Students are required to research and prepare an essay of 2000 words covering various organisational issues for a selected organisation. You might choose one organisation from the short list below:
- NBN (re the rollout and costs of the fibre Optic cabling)
- Graincorp (re the sale to an overseas company)
- Billabong (its potential demise?)
- Telstra (change over the years…ongoing re job loss in Australia, possibly creating jobs overseas to replace them)
- GMH (pulling out of Australia)
- Malaysian Airlines (two disasters and effect on the sustainability of the Airline)
- BHP and Rio Tinto and other mining companies (the change in the demand for their products)
- Detroit
- Woolworths
- Coles
- Qantas
- McDonald’s
The issues to be covered include:
- An introduction to the organisation, brief overview
- Organisational structure
- Identifying and analysing—
- ➢ Leadership and Communication
- ➢ Conflict, Negotiation
- ➢ Organisation Culture
- ➢ Change Management
Using the theories and concepts covered in the modules, students must identify and recommend strategies to make improvements to concepts discussed in their analysis.
Studentss are to mutually agree with their members on an organisation in Australia to base their analysis. The organisation selected must be confirmed with your lecturer before commencement.
Objectives of the assignment:
- The main objectives of this assignment are to allow students to further develop teamwork skills to analyse the organisational behaviour in a practical situation.
- Write on how they apply their theoretical skill in real life.