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Final Assignment
If you were CEO what would you change and why – provide your recommendation with a Before and After Organizational chart. – If you are not working at this time
1. Identify a Vision Statement and Mission Statement (5 marks)
2. Describe the corporate structure (Vertical/horizontal specialization, departmentalization Organigram) (5 marks)
3. Identify an area of planned change in the organization (using Engine of Change) (10 marks)
4. Describe your corporate culture (using Schein’s 3 levels) and leadership style (10 marks)
5. What are the visible and invisible control systems. (5 marks)
6. Describe the types of resistance you would encounter (10 marks)
7. Identify an area of conflict and explain how to resolve it(specify which style you would use and why) (10 marks)
8. Select your strategy (use Force Field Analysis model) (10 marks)
9. Identify the key stakeholders and your methods to influence them in your decisions(using your feedback loop) (5 marks)
How has your organization affected due to Information Technology and what positive & negative changes has been occurred.(5 marks)
10. Executive Summary of your report [4 marks]
An executive summary is an overall summary of the entire report. It should have 3-4 short paragraphs:
Paragraph 1: Based on the Introduction (Introduce the topic of your report)
Paragraph 2: Summary of the body (Indicate main subjects examined in the discussion section of your report)
Paragraph 3: Summary of the conclusions
Paragraph 4: Outline recommendations, if any, in bullet points
NOTE: This is a summary of the entire report so you cannot write it until you have completed the report (you cannot summarize a report you have not yet written).
Even though it appears first, the Executive Summary is one of the last things you will write.
Introduction of your report [6 marks]
In this part of your assignment you will required to give details introduction about your company
The introduction should generally include three key types of information.
a) Background
This section sets the context for the report and provides the (brief) background information required for the reader to understand the report.
NOTE: Detailed company background should not be included here. It is best discussed in the body of the report
b) Aims/Objectives
This tells the reader what the aims/objectives of the report are. It indicates what key questions the report is trying to answer and what it is trying to achieve. Why was it written?
c)Scope
Tell the reader exactly what areas/ideas are covered in the report. This also helps to explain how the report is organized. Look at your plan and consider your headings and sub-headings.
Body of your report
The body must be fully referenced throughout, using Harvard Referencing Guidelines (In-text referencing) to support ideas.
It should be organized logically, using topic headings, subheadings and minor subheadings to break it into sections and sub-sections.
All headings must be numbered sequentially.
In-text Referencing:
If you take any information from the textbook, website, etc, you will need to mention it between the lines within your report.
Example for textbook referencing:
Support organizations are those that use IS primarily for activities such as transaction processing. (Neville, 2010, p.76)à(Author’s last name, Year of Book Publication, Page number of the book)
Example for website referencing:
In a management information system, modern, computerized systems continuously gather relevant data, both from inside and outside an organization.(BBC, 2008)à (Name of the Website, Year)
Conclusion & Recommendation of your report [6 marks]
This is your final chance to impress the reader so make it powerful. Most conclusions include three main parts
i) stating the aim/ context of the assignment again
ii) followed by a very brief summary of the main points
iii) final comments often considering the future (for eg: what can be done to improve the implementation of an intervention in the future)
Assignment Formatting (Page Numbering, Header, Footer, etc) [5 marks]
References of your Report [5 marks]
Last page of your assignment must include the complete list of the references used during the completion of your assignment with all the details.
Format for referencing from print media like books:
FAMILY/SURNAME, Initials. (Publication year in brackets) Book title – italicised or underlined.Series title and volume if applicable. Edition – if not the first. Place of publication: publisher.
Example:
NEVILLE, C. (2010) The Complete Guide to Referencing and Avoiding Plagiarism. 2nd Ed. Maidenhead: Open University Press.
Format for referencing from electronic sources:
Author of website FAMILY/SURNAME, Initials or WEBSITE name if no author is available. (Year – in brackets) Title of website in italics or underlined. Any numbers if necessary or available if website is part of a series. [Online in square brackets] Available from: URL. [Accessed: followed by date in square brackets].
Example:
BBC NEWS. (2008) Factory gloom worst since 1980. [Online] Available from: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7681569.st m. [Accessed: 19th June 2012].
Appendix of your Report
Things that you refer to in your main paper but don’t want to include in the paper, like:
Questionnaires /Answers to questionnaires
Interview transcripts
Consent forms
Maps
Articles/clippings
Data
Charts/Tables
Some diagrams
Pamphlets
Specifications