London Metropolitan University Change Management Blog

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London Metropolitan University Change Management Blog

London Metropolitan University

Question Description

Writing as a future leader or manager in your chosen sector of business, develop a Leadership Blog that respond to the following 2 themes:
1. Change Management (1000 words)
2. My Development as a Future Leader (1000 words)
Blog 1 – Change Management
Blog 1: background context
On 29th March 2017, the UK officially triggered article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, paving the ground for the UK’s plans to leave the European Union (‘Brexit’). The triggering of article 50 was historically ground-breaking, and it marked the beginning of a two-year period in which the politicians, businesses and the people of Britain have to prepare for a life after Brexit. The 2 year extension expired on the 29th of March 2019 and the UK requested for an extension. Initially, an extension was granted till the 12th of April 2019 and the departure deadline was further extended till the 31st of October 2019.
Brexit will undoubtedly have consequences for businesses, and it is believed that UK-based businesses will be most affected. These consequences might vary from industry to industry, however, many UK-based and international businesses are currently questioning what the future holds for them in the UK.
Your task for this blog is to identify any kind of problem that you anticipate for UK-based and international businesses in the wake of Brexit, and develop a solution for one of these problems.
Blog instructions (word count: 1000)
Your task in this blog is to conduct independent research that will require you to:
1. Choose a real business in an industry of your choice and identify a problem triggered by (the uncertainty of) Brexit and all potential consequences associated with Brexit for this business.
2. Develop a solution to the problem that clearly outlines the organisational, structural or strategic change that has to be undertaken by this business.
3. Design an action plan that you would recommend to this business.
4. Define your learning outcomes for change management based on your problem-solving experience.
Understanding the key words
Below are some short explanations about these keywords:
Identify – a real business in a particular industry, and explain you reasons for choosing this business. Use theories and models learnt in this module to critically evaluate the impact Brexit is having on this business.
Develop – based on your change management research, explain the root of the identified problem caused by Brexit, providing arguments how the organisation would benefit from overcoming the problem by implementing change.
Design – discuss the actions you suggest to overcome the problem and what role leaders can play in overcoming resistance to change.
Define – communicate your learning outcomes for change management, making sure that these are founded on the learning experience and action plan (solution) you delivered.
Reviewing your work
After you have written your blog, read it all the way to the end to check that you have:

  1. Made reference to change management theories studied in this module.
  2. Used a problem of a real organisation to highlight the impact effective change management can have on overcoming challenges caused by real events such as Brexit.
  3. Identified learning outcomes for what you learned about change management theories and models to produce better results.
  4. Used in-text citations throughout your blog to show where your knowledge of change management comes from.
  5. Actively engaged with your followers on the WordPress blog. Taken screen shots of the conversations and inserted it in the final word document which you will submit on Moodle.

What you must NOT do. Do not simply gather together a series of quotes from published authors in the hope that this presents your views. Remember Socrates words of wisdom: To believe without evidence and demonstration is an act of ignorance and folly.
Blog 2 – My Development as a Future Leader
Blog 2: background context
‘Serious leaders understand that, both by design and default, they’re always leading by example. Some want to “lead from the front” while others prefer “leading from behind.” But everyone senses their success — and failure — at leading by example is integral to their “leadership brand.” Smart leaders want to build their brands. The lead-by-example stories executives tell sharpen their leadership brand propositions… The true lead-by-example test is who follows those examples and how. Do colleagues and clients see those examples as leadership? Are direct reports inspired to admire and emulate? When people describe “the right way” of getting the job done or getting the best out of people, is an example explicitly referenced?’ (Schrage 2016:2-4).
So, what is your leadership brand? And how effective has your brand been to acquire followers who feel supported and inspired by you? Do your followers trust your leadership and by doing so actively support the achievement of the team’s goals? Develop your blog to critically reflect on your performance this term as a leader of a team and what this means for your future development in your MBA.
Blog instructions (word count: 1000)
Your task in this blog is to conduct independent research that will require you to:
1. Appraise your leadership brand by justifying your choice of one theory or model of leadership that reflects your vision and values about leading other people to achieve a goal/result
2. Assess the relevance of your leadership brand to your chosen career in relation to the cultural norms of leaders in the role, industry or national context
3. Evaluate your current strengths and development needs when demonstrating your leadership brand by analysing the feedback from 3 different team members. Their feedback should include what they observed about the situation, the behaviour you demonstrated and the impact it had on your team to influence them to follow you and the results you achieved
4. Create a development plan that justifies how you will use more of your strengths and develop your weaknesses in leading teams in your future MBA studies
Understanding the key words
Below are some short explanations about these keywords:
Appraise – using your research skills, write about how trustworthy and relevant your chosen theory or model is for leaders like yourself. Is the theory or model from a well-known author? Has this been tested by other researchers? Is it up to date for the needs of leaders now or the future?
Assess – using more than one source of information about your career, industry and country to come to a conclusion about what is typical or expected and what might be new or unusual about this style of leadership.
Evaluate – use your research skills to gather data for a specific purpose and analyse the data against your criteria (in this case, the leadership theory or model) to come to a decision about your effectiveness, e.g. ‘by how much’ are you effective in this style of leader for your specific purpose?
Justify – using your writing skills, explain the reasons why your decisions are reasonable and logical linked to your overall goal
Reviewing your work
After you have written your blog, read it all the way to the end to check that you have:

