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KMS1023 ORGANIZATIONAL MANAGEMENT

SEMESTER 1 2022/2023

INSTRUCTORS:

AP Dr Surena Sabil
Dr Florianna Lendai anak michael Mulok
Dr Nur Fatihah Abdullah Bandar

GROUP ASSIGNMENT 1 – (20%)

Assignment 1 (20%) Deadline – 25 Nov 2022, at 5pm

Objective: The group project is a written report (case study) on the management
practices of an organization with the main emphasis on highlighting excellent
management practices and techniques.

Choice of Organization: The Company you select may be one of your choosing, but it
should be one that has displayed exemplary practices or achieved excellence in some
way. The company may be large or small; for profit, not-for-profit, or public. It could be
a fairly new startup or a long-established company, but there must be enough information
available about the company to provide data for you to prepare a thorough report. You
may wish to select a company of some size you are more familiar with and for which you
may have better access to information.

Content of Report: The report may be thought of as a short case study of the
organization's management plans, strategies, accomplishments, etc., and how and why
they have succeeded as a result of management. This is not a comprehensive report about
the entire workings of the company or a report on its products. The emphasis is on the
management.

Research Methods: In order to gather the information, you will want to use the World
Wide Web, the libraries (CAIS) and their databases, financial data, the organization’s
Annual Report, and interviews with key management personnel (via phone, e-mail, or in
person). You will most likely gather more information than you can put in the report, so
you will be expected to take only the best and most relevant data for the report (do not
include material to "pad" the length).

Once you narrow down your data, organize it into a logical report (beginning, body, and
ending), which has a summary and logical conclusions. Because this is not a long,
comprehensive report you must concentrate on the most important key aspects
(attributes) of the company’s management practices and outcomes. Therefore, you should

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delimit your information to one or two key areas of management (e. g., manufacturing,
marketing, organization, planning, communications, leadership style, quality control,
technology) and how this area or areas make the company excellent.

Length and Format: The body of the report must be a minimum of 8 pages (double-
spaced).

The report must include these parts:

1. Cover Page - Title of report, name of organization studied, name of


group members, date, and course.
2. Research Methods - How you gathered your information and how
you organized and analyzed it to come to your conclusions. (Library,
interviews, www, etc.)
3. Body - (a.) Short introduction and background information on the
organization and its management. (b.) Description of the management
practices and attributes that make the company unique or excellent
(fairly long and detailed). (c.) Concise Summary of Findings and
Conclusions you have reached based on your research.
4. References - A list of the sources you used to gather the data to write
the report, including names of those interviewed and dates you
interviewed them (whether by phone, fax, e-mail, or in person). Be
sure to DOCUMENT with a full notation, in the body of the report,
which of these references was used, including author, title, dates,
page, etc.
5. Attachments - Attach materials you find particularly helpful in
explaining the company’s management practices and outcomes, but
do not attach materials merely to pad the report.

Grading. Traditional grading criteria such as accuracy, completeness, originality, and


depth of coverage will apply in assigning grades.

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