Question

Please answer all questions in Macroeconomics below, and answer them in detail and precisely.

Question 3 (20 marks)
Most organizations in Hong Kong are sensitive to environmental influences, and universities are no exceptions. As you are currently studying at the Open University of Hong Kong (OUHK), you are required to analyze the specific environment of OUHK. In your answers, you should fully explain any three major forces in the specific environment that are currently affecting the university.

Question 4 (20 marks)
(a) You just joined a new company as a general manager with over 100 employees. Located in several regional areas, the company is selling sports shoes, sports equipment and sportswear. Due to the current poor structure of the company, you wish to revise the organizational design using departmentalization. Explain how you would apply any three departmentalization methods in assigning the tasks and responsibilities to the company.
(10 marks)

(b) Christy is a newly appointed country club manager. She supervises 10 frontline employees who have many years of working experience in the relevant industry. Christy always demonstrates directive leadership behaviors towards her employees in her previous job. Do you think that directive leadership style is appropriate in this case? Why or why not? Your answers should focus on the task structure, working experience and locus of control of the employees. (10 marks)

Answer 1

As per policy we have to answer first question

Answer-3)

With the growth of the economy, the waste, water, and air pollution cause an adverse effect on the balance of environment in Hong Kong. The environmental deterioration, especially water quality and air quality impacts the universities also. I am studying in Open University of Hong Kong (OUHK) and facing the health risks due to the increasing environmental concerns. The main environmental forces affecting the universities include the political and legal forces; social and ethical influences; market demand; technology; and competition. I feel the main three major environmental forces that are currently affecting the university are:

-- Market demand: The campus bus services are always in demand and create loads of pollution. The main reasons for pollution caused by buses are inadequate enforcement of rules and regulations, poor vehicle maintenance, and inappropriate vehicle size and type. Moreover a poor maintained campus bus consumes more fuel and emits excessive exhaust

-- Population: University is adding more courses which means increasing number of students; the increasing density of students in the campus certainly contributes to the environmental hazards

-- Pedestrian network: The network of pedestrian is either isolated or not well maintained thus students using more of their vehicles which causes air pollution