Faculty of Business and Technology

School of Business
MODULE CODE: MGT303

MODULE TITLE: Leading and Implementing Organisational Change

MODULE LEADER: Meg Eghebi

ASSIGNMENT TITLE: ASSIGNMENT 1 of 1

CONTRIBUTION OF THIS ASSIGNMENT TO THE OVERALL MODULE MARK (%): 100%

Turnitin Submission
PLEASE READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION CAREFULLY.
This assignment contributes 100% to your final module mark.
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produce a report on the level of similarity within the assignment. Only assignments 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.
It is advisable to retain a copy of your assignment for you own records.
Your mark and feedback will be made available to you electronically once the internal moderation
process has taken place, you should note that at this stage marks are still subject to external examiner
and academic board approval.

- The assignment is one piece of work

Background:
You are required to write a 3000-word (+/-10%) report, in which you must identify, diagnose, analyse,
implement a plan, and evaluate the application of contemporary change management practice, concepts and
models in leading and managing change, in relation to a listed company located in your area. The
business report is designed to allow you to develop and apply skills, knowledge and understanding to

ability in building essential employability dimensions, e.g. creating a business proposal, business change
brainstorming, presenting business intelligence, conducting business research, etc.

Discuss your choice of company with the module tutor prior to any form of navigating your research
journey.

At the end of the report, you also would make robust recommendations to highlight how change
management could be led and implemented within the chosen organisation; this should be supported by

change project should be scheduled, implemented and executed. The timeframe could be shown in a
GANTT Chart
In producing the report, you should ensure you have:

provided a company overview as background information about the company selected, e.g. mission,
vision, business history & nature, strategy, core values, etc
analyzed and diagnosed information to establish what the change management practice/behaviour is
i.e., compare and contrast the organisation current practices/behaviour, approach to change against
a range of thoughts, concepts, models and frameworks covered within the module.
based on your analysis, identified the strengths and weaknesses within the organization and related
this to any approaches to managing and leading change (including the people aspects e.g., creating
readiness and overcoming resistance)

change plan i.e., discuss improvement plans in terms of a move from current practice/behaviour to
clearly articulates the short- and
medium-term actions, required to enhance the organisation in using different approaches in
managing and leading change.

business development.

Project components and Structure

You MUST follow the following theme-based sub-

Title page (e.g. your name, student number, programme of study, module title, module code and
module tutor name, word count and date of submission)
Table of contents (with appropriate page numbers)
An introduction
The main body of the report is separated by the following sub-headings:
business change
Discuss why this change is important, utilizing relevant change models/concepts to offer a
; e.g., PESTLE, SWOT, Force-
concept, etc.)
readiness for
and how this may be achieved/improved
Identify and justify the approach used in initializing the change (i.e.
planned/emergent/hybrid model)
Evaluate the implementation of change i.e. identify/justify a model associated with
planning and implementing of any business practice/behaviourial changes analysed in
earlier sections of the report
Discuss various approaches in making an informed choice around managing any
perceived/predicted change resistance during the change process.
Debate any ethical, responsible and sustainable change approaches to ensuring the planned

Summary and Recommendations - identify any key strategic/operational aspects the research has
suggested the
lementation.
A comprehensive bibliography that demonstrates your research (should be in-line with the latest
guidelines suggested by Sunderland)

Remarks: All components (sections) must appear in the main body of the report.

Formative Assessment Support

 every week; to record
individual views/comments/understanding/discussion/debate/decision of relevant theme-based sections
applicable to the chosen organisation, in your assignment. It aims to assist you to develop, enhance and
complete your learning and assessment requirements in this module. The tutor will undertake to explain
further details in each class contact of the module.

A Microsoft Word document can be utilise to record all your learning insights and observations through

stories (e.g. YouTube), photos, tables, theoretic models, etc. This should be done and developed on a
weekly basis to monitor your work progress and learning interests.

Word limit

Your report word count must be stated on the title page of the report.
Summarising and Paraphrasing the research findings/evidence in your assignment, is one of the useful
writing skills students could acquire and demonstrate in preparing and writing the assignment.

The word limit is marked at 3,000 (+/-10%), which does not include:
Title page
Table of contents
Bibliography
Appendices
Appropriate tables, figures, and illustrations

NOTE: in- -dab nonsense

Submission of assessment

Must use a Microsoft Word document to write and submit your report
Follow the instructions stated above
Turnitin
. This must be done before the published submission deadline, stated by the lead
tutor, via the module canvas pages.
will be used to assess all assignment
submission.
Student formal feedback and results will be provided as per the university regulations. Feedback
and comments on your report submission, will appear in the Speedgrader platform on the
CANVAS platform. You can access the page on the module Canvas site.

Remarks: ANY marks released prior to the Programme Assessment Boards (PAB), are not deemed final
grade until all submitted work has been subjected to ratification and verification at the PAB. Individual
student grades may therefore change depending on the outcome of the PAB.
Assignment submission extensions:

The Module Leader, or nominated representative, has the authority to grant an extension on any special
grounds, acceptable under the University academic rules, guidelines and regulations. Please consult your
academic advisor if you need to do so.

Referencing your work:

Have appropriate references been included in the report? Has a recognised referencing system been used
for notation? (See relevant section in the Guide to Basic Study Skills)

The
referencing should be used in your method of referring to publications
and arranging references uses the author's name and the publication date. 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

name and initials are listed first, followed by year of publication in brackets. Then there is the
title of article and the journal where the article appears, which is underlined or in italics. Finally, state the
volume and issue Number (in brackets) along with the pages where the article can be located.

Academic Integrity and Misconduct:

Any work submitted is subject to the University's rules and procedures
governing infringement of assignment regulations.
Your attention is drawn to 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
assignment brief).
Please note that this is intended to be an individual piece of work. Action will be taken when 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 link via the Canvas sites. Students must not copy or
collude with one another or present any information that they themselves have not generated.
Pass
Fail