Showing posts with label analysis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label analysis. Show all posts

Thursday, 3 April 2014

Organisation Behaviour 2 Coursework

Organisation Behaviour 2 Coursework

Select an organisation (should cover all metaphors) of your choice and critically analyse it using two different metaphors. You should present your organisational analysis in a written essay. [75% of total marks]  (as machine / organism / brain / culture / political system  /. Psychic prision / system of change& Flus)
PLUS
After you complete this analysis, critically reflect on your task by addressing two areas: first, what is the importance of a multi-perspective approach to analysing organizations? And, second, what have you learned about yourself doing the task? [15% of total marks]


Word length 3,500 (including references).
 relevant :  News   
                 Journals – organisational/ org studies / Human studies
Question the textbook
  Argument /analysis contradict
Bet metaphors


Meta1   or        Meta1    Meta 2                     structure:   Conclusion (summary of arguments )
Meta 2                   compare

 However there are other issues different approach and different outcome

Thursday, 6 March 2014

Explication 1: Araby

This essay will be on the short story called Araby by James Joyce. Should be focus in great depth on the passages. an explication involves the close analysis and an unfolding or discovery of the language of written work. introduction, body, conclusion. begin with a general statement or thesis about the material you are examining, summarizing its significance and its connection to work as a whole, if it is a passage from a larger work. 

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Examine the imagery evoked by the words and consider any connotations or associated meanings that might color the way a reader would interpret the piece. look ar the word choices or diction and try to discuss the sound of the language as well. which is often important in fiction and drama as well as poetry. look for figures of speech such as metaphors and similes and try to decode any allusions. write the explication of a detective unraveling the clues in the work. this often requires you to be imaginative and to pursue fully even the slights suggestions.

Sunday, 9 February 2014

South Korea

South Korea

Project Description: The session long project (SLP) consists of an investigation of a country: it can be either an industrialized country (other than the United States), or an advanced developing country (like China); please do not choose a developing country (like Iraq). The relationship between the country's health and demographics will be addressed.
SLP #2: Investigate your selected country with respect to the health of its population:
1. Discuss the major health issues in your country? The country I selected is South Korea.
2. Identify which health issues disproportionately effect certain groups based on their demographics (e.g. gender, race, age, employment status, location).





ASSIGNMENT EXPECTATIONS: Please read before completing assignments.

Assignment should be approximately 2-3 pages in length (double-spaced).

Please use major sections corresponding to the major points of the assignment, and where appropriate use sub-sections (with headings).

Remember to write in a Scientific manner (try to avoid using the first person except when describing a relevant personal experience).

Quoted material should not exceed 10% of the total paper (since the focus of these assignments is on independent thinking and critical analysis). Use your own words and build on the ideas of others.

When material is copied verbatim from external sources, it MUST be properly cited. This means that material copied verbatim must be enclosed in quotes and the reference should be cited either within the text or with a footnote.

Use of peer-reviewed articles is strongly recommended. Websites as references should be minimal


Thursday, 6 February 2014

Marketing Mix

ASSIGNMENT
Marketing Mix
Overview
Review Matthew Shank’s Sports Marketing: A Strategic Perspective Ch. 1, pgs. 27-28 (Sports Marketing Mix). Read the attached article and draft a two page, double spaced paper addressing each element of the marketing mix (product, pricing, promotion, and placement). The paper should contain a paragraph on each element. Within each paragraph, define the marketing mix element, describe how Nike has addressed it, and provide a thoughtful analysis on how you would have adhered to or deviated from Nike’s strategy.
Grading Criteria
The paper is worth a total of 100 pts. Papers will be graded on the students’ knowledge of the marketing mix, application to the contents of the article, and analysis of the same.

Sunday, 19 January 2014

Sony Ericsson Analysis

Assignment: Powerpoint
presentation (Must be done in Microsoft Powerpoint)

Format: Produce a presentation. The presentation must be
written in a professional manner and correctly referenced. The presentation
must be designed for 20 slides
(Maximum). You should use tables and
diagrams to support your presentation and to illustrate your text. 

Read the following introduction on Sony Ericsson.

Sony Ericsson is one of the world�s leading providers for
mobiles multimedia devices including phones accessories and PC cards.
Established in 2001 as a 50:50 joint venture of Japanese company Sony, a
leading consumer electronics supplier, and a Swedish company Ericsson,
market-leader in network infrastructure and telecoms, Sony Ericsson is a global
company having their global management based in London and R&D in Sweden,
uk, France, Netherlands, India, Japan, china and the US.

Sony Ericsson has a key presence in both development and
developing markets and is the world�s fourth-largest maker of handsets.
Employing over 7,500 employees over 40 countries, the management team is led by
President Hideki Komiyama, a former senior executive of Sony Europe and
executive vice president of Ericsson Brazil (Sonyericsson.com).

The main competitors of Sony Ericsson are Motorola, Inc.
Nokia and Samsung. This is an industry depending on purchases, telephone and
cable companies, data communication providers and broadcasters. Sony Ericsson
sales in Q3 2008 is �2,808m and this is a 10% decline from Q3 2007 results
which was �3,108m. Their gross profit has dropped by 35% from 2007 to 2008 (Sony
press release 17/10/2008).

The above is Sony Ericsson�s position in year 2008. Carry out
an extensive research and analysis on Sony Ericsson and produce a presentation
on below points.

Explain the context of Business Strategy. Using Sony Ericsson�s
as an example explain, what missions, visions, objectives, goals and core
competencies of an organisation (LO 1.1)

Identify and explain Sony Ericsson stake holders and explain
the importance of stake holder analysis (LO
2.3)

Conduct an environmental and organisational audit on Sony Ericsson.
As a minimum requirement you must carry out a PESTLE analysis, Porter 5 Force
analysis and an internal audit. (LO 2.1,
2.2)

Review the issues involved in strategic planning and explain
the different planning techniques available (LO 1.2, 1.3)

Saturday, 18 January 2014

Literary Analysis

Topic Selection: You may choose any 3 short stories of O Henry for the literary analysis paper. You may discuss any aspect of O. Henry's works. (Trace a pattern in any 3 short stories.)
( I will upload the links for the three stories that I chose, and I will upload the patterns that you should choose one from it to discuss)
( Also I will upload some Discussion Questions you can use , and I will upload a simple outline )

You may use 2 or 3 secondary sources
Consider the following structure:

Contextualize

State thesis

Summary
 

Analysis

Conclusion



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