Tuesday 1 April 2014

Organisational Change and Sustainable Organisations

Your assignment will outline your team’s vision of achieving the sustainable organisation. You are a team of organisational change experts and you are required to locate a problem an organisation or industry currently faces to improve their sustainability and recommend a change strategy. You will need to incorporate key theory and identify factors of change necessary to sustain the change. Focus on these key themes in your report (Leadership & Governance and Technology & Innovation) to guide your analysis and recommendations. (See articles & Journals attached in additional material)
This task is designed to develop research, communication, and team project management skills. In developing your recommendations, the written report must utilise at least two organisational change theories, processes or models to address these research questions:

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How can the organisation/industry lessen its impact on the environment?
What change processes are useful and effective for organisations to develop sustainable practices?
Who will be affected by these changes?
What obstacles might the organisation face in order to become sustainable?
How can these obstacles be overcome?
What evidence can you use to support your recommendations?

To address these questions, your report needs to cover the following aspects (but these do not need to be used as subheadings:

Introduction/Background:
Outline the background of the chosen organisation or industry and what needs to change and why.

Theoretical Analysis:
Review the theory regarding change process in organisations. Include definitions of key concepts, and analyse and compare the effects and importance of the various drivers of change using at least 2 theories.

Application of Theory:
Link change theory to the organisation /industry to become sustainable and lessen its impact on the environment and discuss the effects of these changes. This part should connect strongly to your chosen theme.

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Overcoming Obstacles and Sources of Resistance:
Highlight potential obstacles in the organisation /industry to the proposed changes being sustained in the medium to long term. Consider how an organisation may overcome such obstacles. Consider the role of people also.

Recommendations:
Provide and justify specific recommendations. These should extend from your discussion and use of supporting theory above. Identify any limitations with change theory.

Bibliography:
This section will list all references cited in the report. You must have a minimum of 3 peer reviewed journal articles per group member. You can include other journals, books, internet sources etc.

Please see the files attached in the additional material towards writing the report based on the key themes (Leadership & Governance and Technology & Innovation).

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