ACCT5459 MANAGING AGILE ORGANISATIONS
ACCT5459 MANAGING AGILE ORGANISATIONS
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ACCT5459
MANAGING AGILE ORGANISATIONS
Detailed Assessment Outline
Assessment 1 MULTIPLE CHOICE and SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (20%)
Detailed Assessment Description
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (MCQ) and SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (20%)
Required: You are required to complete four (4) online quizzes at regular intervals
throughout the course. Each quiz will comprise five (5) questions (MCQ and Short
Answer Questions) worth one (1) mark each, with a total of 5 marks per quiz for an
overall total of 20 marks.
If you have any difficulties completing the assessment, you should contact the Lecturer
in Charge (LIC) as soon as possible.
Quiz Topics: Course Readings, In-class Activities, Lectures.
Quiz Schedule:
Quiz 1: Topics 1 and 2. Open: 7 June; 17:00; Close 14 June; 17:00.
Quiz 2: Topics 3 and 4. Open: 21 June; 17:00; Close 28 June; 17:00.
Quiz 3: Topics 5 and 6. Open: 12 July; 17:00; Close 19 July; 17:00.
Quiz 4: Topics 7 and 8. Open: 26 July; 17:00; Close 2 August; 17:00.
Quiz duration: 15 minutes for each quiz.
Description: These questions require you to apply the learnings from the readings, in-
class activities, and lectures to the course concepts. These questions will help you
focus on the main points within the readings and improve your research,
communication, and analytical skills. The questions will be multiple-choice or short
answers (not exceeding 150 words).
Submission notes: Online.
Assignment submission: Turnitin type Not Applicable.
Assessment 2 BLOG and VLOG (30%)
Detailed Assessment Description
BLOG and VLOG (30%)
Submission Deadline BLOG and VLOG: June 28 2024 18:00.
Required: You are required to produce a BLOG and VLOG addressing several tasks on
an assigned leader from business, popular culture, politics or other field of interest.
Leaders will be assigned in lectures during week 3.
BLOG and VLOG Audience: Other Managing Agile Organisations students who are
interested in your article and may have heard of your leader but are not experts.
Please refer to Moodle for instructions on how to upload your submissions.
If you have any difficulties completing the assessment, you should contact the Lecturer
in Charge (LIC) as soon as possible.
Part A: BLOG (15%)
Your BLOG must address the following:
1. Explain and analyse your assigned leader's action logic characterising their
leadership. (5 marks)
2. Briefly outline your assigned leader's situation (the time, place, and domain)
within the context of your analysis of their action logic. (5 marks)
3. Explain and illustrate your assigned leader's characteristics. (5 marks)
BLOG Word Limit: 800 words (this does not include the abstract and reference list).
Description: You are to submit a discussion paper written in your own words in a BLOG
style of a popular press article. For more information regarding the format and structure
of the BLOG please visit Harvard Business Review Blog (see: https://hbr.org).
Purpose: The purpose of the BLOG is to identify academic research, learn how to locate
relevant information within research articles, apply essential concepts from the course
to an example of a leader, and practice your analytical and writing skills. This blog will
help you improve your research, communication, ethical analysis, and report-writing
skills. You must use the Harvard referencing style and reference at least three (3) peer-
reviewed articles.
Part B: VLOG (15%)
Your VLOG must address the following:
1. Design a virtual background for your vlog that aligns with and characterises the
essential action logic of your assigned leader's leadership. (5 marks)
2. Prepare and deliver a vlog presentation about your assigned leader's action
logic and characteristics. (10 marks)
VLOG Time Limit: 3 minutes (+/- 10%).
Description: Your VLOG must incorporate a summary of your BLOG, including specific
examples of your assigned leader's performance and attributes to illustrate your
argument points. Remember that spoken English will differ from formal written English.
Assessment 3 CASE STUDY REPORT, PRESENTATION, AND PARTICIPATION
(30% = 15% Report + 10% Presentation + 5% Participation)
WEEK 10 in-class delivery.
Detailed Assessment Description
Required: As part of a team, you are required to research and submit a business case
study report on a listed organisation and present a ‘’Pecha Kuca’ presentation to your
peers.
Your team will assume the role of consultants and analyse your allocated organisation
using appropriate concepts and theories from the course, as well as other methods and
materials appropriate to address the detailed requirements.
Team and Organisation allocations:
• Teams will be decided/allocated Post census date.
