Task Description:

Journal article review - The task is to critically analyse ONE journal article with a change focus. Students must source articles from the Journals listed under the Reading List of this Unit Outline.
Your review should provide:
• a brief rationale of why the article was chosen;
• a description of the values and assumptions’ that underpin the article;
• an overview of the article’s content (including findings and conclusion), and the audience to which it is directed;
• identify the strengths and weaknesses of the authors’ research or argument (that can include author’s assumptions about change, research questions, research methodology, research
participants, data collection and analysis and findings); and
• evaluate the article’s contribution to change theory and practice.

Task Length:

Due Date:

Week 5

Weight:

20 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

Task Description:

This assignment offers an opportunity to apply change theory to a real organisational sustainability situation, analysing and evaluating the effectiveness of a change process. Emphasis will be on change interventions related to UN SDGs, with a link to the SDGs provided on MyLO.

Description:
1. Identify a UN SDG-aligned change intervention in an organisation you work for or have worked for, or one that you aspire to work with. It can be based anywhere in the world and should be a real change intervention example.
2. Analyse and interpret secondary data about the change and change intervention by the organisation.

PRESENTATION:
The group presentation should:
• explain how the group designed and conducted the secondary data search and gathering;
• analyse the organisation's nature, management structure and alignment of change intervention with a UN SDG. Explain how the group interpreted the information.
• Consider the difference(s) between the ‘change’ situation and the ‘change action or intervention’; then identify:
• the internal and external drivers of the change, and
• the rationale for, and objectives of, the change intervention
• the change perspective(s) that you think might be driving the people who were responsible for the change intervention
• Indicate, also, whether the change was planned or emergent; and
• Evaluate the change intervention effectiveness and limitations and recommend alternative change perspectives and interventions to effectively achieve researched UN SDG.

Presentations will be held in the workshop in Week 8 and are to be for a period of 10 minutes with a further 5 minutes to respond to questions from the audience.

In addition to the Group Presentation (worth 30%), each individual must produce an A4 poster that summarises the research. Details of this poster will be provided on MyLO. Individual posters are worth 10%.

30% - 10 min group presentation
10% - A4 individual poster

Task Length:

Due Date:

Week 8

Weight:

40 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

Task Description:

There will be three cases pertaining to organisational change and development. Each case will involve a range of internal and external
issues specific to a given organization. A host of organisational actors, e.g., CEO, Company Secretary, Directors, Line Managers, Supervisors, and other relevant external stakeholders are supposed to find solutions to the situation the organisation is facing. Based on the chosen/assigned case you are required to write a case analysis report individually.
The purpose of the case analysis is to demonstrate your understanding of theory and research on organisation change/development and their application to a specific context.
The requirement is to put yourself in the role of an ‘internal change agent’ and prepare a report for the management to have your proposed change strategy approved and implemented.
In your report provide:
1. An in-depth and clear diagnosis of the problems and opportunities that are relevant to a change strategy. You are required to utilise at least 1 change management model/framework to support your analysis;
2. A justification for a change intervention that will address the problems and opportunities identified
3. An analysis of the issues and barriers you may face in implementing your intervention and how you will address them (including relevant aspects of resistance to change by various levels in the organisation);
4. An analysis of the ethical issues that your intervention may create and how they could be effectively addressed.

Task Length:

Due Date:

Week 13

Weight:

40 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION