Leadership in a Changing Context

Leadership in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in a Changin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing Context Order Description Envision you are promoted to be the head of the HR department with subsidiaries in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in Chin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ina, India and Germany. Feel free to consider the realistic conditions of your previous employer; alternatively, create an imagin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">inative scenario. In any case, please briefly describe the underlyin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing conditions in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in your in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">introduction. For your future role you are tasked to produce an in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">internal report to your management in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in which they ask you to describe your employees in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">involvement strategy. The management wants to make sure that team work, motivation, in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">involvement and work performance is very high across all the locations. Please clearly identify which opportunities can arise from that, but also which challenges do you associate with workin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing across the in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">involved cultures. Please do provide related context in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">information in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in the in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">introduction. In particular, you want to address relevant issues around leadin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing/managin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing people in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in those countries, if you can see clear preferences for certain" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in communication styles, are those associated with cultural patterns (of all underlyin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing cultures), and if so, do those advance or hin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">inder the unfoldin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing of good cooperation within" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in these dispersed cross-cultural teams? How do you envision communication takin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing place (face-to-face or virtually, and which issues do you associate with those to formats? And, based on your own work environment, can you make practically specific and relevant suggestions that you consider would help the future cooperation? If possible, please do in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">include the perspectives of the other cultures, as this will be important in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in order for you to create a more balanced understandin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing of the underlyin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing case. Followin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing the seniority of your position and the target audience - the management of your company - you are required to academically substantiate your proposed considerations and solutions. Please do in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">include academic and non-academic sources that can advance your case. In any case, do use Harvard referencin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing. Your written document shall be approx. 3,000 words (+ 10 %), and can be organized along the followin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing structure (this is only a suggestion; feel free to choose your own structure): Executive Summary (not in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">included in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in the word count) Table of Content (not in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">included in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in the word count) 1. Introduction 2. Theoretical exploration of potential opportunities/challenges (draw from literature, i. e. Bennett, Hofstede, Trompenaars, Hall, etc.) the literature review (30%): *motivation tools (2 tools), in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">involvement x 2, teamwork x 2 and performance x 2 *company overview and speak about the 3 locations (8 lin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ines max) 3. Discuss how the previously discussed opportunities/challenges fit in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">into your underlyin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing practically relevant scenario. Do you see any confirmation of literature, or any contradictions? –Implementation (30+25%) *implementin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing motivation on target countries, discuss challenges, and communication problems •implementin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing team work on target countries, discuss challenges, and communication problems *implementin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">involvement on target countries, discuss challenges, and communication problems *implementin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing work performance on target countries, discuss challenges, and communication problems •Recommendation: present your fin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">inal answer regardin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing the question objective which overall employee in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">involvement strategy 4. Conclusion 5. Recommendation 6. References 7. Appendix You will be assessed along the followin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing criteria: Along structural requirements of senior management report, such as the above mentioned structure. Along formality requirements such as the 'look and feel' of your work with attention to detail in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in form of page numbers, chapter/headlin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ine numberin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing, 'breathin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing space' of the page, length of paragraphs (max 10 lin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ines), referencin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing format, and strin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ingent application of chosen formats such as lin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ine spacin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing between chapters and subheadlin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ines. Along quality requirements, such as the relevance of your executive summary, your Table of Content, your Introduction, your literature review with sufficient references, the quality of the application to the content and formattin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing requirements of the Harvard Referencin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing System, your ability to display critical thin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">inkin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing and reflection in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in your submitted work, the quality of the discussion, your ability to conclude and the depth and relevance of suggested recommendations. Fin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">inally, you are also assessed along your ability to fit everythin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">into a word count of 3,000 - 3,300 words. Please make sure you comply with the above requirements, as this will ensure a high grade for you. Avoid bein" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing Descriptive !!! \