DUE DATE: Thursday, 11th August, by 8:00pm (Melbourne time) PERCENTAGE OF FINAL

DUE DATE: Thursday, 11th August, by 8:00pm (Melbourne time)

PERCENTAGE OF FINAL GRADE: 30%

WORD COUNT: 1500 words

Description

Purpose

This is an individual assignment where each student is required to write an essay on the importance of Global Citizenship and how a global mindset contributes towards the development of global citizenship of University students in Australia.

This task provides you with opportunities to learn the knowledge (ULO2), the skills to analyse data and report it (ULO3), and provide recommendations and justify them (ULO4), which are all required in the study and practice of management in organizations. By completing this task, you will develop your skills in researching, understanding, applying, evaluating, and presenting information required of business professionals.

Context/Scenario

In this assignment, you will develop a paper in which you advocate the development of Australian University students as global citizens by developing their global mindset. Your argumentation in support of the development of global mindset of every University student needs to be informed, well researched, factual, and convincing in order to be successful.

Specific Requirements

In order to achieve the above, you are required to:

Undertake a review of the Global citizenship literature and global mindset. Here you need to review the literature to address the following:

What is global citizenship? Discuss comprehensively from various perspectives.

What is global mindset? Explain comprehensively the various elements of global mindset and how they relate to global citizenship?

An illustrative example of a Global mindset of University students. Here you analyse relevant data on global mindset (to be provided by your lecturer) using appropriate statistical tools and report your findings.

Discussion and Concluding comments: Discuss your findings, and comment on the actions necessary for the development of global mindset in Australian Universities based on your findings.

Your paper should address the following:

What is global citizenship and global mindset and why are they becoming increasingly important and relevant?

Why is it important for University students in Australia to have a well-developed global mindset. Here you need to provide some information on the relevance and benefits of having a well-developed global mindset for University graduates.

Assessment of global mindset of a sample of student. Here you will be provided with data from a survey of the class. This data set covers the different dimensions of global mindset. You will analyse this data to assess the current state of global mindset of University students.

Use excel to analyse your data – you can for example produce spider charts, bar charts, pie charts, ANOVA, etc., (do not be afraid to be creative) to analyse the following:

Compare the individual dimensions of global mindset and comment on your findings of the different dimensions

Compare differences between those with International exposure and those without

Is there a difference between gender?

Then discuss your findings to explain what you found. For example, if you found that there is a difference in the global mindset of different genders, provide an explanation as to why this may be so.

Then develop some convincing arguments to reiterate the need for the development of global mindset of university students and propose/suggest 2/3 ways in which the global mindset of University students in Australia can be improved. You should make a plea to the University for supporting your idea.

Below is some information on what an advocacy paper is and how you should approach it. More information will be provided in class and in the seminars to help you with your advocacy paper.

Some tips on how to write an advocacy paper.

(Source: http://www.ehow.com/how_7779714_write-advocacy-essay.html)

An advocacy essay is a paper designed to garner support from readers regarding a specific belief or cause. Advocacy essays could be used as a call for action or intended to simply raise awareness on a social issue. They are frequently used by charity organizations to explain why their charities are important or by special- interest groups to define their causes and their importance. Writing an advocacy essay requires a thorough knowledge of the subject.

Some tips to get you started.

Research your topic so you are well-versed in the history of it, the major entities involved on all sides of the issue and the current status of the issue. The more knowledge you have, the better prepared you will be when it comes to writing.

State the issue you are advocating clearly in an introductory paragraph. Give the general background of your issue and why the readers should care about it. Your introduction will provide a general outline for your essay, and the rest of the paper will provide details.

Provide added depth through analyses and original data, background story and details about your cause in the body of the essay. As you explain a particular point, bring it back to the goal of getting the readers involved in your cause.

Provide resources and citations for the facts that you use in your essay. Your piece has more legitimacy if you quote facts and statistics from known and respected entities in your field than if you simply give your own opinion.

Conclude your essay with an emotional appeal to the readers to emphasize the difference one person can make in the cause, either financially or through the devotion of time. Your conclusion should quickly review the issues you have already discussed and leave readers with a final statement to stick in their heads about how they can join your cause.

Include a page of references showing where all of your facts came from. Alphabetize it by last name of the original author. This can also give your readers resources where they can learn more.

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