response down into chunks
by providing section headings based upon the marking rubric used to provide student
assignment feedback. Explain, how you will use this feedback to improve your second essay.
What have you done differently? What have you kept the same? Part two should be presented
on a new page after the reference list from your second essay.
Layout
Your essay and reflections should be printed on one side of A4 paper only. Double space your
text and use 2 to 4 centimetre wide margins. The text should be in a 12-point Times New Roman
font and left-justified. Pages should be numbered, with the numbers appearing in the bottom
right hand corner of the pages.
Note: Further guidance on the process and structure of writing an essay is provided with an
example on pages 9 to 12 of this guide.
Prescribed readings
Prescribed readings on the foundations of management and organisation studies
Clegg, S.R. & Baumeler, C. 2010, 'Essai: from iron cages to liquid modernity in organization
analysis', Organization studies, vol. 31, no. 12, pp. 1713-33.
Josserand, E., Teo, S. & Clegg, S.R. 2006, 'From bureaucratic to post-bureaucratic: the
difficulties of transition', Journal of Organizational Change Management, vol. 19, no. 1, pp.
54-64.
McKenna, S., Garcia-Lorenzo, L. & Bridgman, T. 2010, 'Managing, managerial control and
managerial identity in the post-bureaucratic world', Journal of Management Development,
vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 128-36.
Smith, J.H. 1998, 'The enduring legacy of Elton Mayo', Human Relations, vol. 51, no. 3, pp. 22149.
Simpson, A.V., Clegg, S. & Pitsis, T. 2014, 'I used to care but things have changed: A
genealogy of compassion in organizational theory"', Journal of Management Inquiry, vol.
23, no. 4, pp. 34759.
Rosen, M. 1988, 'You asked for it: Christmas at the bosses' expense', Journal of Management Studies, vol.
25, no. 5, pp. 463-80.
Schein, E.H. 1990, 'Organizational culture', American Psychologist, vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 109-19.
Wray-Bliss, E. 2003, 'Quick fixes, management culture and drug culture: Excellence and ecstasy, bpr and
brown', Culture and Organization, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 161-76.
Linley, P.A., Harrington, S. & Hill, J.R.W. 2005, 'Selection and development: A new perspective
on some old problems', Selection and Development Review, vol. 21, no. 5, pp. 3-6.
Syed,J. & Pio, E. 2010, Veiled Diversity? Workplace experiences of Muslim Women in Australia,
Asia Pacific Journal of Management, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 115-137.
Prescribed readings on ethics and CSR
Cameron, K.S., Bright, D. & Caza, A. 2004, 'Exploring the relationships between organizational
virtuousness and performance', American Behavioral Scientist, vol. 47, no. 6, pp. 766-90.
Fernando, M., Dharmage, S. & Almeida, S. 2008, 'Ethical ideologies of senior Australian managers: An
empirical study', Journal of Business Ethics, vol. 82, no. 1, pp. 145-55.
Schwartz, M. 2000, 'Why ethical codes constitute an unconscionable regression', Journal of Business
Ethics, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 173-84.
Stubbs, W. & Cocklin, C. 2008, 'Conceptualizing a sustainability business model', Organization &
Environment, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 103-27.
Sisodia, R.S. 2011, 'Conscious capitalism: A better way to win', California Management Review, vol. 53,
no. 3, pp. 98-108.
Wray-Bliss, E. 2007, 'Ethics in work', in D. Knights & H. Willmott (eds), Introducing organizational
behaviour and management, Thomson Learning, pp. 506-33.
Prescribed readings on globalisation
Banerjee, S.B. 2008, 'Necrocapitalism', Organization Studies, vol. 29, no. 12, pp. 1541-63.
Chan, J., Pun, N. & Selden, M. 2013, 'The politics of global production: Apple, Foxconn and China's new
working class', New Technology, Work and Employment, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 100-15.
Gold, S., Hahn, R. & Seuring, S. 2013, 'Sustainable supply chain management in base of the pyramid
food projectsa path to triple bottom line approaches for multinationals?', International Business
Review, vol. 22, no. 5, pp. 784-99.
Morgan, G. 2006, 'The ugly face: Organizations as instruments of domination', in, Images of organization,
Sage, Thousand Oaks, CA, pp. 291-336.
Rego, A., Clegg, S. & Cunha, M. 2011, 'The positive power of character strengths and virtues for global
leaders', in K.S. Cameron & G. Spreitzer (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Positive Organizational
Scholarship, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.
Zakaria, N., Amelinckx, A. & Wilemon, D. 2004, 'Working together apart? Building a knowledge-sharing
culture for global virtual teams', Creativity and Innovation Management, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 15-29.
Prescribed readings on knowledge, innovation and change
Birkinshaw, J. & Gibson, C. 2004, 'Building ambidexterity into an organization', MIT Sloan Management
Review, vol. 45, pp. 47-55.
Brown, T. 2008, 'Design thinking', Harvard Business Review, vol. 86, no. 6, p. 84.
