Conclusion and course
review
Topic 12
Dr Hugh Bainbridge
LEARNING OUTLINE
1. The big picture
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Post MGMT1001. How does MGMT1001 connect to the rest of your
degree? I.e., where to from here?
MGMT1001: How does it add to your employability?
Course feedback and suggestions
2. Review of remaining course assessment
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How is the exam structured?
What’s on the exam?
3. Exam preparation
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Tips and tricks for improving the efficiency of your revision
Tips for increasing your exam performance
International
Business
Human
Resource
Management
Management
Major in International Business
 Why study International Business?
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You are interested in the global business environment in general and the
operations of multinational enterprises in particular
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Careers:
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Asset Management Trainee, Business Analyst, Cross-Cultural Advisor,
Export and Import Officer, Global Product coordinator, International
Marketing Officer
Major in International Business
 Compulsory International Business courses
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MGMT1101 Global Business Environment
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MGMT2101 International Business and Multinational Operations
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MGMT2102 Managing Across Cultures
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MGMT3101 International Business Strategy
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MGMT3102 Asia-Pacific Business
 Elective courses
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MGMT2002 Managing Business Communication
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MGMT2010 Innovation & Entrepreneurship
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MGMT2105 East Asian Business Enterprise
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MGMT2106 Comparative Management Systems
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MGMT2725 Career Management
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MGMT2726 Business Ethics and Sustainability
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MGMT3003 Global Entrepreneurship
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MGMT3702 International Human Resource Management
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MGMT3721 Negotiation Skills
Major in Human Resource Management
 Why study Human Resource Management?
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You are interested in the people side of business
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It is accredited by the Australian Human Resource Institute (AHRI)
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Careers:
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Employment relations Consultant, Human Resource Coordinator,
Recruitment Officer, Staff Development Officer and Training Coordinator
Potentially interested in HRM?
 Australian Human Resource Institute
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https://www.ahri.com.au/
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https://www.ahri.com.au/become-amember/student-membership
 SHRM, Academy of HR Development
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https://www.shrm.org/
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http://www.ahrd.org/
Major in Human Resource Management
 Compulsory Human Resource Management courses
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MGMT1001 Managing Organisations and People
MGMT1002 Managing Organisational Behaviour
MGMT2705 Industrial Relations
MGMT2718 Human Resource Management
MGMT3701 Legal Aspects of Employment
 Elective courses
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MGMT2200 Thinking Skills
MGMT2704 Social Organisation of Work
MGMT2724 Health and Safety at Work
MGMT2725 Career Management
MGMT2726 Bus. Ethics and Sustainability
MGMT3702 International HRM
MGMT3721 Negotiation Skills
MGMT3724 Strategic Human Resource Management
MGMT3728 Managing Pay and Performance
MGMT3729 Managing Workplace Training
Major in Management
 Why study Management?
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You are interested in the effective combination of people and resources
in needed in all organisations,
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Learning about the interrelationship between people, power & resources,
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Leading or managing an organisation, OR
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Being your own boss
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Careers: General Manager, or more focused e.g., Client Service Manager,
Business Analyst, Corporate Planning Officer… a variety of management
positions
Interested in Management?
 Australian Institute of Management
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http://www.aim.com.au/
 UNSW Student societies
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MSOC - http://www.unswmsoc.com/
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180 degrees - http://180dc.org/branch/unsw/
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AIESEC - http://180dc.org/branch/unsw/
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Major in Management
 Compulsory courses
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MGMT1001 Managing Organisations & People
MGMT1002 Managing Organisational Behaviour
MGMT2001 Managing Innovation & Organisational Change
MGMT2002 Managing Business Communication
MGMT3101 International Business Strategy
 Elective courses
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MGMT2010 Innovation & Entrepreneurship
MGMT2102 Managing Across Cultures
MGMT2106 Comparative Management Systems
MGMT2200 Thinking Skills
MGMT2718 Human Resource Management
MGMT2725 Career Management
MGMT2726 Business Ethics and Sustainability
MGMT3003 Global Entrepreneurship
MGMT3702 International Human Resource Management
MGMT3721 Negotiation Skills
MGMT3728 Managing Pay and Performance
MGMT3729 Managing Workplace Training
MGMT 1002: Managing organisational behaviour
 Overview
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Introduction to Organisational Behaviour
 What drives behaviour at work?
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Personality and individual differences
Work Attitudes
Workplace Motivation
 Managing yourself & others
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Leadership
Job Design
Stress
Turnover
Power and Conflict
Organisational Culture
Organisational Change
Review
Exam structure
 Students are expected to sit the
exam on the prescribed day and
should not make travel
arrangements, work functions or
other plans on this day.
 Exam schedule
– https://my.unsw.edu.au/
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Check location
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Time
 What to bring
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UNSW student ID
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Blue or black ink pens
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2B pencils and erasers
 Time allowed – Two (2) hours and 10 minutes reading time
 This exam is worth 35% of the total assessment for the course.
 There are 2 Parts to the exam paper – students must attempt each Part.
 Part A consists of 30 Multiple Choice questions. Your responses must be filled in
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on the multiple choice answer sheet.
Answer Part B using the exam books.
Note, each Part is a different number of marks
Part A: 15 marks
Suggested time: 30 minutes
Part B: 20 marks
Suggested time: 90 minutes
The following materials are provided by the Enrolment and Examinations Section:
– Answer sheet for part A (multiple choice questions),
– Exam book(s) for writing part B.
