Instructions Essay instructions

Exploring Organisation Theories and Organisational Fit

The field of organisation theory has many competing theories to explain organisational effectiveness.

Your task is to critically discuss how managers may use one of the following theories: Resource Dependency Theory, Institutional Theory, or

Population Ecology to develop a framework of understanding for an organisation. Your framework should explain interactions with other organisations. A discussion of how this framework will contribute to the control of the competitive landscape should be included. Your reasoning should be explained and referenced with evidence from peer reviewed journals.

Detailed instructions:

Write an essay-style response to this question, referring to the current academic literature on this topic. As a general rule, a minimum of eight (8) academic references from peer-reviewed journals, in addition to references from the subject core text is required. You may find this resource on Essay Writing helpful.

The item must comply with the following formatting requirements and these requirements are considered under Criterion 5 of the assessment task rubric:

Font 12point Callibri Line spacing 1.5

Fully justified margins

One full return between paragraphs

This essay is a critical review of the in[uential ideas about the role of managers in shaping organsational outcomes.  Most critical essays follow this type of structure:

Introduction

Open the essay with a short introduction to the area. Provide a response to the essay question.

Provide a summary or 'road map' of your essay (a very brief outline of what you will discuss) Main body

The main body of your essay will consist of paragraphs, which are akin to building blocks in the construction of your argument. Ensure that you:

develop a discussion, informed by the key academics in the field, which answers the essay question demonstrate your knowledge of the field

offer exposition and evidence to develop your arguments. Evidence will be the references to seminal works and key empirical studies

use relevant examples and authoritative quotes - however only use quotes for effect. Excessive quoting does not demonstrate your understanding of the field.

if your question has multiple parts, consider using subheadings to break up the text into a logical structure.

When structuring your paragraphs, remember that a paragraph is a related group of sentences that develops one main idea. Each paragraph should contain:

a topic sentence that states the main idea to be discussed

supporting sentences, which explain and develop the point that you're making evidence - your points should be supported by evidence from your readings

analysis - analyse and interpret the evidence. Consider the implications, significance and impact of what you have been discussing, and conclude the paragraph with a critical conclusion you have drawn from the evidence.

Conclusion

In the conclusion, you need to:

restate your response to the essay question summarise the main points

finish with a broad statement about the implications of the topic for practice. ensure you don't introduce any new information into the conclusion.

Make sure you cite and correctly reference your sources, using the Academy of Management referencing style.

Also, ensure that you understand the difference between quoting and paraphrasing. For help with paraphrasing, see the Purdue Online Writing Lab. Reference List

An EndNote formatted list of sources in the required academic style. Last modified: Friday, 13 December 2019, 2:37 PM