business.unsw.edu.au 37T37TACCT5949 37T37TManaging Agile Organisations Assessment Package Term 3, 2022 NOTE: submitting the assignment via TurnItIn includes an online declaration as to the authenticity of your work. It replaces the need to add a Coversheet on your assignment. NO COVERSHEET NEEDED. School of Accounting UNSW Business School 1 business.unsw.edu.au ASSESSMENT 1: QUIZZES SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (20%) – WEEKS 2, 4, 6 and 8 Where this is, for any reason, difficult, you should contact the Lecturer in Charge (LIC). Required (Weeks 2, 4, 6 and 8) You will have 15 minutes to answer five questions, taken from the course readings, during the Lecture in Weeks 2, 4, 6 and 8. Each item is worth 1 mark, a total of 5 marks each week or an overall total of 20 marks. Description: These questions aim to enable you to apply the learnings from the readings to the course concepts. These questions will help you focus on the main points within the readings, as well as improving your skills in research, communication, and analysis. The questions will either be multiple choice or short answer (not exceed 150-word response). 2 ACCT5949 – Managing Agile Orgnaisations ASSESSMENT 2: INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT BLOG AND VLOG (25%) – DUE WEEK 5 Where this is, for any reason, difficult, you should contact the Lecturer in Charge (LIC). In exceptional circumstances, you may be able to nominate a leader. The LIC will advise you of your assigned leader in week 2. 1. PART A: BLOG (15%) Due: Friday 9 am AEDT, 14 October 2022, via TurnItIn box ACCT5949 Moodle site (NO COVERSHEET NEEDED). 25T Required (Week 5) Your blog must address: 1. Explain and analysis of your assigned leader’s action logic about their situation. 2. Briefly outline the situation (that is, the time, place, and domain) of your assigned leader, within the context of your analysis of their action logic. 3. Explain and illustrate your assigned leader’s characteristics. Description: A discussion paper written in your own words in a blog style of a popular press article, such as Harvard Business Review Blog (see: https://hbr.org). Audience: Other ACCT5949 students. They will be interested in your article but will not be experts. Purpose: To be able to identify academic research, learn how to locate relevant information within research articles and be able to apply essential concepts from the course to an example of a leader, and to practice your analysis and writing skills. This blog will help you improve your skills in research, communication, ethical analysis and report writing. You must use the Harvard style of referencing and reference at least three (3) peer-reviewed article. The blog must not exceed 1000 words, does not include the reference list. 3 business.unsw.edu.au 2. PART B: VLOG (10%) Due: Friday 6pm AEDT, 14 October 2022, via ACCT5949 Moodle site (NO COVERSHEET NEEDED). Required (Week 5) A. Design a virtual background to your vlog that characterises the key action logic of your assigned leader’s leadership. Your background must align with your vlog. B. Prepare and deliver a vlog style presentation about your assigned leader’s action logic and their characteristics. Remember, that spoken English will differ from formal written English. Your vlog must address a summary of your blog, including specific examples of your assigned leader’s performance and attributes to illustrate your argument points. The vlog must not exceed 3 minutes. 4 ACCT5949 – Managing Agile Orgnaisations ASSESSMENT 3: GROUP ASSIGNMENT: REPORT, PRESENTATION, PEER EVALUATION AND PARTICIPATION (30%= 20% GROUP + 10% INDIVIDUAL) – DUE WEEK 10 Where this is, for any reason, difficult, you should contact the Lecturer in Charge (LIC). Students are required to form a team for this assignment. Teams are to set up through Moodle. Generally, five to six students per group, though this number can change as it is subject to the number of students in the class. Confirmation of the number of students per team will occur after the census date. The team is to assume the role of internal or external consultants and submit a business case study report that analyses the organisation using appropriate concepts and theories from the course in addition to other methods that are appropriate for the issue(s) identified. Teams will also be required to undertake additional research about their case study and present their findings to the class. Each team is to provide a team name and nominate an agile organisation for their case study and email these to the LIC any time after the census date. If two or more teams choose the same agile organisation, the allocation will go to the team who emailed first. The LIC will confirm team members, case organisation, team name and running order for the presentation night in week 5. 1. PART A: CASE STUDY REPORT and PARTICIPATION (20%) CASE STUDY REPORT Due: Monday 9 am AEDT, 14 November 2022, via TurnItIn box ACCT5949 Moodle site (NO COVERSHEET NEEDED). 25T Required (Week 10) Your report must address: 1. Briefly outline the main activities and history of the case organisation. 2. Explain and illustrate why this organisation is known for its ‘agility’. 3. Discuss how critical factors in the current environment present threats and opportunities that relate to this organisation’s agility. 5 business.unsw.edu.au 4. Based on your discussion in parts 1 to 3, make a series of strategic and operational recommendations to senior management regarding the preservation and enhancement of the case organisation’s agility. The report must not exceed 3,000 words does not include the executive summary (250 words) or the reference list. The report must use the Harvard style of referencing and at least three (3) peer-reviewed references. Any supporting charts and tables are to be an Appendix (up to three charts and three tables). Description: This project aims to enable 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. PARTICIPATION Each team will be assigned a participation mark ranging from 0 to 1, based on their contributions to the classroom discussion. The following guide is how participation marks are assigned. Mark Description guide 0 No team member participated in class discussions or asked any questions during any of the presentations 1 The team members have demonstrated excellence in their contribution to the dynamics of discussions answering three or more questions and asked two or more questions throughout the presentations. 