BAM4053 Assignment Brief: Managing people Across Cultures | Buckinghamshire New University

Assignment No. and type:

Group Presentation (15 minutes)

Assessment weighting:

100%

Submission time and date:

Monday 10^th March 2025 before 14.00 pm

Target feedback time and date:

Three working weeks after submission.

You are to choose an international corporation who are expanding their operations in a new region with diverse cultural landscape. As part of the expansion strategy, the company must navigate various cultural differences whilst maintaining its global identity and competitiveness.

You are required to form groups of 3 or 4, to produce a presentation, applying the knowledge and skills to an international corporation on the creation and management of a work team comprised of individuals from a range of cultures.

Presentations must include accompanying notes, to incorporate a personal reflection from each student on what they have learned during the development of their presentation, working as part of a team to evidence their team working. Upload your notes and reflection in a MS Word Doc separately.

You must agree with the module leader on your decision to choose your group or be allocated to a group by week 2.

Task 1: Case Study Presentation

·         You will choose an international corporation in class to research.

·         As a group of 3 – 4 people you are required to design a presentation that must demonstrate your knowledge and skills of team management and your understanding of how a different range of cultures work together to overcome conflict and challenges within the workplace.

·         You can use PowerPoint, Canva, or Adobe to create your presentation.

·         You will be required to include desk-based research on an international case study that is related to the assignment.

Task 2: Team Presentation

·         You will present your findings as a group, which you will be required to complete within 15 minutes. You should also include individual accompanying notes to include a personal reflection, which will demonstrate what you have learned during the development of your presentation and your experience of working as part of a team.

This should include:

·         Definition of Culture and Definition of Diversity (using a recent book or journal article source).

·         Hofstede and Trompenaars Cultural Dimensions (further theories can be applied).

·         Effective strategies for managing and resolving cultural conflicts in diverse organisational settings.

·         Key Theories and concepts to effectively motivate employees from diverse backgrounds.

·         References.

If you are registered with Disability and Inclusion Services or have a disability, please contact your module leader to discuss how your reasonable adjustments will be applied to this assignment.

This assignment has been designed ed to provide you with an opportunity to demonstrate your achievement of the following module learning outcomes:

LO1: Identify tools that contribute to successful outcomes for teams formed of individuals from different

         Cultures.    

LO2: Apply cultural intelligence theories and principles to support the effective management of teams.

LO3: Examine and assess intragroup conflict through the application of conflict resolution techniques.

This assignment has been designed ed to provide you with an opportunity to demonstrate your achievement of the following module learning outcomes:

LO1: Identify tools that contribute to successful outcomes for teams formed of individuals from different

         Cultures.    

LO2: Apply cultural intelligence theories and principles to support the effective management of teams.

LO3: Examine and assess intragroup conflict through the application of conflict resolution techniques.

Practicalities: Referencing, presenting, and submitting your work

• Generate engaging content for your presentation and ensure each team member participates effectively. All team members are required to present.
• Recognize the importance of teamwork as you’ll be working in a team of three to four people.
• Utilise free applications like PowerPoint, Canva, and Adobe for designing your presentation.
• Judge the quality of your team’s 15-minute presentation.

Refer to your program handbook for information on the required referencing style, any presentational requirements, and the process for submitting your work. The reference should be Harvard style and the Font should be Ariel 12.

Upload the presentation and reference list before 14.00 on the day of your presentation

Confidentiality

You should maintain and respect confidentiality about the protection of personal, technical, and/or commercial information of a sensitive nature in your assessed work.

For further information and guidance, please see your program handbook.

Academic integrity

Academic integrity means taking responsibility for your work.

When you submit an assignment, you are making a declaration that it is your work and that you have acknowledged the contribution of others and their ideas in its development (for example, by referencing them appropriately).

LO1:  Identify tools that contribute to successful outcomes for teams formed of individuals from different Cultures.    

Weighting 30%

This should include evidence of:

Reference to relevant managing people theory and concepts in a diverse workplace

Knowledge and understanding of organisational culture and conflict resolution

A range of relevant cultural theory and research

A poor understanding of identifying tools that contribute to successful outcomes for teams formed of individuals from different Cultures.

