FINAL ASSIGNMENT

COURSE: MULTICULTURAL AND TRANSNATIONAL

MANAGEMENT (INE 3223 E *)
(60% of Final Grade)

SUBMISSION DATE: 4.00 PM 20 December 2024

Submit PDF file, name the file: Student Code_Student Name_Date of Birth
(Eg: 123456_Nguyen Van A_01052000)

You are required to write a 3000-word essay on topics below [the

bibliography should not be included in the word count]. The essay counts for
60% of the final mark for the module.

TOPIC
In most cases, local managerial approaches must be modified for doing
business oversea. Critically discuss this statement. What is a specific example
that support this statement? Be complete in your answer.
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RECOMMENDED ESSAY OUTLINE

Introduction – (approximately 400 words)
- Brief background to the topic
- Address definition of key words and issues
- State your idea: (what you are writing about & what your ideas are about
the topic)
- Essay structure
Main Body – (approximately 2000 words)
- Provide a topic sentence which says what the main point of each
paragraph is
- Provide supporting details for your topic sentence (based on your
research)
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 - Synthesize what you have read; that is, show what different people think
about the same point
- Show some critical reflection; that is, tell the readers what you think of
what you have read
Conclusion – (approximately 500 words)
- Recap your main points
- Reiterate your view, and
- Give your final word, if any.
Reference List – List the references for each of your in-text citations.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
1. The word limit for the essay is 3000 (+ or – 10% rule applies), this excludes
the title page and references list. We will only read the essay up to the
allowed word limit, if we suspect that the essay is over the word count we
will estimate the average number of words per line for the first five lines of
the essay and then divide the maximum word count allowed by this value
to determine the cut-off point up to which we read.
2. The assignment should include at least TWENTY references to the academic
global business literature. Your recommended texts would count towards
these reference sources, but articles from academic journals, see list in your
module outline for examples, and books in the library must also be
considered for inclusion. References cited must be included in a references
list at the end of the essay and the quality of the in-text referencing and
reference list will be taken into account in the assessing the assignment.
3. You should submit the assignment through drive link (created by the class
monitor).
4. Late submissions will be penalized according to university regulations.
5. The essay should have a coversheet that includes the title for your essay,
candidate number and the number of words used for the essay.

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6. All assignments must be word processed with Times New Roman font, size
13, Line spacing 1.3, spacing before and after: 3pt; Indentation – First line
1.27pt; Page set up: Margin - Top 2 cm, bottom 2 cm, left 3 cm, right 2 cm, In
A4 and Word format.
7. You should use headings to structure the essay.
8. You should only use images, tables and diagrams that directly contribute to
the argument(s) you are making. Images, tables and diagrams that are not
referred to in the text of the document are of questionable value; please
remember that no presentational aids can add to the quality of an
assignment if the necessary knowledge is not present.
9. You must use the Harvard referencing system.
10. A reference list must be provided.

HOW TO CITE REFERENCES:

Referencing is something with which you may or may not be familiar.
However, it is an essential skill to master in academic work. When you are
carrying out your reading for essays, it is expected that you read several sources
in order to get a rounded perspective on the subject. Thus, your information for
the essay comes from these sources. It is expected (and essential) that you
acknowledge the sources of this information in your work. Many students
(mistakenly) believe that the essays should be “their own thoughts”. Essays
should contain heavy elements of synthesizing established work in the area,
thus the more you reference, the wider you demonstrate that your reading is.
Below is a quick introduction to get you started.
A STUDENT WHO DOES NOT PROVIDE REFEENCES CAN
TECHNICALLY BE GUILTY OF PLAGIARISM
Within the management subject area, the Harvard referencing system is
the one generally followed. Please see below for examples of referencing.

Reference list

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 Once you have written your essay with the references, you need to
produce a reference list (sometimes mistakenly called a bibliography) at the
end. This should be a list of sources cited in the text, arranged in alphabetical
order. It is not simply a case of author’s name and year. The following format
should be used:
For a book
Author Surname, Initial (year) Title City: Publisher
Eg Bessette, J. (1994) The Mild Voice of Reason: Deliberative Democracy and
American National Government Chicago: University of Chicago Press
For books which have had more than one edition:
Author Surname, Initial (year) Title Edition City: Publisher
Eg Mullins, L (2005) “Management and Organisation Behaviour” 6th Edition,
Prentice Hall, London
For a Chapter in an Edited book
Author Surname, Initial (Year) “chapter title” in Editors names Title of
book City: Publisher
Eg O’Donnell, R. (2000) “Public Policy and Social Partnership” in Dunne,
Ingram and Litton Questioning Ireland Dublin:IPA
For a Journal article
Author Surname, Initial (year) “article title” Journal name volume
number, volume part, pages
Eg Baccaro, L. (2003) “What is Alive and What is Dead in the Theory of
Corporatism British Journal of Industrial Relations 41 (4): 683-706
For a working paper
Author surname, initial (year) “working Paper title” Name of series
number (if any) city
Eg Baccaro, L. (2002) “Civil society meets the state: a model of associational
democracy” International Institute for Labour Studies Discussion paper
Working Paper No. DP/138/2002, Geneva

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NB - WHEN TWO AUTHORS APPREAR, YOU GIVE BOTH NAMES. WHERE
YOU USE ET AL IN THE TEXT (IE 3 OR MORE) YOU GIVE ALL NAMES IN
THE REFERENCE LIST.

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ASSESSMENT GRID
CRITERION Above 8.5 7.0 - 8.4 4.0 - 6.9 Below 4.0 - Fail
Attention to Has addressed the purpose of Has addressed the purpose of Has addressed the main purpose Fails to address the task set
purpose the assignment comprehensive the assignment coherently and of the assignment. Some of the
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with some attempt to work is focused on the aims and
demonstrate imagination themes of the assignment
Content and range Comprehensive/detailed Reasonable knowledge of topic Has given a factual and/or Lacks evidence of knowledge
knowledge of topic with areas and an awareness of a variety of conceptual knowledge base relevant to the topic and/or
of specialization is depth and ideas/contexts/frameworks and appropriate terminology significantly misuses
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awareness of provisional Evidence of limited knowledge of terminology
nature of knowledge topic and some use of appropriate
terminology
Use of literature/ Has developed and justified Able to critically appraise the Some evidence and application of Either no evidence of
evidence of reading using own ideas based on a literature and theory gained readings relevant to the subject; literature being consulted or
wide range of sources which from variety of sources, uses indicative texts identified. irrelevant to the assignment
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have been thoroughly developing own ideas in the Literature is presented set
analyzed, applied and process uncritically, in a purely descriptive
discussed way.
Critical reasoning Consistently demonstrates Clear application of theory Some evidence of critical Lacks critical thought
4 application of critical analysis through critical analysis/critical thought/critical analysis and /analysis / reference to
well integrated in the text thought of the topic area rationale for work theory
Conclusions Analytical and clear Good development shown in Limited evidence of findings and Unsubstantiated/invalid
conclusions well-grounded in summary of arguments based in conclusions grounded in conclusions based on
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theory and literature showing theory/ literature theory/literature anecdote and generalization
development of new concepts only, or no conclusions at all
Referencing Referencing is consistently Referencing is mainly accurate Referencing is mainly accurate Referencing is absent or
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accurate unsystematic
Clarity of Fluent writing style Language fluent Language mainly fluent Meaning unclear and/or
expression appropriate to document. Grammar and spelling accurate Grammar and spelling may grammar and/or spelling
7 (incl. accuracy, Grammar and spelling contain mistakes contain frequent errors
spelling, grammar, accurate.
punctuation)

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