? This Assignment is worth 60% of the overall mark for this module.? For this essay you need to answer the question set out below.? Your essay should be 1500 words in length.? The aim of this assignment is to test your ability to apply theory tothe context of a specific business situation.? Essays must be formally submitted to student services before thedeadline.? Each piece of assessment submitted to student services must havea completed and signed submission form attached.Work submitted after this date will be subject to GIC rules for latesubmission.Essay Question:Communication is central to understanding organisational behaviour as it affectsorganisational performance and individual career prospects.Identify some of the barriers to communication in organisations. Selectthree organisations of your choice and show how they have tried toovercome these barriers.Guidelines:Many possible points can be discussed, including the following:Barriers to communication might include power difference, gender differences,cultural diversity, individual perceptions, filtering, physical and psychological‘noise’, technology, etc.Methods for improving communication might include commitment to thisobjective by chief executives, words backed by action, commitment to two-waycommunication, emphasis on face-to-face conversation, sharing information withsubordinates, encouraging employees to share good and bad news, message tobe targeted to the audience intended, etc.Recommended Reading (to support your assignment): Refer torelevant chapters as indicated in your module guide.Antony, F. And MacVicar, A. (2011), Contemporary OrganisationalBehaviour, McGraw Hill.Huczynski, A. and Buchanan, D. (2010) Organisational Behaviour, 7thedition, FT. UK Prentice Hall, HarlowMullins, L.J. (2005) Management and Organisational Behaviour, FT. UK:Prentice Hall. HarlowJones, G. and George, J.(2007) Contemporary Manangement,McGraw-HillWilson, F. (2010) Organisational Behaviour and Work: A Critical Introduction(3rd Edition) Oxford University PressJournals:Academy of Management JournalBritish Journal of ManagementEuropean Management JournalHarvard Business Review* (an excellent place to seek out topics)Human Resource Management JournalJournal of Management StudiesJournal of Organizational BehaviourHints and Tips1. The most important thing you must do in completing this assignment isto make sure that you answer the task that has been set.2. Ensure that you remain within the word limits given for the essay. Theword limit is to test whether you can write concisely, thereby gettingall the main points down without wandering ‘off-topic’.3. You should think very carefully about the resources you use for thisassessment. Make sure that all the research you do is from academicsources. Academic sources are things like textbooks, journals and e-journals. Everything you read in an academic source will have beenpeer-reviewed which means that experts in the field will have seen itand agree that the ideas are reasonable and accurate. Web sitessuch as wikipedia are not peer reviewed and therefore do notcount as academic sources.4. At the end of your assessment, you should list out all books to whichyou have referred in your work using the Harvard style. Your listshould be alphabetical by author and list out the author(s)’s surname,first name, date of publication, title of book, publisher of book and theplace of the book’s publication. Examples can be found in thereferencing guide that has been uploaded on Moodle. If you haveused internet sources, you should give the author(s)’s name, title ofweb page, the full internet address of the page(s) you have usedand the date(s) that they were accessed. Poorly referenced workwill be penalised as the quality of referencing is part of the markingscheme (criterion).5. You should not copy text from a book, another person’s work orinternet sites and imply that it is your own work. This is known asplagiarism and is an academic offence. Plagiarism is the wordacademics use for ‘copying’. If you want to quote directly from a book,you should indicate that it is a quote (by using quotation marks “…”)and the name of the author whose work you have cited in the mainbody of your assignment. You should avoid excessive use of quotes asthe work you submit must be your own – not simply a collection ofquotes!6. Your essay must be word-processed, using 1.5 or double spacing and a12 font size. Always leave a margin so that I have space to insert anycomments I would like to make as I am reading your work.7. When you hand in your work, please ensure that all the pages arestapled together in the correct order and that pages are numbered.8. The marking scheme that we use in the UK may be different from thatwhich you are familiar with in your home countries. The pass mark forthis assignment is equivalent to 40%. This means that you have justsucceeded in meeting the criteria set out earlier in this handout. An‘average’ mark is equivalent to 50-55%. A good mark is equivalent to60% and above, with marks equivalent to over 70% being deemed tobe of excellent quality. Do not expect to get mark equivalent to 90-100% as a matter of course. Scores such as these would be for workof the most exceptionalquality.Generic Submission Guidelines:1. Use a standard academic font, size 12 and use 1.5 spacing betweenlines.2. Each page of your assignment should have a header with your studentID number, module code (e.g. PM025) and the name of your classtutor. Do not write your name.3. All pages should be numbered.4. Staple all pages together.5. Include a title page consisting of the following information:? Module Code (e.g. PM5042T)? Class/Group: (e.g. Group A, Class 1)? Module Title (e.g. Research Project)? Assessment Title (e.g. literature review, Project Reportetc)? Assignment Title: (e.g. Add in your Research Title)? Tutor Name: (name of tutor)? Student ID Number: (please add your ID number onlyand NOT your name)? Date of Submission: (date)You may be penalised according to the GIC Assessment Rules if:? You submit coursework that is above the stated word limit by more than 20%the mark awarded for this assessment shall be reduced by 10% if thesubmission exceeds the required word length.For example if you score 60% for the assignment however you are overby 20% your score will be calculated as follows: 60 – (10% of 60 whichis 6) = 54% overallTo calculate specific word length, all text in reference lists and appendicesshould be excluded. You MUST include a word count at the end ofyour assignment.? You hand in your assignment later than the stated deadline. You mustsubmit work for assessment by the stated deadline. If you do not, thefollowing penalties for written work will apply:(Unless there are valid reasons for the lateness (e.g. illness) andthis is supported with an EEC form and evidence)Number of WorkingDays Late1 85% of originalPenalty Awardedmark2 80% of originalmark3 75% of originalmarkMore than 3 Zero markawarded? Any part of your work is found to have been directly copied from asource (e.g. a book, another student’s essay, an internet website)without the appropriate referencing conventionPlease be reminded that this must be written by you. If the leveland sophistication of your language is considerably higher thanother pieces of written work you have produced, it will beassumed that you were given unfair assistance and you will eitherbe penalised for plagiarism or receive no credit for clarity ofexpression.Please note that the following examples of collusion areconsidered as academic misconduct and, in the absence of hardevidence, you may be asked to attend a meeting to discuss yourunderstanding of the work. If you do not attend such a meeting,tutors may use academic judgement to determine whether or notan offence has taken place.CollusionExamples include a situation where a student:a. intentionally submits as entirely his or her own work, an essayor report written by another person.b. permits another candidate to copy all or part of their ownwork, knowing it is to be submitted as that other candidate'sown work;c. allows another person to re-write large sections of thestudents’ work.Submission Deadline and procedure: Submit TWO copies of yourassignment to Student Services with one completed front cover sheetYou will also need to submit an electronic version of your assignment toTurnitin on the same day.? Students must submit to Turnitin no more than 1 working day afterthe hand-in deadline for the paper copy.? Failure to submit through Turnitin on time will result in a deductionof 10% from your mark? If your online submission is later than one working week from therequired submission date ,you will receive a mark of ZERO for thisassignment.? The online submission MUST be identical to the paper submission orthere will be 25% deduction from the final assignment score.? Students are required to report any technical difficulties to theclass tutor and to send an e-copy direct to the class tutor ifnecessary.