Hr0372 Assessment Brief Seminar 2 2012-13

|Module Code: |HR0372 |
|Module Title: |Culture and Organisation |
|Distributed on: |Teaching Week 1 |Hand in Date: |The module hand in date will be part of a schedule |
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Instructions on Assessment:

‘The value of a student’s international experience goes beyond purely the acquisition of language – it lies in the ability to see business and personal issues from other than your own cultural perspective’ Charles MacLeod, Head of UK Resourcing, Price Waterhouse Coopers 2008

Title:

An analysis of the culture of an organization

Your report will apply a theoretical framework used in the study of organizational culture (e.g. those developed by Schein, Hofstede, Weick, Handy/Harrison or Duffy) to conduct an analysis of an organization’s culture.

The analysis will illustrate the culture by focusing on EITHER

1. an issue (something which the organization has responded to) OR
2. a particular organizational practice (something the organization does) OR
3. an event (some particular incident or series of incidents inside the organization) OR
4. a sub – unit (an organizational department department/division) .

You will be able to choose from one of seven organizations: • Apple http://www.apple.com/ • South West Airlines http://www.southwest.com/ • The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation http://www.hsbc.com/1/2/home • Ben and Jerry’s http://www.benjerry.com/ • Médecins Sans Frontières