You are a consultant who has been hired to advise the manager of an international HRM function for a firm whose staffing view is ethnocentric. You find out that the firm has been spending far too much

Page 1 of 7 DL0718 BUS5001D Managing Across Cultures Report D ate for Submission : Please refer to the timetable on ilearn (The submission portal on ilearn will close at 14.00 UK time on the date of submission) Page 2 of 7 Assignment Brief As part of the formal assessment for the programme you are required to submit a Managing Across Cultures report . Please refer to your Student Handbook for full details of the programme assessment scheme and general information on preparing and submitting assignments. Learning Outcomes: After completing the module , you should be able to: 1. Evaluate the subje ct of cross cultural management. 2. Explore the relevance of culture to issues of management and organisational behaviour. 3. Assess the impact of techniques for managing cross cultural teams for high performance. 4. Demonstrate flexibility in c hanging organisational contexts. 5. Evaluate key issues influencing cultural difference, which may affect lea dership and motivation, communications and negotiating, decision making and organisational relationships generally . Your assignment should include : a title page containing your student number , the module name, the submission deadline and a word count; the appendices if relevant; and a reference list in the correct format. You should address all the elements of the assignment task listed below. Please note that tutors will use the assessment criteria set out below in assessing your work. Maximum word count: 4000 words Please note that exceeding the word count by over 10% will result in a reduction in grade by the same percentage that the word count is exceeded. You must not include your n ame in your submission because Arden University operates anonymous marking, which means that markers should not be aware of the identity of the student. However, please do not fo rget to include your STU number . Page 3 of 7 Assignment Task – Report (LO: 1 – 5) (4000 words) You are a consultant who has been hired to advise the manager of an international HRM function for a firm whose staffing view is ethnocentric. You find out that the firm has been spending far too much money assigning expatriates to manage its foreign operations who then return early with the assignment incomplete, and that the host country nationals working for the foreign subsidiaries are disgruntled because their managers are foreigners and do things differently. Neither the foreign managers or the staff can work w ell together and as a result, feelings are running high. In the context of cross cultural adjustment and effective international staffing across cultures, advise the company why they may be experiencing some of the problems outlined and what they can do a bout it. Source: Adapted from Rodrigues, C.,2009. International Management. A Cultural Approach. 3rd Edition. Thousand Oaks: Sage (p268) (100 marks ) END OF QUESTION Page 4 of 7 Formative Feedback You have the opportunity to submit an outline report to receive formative feedback. The feedback is designed to help you develop areas of your work and it helps you develop your skills as an independent learner. Your work must be submitted to by email to: [email protected] no later than two weeks before the assessment submission deadline date . This is to allow time for you to reflect on the feedback and draft your final submission. Formative feedback will not be given to work submitted after the above da te. Guidelines You MUST underpin your analysis and evaluation of the key issues with appropriate and wide ranging academic research and ensure this is referenced using the AU Harvard system. The My Study Skills Area contains the following useful resources : Guide to Harvard Referencing http://moodle.bl.rdi.co.uk/guides/HarvardRef/AU_Harvard_Quick_Ref_Guide.pdf Guide to Harvard Citation http://moodle.bl.rdi.co.uk/guides/HarvardRef/AU_Guide_to_Harvard_Citation.pdf You must use the AU Harvard Referencing method in your assignment. Add itional notes: Students are required to indicate the exact word count on the title page of the assessment. The word count excludes the title page, executive summary, tables, figures, diagrams, footnotes, reference list and appendices. Where assessment questions have been reprinted from the assessment brief these will also be excluded from the word count. ALL other printed words ARE included in the word count. See ‘Word Count Policy’ on the homepage of this module for more information. Assignments submitte d late will not be accepted and will be marked as a 0% fail. Your assessment should be submitted as a single Word (MS Word) or PDF file. For more information please see the “Guide to Submitting an Assignment” document available on the module page on iLearn. You must ensure that the submitted assignment is all your own work and that all sources used are correctly attributed. Penalties apply to assignments which show evidence of Page 5 of 7 academic unfair practice. (See the Student Handbook which is on the homepage of you r module and also in the Induction Area). Page 6 of 7 Assessment Criteria: Level 5 Level 5 reflects the continuing development in knowledge, understanding and skills from Level 4. At Level 5, students are not expected to be fully autonomous but are able to take responsibility for their own learning with appropriate guidance and direction. Students are expected to furth er develop their theoretical knowledge within a more intellectual context and to demonstrate this through more complex forms of expression which move beyond the descriptiv e or imitative domain. Students are expected to demonstrate skills of analysis in bot h problem -solving and resolution. Grade Mark Bands Generic Assessment Criteria First (1) 80%+ An exceptional information base exploring and analysing the discipline, its theory and any associated ethical considerations. There is sophisticated use and management of learning resources and a high degree of autonomy is demonstrated. Writing is exceptio nally well structured and accurately referenced throughout. Where appropriate, outstanding professional skills are demonstrated. The wor k is original and with some additional effort could be considered for internal publication. 70 -79% An excellent knowledge base within which the discipline is explored and analysed. There is a good degree of originality in the approach. T he work demonstrates confidence and autonomy and extends to consider ethical issues. Learning resources have been managed confid ent ly. Writing is exceptionally well structured and accurately referenced throughout. Where appropriate, an excellent level of profe ssional skills are demonstrated and the work demonstrates a high level of intellectual and academic skills. Upper second (2:1) 60 -69% A very good knowledge base which explores and analyses the discipline, its theory and any associated ethical issues. There is evidence of some originality and independence of thought. A very good range of learning resources underpin the work and t here is evidence of growing confidence and self -direction. The work demonstrates the ability to analyse the subject and apply theory with good academic and intellectual skil ls. Academic writing skills are good, expression is accurate overall and the work i s consistently referenced throughout. Page 7 of 7 Lower second (2:2) 50 -59% A satisfactory understanding of the discipline which begins to analyse the subject and apply some underpinning theory. There may be reference to some of the ethical considerations. The work shows a sound level of competence in managing basic sources and materials. Academic writing skills are good and accurate overall and the work is planned and structured with some though. Professional skills are satisfa ctory (where appropriate). The work la cks original thought but academic and intellectual skills are moving into the critical domain. The work is referenced throughout. Third (3) 40 -49% Basic level of performance in which there are some omissions in understanding the subject, its underpinning theory and ethical considerations. There is little evidence of independent thought and the work shows a basic use of sources and materials. Academic and intelle ctual skills are limited. The work may lack structure overall. There are some diffi culties in developing professional skills (where appropriate). There is an attempt to reference the work. Marginal Fail 30 -39% A limited piece of work in which there are clear gaps in understanding the subject, its underpinning theory and ethical considerations. The work shows a limited use of sources and materials. Academic and intellectual skills are weak and there are errors in expression an d the work may lack structure overall. There are difficulties in developing professional skills (where app ropriate). The work lacks original thought and is largely imitative. 29% and below A poor performance in which there are substantial gaps in knowledge and understanding, underpinning theory and ethical consid erations. The work shows little evidence in the use of appropriate sources and materials. Academic writing skills are very weak and there are numerous errors in expression. The work lacks structure overall. Professional skills (where appropriate) are not developed . The work is imitative.