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37T37TACCT5949
37T37TManaging Agile Organisations
Assessment Package
Term 3, 2024
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
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ASSESSMENT 1: QUIZZES
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (20%) – WEEKS
2, 4, 6 and 8
If, 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 from the course readings during the
Weeks 2, 4, 6 and 8 lectures. Each item is worth one (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 and improve your research, communication, and analysis skills.
The questions will be multiple-choice or short answers (not exceeding 150 words).
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ASSESSMENT 2: INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT
BLOG AND VLOG (30%) – DUE WEEK 5
If, 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, 11 October 2024, via TurnItIn box ACCT5949 Moodle site (NO
COVERSHEET NEEDED).
25T
Required (Week 5)
Your blog must address the following:
1. Explain and analyse your assigned leader's action logic about their situation.
2. Briefly outline your assigned leader's situation (the time, place, and domain) within
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 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 analysis 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.
The blog must not exceed 1000 words and does not include the abstract and reference list.
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2. PART B: VLOG (15%)
Due: Friday 6 pm AEDT, 11 October 2024, via ACCT5949 Moodle site (NO
COVERSHEET NEEDED).
Required (Week 5)
A. Design a virtual background for your vlog that characterises the essential action logic
of your assigned leader's leadership.
Your background must align with your vlog.
B. Prepare and deliver a vlog presentation about your assigned leader's action logic and
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 three (3) minutes.
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ASSESSMENT 3: GROUP ASSIGNMENT:
REPORT, PRESENTATION, PEER EVALUATION AND PARTICIPATION
(30%= 20% GROUP + 10% INDIVIDUAL) – DUE WEEK 10
If, for any reason, difficult, you should contact the Lecturer in Charge (LIC).
Students are required to form a team for this assignment. Teams are self-selection, and the
signup form is on Moodle. Generally, five (5) to six (6) 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 and other methods appropriate for the issue(s) identified. Teams must also
undertake additional research about their case study and present their findings to the class.
Each team is to provide a team name, 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.
1. PART A: CASE STUDY REPORT and PARTICIPATION (20%)
CASE STUDY REPORT
Due: Monday, 6 pm AEDT, 11 November 2024, via TurnItIn box ACCT5949 Moodle site
(NO COVERSHEET NEEDED).
25T
Required (Week 10)
Your report must address the following:
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 related to this organisation's agility.
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.
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The report must not exceed 3,000 words, not including the executive summary and the
reference list. The report must use the Harvard referencing style 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 on how participation marks
are assigned.
Mark Description guide
0 No team member participated in class discussions or asked questions
during the presentations.
1 The team members have demonstrated excellence in contributing to the
dynamics of discussions, answering three or more questions and
asking two or more questions throughout the presentations.
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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 concerns the knowledge acquired from undertaking Part A, the 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
using 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 the following:
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?
All students must attend all presentations, and all team members have a role in their
presentations. Marks are based on your contribution.
It is up to your team to allocate the tasks related to this presentation equitably, according to
the skills of each member. Each group member 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.
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PEER EVALUATION
Due: Friday 6 pm AEDT, 15 November 2024, 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: Assessing your skills and performance and that of your fellow syndicate
members is important. You will complete a survey of your and your syndicate member's
performance and contribution to 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 helpful 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 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 be time provided within
the lectures to work on the assignment. You will need to work on the group project
individually and together outside of class time. Your syndicate is to work together on
planning, researching, analysing, developing, writing, proofreading and editing your report
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, 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 to adjust final marks. In 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. Collecting and
providing documentary evidence, such as emails and ordinary notes of unfinished
commitments, is best in these circumstances. 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).
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SELF-REFLECTION ESSAY (20%) – DUE WEEK 11
If, for any reason, it is difficult, you should contact the Lecturer in Charge (LIC).
Due: Monday 9 am AEDT, 18 November 2024, via TurnItIn box ACCT5949 Moodle site
(NO COVERSHEET NEEDED).
25T
Required (Week 11)
Your essay must address the following:
Based on Zimmerman's (2002) framework, provide a self-reflection discussion on your
learning style by explaining and illustrating the learnings you have gained regarding the
primary ethical considerations for an agile organisation and future changes to your learning
style you would make.
1. Demonstrate analysis and understanding of Zimmerman's (2002) framework about
your learning style.
2. Explain and illustrate how your learning style led to learning the primary ethical
considerations for an agile organisation.
3. Illustrate your synthesis of adjustments from your current to the desired performance
in your learning style 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 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 a 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
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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?
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