Assignment title: Management


1. Comment on the comment above (Communities of practice) of the networks you have observed and how effective they have been at sharing knowledge. Where possible, give a practical example of how a network has increased an organisation's efficiency or effectiveness. 2. Imagine that you and your team of 15 people have been asked to take on board a project to decrease the carbon footprint of your organisation. The CEO has given you 2 months to come up with a workable plan that will see operations in all states take practical steps to being more environmentally friendly – they want the whole company's culture changed so that each employee is an environmental guardian. Nothing is to be considered as untouchable. 
Such a project has never been attempted across the whole organisation before, but you know that a few people in various divisions have done mini projects relating to their own operations.
How will you lead your team in deciding what should be in the plan? What sort of networks will you set in place to facilitate your team's learning and then the organisation as a whole as it implements the plan? 
3. Requiring workers who are funded to attend interstate conferences to write a summary that is circulated to other relevant staff is an example of a procedure specifically implemented in order to share corporate knowledge. Comment on the usefulness of such procedures in achieving their goal, the practicality of enforcing them and give your own example from a workplace that you are familiar with.Case study You are the clinical manager for a large team of 115 professionals that encompass doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, administration staff, cleaners and catering staff. They all work in shifts and have varying education levels. Some of the staff are newly arrived to Australia and English is their second language, some are single parents and others are contract staff working for multiple organisations. Your hospital has recently being audited by the health standards authority and there is a range of aspects that it has scored particularly well on, but also a small number that have been identified as needing improvement. You have been asked by the organisation's management to put together a project team representing your department in order to promulgate the good practice throughout the rest of the organisation and to identify processes to improve the action areas. You need to: • convey the results of the audit to all staff • make them aware of areas of good practice • advise them of areas needing improvement • alert them to the strategy being used to look at future procedures, ie the project team • call for nominations to participate in the project team 4. Read the case study above and answer the following questions.a. Describe how you will ensure that all of your staff get the information that is needed by the organisation in a manner that facilitates their understanding, encourages participation and minimises disruption to hospital operations.b. How could knowing your employees preferred learning styles be of benefit to you, the employee and the organisation?5. Tim is a young accounting graduate who has been working in your department for nearly 6 months. He is technically very competent and his accounting work is good, but his written communications lack the profess