MAN212 Organisational Behaviour – Semester 2, 2010
MAN212组织行为学 - 2010年第2学期
ASSIGNMENT 2 DETAILS – ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
作业2细节 - 分析和建议
Task
任务
Analyse the sources of power for the five members of the House of Representatives who are not part of the three major political parties ( about half the assignment).
Write one of the following two sets of recommendations (about half the assignment):
写出下列两组建议（大约一半的作业）：
• Advise anyone (or more, if you wish) of those Members of Parliament on how to employ his power to achieve his aims , or
如何运用这些国会议员向任何人（或更多，如果你愿意）他的力量，以达到他的目的，或
• Advise either of the two major party leaders how to negate the power held by these five MPs.
建议要么的两个主要政党领导人如何否定权力所持有的这五个国会议员。
Length
长度
Students have a range of 1500-2000 words in which to complete the task , which includes any appendices that students may wish to attach (none are required, in case there is concern over this statement).
学生有一个范围的1500 - 2000个单词来完成任务,其中包括任何附录,学生们可能会希望附加(没有要求,以防有担忧在这个语句)。
Guidance
指导
• The point of this assignment is to look at a real situation where independent members of the House o f Representatives and a member of a minor party in the House have an unusual amount of power within that organisation and use the theories around power to help understand why it is that they have this power. Remember that this is not a political science assignment, so I don’t want people wasting time writing at length on t he Australian Constitution or parliamentary processes; obviously these could be relevant to your analysis, but you should only discuss them as they relate to issues of power.
这项任务的角度来看看一个真实情况的独立议员在众议院和一个小党在众议院的成员，该组织内有一个不寻常的发电量和使用权力周围的理论，以帮助理解为什么它的是他们有这个权力。请记住，这是不是一个政治的科学分配，所以我不希望浪费时间的人写了澳大利亚宪法或议会进程，很明显，这些可能是分析有关长度，但你应该只讨论它们，因为它们涉及到权力的问题。
• That these five independents have power should be beyond doubt – look at the raft of parliamentary reforms they were able to ‘negotiate ’ with the major parties for a demonstration of how powerful they have become – so don’t aim your assignment at debating whether or not they have power. Focus on the sources of that power and then either the ways in which that power can be used or how it can be reduced.
• For those who are not sure who the five Members of Parliament (MPs) in question are, the people you are to look at are Tony Windsor, Andrew Wilkie, Bob Katter, Rob Oakeshott (all independents), and Adam Brandt (from The Greens Party). You will find plenty of discussion of each of these individuals and of them as a group in the media.
• This assignment was set with the expectation that events would overtake it and that the independents would choose a major party to form government, as has now happened . In some respects this makes the task a bit easier as there is now some certainty over the possible ways in which the power held until now can be challenged and undermined (which opens up areas to explore in the second part of the assignment).
这种作业设置与期望，事件将超越它，独立会选择一个大党，形成政府，现在已经发生了。在某些方面，这使任务更容易一点，现在有一些确定性可能的方式可以挑战到现在为止举行的功率和破坏（它开辟了在第二部分的分配领域探索）。
• Students should remember that this is an assignment based on analysis, not description.This means that I will look for more than just statements of the situation and recitation of the sequence of event s or biographical details. I will expect everything in the assignments to be meaningful and to be aimed at shedding light on the reasons behind what we have seen (and what we can expect over the life of this parliament).
• In terms of a possible approach , but certainly not a mandatory one , students who are unsure how to tackle the task could address it by the following structure:
在一种可能的方法，但肯定不是一个强制性的一个，谁不知道如何解决任务的学生可以解决这个问题由以下结构：
o Statement of the purpose of the report ,
语句报告的目的，
o Sources of power in general ,
在一般情况下动力源
o How the sources apply to the independents, and
如何适用于独立来源
o Recommendations.
建议。
• In 2000 words you will not have sufficient space to discuss every source of power and every independent in great detail , so concentrate on thos e that are most relevant ( e g those that are going to allow you to reveal the most about the nature of power).
• Your recommendations should be based on the insights derived from the discussion of power and how it applies in the situation under consideration; don’t discuss one range of issues and then come up with an unrelated set of recommendations , ie your analysis should identify the issues that lead to recommendations.
• The tone of the report should be appropriate for the senior levels it is supposedly being written for, that is MPs up to the level of Prime Minister or Leader of the Opposition.
This does not mean that you need to write a document full of staid and complicated language, but it does means that you should avoid writing in a conversational tone.
• Given the nature of the task, it is appropriate for you to write “ I” in terms of what you recommend and “ you” to the recipient of the recommendations (assuming you identify them to me first in the heading or somewhere else), rather than seeking a convoluted third -person approach to writing the assignment.
• A reminder that “s cholarly resources” does not include sites like Wikipedia (where there is no credible quality assurance process), sites where other people have posted their own essays or presentations , or most informal online sources (eg blogs, low -quality newsletters, etc). If a student is in doubt over the credibility of the source, he or she should contact t he lecturer before incorporating that information .
o Your discussion on the issues relating to power should be based on sources like journal articles and academic works (for example, Jeffery Pfeffer is a leading writer on power, so look up some of his writings as a starting point as you move beyond the textbook).
o The current political situation will not yet, due to its currency, be discussed in such sources, so make use of newspapers and other media outlets. Be sure to use multiple sources and to take a critical eye to avoid blindly accepting partisan or otherwise biased views.
o Students should search the library databases for information on the topic rather than the internet. Internet sources can be handy to give you a general idea about the topic, but I do not expect to see them listed as sources upon which you relied in putting together your assignment. Use more credible sources instead.
Submission
提交
• The assignment is due at 5pm (Darwin time) on Monday, 27 September . Students not in Darwin must ensure they know what time this corresponds to in their time zone.
作业9月27日周一下午5点（达尔文时间）提交。不是达尔文时区的学生必须确保他们知道他们区域时间相应的是什么时间
• Submission is to be via Learn line.
通过学习线提交
Marking Criteria
评分标准
Reports will be assessed against the following criteria (the assignment will be marked using the same marking guide as for assignment 1, and will be marked out of 50, but is worth 40% of the unit marks):
• Grasp of Concepts and Ideas (15 marks)
把握的概念和想法（15分）
• Level of Critical Thought/Insight (15 marks)
等级的批判思想/洞察（15分）
• Persuasiveness of Argument (10 marks)
说服力的论据（10分）
• Eloquence of Expression (10 marks)
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