CX770022 – BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION AND CHANGE
Assignment 1 : Business Transformation and Change
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CX770022 – BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION AND CHANGE
ASSESSMENT ONE – INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT
RESEARCH BASE: TRANSFORMATION AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME / PLAN
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Level 7
15 Credits
Study Blocks: 1 – (Jan – March 2020)
Submission Date: Sunday 16/02/2020 at 11.59 p.m
Submission: Upload soft copies to Turnitin via Moodle
Word Count Guidelines: 2,000 – 2,500 words
Weighting/Contribution: 50% to final mark (Moodle Marks out of 100)
Learning Outcomes: 1, 2, 3 & 4
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Assignment 1 : Business Transformation and Change
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Assessment Overview
This is the first of two assessments for this course. This is an individual assessment that you will
complete in your learner-managed time, however your teacher will provide opportunities
during class time for clarification, guidance, collaborative working opportunities and
discussion in groups.
This assessment requires you to produce a professionally formatted business report to critically analyse
the case for business transformation required to lead and implement change within the organisation.
Assessment Table
Assessment Activity Weighting Learning Outcomes Marks out of
Assessment 1 50% 1, 2, 3, 4 70
Assessment 2 50% 1, 2, 3, 4 30
Extensions/Late Submissions
Please see your course outline for guidelines around extensions and penalties for late
submissions.
Authenticity
All parts of your submitted assessment must be completely your own work. References must
be cited and referenced appropriately using APA 6th edition referencing style.
Learning Outcomes Covered
1. Identify drivers necessitating change, and apply concepts, tools and techniques to
implement organisational change
2. Evaluate the activities and responsibilities of participants within a change programme
and apply appropriate personal adaptation strategies to allow change to occur
3. Propose appropriate styles of leadership for change scenarios within an organisational
setting
4. Incorporate views of others to evaluate issues facing change agents, the methods of
measuring progress and success of change programmes.
Assignment 1 : Business Transformation and Change
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Transformational Change Management Programme
Instructions to students:
Choose a New Zealand organization to research and understand the functions and application of
Business transformation and change within its management practices.
You are required to examine transformation and change that is currently underway in your chosen
organisation, conduct an analysis regarding changes that should be made in the organisation to deal
with the Business transformation and change management practices. You will be conducting an internet
research for an identified organisation and need to prepare Transformational Change Management
programme/plan for the selected organisation
➢ You should describe concepts, theories and models covered in the course.
➢ Prepare a report not more than approx.2,500 words (excluding references), which describes the
main functions of change management within this organization.
➢ You must explain each theoretical concept before you apply it to the organization that you have
selected.
➢ You should make recommendations on what would be needed to ensure that the
Transformational Change Management programme/plan is successful.
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Incorporate views of others to evaluate issues facing change agents in the organisation and Evaluate proposed
Transformational Change Management programme/plan for the selected organisation. (You will need to have
the company approved by your Lecturer).
✓ Example: Harvey Norman had lost business or decrease sales to a competitor that has chosen to outsource much of
its production operations and you will create a Transformational Change Management programme / plan for
Harvey Norman as a Change agent.
Task 1:
➢ Identify key drivers necessitating change, and apply potential concepts, tools and techniques which can
be used to implement organisational change (LO 1)
Task 2:
➢ Evaluate the activities and responsibilities of participants with in a change programme (LO 2)
o how does the key participants’ engagement and their responsibilities with the progress and success
of the current management practices and what are they doing to bring about successful change
programme
o how does the key participants’ engagement and their responsibilities for Maintaining Change for
the success of change programme
Task 3:
➢ Propose Leadership styles which will be appropriate for change scenarios for successful change to occur
(LO 3)
Task 4:
➢ Recommend change management strategies that might employ in response to the changes that have
occurred. In doing so suggest suitable metrics / strategies that are able to measure the progress and
success of change programme. (LO 4)
** You must support your ideas with references from the literature and justify your conclusions with in-depth
analysis where appropriate
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10-9 8-7 6-5 4-0
Drivers necessitating change and application of
concepts, theories, tools and techniques
Transformational Change Management
programme/plan contains comprehensively
demonstrates:
➢ Critical reasoning behind the key
drivers necessitating change
➢ Analysis of Lewin’s model or Kotter’s
model
➢ Application of selected concepts, tools,
theories and techniques to the
programme/plan
Transformational Change Management
programme/plan contains clearly demonstrates:
➢ Critical reasoning behind the key drivers
necessitating change
➢ Analysis of Lewin’s model or Kotter’s
model
➢ Application of selected concepts, tools,
theories and techniques to the
programme/plan
Transformational Change Management
programme/plan demonstrates:
➢ Critical reasoning behind the key drivers
necessitating change
➢ Analysis of Lewin’s model or Kotter’s model
➢ Application of selected concepts, tools,
theories and techniques to the programme/plan
Transformational Change Management
programme/plan inadequately demonstrates:
➢ Critical reasoning behind the key drivers
necessitating change
➢ Analysis of Lewin’s model or Kotter’s
model
➢ Application of selected concepts, tools,
theories and techniques to the
programme/plan
Activities and responsibilities of participants & styles of Leadership for
change
Transformational Change Management
programme/plan contains comprehensive
demonstrates of:
➢ Evaluate activities and responsibilities
of key participants’ engagement, their
responsibilities and current
management practices and their
responsibilities for Maintaining Change
for the success of change programme
➢ Evaluate leadership challenges and
leadership styles and propose
appropriate styles of Leadership for
change scenarios within an
organisational setting (Effectiveness of
two leadership challenges and two
leadership styles should be evaluated)
Transformational Change Management
programme/plan contains clearly demonstrates:
➢ Evaluate activities and responsibilities of
key participants’ engagement, their
responsibilities and current management
practices and their responsibilities for
Maintaining Change for the success of
change programme
➢ Evaluate leadership challenges and
leadership styles and propose appropriate
styles of Leadership for change scenarios
within an organisational setting
(Effectiveness of two leadership challenges
and two leadership styles should be
evaluated)
Transformational Change Management
programme/plan demonstrates:
➢ Evaluate activities and responsibilities of key
participants’ engagement, their responsibilities
and current management practices and their
responsibilities for Maintaining Change for the
success of change programme
➢ Evaluate leadership challenges and leadership
styles and propose appropriate styles of
Leadership for change scenarios within an
organisational setting (Effectiveness of two
leadership challenges and two leadership
styles should be evaluated)
Transformational Change Management
programme/plan inadequately demonstrates:
➢ Evaluate activities and responsibilities of
key participants’ engagement, their
responsibilities and current management
practices and their responsibilities for
Maintaining Change for the success of
change programme
➢ Evaluate leadership challenges and
leadership styles and propose appropriate
styles of Leadership for change scenarios
within an organisational setting
(Effectiveness of two leadership
challenges and two leadership styles
should be evaluated)
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Strategies & Methods of
measuring progress
Transformational Change Management
programme/plan contains comprehensive
demonstrates of:
➢ Appropriate strategies to allow change
to occur
➢ Methods of measuring progress
Transformational Change Management
programme/plan contains clearly demonstrates:
➢ Appropriate strategies to allow change to
occur
➢ Methods of measuring progress
Transformational Change Management
programme/plan demonstrates:
➢ Appropriate strategies to allow change to
occur
➢ Methods of measuring progress
Transformational Change Management
programme/plan inadequately demonstrates:
➢ Appropriate strategies to allow change to
occur
➢ Methods of measuring progress
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