Little or no evidence of research to identify underlying theoretical frameworks and concepts associated with managing people from diverse cultures.

No evidence of the use of scholarly interventions

A marginal failure in identifying tools that contribute to successful outcomes for teams formed of individuals from different Cultures.

Marginal fail in providing evidence of research to identify underlying theoretical frameworks and concepts associated with managing people from diverse cultures.

Limited use of scholarly material and lacks overall structure.

A satisfactory explanation identifying tools that contribute to successful outcomes for teams formed of individuals from different Cultures.

Satisfactory evidence of research to identify underlying theoretical frameworks and concepts associated with managing people from diverse cultures.

Satisfactory use of scholarly

Conventions.

A good explanation identifying tools that contribute to successful outcomes for teams formed of individuals from different Cultures.

Good evidence of research to identify underlying theoretical frameworks and concepts associated with managing people from diverse cultures.

Good use of scholarly Conventions.

A very good explanation identifying tools that contribute to successful outcomes for teams formed of individuals from different Cultures.

Very good evidence of research to identify underlying theoretical frameworks and concepts associated with managing people from diverse cultures.

Very good use of scholarly Conventions.

A excellent explanation identifying tools that contribute to successful outcomes for teams formed of individuals from different Cultures.

Excellent evidence of research to identify underlying theoretical frameworks and concepts associated with managing people from diverse cultures.

Excellent use of scholarly Conventions.

An outstanding explanation identifying tools that contribute to successful outcomes for teams formed of individuals from different Cultures.

Outstanding evidence of research to identify underlying theoretical frameworks and concepts associated with managing people from diverse cultures.

Outstanding use of scholarly

Conventions.

L02 Explain how cultural intelligence principles support effective management teams with diverse cultural backgrounds.

Weighting 30%

This should include:

Discussion informed by academic credible sources.

Logic and argument offering pros and cons.

Organisation and communication of ideas and evidence about the assessment brief.

This should include evidence of fit-for-purpose solutions.

Work Demonstrates limited no ability to develop lines of arguments and make judgments on basic theories and concepts of Diverse Cultural Team Management.

Little or no evidence to demonstrate an ability to division in arguments.

The work marginally fails to demonstrate sufficient ability to identify, evaluate, and accurately provide problem-solving approaches and techniques to support managers and teams in diverse cultural managers.

The work demonstrates sufficient ability to identify, evaluate, and accurately provide problem-solving approaches and techniques to support managers and teams in diverse cultural managers.

The work demonstrates a good-developed ability to identify, evaluate, and accurately provide problem-solving approaches and techniques to support managers and teams in diverse cultural managers.

The work demonstrates an excellent ability to identify, evaluate, and accurately provide problem-solving approaches and techniques to support managers and teams in diverse cultural managers.

The work demonstrates an outstanding ability to identify, evaluate, and accurately provide problem-solving approaches and techniques to support managers and teams in diverse cultural managers.

LO3 Consider and explain the skills managers need to prevent and manage intragroup conflict through the application of conflict resolution techniques.

Weighting 30%

Transferable Skills (10%)

Presentation and findings.

Written, verbal, and electronic communication required for assessment.

Technical skills.

Work demonstrates limited or no ability to communicate information, ideas, problems, and solutions relevant to the assignment.

Poor team working skills and presentation pitching.

Work demonstrates an insufficient ability to communicate information, ideas, problems, and solutions relevant to the assignment.

Limited teamwork skills and presentation pitching.

Work demonstrates a sufficient ability to communicate information, ideas, problems, and solutions relevant to the assignment.

Satisfactory

teamworking skills and presentation pitching.

Work with a good confident ability to communicate information, ideas, problems, and solutions relevant to the assignment.

Good teamwork skills and satisfactory presentation and pitch.

Work demonstrates a very good ability to communicate information, ideas, problems, and solutions relevant to the assignment.

Very good teamwork skills and well-presented pitch.

Work demonstrates an excellent ability to communicate information, ideas, problems, and solutions relevant to the assignment.

Excellent teamwork skills leading to an almost professional presentation pitch.

Work demonstrates an exceptional ability to communicate information, ideas, problems, and solutions relevant to the assignment.

Outstanding teamwork skills and professional presentation pitch.