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B203B – Second semester 2017-18
Tutor Marked Assessment
Human Resource Management and competitive advantage
Essay Question (100 marks, 1000 words)
Using the human resource department for recruitment, training, development and retaining employees can give any organization a competitive advantage. Some organizations became very successful in their markets by establishing an employee centered culture.
Discuss how HRM activities enable organizations to become more competitive in their markets. Use an example of a well known organization that had been successful. In your essay make sure to cover the following main points:
• Recruitment and selection
• Training and development
• Reward structure and motivation
• Retention
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A150: Voices and Texts
TMA: Spring 2017– 2018
Identity and Expression
This assignment relates to Book 1 , Voices and Texts of Authority Chapter. 2 ‘Canons and Classics in Literature and Music’ and write your essay in about 1200 words.
Question
John Donne has been called ‘the most electrifying poet in the English language’ by the popular modern historian Simon Schama (2009). How far this comment supports Donne’s canonical status?
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TMA COVER FORM: U214A Worlds of English I
U214 A TMA
Semester 2, 2017-2018
Cut-off date: Week 10
Length: 1500-2000 words
Question
Based on your understanding of the history and development of English, assess its current global spread, status and influence.
Areas of Discussion
Areas of discussing the TMA’s topic are related to U214A course book 1 English in the World, and particularly Unit 1, English in the World Today and DVD 1, Clip 1.1, Clip 1.2 and Clip 1.3.
Important Guidelines
Discussing the TMA’s subject matter has to draw on the following ideas:
1. The current position of English (5 pts)
2. English through history and the spread of English (5pts)
3. Who speaks English and why (5 pts)
4. Current global spread, status and influence, based on the three circle model (5pts)
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B301 B: Making Sense of Strategy II
SPRING Semester 2017– 2018
The TMA is based on the concepts from Readings for Block 3-Readings 12 &13
Question
Determinants of national competitive advantage create the national environment in which companies are born and learn how to compete.
Assuming that you are strategy and policy expert for your own country
Bahrain, Lebanon, Oman, Jordan, Kuwait, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Sudan) you are:
Required:
1. To critically analyze and discuss FOUR different policies with each of the four determinants of national competitive advantage that will attract Multinational Corporations (MNCs) and protect domestic firms in your country. (1000 words)
2. To suggest and critically discuss FOUR strategies that can enhance the capacity of firms in your country to create more employment (500 words)
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TMA COVER FORM: U214B Worlds of English II
U214 B TMA
Semester 2, 2017-2018
Cut-off date: Week 10
Length: 1500-2000 words
Question
Persuasion in rhetoric has been perceived as an art that involves linguistic tools and stylistic eloquence. Discuss the strategies of persuasion and the rhetorical tools that are used by successful public orators, and then apply the identified tools to a selected speech extract of 200 words to show their effectiveness.
Areas of Discussion
Areas of discussing the TMA’s topic are related to U214B course Book 2 and specifically Unit 6.
Important Guidelines
Discussing the TMA’s subject matter has to draw on the following ideas:
1. Persuasion in English (5 pts)
2. Classical rhetoric (5pts)
3. Rhetorical styles and strategies (5 pts)
4. Application to a chosen text (5pts)
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AA100B: The Arts Past and Present II
AA100B
The Arts Past and Present II
TMA
Second Semester 2017-2018
Cut-off date: Week 10
TMA
Format and Word Count:
The student’s work should be presented in an ESSAY of around 1200 words.
Referencing:
The essay should include a list of references (print and electronic) at the end in addition to in-text referencing as per the requirements of the Harvard Referencing System. Proper referencing is a serious academic requirement and skill and will be rewarded accordingly.
Writing and Discussion Topic:
Cultural encounters can prove to be very enriching to all those involved, yet could prove very confusing and disrupting. In most cases these encounters lead to a conflict of values, both at the individual and societal levels. Explore how cultural encounters are manifested in literary works, specifically short stories from An Anthology of Short Stories from Five Continents, with particular reference to The Distant Past by William Trevor and In Cuba I was a German Shepherd by Ana Menendez. Both these stories talk of “refugees”, physically and/or emotionally, Cuban “exiles” in the US and Anglicans who once “belonged” in Ireland.
In the process of answering the TMA, you should make sure to include the below five sub questions:
1) How is the concept of cultural encounter treated similarly in the two short stories: The Distant Past and In Cuba I was a German Shepherd?
