The Written Report: The written report should begin with the broad research topic which is followed by each individual component identified by the individual student who prepared it . Organisation of the research report A key ingredient to writing a successful report involves the planning or organising stage. Organising can help you to sort out your ideas and to present your report in the order that communicates best to your readers. Organisation is the procedure of constructing an outline that acts as a plan for your writing task. An outline forces you to think before you write Your essay is to be structured and written as a business report. It, therefore, must begin with a Management (or Executive) Summary within which you state in stark form (i.e. unsupported by argument) what you are asserting in this report and you must do that in less than two pages. As already stated above, you begin the main body of the report with some general background on the broad research topic. This introduction should end with a brief paragraph outlining the plan of the rest of the essay. What follows is the specific issues of each individual component which were considered. As for any good business report these components should be structured into sections and sub-sections and the heading for these should be in the Table of Contents. In these individual components the in-depth discussion of the relevant issues is elaborated based on the existing literature and/or data. You must provide in-text references to your sources. The last section of the report contains a brief summary followed by a complete list of references that are cited in the text of the essay. Follow a standard referencing method consistently. Suggested limits are as follows: Management Summary: ideally one page but no more than two. Sections 1: Introduction 400-600 words, Section 2: Main body of the essay consisting of each of the individual components limit each component to approximately 1,000 words each, Sections 3: Conclusions 100-300 words, Summary and Complete List of References (5-15 references). Assessment Criteria: There are two components of assessment adding to a total possible mark of 25% of the subject: The Presentation which is worth 10 marks. Here we assess the quality of the presentation NOT the academic quality of the work. The Opening Impact 3 marks Overall Presentation Technique (incl. Quality of the Slides) 5 marks Adherence to Time Limit 2 marks The Report which is worth 15 marks. It is here that we assess the academic quality of your work (including referencing) as well as your ability to correctly structure a business report. The Management Summary 4 marks Report Structure (TOC, Paragraphs, Sections and use of Diagrams) 3 marks Academic Quality (incl. Referencing) 8 marks Topic 2. Early Management Theories Relevant to the Modern World General Framework From a framework (a map) describing the developments in Western Management Theory over the last hundred years or more, focus on the period from Taylor to Fayol and Weber explaining the context of their work. Individual Components Each member of the team choose one of the management theorists listed below and give specific examples of the portions of their theory still in use in the modern world . 1. Fred Taylor 2. Henri Fayol 3. Max Weber When researching the topic: The work on the general framework is the responsibility of each team member• The work on the individual components is the responsibility of the individual choosing that• component. However, that individual can be helped by other group members who in turn also can help other team members.