Individual Assignment – Strategy & Change

Coursework Title:

1. Individual Assignment – Strategy & Change

Task Details/Description:

1. Individual Assignment – Strategy & Change

The aim of this assignment is to provide students with an opportunity to consider a potential intervention related to introducing an inclusive procurement initiative in Corporation ALPHA, using the theories/concepts, tools and techniques covered in the first part of the module (Strategy and Change).

Corporation ALPHA – Inclusive Procurement and Supplier Diversity

Task:

In the form of a 1,250-word essay, critically discuss:

1. Whether Corporation ALPHA should undertake an inclusive procurement initiative

2. How Corporation ALPHA could go about inclusive procurement and supplier diversity, considering potential driving and constraining forces.

The argumentation must be coherent and substantiated and must use relevant theory/conceptual underpinnings in a critical fashion, demonstrating analysis, synthesis and evaluation skills. Sources of information must be referenced appropriately.

Module Learning Outcomes Assessed:

1. Individual Assignment – Strategy & Change

1. Appreciate the organisational and environmental factors that drive organisational change.

2. Understand different approaches and tools that can be used to implement change in organisations.

3. Address individual and group processes which lead to adaptation and resistance to change.

4. Appreciate management approaches used to mitigate adverse effects of organisational change situations.

Presentation Requirements:

1. Individual Assignment – Strategy & Change

Word Count: 1250 (Includes citations in the main text of the essay but excludes the list of bibliographic references at the end of the essay, any tables, graphs and schemas/frameworks. Essays that exceed the word limit by more than 10% will be penalised.)

Font Size: Times New Roman 12

Line Spacing: Single or 1.5

Margins should be normal (2.54 cm all around). The word count must be stated on the cover page.

References: Harvard style

A word count must be provided on the cover page.

Assessment Criteria

1. Individual Assignment – Strategy & Change

The argumentation must be coherent and substantiated. The analysis, synthesis and evaluation must use relevant theory/conceptual underpinnings in a critical fashion. Moreover, the value of theories and conceptual models to address the change process should be critically considered. Sources of information must be referenced appropriately.

Essential Reading for Coursework Task
(if in addition to reading provided in the module outline):

Please note that this is not intended as an exhaustive or definitive list of readings for this piece of coursework. Instead, the articles/chapters listed below should be viewed as core or essential readings that may act as a start point as you prepare to tackle this assignment:

1. Individual Assignment – Strategy & Change

Burnes, B. (2009) Managing Change, 5th ed. London, FT Prentice Hall.
Chapter 6: Approaches to strategy & Chapter 7: Applying strategy
Chapters 8 & 9.
Chapter 5: Culture, Power, Politics and Choice
OR
Burnes, B. (2014) Managing Change, 6th ed. Harlow, Pearson.
Chapter 6: Approaches to strategy & Chapter 7: Applying strategy
Chapters 8 & 9 & 10
Chapter 5: Culture, Power, Politics and Choice

Theodorakopoulos, N., Ram, M. and Kakabadse, N. (2015) ‘Procedural Justice and Inclusive Interorganisational Relations: An Institutional Perspective’, British Journal of Management, 26, pp. 237-254, DOI: 10.1111/1467-8551.12071

Theodorakopoulos, N, Ram M. and Beckinsale, (2013) M. ‘Developing Large Procurers and Ethnic Minority Business Owners for Supplier Diversity’, International Journal of Human Resource Management, 24 (12), pp. 2321-2338.