Assignment Brief

Level 6 Leading Strategic Change

General overview – word count
The recommended minimum word count is 3,500 words. Anything above +10% (3,850 words) will not be marked.
Appendices and reference list are excluded from the word count and will not be marked.

Context
Choose a company (or context) with which you are familiar. It can be a real company or a fictional company (a
small company that is not well known or a large national / multinational / global company).

Provide one page (up to 200 words) with background information on your chosen company:
▪ Name of the organisation
▪ Size of organisation
▪ Main markets where it operates (geographical locations)
▪ Examples of products and services
▪ Key competitors

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Assignment tasks

a. Critically discuss the opportunities in your chosen organisation for ethical and
25 marks values-based leadership. (13 marks)
Task 1 850 words b. Explain the potential barriers to the introduction of improved diversity
management in your organisation and how they might be addressed. (12 marks)

In order to answer this task, you are required to briefly describe a change within your
chosen organisation, for example, a restructure or a new product.
25 marks
Task 2 850 words Critically discuss the importance of planning and communicating the change
process in your chosen organisation. Refer to a theoretical model of change and
outline a communication plan.

a. Produce an impact analysis of the change identified in Task 2, on key groups of

25 marks stakeholders. (13 marks)
Task 3 850 words b. Discuss methods the organisation could use to monitor these impacts through
the period of change. (12 marks)

a. Critically analyse the leadership skills and competencies required by senior staff
25 marks in the organisation to drive the change. (13 marks)
Task 4 850 words b. Examine how these skills and competencies could be further developed.
(12 marks)

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