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Assignment 2 Brief

This document provides an assignment brief for a business course. It outlines requirements for a group assignment examining team dynamics and an individual assignment analyzing how power, politics, and culture influence organizational goals. Students must submit a paper and presentation analyzing their group experience and examining these concepts within a chosen organization.

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Assignment 2 Brief

This document provides an assignment brief for a business course. It outlines requirements for a group assignment examining team dynamics and an individual assignment analyzing how power, politics, and culture influence organizational goals. Students must submit a paper and presentation analyzing their group experience and examining these concepts within a chosen organization.

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Assignment Brief 2 (RQF)

Higher National Certificate/Diploma in Business

Student Name/ID Number:


Unit Number and Title: Unit 20: Organizational Behavior
Academic Year:
Unit Assessor:
Assignment Title: ASSIGNMENT 2 – Team dynamics, Culture, Politics and Power
Issue Date:
Submission Date:
Internal Verifier Name:
Date:

Submission Format:

Format:

 This is an individual assignment.


 You must use font Calibri size 12, set number of the pages and use multiple line
spacing at 1.5. Margins must be: left: 1.25 cm; right: 1 cm; top: 1 cm and bottom:
1 cm.
 You should use in text references and a list of all cited sources at the end of the
essay by applying Harvard referencing style.
 The recommended word limit is 3,500-4,000 words (+/-10%), excluding the tables,
graphs, diagrams, appendixes and references. You will not be penalized for
exceeding the total word limit.
 The cover page of the report has to be the Assignment front sheet 2 (to be
attached with this assignment brief).

Submission

 The form of submission will be a soft copy posted on http://cms.btec.edu.vn/.


 Remember to convert the word file into PDF file before the submission on CMS.

Note:

 The individual Assignment must be your own work, and not copied by or from another
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student(s).
 If you use ideas, quotes or data (such as diagrams) from books, journals or other
sources, you must reference your sources, using the Harvard style.
 Make sure that you understand and follow the guidelines to avoid plagiarism. Failure
to comply this requirement will result in a failed assignment.

Unit Learning Outcomes:


This assignment satisfies the following learning outcomes:
LO3 Participate in a group team activity for a given business situation to demonstrate
effective team skills
LO4 Examine how power, politics and culture can be used to influence employee behavior
and accomplish organisational goals.

Assignment Brief and Guidance:

*This assignment guidance is for reference only and can be customized by the tutor to meet
specific needs

Assignment scenario.

In the second assignment, you will have the opportunity to demonstrate your ability to work
with others in a contextualized businesss situation, based upon the understanding of group
behavior and group dynamics. In addition, you are required to examine how power, politics,
and culture can be used to influence employee behavior and complete organisational goals.
In detail:
Part 1, in small groups (3 – 5 members per group) you are required to participate in a group
team acitivity for a given business situation to demonstrate effective team skills. The specific
activities in the class are upon the decision of lecturers for each class. Your mission is to
perform effective team skills. Then, you must write a 1500-word reflective essay that
introduces your team, analyzes group behavior and relevant development theories,
facilitators and obstacles that make your team effective/ineffective.
Part 2, you chose an organisation in Vietnam in the previous assignment (assignment 1),.
Now, you must show your understanding about power, politics and culture in the chosen
organisation and how they influence employee behavior and achieve organisational goals.

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Structure of the assignment:

General introduction: main purposes and structure of the work.

Main contents of the plan:

Part 1: 1,500 words


1. An introduction of your team using group properties concepts
2. An analysis of group behavior and relevant team development theories (Tuckman’s
theory) to support the development of team cooperation.
3. An explanation of factors that make your team effective/ ineffective.

4. A reflection on each individual team member’s contribution to the work of the team.
In addition, you should revise personal contribution and skills for effective teams to
make justified recommendations for own improvement.

Part 2: 2,000 words

1. Describe the culture of that company, with critically emphasized analysis on the
culture impacts on behaviors and performance within the workplace
2. Evaluate the relationship between culture, politics, power and motivation that
enables teams and organizations to achieve organisational goals providing justified
recommendations that are relevant in the context of Vietnam

Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria:


Pass Merit Distinction
LO3. Participate in a group team activity for a given business D2. Revise personal
situation to demonstrate effective team skills contribution and skills
for effective teams to
P4 Contribute to the creation and M3 Reflect on personal
make justified
management of effective teamworking contribution to group
recommendations for
in a given business situation. behaviour and dynamics in
own improvement.
the creation and
P5 Explore the relevance of group management of effective
behaviour and team theory in the teamworking.
creation and management of effective
teamworking.

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LO4. Examine how power, politics and culture can be used to D3. Make justified
influence employee behaviour and accomplish organisational goals. recommendations on
how power, politics
P6. Examine how the operation of M4. Evaluate how the
and culture can be
power, politics and culture in an operation of power, politics
used effectively to
organisation affect employee behaviour and culture affect employee
influence and direct
and the accomplishment of behaviour and the
employee behaviour
organisational goals. accomplishment of
towards the
organisational goals.
accomplishment of
organisational goals.

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