Assignment - Report

Course Code: UFA1001

Session/Semester: March 2022

INTRODUCTION TO
MANAGEMENT

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Coursework
Report & Presentation – Group Assignment
Component
2 (Mengaplikasikan prinsip-prinsip asas pengurusan kontemporari secara
Learning cekap dan berkesan dalam menguruskan modal insan organisasi)
Outcome(s)
Assessed 3 (Menggunakan alat-alat pengurusan untuk menganalisis persekitaran luaran
dan dalaman organisasi)

Weighting (%) 40% (30% - Report & 10% - Presentation)

Assignment
MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
Title

Release Date Week 1 – Sunday

Submission
Week 6 – Sunday
Deadline

To Be Handed
UMSeLF & Google Drive
At

ASSIGNMENT BRIEF

1. BACKGROUND
This is a Group Assignment assessing on Learning Outcome 2 and 3. This assessment is designed to
test your application of the concept in Management Practice to a real-life organization/business.
Mainly:
• Ability to provide clearly stated activities that help employees and managers understand and
work toward common goals.
• Ability to examine the organizational environment in conjunction with the inner working of the
business.
• Ability to identify key success of future activities for the organization.

2. DETAILS OF ASSIGNMENT TASK

Students are required to form a group consist of *5 members and create one organization.
Students are then required to create new products or services based on your own creativity. The
report should focus on the following topics:

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Guidelines/ Content of the report (30%):

PART A:

1.0 Introduction

Briefly explain your company’s background (Name, History, And

Types of Products or Services, Location, Logo, Organization Members)

**** For 2.0 onwards please start with DEFINITION and IMPORTANCE

2.0 Planning

i. Vision
ii. Mission
iii. Types of planning – Strategic Planning, Tactical Planning &
Operational Planning

3.0 Organizing

i. Organizational structure/ chart (Tall/Flat)

ii. Basic structural formats/departmentalization (functional/product-
service/ geographic location/ customer classification department)
iii. Span of control (wide/ narrow)
iv. Locus of decision making (centralized/ decentralization)

4.0 Leading

i. Identify the leadership approach used by the manager in making sure

that your employees are working towards achieving the goals of the
organization. Relate your answer with any leadership theories. (What is
your leadership approach towards employees?)
ii. Identify the motivation approach used by the firm. Benefits for
employees. (How to increase the motivation of employees?)
iii. Identify the communication approach. (centralized/decentralization)

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5.0 Controlling

Describe on how you control the quality of the products or services of the
business.

 Sample of policies/KPI/SOP
PART B:

6.0 SWOT Analysis

Company environment analysis

7.0 Recommendations

Your recommendations should be based on: Planning-Organizing-

Leading-Controlling (In future, what would be your POLC? – write in 1 page
only.)

8.0 Conclusion

Explain what you have learned from the discussion with your group members
regarding management. (Does the management process is important to any
organization?)

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GUIDELINES ON REPORT PREPARATION
Sequences of the report materials
COVER PAGE Students are required to use cover page template provided.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ………………………..

TABLE OF CONTENTS Refer to guidelines

CONTENTS OF THE ITEM 1.0 – 8.0

REPORT

REFERENCES Students are required to use minimum 5 sources from relevant

textbooks, journals, articles, magazines, newspapers etc.

USE APA STYLE OF REFERENCE:

E.g.: Robert Kreitner (2009), Principles of Management, 11th Edition,

and South Western Cengage Learning.

APPENDICES Pictures, graphs, articles etc…

GENERAL GUIDELINES ✓ Assignment should be computer typed using 1.5 spacing on A4

paper using font type ‘Arial’ size 11 for MINIMUM 15 pages.

✓ Typing should be on one side each of the pages and numbered

accordingly.

✓ All information should be in PARAGRAPH form and JUSTIFY.

✓ Comb binding ONLY.

REPORT SUBMISSION Report submission: WEEK 6

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Presentation
Course Code: UFA1001
Session/Semester: March 2022

INTRODUCTION TO
MANAGEMENT

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Towards the end of the semester, students need to present their ideas and findings to the rest of the
class.
Guidelines/ Content of the presentation (10%):

NO. CONTENT
1. Introduction
2. Planning
3. Organizing
4. Leading
5. Controlling
6. Environment analysis (S-W-O-T)
7. Findings & Recommendations
8. Conclusion

GUIDELINES FOR VIDEO PRESENTATION

1. Each group is COMPULSORY to submit the video presentation.

2. The video presentation can be done separately by each member; however, Group Leader is
responsible to compile the videos into ONE (1) completed video. All group members should
participate in this presentation. You can record your presentation at any convenient place.

3. Please make sure the presentation session records your appearance, and the slides presentation.
You are also advised to use appropriate quality of video resolution. Please make sure that your
voice can be heard clearly in the video.

4. The duration of the completed presentation should not less than 20 MINUTES AND do not exceed
30 MINUTES PER GROUP. Please follow this duration as it can facilitate the marking process.

5. The sequence/part of the presentation will be according to the contents of the presentation
guidelines.

6. Please submit the completed files/documents as below:

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 FILE ***SUBMIT TO:
1. Video presentation LINK PROVIDED
UMSeLF – SECTION ONLINE
2. Slide presentation
SUBMISSION
UMSeLF – SECTION ONLINE
3. Written report
SUBMISSION

*** For each submission, please include the details of the group member.

7. The presentation evaluation criteria will remain as per guidelines.

-THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COOPERATION-

- Wish You All the Best -

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 INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT
GROUP ASSIGNMENT
BUSINESS PLAN
CHECKLIST

NO CONTENT PROGRESS REMARKS


Introduction
1.

Planning
2.

Organizing
3.

Leading
4.

Controlling
5.

Environment analysis
6. (S-W-O-T)

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 Findings &
7. Recommendations

Conclusions
8.

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