Group Assignment Topics Assessment Management 1 & 2

Group Assignment Topics – Assessment – Management 1 & 2

1. Your business in China is expanding. You want to take your product to both European and American markets.

Moving to a foreign country is not easy.

Identify a Chinese company who has taken product to other markets.

Investigate how the company did this. Outline in your presentation the elements that this organisation would have considered in order to take its products to an off shore market.

Outline how this company might have staffed the organisation and how it might have worked issues such as cross-cultural differences.

1. Organisations need to be socially and ethically responsible. Outline what social and ethical responsibilities means for a company.

Identify a Chinese organisation that has chosen the path of social and ethical responsibility.

Outline exactly what this organisation is doing; explain what the benefits are to this organisation and identify any disadvantages in taking this approach, now and in the future.

1. A company’s future may well depend on how well it is able to learn.

Identify a Chinese organisation that demonstrates effective learning.

Outline why this organisation has chosen to take this approach. What advantages are there for thisorganisation? What disadvantages might there be?

Describe how this organisation plans and conducts its effective learning.

1. You are the General Manager of the successful Chinese organisation Alibaba. You have just been appointed to the CEO position.

Alibaba is a highly successful organisation, carrying this organisation forward will be a challenge.

Describe how you might lead this successful organisation into the future. Describe your starting point.

Refer to and describe the leadership style and work that has already been utilized at Alibaba.

1. You are an organisation with a vertical structure; you now believe it timely to change to an agile organisation.

Identify a Chinese organisation that has changed from a vertical structure to an agile structure.

What are the advantages of designing an organisation in this way? What are the disadvantages?

Describe how you would go about changing from a vertical structure to an agile structure.

1. Statistics show that Chinese organisations have a high rate of health and safety incidents and accidents.

The Chinese Government wants to make marked improvements to China’s health and safety statistics.

Identify a Chinese organisation that has chosen to be a leader in this area. Describe what changes that they have made. How have they contributed to the current health and safety statistics?