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ACCT5949 Managing Agile Organisations

Course Details & Outcomes

Learning and Teaching Technologies

Moodle - Learning Management System

• Quizzes - Short Answer Questions

  Assessment Overview

  This task requires students to demonstrate their understanding of the key readings and theories, and the ability to apply the concepts to organizational agility. You will complete multiple choice and short answer questions within a time.

  Assesses: PLO1, PLO2

  Course Learning Outcomes

  • CLO1 : Describe and understand the nature of agile organisations, leadership and management and resources. 
  • CLO2 : Explain and critically analyse the various resources available to facilitate managerial work in agile organisations.
  • CLO3 : Apply the concepts learned in this course to practice and case scenarios.
  • CLO4 : Evaluate and justify choices of managerial practices in particular situations.
  • CLO5 : Work independently to complete tasks.

  Detailed Assessment Description

  MULTIPLE CHOICE 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 28 July; 23:59 (note that Quiz 4 closes early to allow students to focus on Assessment 3 Case Study Report and in-class Presentation)

  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)

  Assessment Length

  15 minutes each quiz.

  Submission notes

  Online

  Assignment submission Turnitin type

  Not Applicable

• Individual Assessment - Essay (Blog style) and Presentation (Vlog style)

  Assessment Overview

  This task requires students to demonstrate their understanding of the key reading and leadership theories, the ability to critically evaluate and synthesise and practice leadership concepts and to communicate effectively. You will analyse an assigned leader and prepare (a) presentation and (b) essay recommending an individual’s leadership style within a leadership framework.

  Assesses: PLO1, PLO2, PLO3

  Course Learning Outcomes

  • CLO1 : Describe and understand the nature of agile organisations, leadership and management and resources. 
  • CLO2 : Explain and critically analyse the various resources available to facilitate managerial work in agile organisations.
  • CLO3 : Apply the concepts learned in this course to practice and case scenarios.
  • CLO4 : Evaluate and justify choices of managerial practices in particular situations.
  • CLO5 : Work independently to complete tasks.
  • CLO6 : Construct written work which is logically and professionally presented.
  • CLO7 : Communicate ideas in a succinct and clear manner.

  Detailed Assessment Description

  BLOG and VLOG (30%)

  Submission Deadline BLOG and VLOG: June 28 2024 18:00

  Required: You are required to complete 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 required 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 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 Length

  Please refer to Detailed Assessment Description

  Submission notes

  Turnitin and Moodle

  Assignment submission Turnitin type

  This assignment is submitted through Turnitin and students can see Turnitin similarity reports.

• Group Assessment - Agile Organization Report, Presentation and Participation

  Assessment Overview

  This task requires students to demonstrate their understanding of the key readings, theories and practice, the ability to critically evaluate and synthesise and practice organisational agility concepts to sustainable business decisions, to collaborate and communicate effectively. You will work as a team analysing a case study and prepare a group (a) presentation, (b) report and (c) active team participation recommending business solutions.

  Assesses: PLO1, PLO2, PLO3, PLO4, PLO6, PLO7

  Course Learning Outcomes

  • CLO1 : Describe and understand the nature of agile organisations, leadership and management and resources. 
  • CLO2 : Explain and critically analyse the various resources available to facilitate managerial work in agile organisations.
  • CLO3 : Apply the concepts learned in this course to practice and case scenarios.
  • CLO4 : Evaluate and justify choices of managerial practices in particular situations.
  • CLO5 : Work independently to complete tasks.
  • CLO6 : Construct written work which is logically and professionally presented.
  • CLO7 : Communicate ideas in a succinct and clear manner.
  • CLO8 : Work collaboratively to complete a task.
  • CLO9 : Work collaboratively in a global community.

  Detailed Assessment Description

  CASE STUDY REPORT, PRESENTATION, AND PARTICIPATION (30% = 15% Report + 10% Presentation + 5% Participation) – WEEK 10 in-class delivery

  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:
    • 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%)

  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 (5 marks)

  1. The nature of agility,
  2. The importtance 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 (5 marks)

  • 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 team 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 equititibly allocate tasks related to your presentation.

  Description: This project enablee 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 of the Cases Study Report and Presentation.

  Assessment Length

  3,000word Case Study Report + 20 Slide Pecha Kucha Presentation

  Submission notes

  Turnitin and Class Group Presentation

  Assignment submission Turnitin type

  This assignment is submitted through Turnitin and students can see Turnitin similarity reports.

• Self-Reflection and Professional Development Report

  Assessment Overview

  This task requires students to demonstrate their understanding of the key reading, theories and practice, the ability to critically evaluate and synthesise self and organisational agility theoretical knowledge, ideas, and practice to sustainable business, and learning decisions and to communicate effectively. You will be analysing a key reading and prepare a report recommending personalised business development solutions and career strategy for life-long learning.

  Assesses: PLO2, PLO3

  Course Learning Outcomes

  • CLO2 : Explain and critically analyse the various resources available to facilitate managerial work in agile organisations.
  • CLO3 : Apply the concepts learned in this course to practice and case scenarios.
  • CLO4 : Evaluate and justify choices of managerial practices in particular situations.
  • CLO5 : Work independently to complete tasks.
  • CLO6 : Construct written work which is logically and professionally presented.
  • CLO7 : Communicate ideas in a succinct and clear manner.

  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) (7.5 marks)

  Essay Word Limit: 1,000 words and does not include the abstract or the reference list. The essay must use the Harvard referencing style.

  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.

   

  This essay explores 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?

  If you have any difficulties completing the assessment, you should contact the LIC as soon as possible.

  Assessment Length

  1,000 Words

  Submission notes

  Turnitin

  Assignment submission Turnitin type

  This assignment is submitted through Turnitin and students can see Turnitin similarity reports.