BUSS611: Organisational Decision-Making Skills Assignment 1, AIS, NZ

Question 1

Write a detailed problem statement for a self-selected organisation or situation that highlights a specific organisational problem/issue. The problem statement must include a part relating to the organisation’s processes and procedures as well as an aspect that relates to corporate social responsibility (CSR).

• Problem statement is well-articulated and crafted with a clear outline of the problem to be investigated within the context of a self-selected work experience and/or case study:

• The problem statement has a well-defined focus relating to organisational processes and procedures:

• Aspects of corporate social responsibility (CSR) are well-integrated within the problem statement:

Question 2

Using your problem statement from Question 1 above, draw a detailed spider diagram following the format found here: https://thesiswhisperer.com/2015/05/13/how-to-become-a-literature- searching-ninja/ The spider diagram can be drawn by hand on paper and inserted in your document as a photo or created using software tools. You must ensure that your spider diagram is clearly legible in the document before uploading the assignment.

• Spider-diagram is constructed as per the guidelines provided at https://thesiswhisperer.com/2015/05/13/how-to-become-a-literature-searching-ninja/

• All key focus areas relating to the problem statement are evident and developed in a clear and logical manner in the spider-diagram:

• The spider-diagram is well crafted and legible:

Question 3

3.1 Using information from your spider diagram, identify and list (under heading Question 3.1) the five (5) key topic areas that will help you with researching the problem statement identified in Question 1.

3.2 Find an academic journal article from the AIS Library database/s relating to each of the separate five key topic areas that you have identified and listed (five articles in total with each article dealing with one of the separate key topic areas). Ensure that each article is listed (under heading Question 3.2) using a full bibliographic reference as per APA7.

3.3 Read all five articles thoroughly and write a 250-word summary for each article. The relevance of each article to the problem statement must be clearly highlighted together with its key concepts and findings. (Ensure that each article is clearly identified in a sub-heading for each summary – main heading is Question 3.3.)