1. Select any company involved in the Transport and Logistics industry, preferably your own organisation or one you are familiar with upon which to base your answer. It can be the same organisation that you used for Assignment 2. As the nature of the information may be industry sensitive you can be assured of our care to maintain confidentiality.
2. Should you select the same organisation as for Assignment 2 you will still need to provide the organisational information in this assignment even though you have provided it previously. You must clearly identify the company, providing the full and real name of the organisation in your answer.
3. Provide a brief description of the company, the nature of the business and the approximate number of persons employed by the company. Include an organisational chart if available (please do not spend time reproducing the chart – a scanned copy or one from the website included as an Appendix is acceptable). This section should not be calculated in your word count as it provides the assessor with background information.

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1. Should you not have a suitable organisation upon which to base your answer please contact the Unit Lecturer.
2. Identify a situation in your organisation, department or work group where you would like to make a change. You are encouraged to contact the Unit Lecturer to discuss your topic choice before starting the assignment.

Assignment tasks:

1. Identify clearly and specifically the change that you wish to introduce, explaining why it is needed. [5 Marks]
2. Provide a brief analysis of the current organisational conditions including but not limited to the following areas of interest:
   •  Impact on culture
   •  Likely resistance
   •  The pressure for change
   •  The stakeholders involved and their likely reactions
   •  Impact on motivation and use of teams [10 Marks]
3. On the basis of your analysis, provide recommendations for the implementation of the change. Your answer must address strategies and leadership matters to overcome resistance to change and to encourage engagement throughout the change process. [10 Marks]

Required (supporting your response/answer):
Throughout your answer use examples, either real or hypothetical to illustrate your understanding. If you are or have been employed in a suitable organisation, you are encouraged to use your work situation where appropriate to explain the ideas.
Primary resources and readings provided in the study guide or ones you have independently sourced must be accessed to support your position.
See the Essay/report assessment criteria sheet on the following page for information about the criteria and the standards by which your work will be judged.
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Unit title: Management

Assessment criteria	High Distinction*	Distinction*	Credit*	Pass*	Fail*
1. Depth & breadth of knowledge demonstrated	All relevant concepts clearly explained Evidence of wide reading & independent research	Main concepts covered and clearly explained Range of resources used with discrimination	Main concepts covered but some not clearly explained Reasonable use of some quality resources	A number of important concepts overlooked or insufficiently described Limited use of some quality resources	Majority of key concepts not addressed or misunderstood Little/no evidence of use of resources
2. Quality of thinking in evidence
2.1. Application of theory to solve problems/issues	All theory applied with precision	Most theory applied proficiently	Some important theory not applied appropriately	Limit application of theory	No theory applied
2.2 Depth of analysis &/or evaluation	Identifies the significance of all relevant factors Critically & comprehensively evaluates evidence, experiences, practice	Identifies most factors & their significance To good depth, evaluates core evidence, experience, practice	Identifies most factors but some significance/interr elationship ignored Reasonable evaluation of evidence, experience, practice	Overlooks a number of important factors &/or inter- relationships Shallow evaluation of evidence, experience, practice	Most factors and their inter- relationships overlooked Little attempt to evaluate evidence, experience, practice