Assessment 3: Case Study
Due date: Week 12 Group/individual: Individual Word count/ Time provided: 2500 words Weighting: 40% Unit Learning Outcomes: UL01,UL02, UL03, UL04
Assessment 3 Detail
The pdf file of the case study is in Canvas Week 5. This case will enable the students to learn about: • Leadership styles, which are effective in adverse situations. • How to manage and engage multiple stakeholders who have conflicting interests. • Problem-solving and ethical decision-making models; and • The effectiveness of strategic decisions.
Questions for the case study: Question 1. What were the challenges faced by Suryakant Mishra? How did he exercise a problem-solving approach? Question 2. Why did he focus on a stakeholder engagement approach? Was the stakeholder management approach a game-changing strategy for UAIL or just a cost-escalation method? Question 3. What type of leadership styles, do you think, were demonstrated by Suryakant Mishra? How would you like to define his negotiation style?
Question 4. What was the role of leadership communication in the case study? Question 5. Did he exercise ethical decision-making processes? Question 6. Were his decisions effective? How well did he achieve the stakeholder engagement goal? Question 7. What approaches should his successor adopt?
Students need to support their answers with further references to comprehensively address the questions in a critical manner. In addition, summary of recently published articles relevant to project human resource, communications and stakeholder management need to be added to the discussion where appropriate and relevant.
Assessments 3 Marking Criteria and Rubric
The assessment will be marked out of 100 and will be weighted 40 of the total unit mark. The marking criteria and rubric are shown on the following page.