6 ACCT5949 – Managing Agile Orgnaisations 2. PART B: GROUP PECHA KUCHA PRESENTATION and PEER EVALUATION (10%) PECHA KUCHA PRESENTATION, your mark will be based on your individual contribution Due: Week 10 in-class presentations Required (Week 10) This assignment is about the knowledge acquired from undertaking Part A, case study report. You are to assume the role of internal or external consultants. A. Presentation Format, the presentation is to assume the format of a Pecha Kucha. The presentation must adhere to the rules of this form of presentation: 1. Twenty PowerPoint slides total; 2. Each slide must be on an automatic timer for 20 seconds only; and 3. Slides may contain a graphic image only with no added text. The only exception is your use of the organisational logo, which may be used once, including the associated text, in your presentation. B. Prepare and deliver a Pecha Kucha presentation for management. The team’s presentation needs to include: 1. The nature of agility, 2. Why agility is essential to organisational performance and, 3. Given the nature of the environment, what are the main strategic and operational recommendations for preserving and enhancing organisational agility The expectation is that all students attend all presentations and all team members have a role in their presentation. Marks are based on your contribution. It is up to your team to allocate the tasks related to this presentation in an equitable manner, according to the skills of each member. Each member of the group has to speak, if only for a short time. Description: This project aims to enable 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. 7 business.unsw.edu.au PEER EVALUATION Due: Friday 6 pm AEDT, 18 November 2022, via Survey on Moodle. All students have to complete the survey. Group and individual marks will not be released until all team members have submitted their responses. Description: Being able to assess your skills and performance and that of your fellow syndicate members is an important skill. You will complete a survey of your and your syndicate member’s performance and contribution in the group assignment. You will be able to view the feedback provided by your peers once the survey has closed. The feedback provided by your peers will be useful for your personal development. In some cases, this feedback, in conjunction with formal meetings with the LIC and team members, and other evidence to adjust final marks for the group report where students have either taken on additional work or where students have not contributed sufficiently to the team project. Approach to Group Work: Our experience is that group work is mostly a very positive experience, particularly where groups have sufficient time and mutually agreed goals. You will have five weeks to work together on this assignment. There will time provided within the lectures to work on the assignment, you will need to work on the group project both individually and together as a group outside of class time. Your syndicate is to work together on planning, researching, analysing, developing, writing, proofreading and editing your report ready for submission. You are also jointly responsible for allocating relevant tasks including research, logistical and organisational duties. All members should have a similar level of involvement in the research process and the organisation and writing of the business reports. The expectation is that each student will fulfil their team commitments. In cases where this does not occur, the remaining team members may request a reduced (or higher) grade for the assignment for the non-contributing (or exceptionally hardworking) team member. This information provided in the Self and Peer Evaluation Process is part of the evidence required for an adjustment on final marks. In the sporadic cases where there are severe problems with teamwork, particularly where this involves the failure of a team member to carry out their responsibilities, then aggrieved team members should contact the LIC. It is best, in these circumstances, to collect and provide documentary evidence such as emails ordinary notes of commitments not fulfilled. The LIC will be taking a tight line with any student judged to have largely failed to fulfil their obligations to their team unless we receive a timely, reasonable and documented excuse (medical or compassionate). 8 ACCT5949 – Managing Agile Orgnaisations SELF-REFLECTION ESSAY (25%) – DUE WEEK 11 Where this is, for any reason, difficult, you should contact the Lecturer in Charge (LIC). Due: Monday 9 am AEDT, 21 November 2022, via TurnItIn box ACCT5949 Moodle site (NO COVERSHEET NEEDED). 25T Required (Week 11) Your essay must: 1. Demonstrate analysis and understanding of compulsory reading. Additionally, utilise any course or additional materials to form your argument. 2. Explain and illustrate your self-reflection, what you learnt about your learning style by utilising examples in which you display characteristics of self-regulated learning during this course. 3. Illustrate your synthesis of adjustments from current to the desired performance by providing an action plan (development plan). 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. The essay must not exceed 1,500 words, does not include the abstract (250 words) or the reference list. The essay must use the Harvard style of referencing. Description: Over this term, we have focused considerable attention on agility in practice, examining both individual and organisational factors. The final assignment requires a self- reflection, demonstrating awareness as to 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, that offers some options regarding how to regulate both learning and performance. In your essay, your discussion 9 business.unsw.edu.au draws upon Zimmerman’s (2002) framework, course material and any other content, experiences or activities to demonstrate an informed view. This essay is exploring how you gained awareness of yourself, how you learn and where you can apply these learnings in your future career. It is not about what you learnt or representing the course contents. Dialogue points: What do you believe are the strengths of your work What areas of development do you detect What could have been done differently Which tasks would you have done differently How would you adjust your work to achieve better results What milestones for tasks could use feedback at a point in time to inform your progress
