The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated folder.
Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be reduced for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
Late submission will NOT be accepted.
Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
Use APA reference style.
All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.
Learning Outcomes:
2.1: Perform all communication abilities, including thinking, writing, speaking, listening, and assessing the technology.
2.2: Illustrate techniques and skills of correct business research report writing, learn report writing style using an approvedstyle; and apply the basics of oral communication in a presentation of a project, including, proper speech, organization, use of graphical aids, and effective non-verbal communications.
Assignment Structure:
Type
Marks
Assignment-3
Part 1
5
Part 2
5
Total
10
Word limit is minimum 500 words.
Part-I (5 Marks)
Write a detailed message to persuade your boss to invest capital resources to develop the product or service for sale. (2Marks)
Explain what you will do in case the selected product or service does not initially sell as much as expected. (2Marks)
Select the appropriate channel for delivering your message based on context, audience, and purpose. Explain why you selected the channel. (1Mark)
Part-II (5 Marks).
Suppose you have to guide your friend/colleague in preparing PowerPoint presentation. Considering the following parameters how you will guide him/her.
1. The electronic slide presentation. (2 Mark)
2. Use of white space. (0.5 Mark)
3. Use of charts, diagrams, images, and pictures. (0.5 Mark)
4. Use of text. (0.5 Mark)
5. Three recommendations to improve the PowerPoint presentation. (1.5 Mark)
Category: Management
Learning Outcomes: 2.1: Perform all communication abilities, including thinking,
Learning Outcomes:
2.1: Perform all communication abilities, including thinking, writing, speaking, listening, and assessing the technology.
2.2: Illustrate techniques and skills of correct business research report writing, learn report writing style using an approved style; and apply the basics of oral communication in a presentation of a project, including, proper speech, organization, use of graphical aids, and effective non-verbal communications.
Assignment Structure:
Type
Marks
Assignment-3
Part 1
5
Part 2
5
Total
10
Word limit is minimum 500 words.
Part-I (5 Marks)
Write a detailed message to persuade your boss to invest capital resources to develop the product or service for sale. (2Marks)
Explain what you will do in case the selected product or service does not initially sell as much as expected. (2Marks)
Select the appropriate channel for delivering your message based on context, audience, and purpose. Explain why you selected the channel. (1Mark)
Part-II (5 Marks).
Suppose you have to guide your friend/colleague in preparing PowerPoint presentation. Considering the following parameters how you will guide him/her.
1. The electronic slide presentation. (2 Mark)
2. Use of white space. (0.5 Mark)
3. Use of charts, diagrams, images, and pictures. (0.5 Mark)
4. Use of text. (0.5 Mark)
5. Three recommendations to improve the PowerPoint presentation. (1.5 Mark)
The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated
The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated folder.
Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be reduced for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
Late submission will NOT be accepted.
Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.
Course Learning Outcomes-Covered
üRecognize the dynamics and the importance of managing technological innovation strategically. (LO-1)
üExplain the concepts, models for formulating strategies, defining the organizational strategic directions and crafting a deployment strategy. (LO-3)
Assignment Marks: 10
Students are requested to read chapter 9 “Protecting Innovation” from their book Strategic Management of Technological Innovation.
Based on the conceptual knowledge and understanding obtained from the readings –
Section 1: Theoretical Foundations (3 Marks)
Q1. Explain the concept of intellectual property (IP) and its importance in protecting innovations. (1.5 Mark)
Q2. Differentiate between patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets, providing an example of what each might protect in the realm of technological innovation. (2.5 Marks)
Section 2: Scenario Analysis (7 Marks)
Consider a scenario where a small tech startup has developed a revolutionary new type of battery technology that could significantly extend the battery life of electronic devices. The startup is concerned about protecting their innovation from competitors.
Q3. Based on the scenario, recommend the most appropriate IP protection mechanisms the startup should use. Justify your recommendations. (3 Marks)
Q4. Discuss potential challenges the startup might face in protecting its innovation and how it might overcome them. (3 Marks)
NOTE: It is mandatory for the students to mention their references, sources and support each answer with at least 2 peer reviewed journal.