  1. Used an appropriate theory or model of leadership studied in this module.
  2. Included your conclusions about how relevant this is for your career
  3. Drawn conclusions about ‘by how much’ you are achieving positive results as a leader from feedback from your team members. The feedback must be illustrated using actual quotes (anonymised) shared with you by 3 team members. We don’t expect you to be 100% perfect.
  4. Used in-text citations throughout your blog to show where your knowledge of leadership and your chosen career comes from.
  5. Actively engaged with your followers on the WordPress blog. Taken screen shots of the conversations and inserted it in the final word document which you will submit on Moodle.

Requirement Detail
Structure
You have been asked to produce 2 blogs. It should contain the following:

  • Appropriate cover sheet (as attached in this document – please ensure appropriate cover sheet is attached to your assessment brief)
  • Title Page, including the given title in full.
  • Format: Public WordPress Blog (converted to a word doc for submission) with a cover sheet including link to your WordPress Blog*
  • Contents Page
  • Introduction
  • Screenshots of your conversations with the followers on the word document.

Layout
Your work should be word processed in accordance with the following:

  • Font style, Arial, font size 12
  • 1.5 line spacing.
  • The page orientation should be ‘portrait’
  • Margins on both sides of the page should be no less than 2.5 cm
  • Pages should be numbered
 
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an example of strategic leadership: Meg whitman and ebay, management homework help

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Question Description

The video case is available on:http://www.cengage.com/management/book_content/hanson_9780170227643/index-12.html?asset=meg_whitman
Before answering the questions though, take a moment and look at the similarities between IAC and Procter & Gamble. Make sure you draw a comparison between the two companies when doing this exercise. Are there other companies that operate in a similar way?
Questions:

  1. In what ways did Whitman’s characteristics provided strategic leadership at eBay?
  2. How is Whitman appropriate for a top management team?
  3. What do you think would be Whitman’s approach to human capital?
  4. How important is social capital to the success of eBay?
  5. With Whitman at the helm, describe eBay’s organisational culture. Is there evidence of an entrepreneurial mind-set?
 
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BSBLDR502: Lead and Manage Effective Workplace Relationships

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BSB Business Services Training Package V1.0
UNIT CODE: BSBLDR502
UNIT NAME: Lead and Manage Effective Workplace Relationships  
APPLICATION:   This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to lead and manage effective workplace relationships.
It applies to individuals in leadership or management who have a prominent role in establishing and managing processes and procedures to support workplace relationships taking into account the organisation’s values, goals and cultural diversity.
At this level work will normally be carried out within complex and diverse methods and procedures, which require the exercise of considerable discretion and judgement, using a range of problem solving and decision making strategies.
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
NAME OF LEARNER:  
NAME OF TRAINER ASSESSOR: Aaron Johnson
SUBMISSION OF ASSESSMENTS: Send to assessment@apsi.edu.au, and then
CC: Business.Trainer@apsi.edu.aufor assessment submissions
ASSESSMENT LOCATION: APSI campus DATE COMMENCED:
 		 DATE DUE:
 
