TOPIC 10
Organisational Structure General Framework
Outline, six key elements commonly used to define the structure of an organisation identifying the
management theorist who identified each of these elements. Then outline four factors
(contingencies) that are commonly used to define the situation (the organisational environment).
Individual Components
Each individual should select an example organisation – a real example – and suggest what you
believe to be the structure of that organisation in terms of the six key elements that are used to
define organisational structure. For your example organisation, you should define their
organisational environment in the terms of the four contingency factors and comment on the
match (or mis-match) of the organisation to its organisational environment.

TOPIC 11
Cross Cultural Teams: People Issues in Global Business General Framework
Discuss the challenges in recruiting and effectively managing cross cultural teams.
Individual Components
1. From the work of Hofstede and others, identify issues likely to face the expatriate manager
2. Discuss the skills and abilities which have been identified in successful international managers
3. Demonstrate how multivariate analysis might be used in recruitment of international managers
4. Discuss acculturation issues in expatriation and repatriation of international managers

TOPIC 12
Teams General Framework
Discuss the emergence of teams as a key feature of the modern workplace and trace its origins in
the context of the changes in thinking associated with the development of schools of management
thought.
Individual Components
1. Outline Tuckman’s stages in team development identifying the leader’s role at each stage (Use
examples)
2. Apply insights from the study of managerial decision making to decision making in teams
3. Give examples of how the physical structures have been designed to facilitate teamwork
4. Outline the ways in which managers might promote teamwork