To what extent is there a need to embrace the applicant’s perspective in the recruitment and selection process?
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On the Day Timed Assessment
Module Code: BUSI22660
Module Title: Managing and Organising
Examination Date: Monday 21st August 2023
Time: Start time: 10:00 (UK Local Time); Duration: 6 Hours 0 Minutes
Submission Deadline: Monday 21st August 2023 at 16:00 (UK Local Time)
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- Instructions and guidance for the OTA
- A copy of the OTA Paper
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Word Count: The total maximum word count for this OTA is: 3000 words
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- Additional words up to 500 words, the overall grade for the piece of work will be reduced by 1 grade point (e.g. UG 2.1-Mid to 2.1-Low; PG Commendation-Mid to Commendation-Low);
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Distribution of Marks and Word Count for Sections in the OTA:
Below you will find, for each section of your OTA, the distribution of marks and approximate suggested word count. You are advised to use the marks allocated to each question within a section to determine how to use the overall word count.
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Section
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Number of questions to be answered
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Marks available for this section
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Approximate word count for this
section
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A
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Answer 1 question from a choice of 6
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50
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1,500
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B
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Answer 1 question from a choice of 6
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50
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1,500
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Total marks
100 marks
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Maximum words
3,000
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END OF INSTRUCTIONS
SECTION A: Central Issues for Managing and Organising
- To what extent is there a need to embrace the applicant’s perspective in the recruitment and selection process?
- Consider why the practice of performance management has become more widespread over recent decades but at the same time has been subject to growing criticism.
- Evaluate the effects of the boundaryless career on individuals, organisations, and society.
- What problems arise from taking a psychometric perspective on recruitment and selection?
- Performance management is an essential yet challenging process in organisations. Explore this statement.
- Critically explore the optimistic suggestion that the new career deal provides enhanced opportunities for all.
SECTION B: Contemporary Concerns for Managing and Organising
- Examine how dominant models of leadership have been questioned by recent research.
- Why do many organisations who downsize fail to achieve the benefits they hoped for?
- Using a stakeholder theory perspective, critically discuss this statement: ‘the social responsibility of business is to make a profit’ (Friedman, 1970 p.13).
- Do organisations need to do more to help employees achieve a healthy work- life balance?
- What are the costs of workplace stress? Who is responsible for reducing these?
- To what extent are managers responsible for lessening the multiple effects of workplace bullying?
END OF OTA QUESTIONS
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