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Assignment 2 Organisational change diagnosis and video presentation Due date: 07 May 2017 23:55 Weighting: 30% 6 Length and/or format: Individual 5-7 minute video and 2 page handout Purpose: A key skill for organizational change practitioners is to understand “what needs changing” in an organisation by accurately diagnosing change problems. This requires the application of frameworks to understand the complexity and interrelatedness of organizational components operating at different levels of the organization. Coupled with this is the ability for change practitioners to feedback and concisely present diagnostic results to senior managers. Components This assessment has three major components 1. Case analysis 2. 5-7 minute video presentation of the case analysis 3. Two page summary 1. Case analysis By the end of week 03, you will be assigned a case study from those uploaded to LEO and diagnostic model from the list below CASE: Wengart Aircraft Model: Tichy: Technical Political Cultural (TPC) framework You are required to undertake a diagnosis of the change problems inherent in the case study using the allocated diagnostic model. How to go about this will be discussed in more detail in weeks 03 and 04. Your output from this stage, the analysis, will form the basis of your video presentation. 2. Video Presentation From your case analysis, you are required to develop a multimedia presentation which distills the findings from your organizational change diagnosis into 5-7 minute synopsis. The audience for this multimedia presentation is senior staff of your case study organization. You are trying to convince them that the organization needs to address a number of important challenges if it is to be successful. While it is important to get your message across in the video, the production quality of the video is not a major issue. The assignment is designed to show your understanding of how develop a change diagnosis using a diagnostic tool. The multimedia presentation is to be uploaded to LEO via Kaltura. How to go about developing the multimedia presentation will be discussed in more detail in weeks 05. Your video presentation should be structured in the following way Brief introduction Outline of change problem Outline of diagnostic model chosen Discussion of analysis Brief overview of next steps Conclusion References Please note that the content of the video and the way the diagnosis is presented are the major focus of the assignment. Production values are of secondary importance and we are not expecting a Hollywood production 7 3. Summary You are required to develop a 2 page summary which outlines the major points of your presentation. This should mirror the structure of the presentation. Brief introduction Outline of change problem Outline of diagnostic model chosen Discussion of analysis Brief overview of next steps Conclusion References Be creative in developing the summary handout as it will leave a lasting impression on your client.