Understanding Organizational

Behaviour
Coursework

UNIT DETAILS
DEPARTMENT BAED PROGRAMME EMBA
UNIT CODE EMBA101 UNIT TITLE Understanding Organizational
Behaviour
SEMESTER SESSION Fall 2009
STAFF Mr.I.Papaconstantinou STAFF OFFICE
E-MAIL icp@helexpo.gr

COURSEWORK DETAILS
C/W NUMBER 1 CONTRIBUTION 100% of the Unit final mark
C/W TITLE Literature Review and application
C/W TYPE Literature Review and critical analysis
HAND-OUT SUBMISSION FEEDBACK
DATE DATE DATE

LEARNING OUTCOMES
Upon completion of this piece of coursework, a student will be able to:

LO1: Synthesize, compare, contrast, and integrate relevant theoretical and applied literature
LO2: Demonstrate the ability to utilize academic literature in understanding current organizational
behavior issues
LO3: Understand the need for an integrated theoretical and practical approach to successfully
exploit new opportunities
LO4: Critically assess key O.B. issues in relation to effective management.
LO5: Understanding the ideas, principles and practices of O.B.

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
Your submission should be in the range of 3,000 – 3,500 words. Assignments that exceed this
word limit will be penalized 10%. Your analysis needs to show a strong integration of the O.B.
literature – comparing, contrasting, and integrating what you have found – as well as an
understanding of what various authors have written and their input into the topic area in question.
In addition to your analysis you should conclude with a Reference Section detailing all sources you
have cited using the Harvard Reference System.

Use of Resources
Make sure that you reference material that helps you in addressing the issues of this assignment.
For this assignment you must rely, exclusively, on academic, peer reviewed, journals. The EBSCO
and FIRSTSEARCH databases are excellent resources for such material but must be applied
appropriately. Textbooks and internet related material should be avoided.

Quality of Work
Ability to synthesise source material (your analysis). Be sure to discuss relevant data and
examples. Analyse information, interpret it and draw appropriate conclusions. You must present
balanced, well-structured arguments.

Coursework Code MBA 101 Unit Title: Understanding Organisational 1

Handout: Behavior
DETAILED DESCRIPTION

For the assignment in this course you will choose a topic from any of the areas that we have
covered in this Unit that you wish to research and analyse further. You will then conduct a
literature review on that particular topic. For examples of literature reviews, look at any academic,
peer-reviewed, journal from databases such as EBSCO or FIRSTSEARCH. You should not be
simply repeating what authors have said, but be linking theories and comparing, contrasting, and
linking what authors have written. In addition, and as an integrative part of your review, you should
demonstrate the importance of the topic discussed by referring to actual business issues in your
current organisational setting and the application (or non-application) of this literature.

SUBMISSION
Students are expected to submit:

Executive Summary

Table of Contents

Introduction

Literature Review and Application of Literature in Practice – a Real Situation

Conclusions

References

N.B.: ALL students will be required to individually download their complete assignment into the
TURNITIN database system (turnitin.com) which assists in detecting plagiarism. Further details on
this procedure will be provided before the assignment is due.

NOTE
All sentences or passages quoted in this coursework from other people's work should be
specifically acknowledged by clear cross-referencing to author, work and page(s). Failure to do this
amounts to plagiarism and will be considered grounds for failure in this coursework. It is on the
instructor’s discretion to contact an oral examination, which will result to the award of the final
grade to that particular piece of coursework.

TURN IT IN REQUIREMENT

Apart from the usual hard copy submission, this piece of coursework is required to be submitted to turnitin
plagiarism detection software at:
www.turnitin.com
at a date no later than the submission date. This is an absolute requirement for releasing a mark. Brief
instructions on how you can set up your profile and submit your work can be found at:
http://www.turnitin.com/static/training_support/tii_student_qs.pdf (text)
http://www.turnitin.com/static/training_support/student_training.html (video)
You will be provided with:

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If you have any problems in submitting your work, please contact the course administrator or the lecturer.

Coursework Code MBA 101 Unit Title: Understanding Organisational 2

Handout: Behavior