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GMBA8002 – Know Your Organisation

2024 – Coursera term 5, Online-scheduled-weekday

General Information

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Unit convenor and teaching staff Unit convenor and teaching staff Convenor
Tess Howes
tess.howes@mq.edu.au
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Credit points Credit points
5
Prerequisites Prerequisites
Admission to GMBA or GradCertGlobalBusPrac
Corequisites Corequisites
Co-badged status Co-badged status
Unit description Unit description
Developing leadership capabilities requires an understanding of the importance of alignment. This includes understanding the degree of alignment between the why, what, how, and when in a business. This unit provides students with a rich understanding of the phenomenon of organisational change, understood not just as the outcome of a planned decision, but also as a reaction to unforeseen crises, and as a continuous process of transformation. Reflecting on real cases of organisational change as well as student experience, students will use several diagnostic tools to recognize driving forces of transformation, their impacts on stakeholders, and practical actions that can be performed to navigate the process in a logic of responsible and ethical stewardship. The unit aims to develop the change/transition management skills of students, bringing together technical, political and ethical elements of management in developing leadership capabilities.

Important Academic Dates

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Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  • ULO1: Analyse the key organisational capabilities required for a firm’s positioning strategy as the anchoring point for leading an organisation
  • ULO2: Assess the degree of alignment between key capabilities and organisational architecture (culture, structure, people, systems)
  • ULO3: Evaluate the organisational misalignment issues that a leader should prioritise and focus their change plan on
  • ULO4: Develop and professionally present concrete, suitable, and feasible organisational change recommendations that can resolve organisational misalignment issues

General Assessment Information

Late submissions of assessments

Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark) will be applied each day a written assessment is not submitted, up until the 7th day (including weekends). After the 7th day, a grade of ‘0’ will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. Submission time for all written assessments is set at 8 am AEST. A 1-hour grace period is provided to students who experience a technical concern. For any late submissions of time-sensitive tasks, such as scheduled tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, and/or scheduled practical assessments/labs, students need to submit an application for Special Consideration.

Special Consideration

To request an extension on the due date/time for a timed or non-timed assessment task, you must submit a Special Consideration application. An application for Special Consideration does not guarantee approval. The approved extension date for a student becomes the new due date for that student. The late submission penalties above then apply as of the new due date.

Word limits

Anything beyond a stated assessment word limit (other than your reference list) may not be marked. See any further clarification from the unit convenor. 

Assessment Tasks

Name Weighting Hurdle Due
Business strategy - Individual 40% No Monday Week 4, 08:00 AEST
Written Report - Individual 60% No Saturday, Week 6, 08:00 AEST

Business strategy - Individual

Assessment Type 1: Case study/analysis
Indicative Time on Task 2: 10 hours
Due: Monday Week 4, 08:00 AEST
Weighting: 40%

 

Length: max. 1,000 words (excl. references) Format: Written report Task: In this assignment, you will investigate a topic drawn from organisational capabilities or organisational culture and develop a critical analysis and reflection.

 
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Analyse the key organisational capabilities required for a firm’s positioning strategy as the anchoring point for leading an organisation

Written Report - Individual

Assessment Type 1: Report
Indicative Time on Task 2: 14 hours
Due: Saturday, Week 6, 08:00 AEST
Weighting: 60%

 

Length: 1,800 - 2,000 words (excl. references) Format: Written report Task: In this assignment, you will be investigating the organisational alignment of a company, identify needed changes for a successful business strategy and evaluate those solutions. For detailed information and the marking criteria, please refer to the section Course Resources - Assessment Information in your online unit. You will submit your completed task via the Assignment submission link in your online unit.

 
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Analyse the key organisational capabilities required for a firm’s positioning strategy as the anchoring point for leading an organisation
  • Assess the degree of alignment between key capabilities and organisational architecture (culture, structure, people, systems)
  • Evaluate the organisational misalignment issues that a leader should prioritise and focus their change plan on
  • Develop and professionally present concrete, suitable, and feasible organisational change recommendations that can resolve organisational misalignment issues

1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:

  • the academic teaching staff in your unit for guidance in understanding or completing this type of assessment
  • the Writing Centre for academic skills support.

2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation

Delivery and Resources

Please refer to the online unit in the Coursera platform for detailed information. 

Unit Schedule

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Results

Results published on platform other than eStudent, (eg. iLearn, Coursera etc.) or released directly by your Unit Convenor, are not confirmed as they are subject to final approval by the University. Once approved, final results will be sent to your student email address and will be made available in eStudent. For more information visit connect.mq.edu.au or if you are a Global MBA student contact globalmba.support@mq.edu.au

Academic Integrity

At Macquarie, we believe academic integrity – honesty, respect, trust, responsibility, fairness and courage – is at the core of learning, teaching and research. We recognise that meeting the expectations required to complete your assessments can be challenging. So, we offer you a range of resources and services to help you reach your potential, including free online writing and maths support, academic skills development and wellbeing consultations.

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Unit information based on version 2024.01R of the Handbook