The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated
The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated folder.
Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be reduced for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
Late submission will NOT be accepted.
Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.
Learning Outcomes:
1.Describe the basic steps of the organizational development process.
2.Evaluate the strategic role of change in the organization and its impact on organizational performance.
3.Analyze the human, structural and strategic dimensions of organizational development.
Analyse the ethical issues of the organizational development processes.
Assignment Question(s):
Read the case Lincoln Hospital: Third Party Intervention from book Organization Development and Change by Cummings. take notes on the diagnosis and intervention stages for this case and answer the following questions:
1.If you had been called by Lincoln’s president to help resolve the problems described in the case, how would you have carried out the contracting and diagnosis stages? (2 Marks) (150 Words)
2.What would you have done differently than what the OD consultant did? (2 Marks) (150 Words)
3.Do you think that the third-party intervention is an appropriate intervention in this case? Why? (2 Marks) (150 Words)
4.What are some other OD interventions that can be appropriate in this case? Why? (2 Marks) (150 Words)
5.How effective was the third-party intervention? And evaluate its impact. (2 Marks) (150 Words)
Note:
Use the concepts developed in this course in your answers.
You must include at least 5 references.
Format your references using APA style.
Answers
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The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated
The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated folder.
Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be reduced for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
Late submission will NOT be accepted.
Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.
Learning Outcomes:
1.Describe the basic steps of the organizational development process.
2.Evaluate the strategic role of change in the organization and its impact on organizational performance.
3.Analyze the human, structural and strategic dimensions of organizational development.
Analyse the ethical issues of the organizational development processes.
Assignment Question(s):
Read the case Lincoln Hospital: Third Party Intervention from book Organization Development and Change by Cummings. take notes on the diagnosis and intervention stages for this case and answer the following questions:
1.If you had been called by Lincoln’s president to help resolve the problems described in the case, how would you have carried out the contracting and diagnosis stages? (2 Marks) (150 Words)
2.What would you have done differently than what the OD consultant did? (2 Marks) (150 Words)
3.Do you think that the third-party intervention is an appropriate intervention in this case? Why? (2 Marks) (150 Words)
4.What are some other OD interventions that can be appropriate in this case? Why? (2 Marks) (150 Words)
5.How effective was the third-party intervention? And evaluate its impact. (2 Marks) (150 Words)
Note:
Use the concepts developed in this course in your answers.
You must include at least 5 references.
Format your references using APA style.
Answers
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The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated
The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated folder.
Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented; marks may be reduced for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
Late submission will NOT be accepted.
Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.
Course Learning Outcomes-Covered
Aligned (PLOs)
Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs)
Question
MGT.K.1
(1.1)
Find some structured ways of dealing with complex managerial decision problems.
Question-1
MGT.K.3
(1.2)
Explain simple decision models and management science ideas that provide powerful and (often surprising) qualitative insight about large spectrum of managerial problems.
Question-4
MGT.S.1
(2.1)
Demonstrate the tools for deciding when and which decision models to use for specific problems.
Question-2
MGT.V.1
(3.1)
Build an understanding of the kind of problems that is tackled using Spreadsheet Modeling and decision analysis.
Question-3
Assignment Instructions:
Log in to Saudi Digital Library (SDL) via University’s website
On first page of SDL, choose “English Databases”
From the list find and click on EBSCO database.
In the Search Bar of EBSCO find the following article:
Title: “Modeling Autonomous Decision-Making on Energy and Environmental Management Using Petri-Net: Case Study”.
Author: Niken Prilandita, Benjamin McLellan, Tetsuo Tezuka.
Assignment Questions: (Marks 10)
Read the above case study and answer the following Questions:
Question 1: Explain the autonomous decision-making process, its advantages and disadvantages (250-300 words) (2.5-Marks).
Question 2: Discuss the Centralized and De-centralized Decision-Making Approaches with suitable examples (250-300 words). (2.5-Marks).
Question 3: Explain the various stages of Decision-Making Cycle based on this case study (250-300 words) (2.5-Marks).
