Management Lens

Question 1

Assignment 1: Individual Report – Diagnosing the causes of the organisational challenge.

Length: Maximum of 3000 words

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ASSIGNMENT:

• Examine the data provided by the partner organisation (Aurecon – engineering consultant in Singapore) and undertake your own research to find more relevant data.
  • Have you got all the data you need? What other data would be helpful?
• Analyse the data you have collected using appropriate management tools and theories
  • External organisational analysis
  • Internal organisational analysis
• Explain how the nature of the challenge is a result of the combination of external and internal factors that you have discovered through your research and subsequently re-define the management challenge as a problem that can be solved through the combination of management theory and practice. (Note: we are not expecting you to provide the solution at this stage – just re-define the problem through a management theory lens)
• Write a business report describing the nature of the challenge through the particular management lens that you are viewing the problem (we will provide you with a list from which you can choose, or you can choose your own.)

Question 2

Define international business and discuss the advantages and challenges of globalization. Discuss three (3) advantages and three (3) challenges of an international business. (A 2-page response is required.)