2) Are the authors, William Trevor and Ana Menendez, aware of the cultural encounter theme? How do they manifest that awareness?
3) Are the main characters in both short stories aware of the cultural encounter theme? What clues do they provide of such awareness? How similar are their expressions of this awareness?
4) How do the “incidents” of the Friday visit to town in The Distant Past and the arrival of the white busses in In Cuba I was a German Shepherd highlight the theme of cultural encounter?
5) How does the usage of “contrasts” (present versus past, now versus then) throughout the short stories help in highlighting the theme of cultural encounter?
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FACULTY OF LANGUAGE STUDIES
AA100A: The Arts Past and Present I
AA100A
The Arts Past and Present
TMA
Second Semester 2017-2018
Cut-off date: Week 10
TMA
Format and Word Count:
The student’s work should be presented in an ESSAY of around 1200 words.
The construction of any reputation is a complex process. The factors involved in shaping reputations remain varied, and the interplay of these factors adds to the complexity of the process. History tells us of leaders who have myths built around them and who have had up to this very day their reputations contested. Sometimes, and by some, these leaders are called nation builders, mass murderers, usurpers etc. Their memory lives on and so does the controversy surrounding them. The course book, Reputations deals with Cleopatra and Stalin as examples. Choose one such iconic “leader” (do NOT choose Cleopatra or Stalin) and discuss the issues involved in process of his/her reputation formation. Pay attention to the factors that could have contributed to his/her contested reputation and the role historical sources are made to operate. First, you should read to build your understanding of the complex theme of reputation before focusing your attention on material that would help you address the subthemes numbered 1-5 below, as they apply to the leader of your choice:
1) Identify the issues involved in setting the “leader” in his/her historical context.
2) Discuss the role played by historical interpretation in shaping the “leader’s” reputation.
3) Discuss how myths are constructed around this “leader”.
4) Investigate the interplay of myth and history in constructing the “leader’s” reputation.
5) Reflect on how different times and cultures make use of the past and its sources when constructing seemingly “irreconcilable” reputations of the same “leader”.
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ARAB OPEN UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF BUSINESS STUDIES T205B – SYSTEMS’ THINKING THEORY & PRACTICE
2017/2018 SEMESTER II
Question 01 (100 % marks)
(a) Read through the attached Case study “Toshiba’s Accounting Scandal”. As you read through the article create one spray diagram to summarize the case content respecting the conventions, and techniques. It is advised that students submit hand drawn diagrams as opposed to computer generated ones. Photocopies of diagrams should not be accepted. Reflect on your diagram in no more than 200 words. (15% marks).
(b) Based on what you learned in T205B concept file 04 section II “Control”, and based on the content of the article, and taking “Fixing corporate culture” as your goal draw one closed loop control model diagram to show the various inputs, and the transformation process, that can lead to reaching this goal. You need to show all the components of the control model diagram, the inputs’, processes, control (actuator, comparator, sensor), that can lead to goal achievement . Reflect on your diagram (15% marks)
(c) Using an essay format of no more than 2500 words, and based on what you learned in T205B concept file 04 section I “Organizations are They Rational”, readings 01 and 07, section III “Structure”, section IV development, section V culture and climate, and section VI “Decision Making” and based on the ideas put forth in the attached case study:
1- Discuss the concept of organizational goals and the three categories of goals, and assess the existence of goal displacement and pluralism at Toshiba. (Word Count 500; 15 Marks)
2- Discuss the management approach at Toshiba, and the extent of employees’ empowerment and teamwork. (Word Count 250, 05 Marks)
3- Discuss the concepts of organizational culture and climate and assess Toyota’s culture and climate. (Word count 400; 10 Marks)
4- Assess the extent to which Toyotas culture and climate and the unwritten rule of behaviors lead to the accounting scandal, (Word count 400; 15 Marks).
5- Discuss the different perspectives on decision making and assess how the decision-making process at Toshiba has affected the managers ability to resist pressures to inflate profits from top management (Word count 400; 15 Marks).
6- The investigation report mentioned that the interference of old generation of managers and their refusal to fully retire affected organizational culture and performance. Discuss the concept of organizational learning, and assess how the older managers’ attitude and power, can affect Toshibas ability to be a learning organization; justify your answers with evidence from the case (300 words; 10 Marks).
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