MGTB345F Extended Essay

MGT B345F helps you synthesize and apply various management concepts, theories and approaches to different organization contexts. Read the following newspaper excerpt, and write an essay within 1,000 to 1,200 words to make specific recommendations on how to improve the government’s effectiveness in resolving the controversy over the proposed alcohol ban policy.

“Hong Kong is facing an alarming surge of coronavirus infections, both imported and spread locally. The tally of confirmed cases stood at 386, including four fatalities in the city. In an attempt to guard against a wider spread of contagion, Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Monday announced plans to ban the sale of alcohol at 8,600 restaurants, bars and clubs holding liquor licenses. But questions were raised about the effectiveness of such a move.” (South China Morning Post, 24/03/2020)

In presenting your recommendations, you are expected to write an answer that includes:

• Brief background information leading to the proposed policy (~100-150 words) 
• Choice of key concepts and theories in your analysis and justification of their relevance(~100-150 words) 
• Application of specific course concepts and theories (e.g.leadership / power and conflicts / organizational decision making / organizational learning, etc.) in diagnosing the problem issue (~400-450 words)   
• Recommendations and conclusions (by drawing on your theoretical foundation) of how the controversy could be resolved to alleviate public discontent(~400-450 words)  

[Note: Assuming it is now 24 March 2020 when preparing your write-up. Most topics covered by the course can be relevant in formulating your analysis. It is not the number of concepts or theories that matters, but their relevance and your own articulation. You may choose a big topic/theory, or alternatively, a combination of different concepts and smaller theories in formulating your analysis. A major challenge will be to decide on which one(s) to use, given the scenario in question.]

You are advised to read the rubric carefully before writing the extended essay. Give a word count at the end of your essay. References, diagram, tables and graphics can be put in an appendix which will not be included in the word count.