Assignment title: Information
Assessment Type: Analysis report – 2000 - 2500 words – individual assessment MGT100
The company to be studied is the National Australia Bank (NAB) - and the requirements for the report are detailed in the course outline and will be assisted by a power-point presentation to be placed in Moodle. The areas of study are, development and growth, management strategies, criticisms, environmental analysis, culture and leadership style.
Assessment Type: Analysis report – 2000 - 2500 words – individual assessment
Purpose: This assessment is designed to allow students to continue to develop their research and analytical skills, applying the subject theory relating to organisational processes and technologies, to explain how and why real world organisations are managed, and how they respond to changes in the environment.
Submission: Upload a Word .doc or .docx soft copy to Moodle and Turnitin
Task Details: Students are to analyse the given organisation using accepted management theory to support the analysis, and develop answers to the points below into a short report.
1. Briefly trace the development and growth of the organisation from its beginnings to the present through the application of corporate strategies – what types of strategies have these been?
2. There have been many criticisms of the business practices that company has pursued over the years. Describe TWO of these practices and outline the outcomes.
3. Perform an environmental analysis for the involvement of the organisation in the context of the industry it operates in – what are the main opportunities & threats?
4. Describe the organisational culture or leadership style within the organisation.
Research Students need to support their analysis with reference from the text and a Requirements: minimum of four (4) suitable, reliable, current and academically acceptable sources – check with your tutor if unsure of the validity of sources. Groups seeking Credit or above grades should support their analysis with increased number of reference sources comparable to the grade they are seeking.
Presentation: Word .doc or .docx – 2000 -2500 word short report – title page, executive summary, table of contents, suitable headings and subheadings, conclusions, reference list (Harvard – Anglia style). Typed using 12 pt Times New Roman or 11 pt Calibri fonts. Single line spacing.
Marking Guide:
Analysis 30%
Research – extent and application 30%
Recommendations/conclusions 20%
Presentation 20%
More information
Topic:
Strategic Development within an organisation .
NAB
http://www.nab.com.au/
Research what strategies has been applied, and how? Why?
Task 1
Research areas
Mission, vision, competitive advantages
Strategies used in the past
Current strategies
Do not focus on a general history of company.
Task 2
There have been many criticisms of the business practices that company has pursued in recent years. Describe TWO of these controversies and outline the outcomes.
Focus on the strategies which were criticised
The criticisms may comes from other stake holders, such as competitors, media journalist, industry experts, academic professionals, employees, customers, suppliers, communities etc.
Task 3
Perform an environmental analysis for the involvement of the organisation in the context of the industry(ies) it operates in – what are the main opportunities & threats?
Analysis Tools
General Environments (PESTEL) analysis
Specific Environments analysis
Internal Environments analysis
SWOT analysis
General Environments
1. Political
2. Economical
3. Social /cultural
4. Technological
5. Ecology (Nature)
6. Legal
Specific Environments
1. Customers
2. Partners
3. Industry
4. Unions
5. Competitors
6. Supplier
Internal environments
1. Process
2. System
3. Employees
4. Management
Task 4
Organizational culture
is a system of shared assumptions, values, and beliefs, which governs how people behave in organizations. These shared values have a strong influence on the people in the organization and dictate how they dress, act, and perform their jobs
You may research Leadership theories in week 8 topic.
Michigan Studies
Trait & Behavioural theories
Incorporate environmental and situational
Functional leadership
Transactional & Transformational leadership
Students are to support their analysis and conclusions with the text and a minimum of 4 recent and relevant academic journal articles (written after 2007, where possible).
presentation
Report Structure
1. Title page,
2. Executive summary,
3. Table of contents,
4. Suitable headings and subheadings,
5. Conclusions,
6. Reference list (Harvard – Anglia style).
Typed using 12 pt Times New Roman or 11 pt Calibri fonts. Single line spacing, Number of words.
Reference
Use in-text reference, if information comes from your resources specially for statics, images, tables etc,.
If you use online sources, include "accessed date"
Use a separate page for a list of references.
Do Not
Fancy images,
Coloured letters
Water marks
Different font size
Different font style
Your name and number on the every page
'Body' as a heading
Similarity report
Guide - NOT more than 10%