MGT303 Assessment Brief

Students are required to complete the AI Declaration Quiz on Canvas prior to submission.

Assignment Submission

Students are required to submit their coursework through CANVAS.

Only assessments submitted through CANVAS will be marked.

Any other submission including submission to your study centre in hard copy will be treated as a non-submission.

Plagiarism/Infringement Statement

All Assessments are subject to the University’s Student Academic Integrity Regulations.

This is an INDIVIDUAL piece of work – If there is evidence that the work is not wholly attributable to you, the University’s Student Academic Integrity Regulations will be applied.

Link to University’s Student Academic Integrity Regulations

The assessment is one piece of work (100% weighted mark).

Summative ‘end’ Assessment:

This will be a report style document that can be created using:

 A Microsoft Word document (with themed sections – each of the subsections listed below)

You are required to write a maximum of 3000 words (and not fewer than 10% of the word limit)

Your Microsoft Word document should analyse and evaluate the application of contemporary change management practices/behaviour and relevance to any large local or international firm. The selected firm should be currently in operation, for at least the past 5 years or more.

Be aware that the organization may not be known to everyone and consequently, it is important to ensure the company is introduced and details of the change / proposed change are explained within the report.

You should also make robust recommendations to highlight how change management improvements could be used within the organization; this should be supported by an ‘action plan’ in your appendices section, to highlight how this would be achieved.

In producing the report, you should ensure you have:

1. Analyse, i.e. compare, and contrast, the organization’s approach against a range of models and frameworks covered within the module.
2. Based on your analysis, identify the strengths and weaknesses within the organization and relate this to any approaches in managing and leading change (including the people aspects e.g., creating readiness and overcoming resistance).
3. Make recommendations by identifying what the organization needs to do in terms of improvements in its practices / behaviors.

Support this with an ‘action plan’ that clearly articulates the short and medium term actions (and define the time span or short and medium term) that are required to enhance the organization’s approach to managing and leading change.

You must utilise a ‘report-style’ document by including the following sections:

• Title page with your name, student number, programme of study, module title, module code, module tutor name, and word count.
• A contents page with appropriate page numbers.
• An introduction (suggested: 10% of words, e.g. 300),

Introduce the company and task and define any terms. o The main body of the report separated by the following sub-headings (Suggested: 260 words per section x 8 sections):

1. Identify a change initiative within the organization.
2. Discuss why this change is important.
3. Analyse, diagnose and justify the need for change (discussing and using appropriate models (e.g. PEST, SWOT, Force Field Analysis).
4. Critically debate how change readiness will be achieved.
5. Identify and justify the approach to change (planned / emergent / hybrid).
6. Evaluate change models, identify and justify a model for change implementation within the organization.
7. Discuss approaches and make an informed choice around managing change resistance.
8. Debate ethical and responsible approaches to planning and implementing change.

• Summary and Recommendations – identifying any key operational aspects the research has produced – what the organization needs to do to implement any identified ‘change’ – the 3 to 5 recommendations should be supported by an implementation action plan (Suggested: 20% of words, e.g. 600).
• Comprehensive list of references which demonstrates your research (these should be in-line with the latest version of the ‘Harvard Referencing’ guidelines).
• Appendices (‘Action Plan’ to be included in this section).

Note: All the above elements must appear in the main body of the assessment.

Formative Assessment Support

The summative ‘end’ assessment will be developed using a formative assessment support approach in the form of a mandatory, reflective ‘Learning Log’ to be submitted to the lecturer for review when requested.

This can consist of text updates reflecting on the lectures content and delivery, interactions of students, class activities and a general understanding of what has been taught.

This will be developed and reviewed during the second (2^nd) of the weekly workshop sessions, utilising the ‘Learning Log’ approach to record individual, views / meanings / understandings of the main topical theme areas. This is a scaffolding method which embodies reflective learning from informed information.

The report style narrative recorded using a Microsoft Word document can utilise recorded observations through (but not limited to) written narratives, personal vlogs, reference to or use of recordings of organizational stories (first / third person-based), photos, tables, models etc.

The weekly ‘learning log’ of critically informed views/meanings/understandings are aimed to build confidence in the subject knowledge and its applied application to applied contexts.

This recorded information can then be used by applying this knowledge and understanding to create the ‘Business Case’ for change, summative ‘end’ assessment work, as well as developing varying employability skills.

Word Limit

As per the structure suggestion stated above, a word count must be stated on the title page at the beginning of the report.

Summarising and compressing the information in your assignment into the word limit is one of the skills that students are expected to acquire and demonstrate as part of the assignment process.

The word limit is to be around 3,000 words and does not require an executive summary or abstract. The word count does not include: o Title page

• Reference List/Bibliography
• Appendices
• Appropriate tables, figures, and illustrations

NOTE: in-text citations [e.g. (Smith, 2011)] and direct secondary quotations [e.g. “dib-dab nonsense analysis” (Smith, 2011 p.123)] are included in the word count.

Submission of Assessment

Microsoft Word document:

• One [1] electronic copy of the work should be submitted via the Canvas module site, through Turnitin submission link as a word document – accessible via the ‘Assessment and Exams’ icon link on the module ‘Home’ page.

This must be before the published deadline stated in this document.

• The University’s ‘Generic Marking Assessment Criteria’ (see below pages) will be used to assess the work. o Formal feedback and results will be provided as per university regulations, i.e., 4 weeks after the submission date.

The feedback will be located within the Turnitin platform.

This can be accessed via your individual submission link where you uploaded your work on the Canvas module site.

Note: if marks are released prior to programme assessment boards, students should be aware that they are subject to ratification and may change depending on the outcome of the programme assessment board.

Referencing your work:

In this University the Harvard method of referencing is used.

The Harvard method of referring to publications and of arranging references uses the author’s name and the date of the publication. References are listed at the end of the document in alphabetical order by author’s name. The general format of a journal reference is shown below:

Smith, J. (1999) How to succeed! Journal of Entrepreneurs, 1(2), p. 34-56

Author’s name and initials are listed first, followed by year of publication in brackets. Then there is the title of article and the journal where article appears, which is underlined or in italics. Finally, state the volume and issue Number (in brackets) along with the pages where article can be located. A short guide to Harvard referencing will also be available on the VLE under the module assessment navigation button. Please note that the majority of your references are to come from published academic journals.

Academic Integrity and Misconduct

• Your attention is drawn to the University’s stated position on plagiarism.
• The Work Of Others, Which Is Included In The Assignment Must Be Attributed To Its Source.
• (A full reference list must be submitted as prescribed in the assessment brief)
• Please note that this is intended to be an individual piece of work.
• Action will be taken where a student is suspected of having plagiarised, colluded, or engaged in any dishonest practice.
• Students are referred to the University regulations on plagiarism and other forms of academic irregularity which can be read in the Student Handbook.
• Students must not copy or collude with one another or present any information that they themselves have not generated.

Generic Assessment Criteria – Undergraduate Bachelor’s degree