General Guidance
Your essay should be 3500 words in length. In answering the questions you must ensure that you engage with key literature in the field that you are studying. There is an expectation that you will engage with Journal articles and published research more than textbooks. You may use texts where writers have written about a particular topic in depth but try to avoid very general basic texts in organisational behaviour or management, as these will not give you enough depth for your assignment. You should conduct searches related to your topic through Emerald and EBSCO, which are on-line Journal databases. Please ensure that you reference all work correctly using Harvard standard. Please also ensure that you check your work for Plagiarism.
What are we looking for in your essays?
In general all essays should:
- Demonstrate a clear understanding of the topic area related to the essay.
- Show evidence of wide engagement with key literature in the topic area being considered.
- Include critical discussion of the key concepts, models and theories that underpin the topic you are discussing. This means moving beyond description and contrasting the similarities and differences between different approaches to the topic.
- Use of relevant and focussed examples from published literature or your experience that support your discussion or a position that you are taking. Be very clearly focussed when using work placed examples and ensure they are general enough to be applicable to your essay.
- A clear structure, it is an essay not a report so prose format is required. Use paragraphs, do not use bullet points. Use diagrams if and where appropriate but make sure you discuss them if they are used. Ensure that you proofread your work and that it is presented well.
- Ensure that you have a clear structure. That requires an introduction setting context and outlining approach, the main body of your essay directly related to the question set and a clear conclusion which addresses the question set.
- Ensure that your English and expressions are clear.
- Ensure that your references conform to Harvard standard and reference all sources, including those from the Internet accurately.
Essay Title and Assessment Criteria:
Question: National culture
There have been many criticisms of Hofstede’s original work on national culture. You should provide your own analysis of Hofstede’s work using appropriate supporting references and then outline the extent to which the limitations of his work have been responded to within later studies. Within your answer you should give specific examples of how the findings from the key studies could be used by managers in multinational companies.
Detailed requirement:
- You need to demonstrate your understanding of Hofstede’s work
- Why did he do it?
- How? When?
- Who was it for (key stakeholders)?
- You may find it useful to give an example; perhaps showing a comparison between countries (MOROCCO)
- Who subsequently critiqued Hofstede’s work?
- Who?
- Why? How?
- How credible and valid do you think their findings were?
_ What were the limitations of their work?
- What are the key studies on national culture which have been published since Hofstede’s work?
- Why have you selected them?
- What are their strengths and limitations
- To what extent do these studies respond to the limitations of Hofstede’s work?
- How could the findings from the key studies be used by managers? For example:
- To inform policy
- To recruit or retain employees
- As part of performance management processes
- As part of a growth strategy
- Due diligence on potential growth or expansion of the company
Assessment criteria
Introduction (15%)
- Has the research topic been clearly stated and shown to be worth investigating?
- Has appropriate background information been provided with special terms and concepts defined?
- Has the structure of the essay been introduced?
Main body (results and analysis) (60%)
- Have the detailed requirements of each topic been addressed?
- Have the findings been presented clearly and interestingly for the reader, with useful tables and charts embedded in the text (topic 3)?
- Is your empirical data from reliable sources?
- Have your arguments been supported by appropriate academic sources?
- Have you conducted critical analysis of the arguments derived from existing literature?
Discussion and conclusion (15%)
- Has the research question been reviewed and addressed?
- Do the conclusions follow on from the findings? Are they well grounded in the evidence and arguments presented?
- Has the relevance of the conclusions for management been discussed?
Structure, writing and reference (10%)
- Is the writing clear and in an appropriate academic style?
- Is the standard of written English acceptable? Has the dissertation been spelling and grammar checked?
- Is your essay well structured with appropriate sub-headings?
- Has your references conformed to Harvard standard?
Secrets to success:
- Choose your references carefully – in final year they should be mostly journal articles
- Try to take a critical approach
- Remind yourself about the structure of a good essay
- Backup your claims with supporting references
- Make sure you address the key issues from your essay questions
- Use examples to demonstrate that you can apply knowledge and theory in different situations
- Cite your references accurately in the main text and the list at the back of your essay
Grading system
| 80%-100% Distinction | Excellent understanding of the topic;
An accurate integration of a wide range of material and resources; Original and critical analysis; Clear structure; Excellent writing style ; Proper reference provided; A piece of work which could be expected to published in an academic journal. |
| 70%-79% Distinction | Excellent understanding of the topic;
An accurate integration of a wide range of material and resources; Original and critical analysis; Clear structure; Excellent writing style; Proper references provided. |
| 60%-69% Commendation | Good understanding of the topic;
A good integration of a range of different materials; Clear and critical analysis; Coherent writing style; Proper reference provided. |
| 50%-59% Pass | May have uneven coverage of relevant issues, with some explored in more detail than others;
Clear analysis, but might lack critical arguments; Coherent writing style; Proper reference provided. |
| 40%-49% Pass | May have uneven coverage of relevant issues, with some explored in more detail than others;
May lack critical analysis, tending to accept the principal arguments in an area uncritically; Will include most of the elements required of all essays, but not all, for example, there may be some confusion in the use of terms; May lack clear structure; The referencing may be inaccurate or inconsistent; There may be use of inappropriate language.
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| 30%-39% Marginal fail | Weak understanding of the topic;
Little evidence of reading; No evidence of critical analysis; Major inaccuracies and omissions; Lack of clear structure; Bad writing style; There may be no references or references are inaccurate; There may be some attempts to answer the questions, but arguments are not consistent.
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| Below 30% Fail | Very weak understanding of the topic;
Irrelevant arguments and analysis; Major inaccuracies and omissions; Lack of clear structure; Bad writing style; There may be no references or references are inaccurate.
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