 Answers for the multiple choice questions must be written in pencil on the answer
sheet.
 Answers for part B must be written black or blue ink.
 Ensure that you have written your name and other details on the multiple choice
answer sheet as well as every exam booklet used.
 Candidates cannot retain a copy of the exam paper.
Exam instructions for Part A
 Part A is Multi-choice
questions (filled out on answer
sheet that is provided in the
exam)
 Bring along 2B pencils and
erasers!
 Allow approximately 30
minutes to do Part A
 Sample questions and
answers will be uploaded on
the course website
Revising for Part A
MGMT 1001: Course structure
Topics
Topic 1: Introduction to organisations and management
Topic 2: Foundations of management theory
Topic 3: Communication
Topic 4: Attitudes, perception, and personality
Topic 5: Groups and teams
Topic 6: Decision making
Topic 7: Leadership
Topic 8: Human resource management
Topic 9: Strategy
Topic 10: International business
Topic 11: Social responsibility and ethics
Topic 12: Course review and exam preparation
L E A R N I N G R E V I E W (Topic 9)
The importance of strategic management
 Definition and importance of strategic management
The strategic management process
 6 steps of the strategic management process
 External and internal analyses
 Resources, capabilities, and core competencies
 Elements of the organisation’s specific and general environment.
Types of organisational strategies
 Corporate, business and functional-level strategies
 Role of competitive advantage in business-level strategies
 Porter’s five forces model
 Generic competitive strategies
Evaluation of strategy and the strategic management process
 Contrast the action of manager according to the omnipotent and symbolic views.
 Explain the parameters of managerial discretion.
L E A R N I N G R E V I E W (Topic 10)
1. How do managers think about international business?
 Opportunities and threats of the global economy
 Ethnocentric, polycentric, and geocentric attitudes.
2. How do businesses expand globally?
 3 stages organisations go through as they go global.
 Exporting, importing, licensing, and franchising.
 Global strategic alliances, joint ventures, and foreign subsidiaries.
 MNCs, TNCs, and borderless organisations.
3. What are the rules governing the global trading environment?
 Explain why countries become part of regional trading alliances.
 WTO, ASEAN, EU, NAFTA and other regional trade alliances.
4. How do firms choose between investment destinations?
 The global legal-political environment affects managers.
 Hofstede’s five dimensions, 9 GLOBE dimensions for assessing cultures.
 Adjustment challenges faced by global managers.
L E A R N I N G R E V I E W (Topic 11)
1. What is social responsibility?
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What distinguishes the classical and socioeconomic views of social
responsibility?
What role do stakeholders play in the four stages of social responsibility?
Why should or shouldn’t an organisation act in a socially responsible way?
What is the difference between social obligation, social responsiveness, and
social responsibility
What relationship is there between social involvement and economic
performance?
2. Managerial ethics
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What different views of ethics exist? What are the levels of moral development?
What four variables that affect ethical and unethical behavior
What are the six determinants of issue intensity?
What is a code of ethics and how can the effectiveness of one be improved?
How can organisations improve the ethical behavior of their employees?
Revising for Part A
 HRM Review Questions 1-3
– 1. Explain how an
organisation’s human
resources can be a
significant source of
competitive advantage.
– 2. Identify the nine
activities in the HRM
process necessary for
staffing the organisation
and sustaining high
employee performance.
– 3. Discuss the
environmental factors that
most directly affect the
HRM process.
Review
Question
Chapter 7
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Part B
 Part B contains questions that
require a written response.
(use the exam booklets
provided)
– Complete the 4 Short Answer
Questions in the same
booklet (or two booklets if
you run out of space)
– Start each Short Answer
Question on a new page.
 Reminder! Don’t forget to fill
out the front of each booklet
with your name, student ID,
subject, etc.
Part B: Short Answer Questions
 You will answer 4 short answer questions
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Question B1, B2, B3, B4
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Each question is worth 5 marks
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You must answer all four questions
 Suggested structure:
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Introduction (1-2 sentence)
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Body (several themes)
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Conclusion (1-2 sentence)
 You do not need to provide references specifically i.e. you don’t need
pages, dates, journal name, but do need to relate to theories and cite
authors where applicable.
 You will present an argument—your point of view (use first person)
Writing a response to an exam question
 Plan your answer
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Make sure you cover the basic information
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Then move into analysis of the issues relating to the question
 Answer the obvious question and then think about how you
can add to it
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That is, integrate the various areas that were covered this session
 Answer the question that is asked
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Read it three times before you start to plan
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Avoid “canned” essays
Marks vs time allocated to short answer question
Marks
High
Low
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10
20
30
Minutes spent on question
25
30
In summary…
 Plan your time
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T-40 mins: Arrive at exam venue
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T-10 mins to exam start (i.e., reading time) – Think about the major
themes that each short answer question should address and the
themes that would be useful additions to these.
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0 to 5 mins:
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Write down the major themes in bullet point form only next to the exam
questions.
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Write your name and student ID on the multi-choice cover sheet AND the
exam booklets
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5 to 35 mins: Complete the 30 multi-choice questions
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35 to 115 mins: Complete the 4 short answer questions
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115 to 120 mins: Finalise any remaining questions