ASSESSMENT TASKS and DUE DATES: AT1:
Part A Questions 1-5
 		 AT2:
Part B Questions 1-2
Presentations		 AT 3
Questions 1-4		 AT 4:
Role play
 		  
Verbal questions may be asked to ensure your work is your own and represents your knowledge.  If there is a concern regarding your knowledge you may be asked to resit written questions under test conditions.
All assessments are to be submitted the by due date and satisfactorily completed in order for competency in this unit to be demonstrated.  If you believe you already have the skills and knowledge in this unit please speak to your Trainer Assessor.
If you would like a copy of the mapping document that outlines this Unit of Competency and the Performance Criteria, Critical Aspects and Essential Knowledge and Skills required to be demonstrated please refer to the Learner Drive.
For further information that relates to assessments please refer back to your Learner Handbook on the Learner Drive.
UNIT AND ASSESSMENT DETAILS:  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ASSESSMENTS GUIDELINES: It is your responsibility to keep a second copy of your assessments. Australian Professional Skills Institute does not take responsibility for lost or stolen assessments. Australian Professional Skills Institute reserves the right to request a copy of your original assessment at any time after you have submitted your assessment. Students MUST keep a copy of their submitted assessment by using the assessment record sheet on the back of their timetable, or the confirmation email as a proof of submission.
LATE SUBMISSION OF ASSESSMENTS:
$25 PER ASSESSMENT PER WEEK
 		 Your delivery plan / timetable prescribes when each assessment is due for each Unit of Competence.  If you submit your assessments later than the due date you will be required to pay the stated late assessment fee at Student Services. You will receive a receipt which you must attach to the assessment before it will be marked. Assessments submitted eight weeks or longer after the due date will not marked and you will be required to re-sit the relevant unit(s). 
UNIT RE-ASSESSMENT FEE:
$150 PER UNIT
 		 If your first submission was marked Not Yet Satisfactory, you will be given the opportunity to resubmit your assessment without any fees. After two submissions and you are still deemed not yet satisfactory you are required to pay a re-assessment fee.  Students whose participation in class is 80% or higher will not be required to pay a re-assessment fee and where students have shown a genuine effort to perform satisfactorily. If you are absent on the date of assessment, you are required to pay the unit re-assessment fee unless you present a valid medical certificate for the day of the assessment. Fees are payable at Student Services and you are required to produce an official receipt before your trainer will conduct the re-assessment.
UNIT RESIT FEE:
$300 PER UNIT
 		 Competency requires demonstration of current performance; therefore assessments MUST be submitted within five (5) weeks of the Unit being completed. If you have not submitted your assessments or re-assessment you will be deemed Not Yet Competent for that unit and will be required to re-enrol in the unit. You are also required to re-enrol in this unit if you are absent on the delivery dates of this unit. A separate timetable will be given to you upon payment of the required fees at Student Services.
CODE OF CONDUCT: Academic Dishonesty / Collusion and Plagiarism
You must ensure that the evidence you submit for assessment is your own work, and/or that you acknowledge the work of others appropriately (see referencing guide). In an educational environment cheating means to act dishonestly in an attempt to mislead the Trainer/Assessor to accept the work of others as your own work. 
 
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Individuals Reflection

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Individuals Reflection

Question Description

Reflection to be submitted through turnitin after students have received feedback on the facilitation.
This activity requires students to reflect on their experience of planning, designing and delivering the facilitation workshops. They should consider which aspects they found particularly challenging and why this might have been the case and connect their thinking to unit content – i.e. theories and concepts (please note that all theories and concepts should be referenced appropriately using citations). Students might consider how they as individuals or their group members might have improved on overall outcomes? Which aspects did students find particularly rewarding or useful and why this might have been the case. Reflections connecting to unit content (i.e. theory and concepts) will score highly whereas superficial descriptions will score poorly. Thus, for example students may wish to consider how themes relating to personality and perception or decision making impacted on their experience of running the facilitation. Other themes relating to group dynamics may also have impacted.
Grammar and spelling and style of expression will be taken into consideration when allocating marks or this activity. Poor grammar and spelling will be penalized. Appropriate citation use will also be incorporated into the final mark for this activity.
The reflection should be in the range of (+/-10%) 1000 words (excluding references but including intext citations). There is no specific requirement for the number of references but all concepts and theories should be cited appropriately using Chicago reference style.
 
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