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Session Overview Welcome and Introduction Class activities and
participation in activities Overview and topics to cover in
the semester Be inspired Reasons for failure in the
module Plagiarism as a cause of
failure Managers and management Assignment strategy Tutorial 1
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IntroductionTutor
Module Leader(H. Qamar email # [email protected])
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• I am not here just to deliver a lecture.
• I am here to lead you as a team towards your success.
• Your success means that you achieve high grades in exams and assignments.
So
Lets work together as a team.
Ask questions until you understand
Don’t hesitate to communicate
Have a suggestion for improvement ! Share it with the tutor or module
leader
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Lecture topics – (Full semester)
1. Week One Overview of Management Principles
2. Week Two Managers and Management 3. Week Three Management Functions and
organisation structure
4. Week Four Planning and strategic management
5. Week Five Managing organisational culture
6. Week Six Change Management and Test 1
7. Week Seven Business communication8. Week Eight Leadership9. Week Nine Revision 1 and Test 210.Week Ten Revision 2 and Mock test
Test 1
Test 2Mock
Test
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Contents 1 Book2 Assessment3 More information
e book also available online through Athens
accountReading list available in
Module Handbook
50% Assignment
50 % Exam
Available on your portal
1.The Module handbook2.Lecture notes3.Assignments4.Announcements
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Activities in the Class
• Presentations• Discussions• Role play• Group activities• Analysing and answering• Case studies
You may be requested at the end of this session to present a quick summary
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Why should you participate in class activities?
•Assess and develop your confidence level.•Develop your questioning and answering skills.•Learn to lead.
This will help you in your studies and at your future workplace both.
Your “class” is the only place where you can practice these skills under guidance
After all you do not become a good player by just
understanding the books you need to practice your skills aswell.
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So Steve jobs
•Saw things differently•Would disagree•Return the cans for 5p•Did not settle•Could not connect the dots looking forward•Not fond of rules BUTKept looking and found what he wanted
Is there anything you
can’t do out of the list?
Discuss,If we try can we be the next
Leaders?
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Why one could fail in this module?
Question
• Procrastination• Poor time management• Plagiarism• Lack of attention, participation and effort
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Plagiarism The practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own:
Can the lecturer find out what and from where you copied?
Yes, Turnitin can help in detecting
Plagiarism
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TurnitinTurnitin’s Purpose
•To deter plagiarism•To hold students accountable•To determine the similarity of text to sources
How it works?
Compares your assignment against
•More than 13 billion Web pages indexed
•Thousands of newspapers, magazines, books, and scholarly journals
•130 million student papers previously submitted to Turnitin.
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TurnitinThis is how Turnitin marks similar areas
More than 2
%
More than
acceptable
Negative impact on grades
Must avoid plagiarism
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DiscussionGoals are general guidelines, that explain what you want to achieve, they are usually long term.
Objectives are the steps identified to achieve a certain goal.
You can only be a good manager, if you can achieve your objectives
Discuss your goals and objectives?
Your goal could be completion of the degree and your objectives could be scoring ”A” grades in modules of the current
semester.
Similarly a sales executive could have certain objectives, as
sales increase by 20% in the next one year etc…
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Definition of Management Management
The planning, organising, leading, and controlling of human and other resources to achieve organisational goals effectively and efficiently.
Managers People responsible for supervising the use of an organisation’s resources to meet its goals. (overseeing the work of others)
Non-managerial Employees People who work directly on a job or task and have no responsibility for overseeing the work of others
Examples: Associates and Team Members
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Step 1 Identify Manager’s goals
/targets as what sales or cost saving targets
he/she has?
Step 2 Has he/she achieved the
sales targets
effectively and
efficiently?
ResultYou/supervisor
have good management skills if
you/supervisor have achieved your objectives within time,
effectively and efficiently.
Key concept:Management means achieving targets effectively and
efficiently
Don’t tell your supervisor, this was just an exercise
Task – Analyse your own or your supervisor’s ability to ”Manage”. Discuss your findings after five minutes. Refer to the key concept highlighted below
You could have taken these three steps to solve this question
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Task
One of the learners could come forward:•Log in the portal•Demonstrate how you can download handbook and lecture notes.•Save lecture 1 on the desktop•Tutors will provide support during this process
ImportantAll of you must be able to log onto the portal
for notes and handbook etc.
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Summary Take few minutes to prepare a quick summary of this session, present it to the class ( 2- 3 minutes). Your tutor’s support is available
•Why this module is important•Student portal and its need•What I discovered from the video “Be inspired”•Definitions •Assignment and lecture notes download•Turnitin and plagiarism avoidance•Work on assignment
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Tutorial 1Objectives
•Understand the technique to write an answer•Help me•Completing Task 1
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Steps to answer a question1. Read the question carefully2. Divide the question into parts and make a list
of headings (outline)3. Do research and collect data, depending on the
headings4. Complete your answer.
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Your answer should have the following parts.1. Introduction – not more than 5-10 %, interesting overview and
context of the answer
2. Body – Your actual answer explaining your point of view, supporting your overviewExplain reasons with evidence properly referencedProvide examples & anecdotesPresent facts & statistics
1. Conclusion – Just a summary of the answer, not more than 5 % words Simply review the main points (being careful not to restate them exactly) or briefly describe your feelings about the topic.
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Common questions asked
I don’t know what to write in the answer
Read the
question
I am confused
question is toooo long
Break it down into
headings
Should I do the research first or develop an outlineHow can you do research
if you don’t know what you need to answer/
research.
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Exercise1. Read Task 1 (shown on the next slide)
and develop an outline2. Discuss the outline you developed,
lecturer will provide general feedback on outline
3. Answer the question, ensure that you have clearly written the introduction, body and the conclusion
4. Present your findings to the class, lecturer will provide general feedback
5. You can work in a group (not more than 3 persons/group)
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Task 1AIn a company of your own choice, explain the difference between managerial and non managerial staff, discuss how you, as a manager could make that organisation successful.BIdentify your academic objectives, discuss how learning “Management” can help you in achieving your academic objectives?
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FeedbackOrganisational success could be defined as achievement of Mission, vision and goal. Organisation is successful, if it is earning targeted profit and is able to sustain and grow in the future. Maintain its ability to ensure stakeholder satisfaction.
As managers you will plan these goals, organise resources, lead the organisation at different levels and exert the right level of control.If good managers are not available then ………
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