Assignment:
Answer all the questions below. All answers will be based on your learning to date, including any wider reading you have done.
N.B. Word counts are indicative of the length of the response. Overall the word count for this assessment should be around 3500 words (+/- 10%)
The questions relate to each other, so be certain to read all five elements of this assessment before you begin.
1) Identify two theoretical concepts of organisational change and explain how each is discussed in the textbook, the academic readings provided in module two and in your wider reading. Go on to write a definition of organisational change using your own words. (c.400 words).
2) Using an organisation you are familiar with (you may use information in the public domain, i.e. from organisational websites and other forms of media to assist you):
· Write a brief introduction about the organisation
· Identify a change that is happening within it.
· Go on to explain how your definition (from section 1 above) is relevant to the change occurring in this organisation. (c.600 words).
3) Draw up a SWOT analysis (see Module 2.3) to assess what has caused the need for the organisational change you identified in section 2 above. In your own words, (but using references to support you) identify and critically evaluate the benefits and drawbacks of using a SWOT analysis to determine the need to change. (c.750 words).
4) Using the textbook, the modules and wider reading, identify, explain and critically assess the role of the change agent in the organisation. (c.750 words).
5) Define problem-centric and dialogic approaches to change. Critically assess the benefits and drawbacks of each of these approaches. Go on to identify which of these approaches you would prefer to use to manage the change you identified in 2a and explain why. (c.1000 words).