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ECOM 201 Project
Overview
Suppose your group works as a virtual team in a Saudi company that deals with local and global
clients. The company mainly aims to provide digital marketing services and solutions in one
field (e.g., cars, real estate, perfumes, fashion, flowers, healthy food, medicines, etc.). A task has
been given to you by the CEO. The task includes connecting with a Chinese brand that wants to
open an office in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The task is considered completed when the team
proposes a strategy to the Chinese company representative and receives their feedback.
Requirements
The group needs to be divided as follows: one team manager, one representative from the
Chinese brand, one technical support expert, and one or two general members.
Write a reflection on your group work process in creating the team, choosing the tools, working
on the tasks, and reporting the strategy to the client.
Reflection (due by Week 10)
[20 marks]
The reflection should be written after you establish a successful virtual team. The reflection
should describe the process of 4 main components of virtual management: team building, tools,
procedures, and task management. Please use these guidelines on how to do so:
1. Virtual Team: (4 marks- 200 words)
In this section, you need to describe the virtual team.
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Name your team and specify the field you will focus on.
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Who are your team members, and what are their roles?
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What are the personal objectives of each member (why you joined the team)?
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What is the collective goal for your team (how will your team be successful in that
field)?
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How the team experienced Bruce Tuckman’s four different stages of team building?
2. Virtual Tool (5 marks- 700 words)
In this section, you describe choosing a tool for your virtual team.
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What are the main and complimentary virtual tools did you use to manage the tasks?
(provide pictures)
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Describe the features of these tools that were useful to your teamwork (provide pictures).
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Why did you choose these tools? What are the other options?
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Suppose your budget was SAR 10k; how did you use that budget to get the best possible
tool?
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How frequently does the team meet? How long is each meeting? (Provide photos of the
team meetings at different times)
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How the meeting minutes helped your team stay focused? (Provide an example of your
team meeting minutes).
3. Virtual work dynamics (5 marks- 700 words)
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How did you create a virtual office?
o What are the technical challenges that you faced in your work?
o Give some examples of work ethics/ culture in China.
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How did you utilize vacation time and holiday time?
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What are the challenges that your team faced in communication?
o Specify how space, time, and cultural differences affected the communication
process.
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How did you overcome those challenges? (discuss from different roles’ perspectives).
4. Reports and presentations (5.5 marks- 500 words)
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Provide an example of a proposed strategy your team worked on to make the marketing
campaign successful for the Chinese company in the chosen field.
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The report should be 300 words describing the status and statistics of the chosen field and
how customers (target audience) can be reached.
o The report should have an introduction, a brief strategy, and a conclusion.
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Include graphs and statistics to support your report (use local resources. If they were in
Arabic, translate them).
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The Chinese company representative in your team should provide his/her feedback on the
report (one or two comments)
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The rest of the team should address those comments.
5. Conclude your reflection (0.5 mark- 100 words)
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Tell us how your teamwork was, what you would do better, and how you will thrive in
the future.
Useful links:
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http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/studentservices/documents/planning-and-preparing-towrite-assignments.pdf
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APA reference system https://student.unsw.edu.au/apa
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About plagiarism http://wts.indiana.edu/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml
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About plagiarism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiarism
Guidelines for the assignment:
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This is a group project (4-5 students in each group), which is part of your course score.
It requires effort, collaboration and critical thinking.
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Use the given template below. One mark will be deducted if there is this template
is not used.
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Your assignment must be supported by evidence and resources. Otherwise, your
answer will not be valid.
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Use at least 3 different references from the SDL including the Textbook
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Use font Times New Roman, Calibri or Arial.
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Use 1.5 or double line spacing with left Justify all paragraphs.
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Use the footer function to insert page number.
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Ensure that you follow the APA style in your project.
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Your project report length should be between 2000 to 2500 words.
Up to 20% of the total grade will be deducted for providing a poor assignment structure. The
structure includes these elements paper style, free of spelling and grammar mistakes, referencing,
and format.
Answer:
General Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY
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The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated
folder.
Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented; marks may be reduced
for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
Late submission will NOT be accepted.
Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other
resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No
pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.
Learning Outcomes:
CLO-Covered
1 Describe management issues such as diversity, attitudes and job satisfaction,
personality, and values in organizational behaviour. (CLO2).
Assess challenges of effective organizational communication and share information
within the team in professional manner. (CLO4).
2 Examine the differences and similarities between leadership, power, and
management. (CLO5).
Assignment 2
Reference Source:
Textbook:Colquitt, J. A., LePine, J. A., & Wesson, M. J. (2021). Organizational behaviour:
Improving performance and commitment in the workplace (7th ed). Burr Ridge, IL:
McGraw-Hill Irwin.
Case Study: –
Case: U.S. MARINE CORPS
Please read the case “U.S. MARINE CORPS” from Chapter 10 “Ability” Page: – 326 given
in your textbook – Organizational behaviour: Improving performance and commitment in
the workplace (7th ed). by Colquitt, J. A., LePine, J. A., & Wesson, M. J. (2021) and
Answer the following Questions:
Assignment Question(s):
1. Identify and describe the types of abilities that historically have been most relevant to
Marine effectiveness. Which additional abilities appear to be important for Marines
involved in cyber-security? (02 Marks) (Min words 150-200)
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Why might it be difficult to find new recruits that possess the appropriate mix of
abilities? What could the Marine Corps do to increase the size of the pool of applicants
with these abilities? (02 Marks) (Min words 200-300)
3. How might the Marine Corps be able to use their existing workforce to deal with their
need for cyber-personnel? Describe the advantages and disadvantages of such an initiative.
(02 Marks) (Min words 200)
Part:-2
Discussion questions: – Please read Chapter’s 11,13 carefully and then give your
answers on the basis of your understanding.
4. Think about a highly successful team with which you are familiar. What types of tasks,
goals, and outcome interdependence does this team have? Describe how changes in task,
goal, and outcome interdependence might have a negative impact on this team. (02 Marks)
(Min words 200-300)
5. Who is the most influential leader you have come in contact with personally? What
forms of power did they have, and which types of influence did they use to accomplish
objectives? (02 Marks ) (Min words 200-300)
Important Notes: 1. Support your submission with course material concepts, principles, and theories from
the textbook and at least two scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles.
2. References required in the assignment. Use APA style for writing references.
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