Cunha, J.V. & Cunha, M.P. 2001, 'Brave new (paradoxical) world: Structure and improvisation in virtual
teams', Strategic Change, vol. 10, no. 6, pp. 337-47.
Harris, M. 2006, Technology, innovation and post-bureaucracy: the case of the British Library", Journal
of Organizational Change Management, vol. 19 no. 1, pp.80 - 92
Josserand, E. 2004, Cooperation within Bureaucracies: Are Communities of Practice an Answer?,
M@n@gement, vol. 7, no. 3,pp. 307-339.
Josserand, E., Teo, S. & Clegg, S. 2006, 'From bureaucratic to post-bureaucratic: The difficulties of
transition', Journal of Organizational Change Management, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 54-64.
Wenger, E.C. & Snyder, W.M. 2000, 'Communities of practice: The organizational frontier', Harvard
Business Review, vol. 78, no. 1, pp. 139-46.
Weick, K.E. & Westley, F. 1999, 'Affirming an oxymoron', in S.R. Clegg, C. Hardy & W.R. Nord (eds),
Managing organizations: Current issues, Sage, London, pp. 190-208.
Please note that most of these articles/readings can be accessed via e-readings by going to the UTS
Library website and typing 21129 into the search-bar.
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part of your essay into three or four sections. Tell the reader in your Introduction what
these sections are, and link these sections to your overall argument. Remind the reader
at the start of each new section how the argument is progressing. For further details on
developing a critical review and writing assessments see the following links:
4. A Conclusion:
All work needs to have a conclusion that summarises the arguments put forward in your
essay and how these arguments have answered the question(s) set. Have conviction in
your arguments. Avoid conclusions that end with it depends or this needs more
research.
5. References:
An academic essay must be supported by many references to published academic work.
For this subject your main references must be the tutorial readings and additional
readings listed in the tutorial guide. Be sure to acknowledge fully any references or
quotes you have used using the Harvard UTS reference style: e.g. (Roberts, 1984). Further
information on the Harvard UTS reference style is found in the Faculty of Business Guide
to Writing Assignments available online:
http://www.lib.uts.edu.au/help/referencing/harvard-uts-referencing-guide. Your essay
must also have a Reference list, which is an alphabetical list of the full publication details
of all the items you have explicitly referenced in your work, referenced according to
Harvard UTS conventions (i.e. do not use bullet points for your reference list and ensure
that you use a hanging indent with the first line flush left with the margin and
subsequent lines indented the same width as a paragraph indent).
Examples of essay introductions/paragraphs
The following sample essay introductory paragraphs were written by Professor Edward Wray
Bliss for MPO, and are provided ONLY to illustrate how to write your introduction. These
paragraphs are NOT based on the essay questions.
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Example 1:
In this essay, I am going to argue that work can certainly be a source of satisfaction and joy for
individuals. Indeed, as I demonstrate in Section One, by drawing on Rosen (1988), Clegg et al
(2008) and others, managers of modern corporations are explicitly encouraged to design the
workplace and motivate employees so that these employees find satisfaction and enjoyment at
work. However, work is also a source of dissatisfaction and suffering too and I draw upon Jackall
(1988), Knights and Roberts (1982), and Morgan (2006) in Section Two to show the anxiety,
subordination and domination that may also describe the experience of work for managerial and
non-managerial employees alike. Rather than leave the question here, in Section Three I attempt
to explore, conceptually, why work produces such experiences and emotions for individuals.
Drawing upon Jackson and Carter (2000) and ODoherty (2006), I consider the strong link
between work and personal identity. Summarising my overall arguments in the Conclusion I
illustrate, with the example of Ackroyd and Crowdy (1990), just how complex the relationship
between identity, work, and an individuals striving for satisfaction and personal meaning can be.
Example 2:
In this essay, I am going to argue that it is important to study management and organisation
critically for two key reasons. First, it is important to do so because the scope and reach of
management and organisation is such that it affects all aspects of our social, economic and
cultural life. Second, because the controls that exist at present in large commercial organisations
may not be sufficient to prevent negative effects occurring in each of these contexts. In Section
One I shall demonstrate the first point with reference both to the role of management and
organisation in the current global economic crisis and also through discussing the writings of
Morgan (2006) and Klein (2001), explore the effects and outcomes of corporate power in
different spheres. In Section Two, I shall use Milgrams (1974) experiments on obedience and
authority and Jackalls (1988) study of corporate management, to argue that there are processes
at work in large organisations that can inhibit employees, and even senior managers, from
reflecting upon and being responsible for their organisations behaviour. These two points, I
suggest, make it imperative that we look critically at management and organisation. In the final
section of this essay, I shall consider just what looking critically means. I will argue, in
opposition to Parker (2002), that being critical in this context is not the same as being against
management, but is instead a commitment to better organisation and better management, a
commitment to an idea of organisation where its powerful potential, as envisaged by Knights
and Roberts (1982), is realised.
Guidelines for submitting assessments using Turnitin
Your essays must be submitted electronically using the Turnitin program on UTSOnline
(under the assignment tab on the MPO page) by 9pm on the due date. Essays submitted
late will lose an automatic 10 marks per day.
