You are required to write a journal article that demonstrates your understanding of management

within organisations.

Within the article you must compare and contrast the roles of managers at senior, middle and junior
levels.

You then need to provide an analysis of different styles of management.

Change is a key element to any business so you must evaluate why change occurs in a business
environment. You must also evaluate some of the different approaches that can be used to managing
change. You then need to analyse the advantages and disadvantages of change for a business,
managers and employees.

Finally, you need to evaluate the importance of communication in relation to decision making within a
business, and evaluate the nature and use of management information systems and their impact on
the decision-making process.
GUIDANCE
For guidance about layout, structure and style of writing used for a journal article you should refer to
the study materials for the ‘Academic Writing Skills’ unit.

You are encouraged to use images within your article to support your written commentary.

Relevant theory must be referenced where appropriate and a references list provided. Remember that
any images that you have used which have been taken from published sources must be referenced
accordingly.

The article should be a maximum of 2,000 words in length.

This word limit is the absolute maximum you are permitted. If you are over the word limit for this
assignment in any way, you will receive your assignment back without further comment or feedback.
Assessment Criteria
 AC 11.1: Compare and contrast the roles of management at senior, middle and junior levels.
 AC 21.1: Analyse different styles of management.
 AC 31.1: Evaluate why change occurs within a business environment.
 AC 31.2: Evaluate different approaches to managing change
 AC 31.3: Analyse the advantages and disadvantages for change for business managers and
employees.
 AC 41.1: Evaluate the importance of communication, in relation to decision making.
 AC 41.2: Evaluate the nature and use of management information systems and assess their
impact on the decision making process.

Study materials information

JOURNAL ARTICLE
Through reading and research of a subject area, you will notice that journal articles tend
to focus on one particular topic or idea within a particular subject area. This approach
should be used for any assignment which requires you to write a journal article.
You firstly need to think about the purpose of your article and the type of journal you
may be writing for as this will influence your approach. It is advisable to read a variety of
journal articles so that you get a feel for the different styles and approaches that can be
used.

Particular things you should look out for are the layout, what the first and last sentences
contain, how the sections/paragraphs are structured, and what type of language has
been used.

As with other academic writing tasks, you should write an outline before you
start and read/research the subject area in order to identify key themes or
points of interest.

A journal article allows you more freedom than other types of academic writing
in terms of structure and layout. You could, however, refer the following table as
a guideline.

Question Section of Article

 Introduction
What is the problem?

How do I solve the  Methodology or approach

problem?

 Findings and results

What did I find out?

 Discussion, conclusions and recommendations

What does it mean?

 References list
Whose work did I refer to?

 Appendices (optional) - you can put tables and graphs etc within the main body
Extra information prefer