• Teams will comprise 4 to 5 students. You can either choose your own teams or
be allocated to a team.
• Teams can choose an organisation from a list provided by the Lecturer in Charge
(LIC).
• Once your team is decided, and you have chosen your organisation, you must
email the LIC with the following details:
o Email Subject Line: ACCT5949 Team Presentation Thursday Seminar
o Team name (please create a name); Team Members Names; Team
Members Student Id; Organisation. Note that organisations will be
allocated on a first come, first served basis).
Please refer to Moodle for instructions on how to upload your submissions.
If you have any difficulties completing the assessment, you should contact the LIC as
soon as possible.
PART A: CASE STUDY REPORT (15%)
Due date: Tuesday 30 July 2024; 23:59.
Your Case Study Report must address the following:
1. Briefly outline the main activities and history of the case organisation. (2.5
marks)
2. Explain and illustrate why this organisation is known for its 'agility'. (2.5 marks)
3. Discuss how critical factors in the current environment present threats and
opportunities related to this organisation's agility. (5 marks)
4. Based on your discussion in parts 1 to 3, make strategic and operational
recommendations to senior management regarding preserving and enhancing
the case organisation's agility. (5 marks)
Report Word Limit: 3,000 words (this does not include the executive summary and
reference list).
You must use the Harvard referencing style and reference at least three (3) peer-
reviewed articles. Any supporting charts and tables are to be contained in an Appendix
(up to three charts and three tables).
PART B: PRESENTATION (10%) (5 marks content + 5 marks presentation)
Slides due date: Tuesday 30 July 2024; 23:59.
Presentation delivery date: Week 10 lecture.
As a team, you are required to develop and deliver a presentation to management using
the PECHA KUCHA format.
Your presentation incorporates the organisation and knowledge gained from your case
study report and needs to include the following:
1. The nature of agility,
2. The importance of agility to organisational performance, and,
3. Given the nature of their business environment, the main strategic and
operational recommendations for preserving and enhancing organisational
agility.
Your PECHA KUCHA formatted presentation must comply with the following:
• Twenty PowerPoint slides in total.
• Each slide must be on an automatic timer for 20 seconds only.
• Slides must contain graphic images with no added text. (The only exception is
the inclusion of your organisation’s name, or preferably their logo).
• Each group member has to speak, if only for a short time – whether this be in the
delivery of the presentation or the Q&A.
You are required to attend all presentations, and all team members must contribute to
the design and delivery of their presentation. Your marks are dependent on your
contribution. Your team must decide how to equitably allocate tasks related to this
presentation.
Description: This project enables you to apply essential concepts from the course to an
example of business practice and to practice your case analysis and report writing
skills. The project will help you improve your skills in project management, team
dynamics, research, communication, ethical review, and report writing.
PART C: PARTICIPATION (5%)
This mark will be derived from a survey incorporating peer assessment relating to your
participation in the development and delivery of Case Study Report and Presentation.
Detailed Assessment Description
SELF-REFLECTION ESSAY (20%)
Essay due date: Week 11 Sunday August 11; 23:59.
Required: Analyse a key reading and prepare an essay style report recommending
personalised business development solutions and a career strategy for life-long
learning.
Compulsory reference is on Moodle: Zimmerman, B.J., 2002, "Achieving Academic
Excellence: A Self-Regulatory Perspective" in Ferrari, M. (ed) The Pursuit of Excellence
Through Education. Lawrence, Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, NJ, pp.85-110.
Your essay must address the following:
1. Demonstrate analysis and understanding of the compulsory reference, as well
as utilising any course or additional materials to form your argument. (5 marks)
2. Explain and illustrate self-reflection and what you learnt about your learning style
by utilising examples displaying self-regulated learning characteristics during
this course. (7.5 marks)
3. Illustrate your synthesis of adjustments from current to desired performance by
providing an action plan (development plan). (7.5marks)
Description: Over this term, we have focused considerable attention on agility in
practice, examining both individual and organisational factors. The final assignment
requires self-reflection, demonstrating awareness of what you have learnt about your
characteristics as a learner and learning style. Additionally, creating adjustments from
your current to your desired performance, by providing an individual development plan,
offers some options regarding how to regulate both learning and performance. In your
essay, your discussion draws upon Zimmerman’s (2002) framework, course material,
and any other content, experiences, or activities to demonstrate an informed view.
If you have any difficulties completing the assessment, you should contact the LIC as
soon as possible.