PSB7005CL Assignment Brief

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Assignment Information

Module Name: Leadership: Towards Mastery of Leading Change and Inclusivity

Module Code: PSB7005CL

Assignment Title: Leading Change & Inclusivity

Assignment Due: 28^TH Dec 2025 (23:59 Local Time)

Assignment Credit: 15 Credits

Word Count (or equivalent): 4000 words +/- 10%

Assignment Type: Written (CW) – Individual Report

Percentage Grade (Applied Core Assessment). You will be provided with an overall grade between 0% and 100%. You have one opportunity to pass the assignment at or above 40%.

Instructions for completing the Coursework (CW)

1. Read the given short article adapted from leadership blogs and choose a leader from one of the global companies, or you may prefer to select a leader of your choice from any other global organisation, to complete the given tasks for the Coursework assignment.
2. Apply any relevant concepts, tools, theories, models and frameworks to support your analysis and discussion in each task.
3. You are required to write an individual report based on a global leader and organisation of your choice. The report should critically engage with leadership theories, tools, and models, and reflect on personal leadership development in a globalised, VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous) world.
4. Structure of the Coursework should take a report format with cover page, table of contents, executive summary, introduction, main body of tasks completed, conclusion and reference list. If necessary, you can also include appendix.

Read the following short article adapted from leadership blogs and complete all the given tasks for the Coursework assignment.

Article: Engaging with leadership blogs: Examples of transformational leadership in action

Leadership has played a crucial  role in  sustained growth  and success of global  companies and organisations such as Amazon, Alibaba, AstraZeneca, GSK, Pfizer, Apple, Netflix, Tesla, Deloitte, Microsoft, Dyson, DHL, Uniqlo, H&M, Zara, Harrods, Marks &Spencer, Nike, Addidas, Ifosys, Nestle, HSBC, CITI Group, including multinational conglomerates such as Tata Group and Virgin Group of companies.

These are examples of organisations from different industries and sectors of business, global healthcare, fast fashion, social media & marketing, and finance. They offer products and services that have transformed global markets and society. There is more in common about these successful organisations characterised by high social impact and innovative business models developed by visionary and transformational entrepreneurs. The global companies have thrived with phenomenal growth and dominance through effective strategic and ethical leadership, building high performing teams, including investment in research and development for sustainable distinctive resources and capabilities for competitive advantage in global markets. Despite the sustained growth and success, the companies are continuously facing shifting leadership challenges and organisational transformative change emanating from the complexities, pressures and turbulence of the volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) global environment.

There are several leadership blogs and websites that provide more critical insights, stories and thought-provoking posts about leadership themes, including industry trends leading experts’ views and perspectives. Some reputable leadership blogs feature online in examples that include Forbes, Harvard Business Review, The Leader’s Digest, Inc.com, Leadership Insights, Women on Business and Full Focus.

Engaging with leadership blogs can help to become a better leader through active participation in contemporary themes and leadership debates. That helps to provide useful insights on evolving trends in leadership with enormous potential to further develop essential leadership skills and reflective practice abilities to become more effective in today’s VUCA world.

Source: Adapted from the following leadership blogs:

• best leadership blogs [Accessed on 12th January 2024]
• leadership blogs [Accessed on 12th January 2024]
• Andrew Moran (2022) Starting Business – Leadership & Success transformational examples      [Accessed   on   12th January 2024]
• leadership success [Accessed on 12th January 2024]

Assignment Tasks:

Based on your chosen leader from a global organisation, complete the following questions:

 Introduction-5% (200 words)

Provide a brief introduction that highlights the main focus of the Coursework tasks, including an overview about the chosen organisation and its specific leader.

 Task 1 – 20% (1000 words)

Based on a global organisation of your choice, critically evaluate the role and impact of strategic leadership in leading transformative changes experienced by the company within the last 5 years.

• In your answer, provide a critical analysis and discussion of the leadership style(s), skills and behaviour that are needed to deal more effectively with transformative change experienced by the organisation?

Apply any relevant tools, theories, change management models such as Lewin’s 3 steps framework and/or Kotter’s 8 steps model to support your analysis and discussion.

 TASK 2 – 15% (600 words)

Based on your selected global company and further research about the organisation, critically evaluate its behaviour and impact on society. What role has ethical leadership played in the organisation’s growth and success over the years?

Apply  any  relevant  tools,  leadership theories,  models/frameworks,  and  concepts  such  as  Triple bottom line (People, Profit & Planet), CSR and UN SDGs to support your analysis and discussion.

 TASK 3 – 15% (600 words)

Critically evaluate the role and impact of strategic leadership in building motivated, high performing and inclusive teams, using specific examples from your selected organisation. Apply any relevant tools, models and frameworks such as Beckhard’s GRIP model and/or Belbin’s theory on teams or any other relevant framework to support your analysis and discussion.

 TASK 4 – 30% (1400 words)

Based on your personal leadership development experience and drawing more from what you have learned about leadership as a living practice on your course:

• Provide a critical personal reflection and analysis of your leadership style, skills, behaviour and personal professional development needed to adapt with emotional intelligence skills to become an effective ethical and strategic leader in a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) global environment.

Apply any relevant concepts, tools, leadership theories and frameworks such as Kolb’s experiential learning cycle model and/or Johari window framework to support your discussion and reflective analysis.

Conclusion – 5% (200 words)

Provide a brief conclusion that highlights the key points covered in the completed tasks.

 Structure, clarity of presentation and use of APA referencing style (10%)

PSB7005CL – Task Guidance and Marking Criteria

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