Assignment title: Information
Task: Students are to choose a real organisational case illustrating questionable management practices that have been critiqued in the public spaces. Examples include companies, such as BP, Toyota, WorldCom, VW; government agencies such as the Wheat Board, Wollongong Council planning approval; non-profits, e.g. Health Union, FIFA, Essendon Football Club. Students can choose a case from their home country as long as it represents questionable management practices and has been under public scrutiny.Students are then to analyse the reasons for these questionable management practices including an analysis of the judgements made by leaders/managers of these organisations via organisation theories discussed in class (see list below). How accountable do you see have managers and leaders of the chosen organisation been in their actions and decisions? Based on their analysis, students are then to develop high-level recommendations to the management/leaders of the chosen organisation how to change these practices. These recommendations need to be written in a form that persuades for the need for changes. This section should be seen as part of a dialogue you are trying to open with the organisation and its leadership. Students are strongly advised to avoid simplistic recommendations and 'quick fix' solutions, as these are not realistic.In their analysis, students must draw from two different Organisation Theory lenses from the following list of Organisation Theory perspectives discussed in class:1. Agency Theory2. Institutional theory3. Bureaucracy4. Control5. Stakeholder Theory6. Critical Management Studies/Power and Politics7. Ethical & moral dimensions of Organisation Theories8. Organizational culture9. Stewardship.The report must be structured in three parts: 1. Executive summary: ½ page.2. Background: ½ page. Briefly describe the chosen organisation and what questionable practices you are discussing. Briefly describe the public scrutiny the organisation has found itself under.