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Turnitin will also produce a plagiarism report that will be available to your tutor when
they mark your work. The report will indicate any passages in your essay that are not
original. You are welcome to submit earlier versions of your essay to Turnitin to help you
to modify your essay. The second time you submit your essay to the system, however, it
will be at least 24 hours before Turinitin will give you your report.
As a guide, if your overall Turnitin score is over 25%, please ensure that you revise your
essay. If you do not revise, you could face severe penalties and may be referred to the
Dean of Teaching and Learning.
You must not submit anybody elses essays except your own to Turnitin for any reason.
Also, please do not, under any circumstances, think that you can present somebody
elses unreferenced writing in your essay as your own whether this is from previous
students essays, material you have found on the web, or elsewhere. The penalties for
plagiarism are extremely severe and all cases will be referred to the Dean of Teaching
and Learning.
GRADING ASSESSMENT
Your assignments will be graded according to the criterion indicated in the marking rubrics on
pages 15-18 below. When assessing your essays, each of the criteria considered - along with your
understanding of the subject, lectures and readings, and your ability for critical, questioning
thought.
In addition to the above instructions and guidelines, your tutors will talk you through the process
of assessment and will provide feedback on your two assessment submissions.
Grade categories
High Distinction
Distinction
Credit
Pass
Fail (Z)
Please see the UTS Guide to Writing Assignments for full details on these grade categories. All
forms of assessment must be attempted and an overall mark of 50% or more must be achieved
to pass this course.
EXTENSIONS AND LATE ASSIGNMENTS
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Essays submitted after the due time/date will incur late penalties as listed below. Late
submissions will not incur the late penalties listed, only if the tutor or Subject Coordinator has
granted a formal extension of time. This extension should be approved BEFORE the submission
deadline where possible and will only be approved in exceptional circumstances (normally on
grounds of ill health or misadventure). Work submitted more than 5 days after the stated
submission date will not be accepted for assessment unless the Subject Coordinator, on receipt
of a Special Consideration form, has granted a formal extension of time.
Late Penalties
Depending on the circumstances, the Subject Coordinator may apply the following penalties:
The 10% per day penalty is applied to the mark that would have been received if the submission
had been on time. Any work submitted after 5 days would need a Special Consideration
document to be accepted for assessment. Students cannot expect to receive verbal or written
feedback for late work.
Applying for extensions
If you are unable to submit your assignment on time due to illness or misadventure, and require
an extension of less than one week, you should submit your supporting documentation and
request an extension by emailing your tutor well before the hand-in deadline of the essay. If you
require more than a one-week extension, please submit an application for Special
Consideration with relevant supporting documentation attached, prior to the due date of the
assessment.
The extension application form is available through the Student Administration Offices or may be
downloaded at: http://www.sau.uts.edu.au/forms/index.html
REMARKING
To maintain consistency between the tutorials, the coordinators moderate the marks prior to
releasing the marked scripts back to the students. However, if you have concerns regarding your
marked assessment, please email your tutor for an appointment to discuss your concerns.
Before meeting with your tutor, you must email your tutor a detailed request explaining
precisely which criteria of the grading sheet and elements of feedback you disagree with or have
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questions on. Your tutors will not be able to discuss your concerns unless such a document has
been submitted to them.
If you are unable to come to an agreement about your final assessment mark with your tutor,
then you may request an appointment with the co-coordinator, Ace Simpson, to assess your
mark. Please be aware that remarking your assessment may result in, 1) retaining the same
mark, 2) increasing the mark or 3) reducing the mark.
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Performance
Area/
Weighting
Argument
9%
2.25 Marks
Organisation &
Structure
9%
2.25 Marks
Critique
9%
2.25 Marks
Understanding
& Content
9%
2.25 Marks
Academic
English
9%
2.25 Marks
Unsatisfactory
Limited Proficiency
Proficient
Highly Proficient
Average Proficiency
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References
9%
2.25 Marks
Formatting
7%
1.75 Marks
Presentation
40%
10 Marks
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Critique
14%
4.9 Marks
Understandi
ng & Content
14%
4.9 Marks
Academic
English
14%
4.9 Marks
Unsatisfactory
Limited Proficiency
Average Proficiency
Proficient
Highly Proficient
Unsatisfactory understanding
& engagement with course
materials. Content unclear;
lapses in coherence OR has
no relation to writing task;
offers simplistic, undeveloped
support for ideas. Poor use of
primary & secondary sources.
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References
14%
4.9 Marks
Formatting &
presentation
8%
2.8 Marks
Reflections
on Essay 1
feedback
8%
2.8 Marks
Total: 100% (Grade out of 35)
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% of final
mark
Students Signature
Please note that adherence to the UTS policy on plagiarism and truth in writing is mandatory. By placing
your name on this sheet you acknowledge that you have read and understood this policy and the penalties
involved with plagiarism (which include expulsion from the course or from the degree and UTS depending
on severity of plagiarism).
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