Question 4: Why are the most decisions made on energy and environmental management known as the decisions of community interest. (250-300 words) (2.5-Marks).
Answers:
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The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated
The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated folder.
Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be reduced for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
Late submission will NOT be accepted.
Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.
Learning Outcomes:
No
Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs)
CLO-6
Write coherent project about a case study or actual research about ethics
The content is available for free download in knowledge resource from the SEU homepage:
Read the following article available in SDL:
Yadav, R., Gangwar, R., Arora, S., & Andres, F. (2019). Cultural Issues in Employee Engagement: Illuminate, Causes, and Significance. In N. Sharma, N. Chaudhary, & V. Singh (Eds.), Management Techniques for Employee Engagement in Contemporary Organizations (pp. 47-56). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7799-7.ch003.
https://0y11jlx92-y-https-www-igi–global-com.seu….
Answer the following questions:
1.Discuss the role of employee engagement in the growth of organization as argued by the author. (Not less than 400 words) 3 Marks.
2.Explain the significance of cultural issues in Employee engagement addressed by the author. (not less than 400 words) 3 Marks.
3.According to the author, why do cultural issues occur in employee engagement? Explain the techniques to improve employee engagement. (not less than 500 words) 4 Marks.
Note: All answers should be supported with proper references.
The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated
The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated folder.
Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be reduced for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
Late submission will NOT be accepted.
Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
Use APA reference style.
All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.
Learning Outcomes:
2.1: Perform all communication abilities, including thinking, writing, speaking, listening, and assessing the technology.
2.2: Illustrate techniques and skills of correct business research report writing, learn report writing style using an approved style; and apply the basics of oral communication in a presentation of a project, including, proper speech, organization, use of graphical aids, and effective non-verbal communications.
Assignment Structure:
Type
Marks
Assignment-3
Part 1
5
Part 2
5
Total
10
Word limit is minimum 500 words.
Part-I (5 Marks)
Write a detailed message to persuade your boss to invest capital resources to develop the product or service for sale. (2Marks)
Explain what you will do in case the selected product or service does not initially sell as much as expected. (2Marks)
Select the appropriate channel for delivering your message based on context, audience, and purpose. Explain why you selected the channel. (1Mark)
Part-II (5 Marks).
Suppose you have to guide your friend/colleague in preparing PowerPoint presentation. Considering the following parameters how you will guide him/her.
1. The electronic slide presentation. (2 Mark)
2. Use of white space. (0.5 Mark)
3. Use of charts, diagrams, images, and pictures. (0.5 Mark)
4. Use of text. (0.5 Mark)
5. Three recommendations to improve the PowerPoint presentation. (1.5 Mark)
The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated
The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated folder.
Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be reduced for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
Late submission will NOT be accepted.
Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
Use APA reference style.
All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.
Learning Outcomes:
2.1: Perform all communication abilities, including thinking, writing, speaking, listening, and assessing the technology.
2.2: Illustrate techniques and skills of correct business research report writing, learn report writing style using an approved style; and apply the basics of oral communication in a presentation of a project, including, proper speech, organization, use of graphical aids, and effective non-verbal communications.
Assignment Structure:
Type
Marks
Assignment-3
Part 1
5
Part 2
5
Total
10
Word limit is minimum 500 words.
Part-I (5 Marks)
Write a detailed message to persuade your boss to invest capital resources to develop the product or service for sale. (2Marks)
Explain what you will do in case the selected product or service does not initially sell as much as expected. (2Marks)
Select the appropriate channel for delivering your message based on context, audience, and purpose. Explain why you selected the channel. (1Mark)
Part-II (5 Marks).
Suppose you have to guide your friend/colleague in preparing PowerPoint presentation. Considering the following parameters how you will guide him/her.
1. The electronic slide presentation. (2 Mark)
2. Use of white space. (0.5 Mark)
3. Use of charts, diagrams, images, and pictures. (0.5 Mark)
4. Use of text. (0.5 Mark)
5. Three recommendations to improve the PowerPoint presentation. (1.5 Mark)