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HI6005
MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATIONS IN A GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT
SUPPLEMENTARY ASSESSMENT
TRIMESTER 1 2021
TIME ALLOWED: 4.5 hours
All answers must be submitted within this time frame. Late submissions are not accepted.
Assessment Weight: 50 total marks
Instructions:
• All questions must be answered by using the answer boxes provided in this paper.
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Purpose:
This assessment consists of six (6) questions and is designed to assess your level of knowledge of the key topics covered in this unit

Question 1 (7 marks)
Team-based organizations emphasize the value and importance of all employees regardless of their specific roles or the simplicity and complexity of the tasks that they perform. In your opinion, explain the benefits of team-based environment in an organisation. Answer this question in not more than 300 words.
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Question 2 (7 marks)
What are the Hofstede’s primary cultural dimensions. Explain with examples. Answer this question in not more than 400 words.
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Question 3 (11 marks)
Given today’s risks because of Covid-19, keeping your global team motivated is challenging. In this situation, how a global manager can motivate employees according to the learning-base perspectives on motivation? Answer this question in not more than 700 words.
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Question 4 (11 marks)
Decision making is a fundamental management function. In the light of this statement, explain how managers make decisions on the basis of rational approach? Explain the advantages and disadvantages of rational decision-making approach. Answer this question in not more than 700 words.
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Question 5 (7 marks)
Organizations are looking for ways to have higher employee engagement and productive employees. A way that this may be accomplished is through employees’ positive organizational behaviour practices. With reference to the above statement, explain the possible responses to influence attempts with examples. Answer this question in not more than 400 words.
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Question 6 (7 marks)
In organizing its human resources, an organization must identify who will do what and where; in some cases, they may also specify the how, why and when. Within any organization there is a need to divide, allocate, coordinate and control activities so that goals and organizational aims are achieved. In addressing such challenges, we may pose three related questions: what is the organization trying to do? How is it trying to do it? And why does it in that way? With reference to above, explain the characteristics of organisational structure with examples. Answer this question in not more than 400 words.
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