Higher Nationals

Assignment Brief – BTEC (RQF)

Higher National Diploma in Business (Business Management)

Student Name /ID Number Nguyen Trong Quoc Anh (Josh)

Unit Number and Title Unit 4: Leadership and Management

Academic Year 2023-24

Unit Assessor Aung Kyaw Oo

Assignment Number and Title LM 1: Leadership and Management in the Workplace (1 of 2)

Issue Date 5th June, 2024

Submission Date 19th July, 2024

IV Name

Date

Submission Format:

The submission format is in the form of a case study report. The report should be written in a concise
style. You are required to make use of headings, paragraphs, and sub sections as appropriate. All
work must be supported with research and referenced using the Harvard referencing system (or an
alternative system). You will need to provide a bibliography using the Harvard referencing system (or
an alternative system). Inaccurate use of referencing may lead to issues of plagiarism if not applied
correctly.
The recommended word limit is 2,000-2,500 words, although you will not be penalised for going under
or exceeding the total word limit.

Pearson Education 2018

Higher Education Qualifications
Assignment Brief
Unit Learning Outcomes:
LO1 Examine leadership and management theories and principles, and their impact on the
effectiveness of an organisation
LO2 Review the influence of different leadership and management styles on the culture of
organisations

Transferable skills and competencies developed

 Effective written communication.
 The ability to analyse and evaluate a range of business data and sources of information.
 Using research for evidence-based decision making.
 Digital literacy.
 Interpretation of information that allows for evaluation of theory to practice.

Vocational scenario
Organisation
Adecco Vietnam, a member of The Adecco Group. Is the leading recruitment, payroll and HR
outsourcing agency in Vietnam. The company provides one-stop solutions for Human Resources (HR)
needs for its client companies. Operating for more than 60 years, The Adecco Group has more than
39,000 passionate employees in over 5,000 branches across 60 countries, including Vietnam.
Established in Vietnam in 2011, Adecco Vietnam successfully match hundreds of people into exciting
new careers every year and services to over 1,000 client companies across different industries in the
country. The company has around 5,000 associates delivering HR solutions and services.
Adecco Vietnam’s key professional services are recruitment, HR solutions & consulting, training,
payroll and HR outsourcing.
Role
You are working as a newly appointed, Trainee Executive Search Consultant. Part of your role is
using social media platforms to contact and recruit potential clients and employees for your clients to
meet their brief. Understanding leadership and management skills and competencies is critical to your
role, as you will be reviewing CVs and filtering applicants, and interviewing and assessing their skills
to see if they are the best fit for the job.

Assignment Activity and Guidance

As a new trainee, you are to complete onboarding training to help you understand leadership and
management in action. As part of this onboarding process, you have been asked to undertake a case
study report for the organisations. Focusing on a large organisation of your choice, critically evaluate
their leadership and management theories, their impact on decision making and the factors that
influence their organisational culture. The research of additional business examples should be used
to assist in your analysis and evaluation.
REQUIRED:
Business activities to inform your report will include the following.
 Conducting research into leadership and management theories and their application in the
workplace in order to analyse the effectiveness of leadership and management in the given
organisation.
 Comparing at least two other organisational examples to compare the different styles of
leadership and management approaches taken for a range of business situations and how they
impact decisions taken.
 Examination of different leadership and management approaches taken to evaluate their
effectiveness and the impact that the role of leadership and management has on organisational
culture and performance.
 Your report should consider the following:
 definitions of leader and manager
 hard vs soft skills
 analysis of various leadership theory examples and their impact on effectiveness and decision
making
 comparison of leadership and management activities in different organisations
 the importance of culture and the role leaders and managers
 critical reflection on the impact of leadership and management.

Recommended Resources
Please note that the resources listed are examples for you to use as a starting point in your
research - the list is not definitive.
Weblinks
 BBC Learning English . The Handy Guide to Management. Available at:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/work/handy/handy.shtml
 Businessballs. Likert's Management Syste ms. Available at:
https://www.business balls.com/organisational-culture/likerts-management-systems/

HN Global
 HN Global (2021) Reading Lists. Available at: https://hnglobal.highernationals.com/learning-
zone/reading-lists
 HN Global (2021) Student Resource Library. Available at:
https://hnglobal.highernationals.com/subjects/resource-libraries
 HN Global (2021) Textbooks. Available at: https://hnglobal.highernationals.com/textbooks

Journal articles
 Alma Harris & Michelle Jones (2018) The dark side of leadership and management, School
Leadership & Management, 38:5, 475-477, DOI: 10.1080/13632434.2018.1509276
https://doi.org/10.1080/13632434.2018
 M. Liphadzi, C.O. Aigbavboa, W.D. Thwala, A Theoretical Perspective on the Difference between
Leadership and Management, Procedia Engineering, Volume 196, 2017, ISSN 1877- 7058,
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877705817331004
 Nafiisa Sobratee; Shamim Bodhanya; Leading in a global context: The balancing act between
leadership and management, JBRMR, Volume 12 Issue 4, 04Jul 2018
https://doi.org/10.24052/JBRMRN12IS04/ART-06
Textbooks
 Kelly, P. and Cole, G. (2020) Management: Theory and Practice. 9th Ed. Cengage.
 Mullins, L. J. (2019) Organisational Behaviour in the Workplace. 12th Ed. Harlow: Pearson.
Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria

Learning Outcome Pass Merit Distinction

LO1 Examine P1 Discuss different M1 Analyse the impact LO1 and LO2
leadership and theories of leadership of the application of
management theories in relation to the leadership and D1 Critically evaluate
and principles, and management activities management theories the impact of different
their impact on the in different on the effectiveness of approaches to
effectiveness of an organisations. a large organisation. leadership and
organisation management.

P2 Explore different
theories of
management in relation
to the management
and leadership
activities in different
organisations.

LO2 Review the P3 Assess different M2 Compare the

influence of different leadership and impact of leadership
leadership and management styles and management
management styles and their application in styles on decision
on the culture of a range of business making in different
organisations situations in different organisations.
organisations.

P4 Examine the factors M3 Evaluate the

that influence the importance of
development of the organisational culture
culture in on the performance of
organisations. different organisations.