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Leading and Managing Change
2,000 words
Develop a Change Management Plan for a Specific Organisational Context
This assessment is an individual report for the BUSI1815 Leading and Managing Change module. The task requires students to develop a change management plan for a specific organisational context involving either a global organisation or a UK-based organisation. The proposed plan should be based on an actual organisational change initiative and demonstrate an understanding of the theories, concepts and tools covered throughout the module. The report requires students to analyse the selected organisational change initiative and develop a practical and theoretically informed change management plan. The analysis should consider the organisational context in which the change is taking place and examine the factors that may influence the success of the change strategy. Particular attention should be given to resistance to change and the managerial, organisational culture and social factors that can affect how change is introduced and managed. A central requirement of the assessment is the critical evaluation and application of relevant change management models and frameworks. Students should use appropriate theories and concepts to support their analysis and demonstrate how these can be applied to the selected organisation and its specific change initiative. The resulting change management plan should provide a detailed implementation strategy that explains how the proposed change can be managed within the chosen organisational context. The report should also address the management of resistance to change, particularly where the organisation operates in a global context. Students are expected to consider how managerial practices, organisational culture and social factors may create challenges or opportunities during the change process. The plan should therefore connect theoretical perspectives with practical organisational considerations and provide appropriate strategies for implementing and managing the change. The assessment has a total word length of 2,000 words and is weighted at 60% of the module assessment. The required structure consists of an Introduction of approximately 200–300 words, a main Change Management Plan of approximately 1,600–1,900 words, and Recommendations and Conclusion of approximately 200–300 words, followed by a reference list. The main section should present the change management plan for the chosen company and should be supported by relevant change management theories and concepts. The assessment addresses the learning outcomes relating to analysing the effects of resistance to change in a global context and critically evaluating change management models and frameworks. Students should therefore demonstrate critical understanding, appropriate application of theory, analysis of organisational and contextual factors, and the ability to develop a practical change management plan supported by academic evidence.
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Security of Connected Systems
4,500 words
CW: Security Evaluation
This assignment is an individual technical report focused on the security evaluation and strategic development of a rapidly expanding Internet of Things (IoT) systems developer based in Coventry. The client specialises in innovative IoT devices and systems for residential and commercial applications, particularly smart energy monitoring, and is planning to scale its operations and expand into new markets. The report is designed to provide practical and strategic guidance on how the organisation can achieve this growth while maintaining strong cybersecurity. The assignment requires students to act as an external IoT Security and Scaling Strategist and critically evaluate the organisation’s current and future security needs. The report covers four principal areas: organisational change strategy, secure design and development strategy, security audit strategy, and security recommendations. The organisational change section considers internal and external factors influencing growth, the development and implementation of an organisational strategy, monitoring against objectives, and approaches to leading and managing strategic change using relevant change management theories and models. The secure design and development section requires an overview and evaluation of possible secure design processes for IoT systems, including their strengths and weaknesses, followed by a recommendation for an appropriate process. The security audit section examines methods such as PTES and OWASP and develops a guide for conducting a security audit, including the testing methodology, rationale for each stage, and evaluation of different approaches. The security recommendations section requires a case study of an IoT security vulnerability, examination of where the security flaw was introduced, assessment of weaknesses in the secure design or audit process, consideration of the resulting security impact, and recommendations for improvement. The report should be written for a technical audience, particularly the client’s software development team, and should use appropriate structure, technical language, diagrams where useful, and APA referencing. The organisational strategy and strategic change proposal should be included in appendices and referenced within the main report. The assessment is worth 30 credits and has a maximum word count of 4,500 words, with the main sections weighted across organisational change, secure design, security auditing, security recommendations, and report structure.
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Cyber Security / Internet of Things / Connected Systems
4,500 words
Security Evaluation for Connected Systems: IoT Strategy, Secure Design, Security Auditing and Organisational Change
This Security of Connected Systems assessment requires students to act as an external IoT Security and Scaling Strategist for a rapidly expanding Coventry-based technology startup specialising in connected devices and smart energy-monitoring systems. The client intends to scale its operations and enter new markets and therefore requires both organisational-change guidance and a comprehensive evaluation of its cybersecurity posture. 38f2fba9a933f212c9e46e8cc591cf2… The report combines business strategy with technical cybersecurity analysis. Students must review different secure design and development methodologies, compare their strengths and weaknesses, and recommend an appropriate approach for integrating security into the client's IoT software-development lifecycle. 38f2fba9a933f212c9e46e8cc591cf2… 38f2fba9a933f212c9e46e8cc591cf2… A major component of the assessment focuses on organisational change strategy. Students examine the internal and external factors driving organisational growth, develop a comprehensive strategy for achieving the client's business objectives, and explain how that strategy should be implemented and monitored. The report must also critically evaluate relevant change-management theories and models and address the complexities of leading and managing strategic transformation. This section carries 35% of the marks and is allocated approximately 2,000 words. 38f2fba9a933f212c9e46e8cc591cf2… The Security Audit Strategy section requires students to design a guide for auditing the client's connected system. Different approaches, including methodologies such as PTES and OWASP, should be compared and evaluated. Students must explain each stage of the selected testing methodology and justify why the individual steps are required. 38f2fba9a933f212c9e46e8cc591cf2… The final technical component applies these principles to an IoT vulnerability case study. Students research a real vulnerability in an IoT device, explain where the security flaw was introduced, identify weaknesses in the secure-design or audit process, assess the resulting security impact and propose appropriate corrective actions. 38f2fba9a933f212c9e46e8cc591cf2… Overall, the coursework integrates IoT cybersecurity, secure software development, security auditing, vulnerability analysis, organisational strategy and strategic change management. The marking scheme allocates 35% to organisational-change strategy, 20% each to secure design and development, security auditing and security recommendations, and 5% to report structure. 38f2fba9a933f212c9e46e8cc591cf2… Important: the brief states that it is for Coventry University Group students' own use and must not be passed to third parties or posted on a website. 38f2fba9a933f212c9e46e8cc591cf2… So use an original public summary like the one above, but do not upload the original brief itself.
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Global Business Strategy
2,500 words
Global Business Strategy – Strategic Analysis of a Global Company
This assessment is an individual portfolio for the Global Business Strategy module. The assignment requires students to conduct a comprehensive strategic analysis of a named global company that is facing a significant business problem and to develop strategic options that can support the organisation's sustainable growth and future success. The selected company can be from any industry and may be a large or small global organisation. Students must identify a company that has experienced significant challenges during the past five years or is currently facing strategic difficulties. These may include loss of market position, inability to gain or regain market share, operational challenges, or declining revenues and profits. The assessment requires students to investigate the company's strategic purpose, vision, mission and objectives before examining the internal and external global business environment that may have contributed to its challenges. Relevant strategic theories and models should be applied to support the analysis. The portfolio is developed progressively across the semester. The first stage focuses on selecting the global company, identifying its key problem and analysing the internal and external business environment. The second stage examines sustainable business strategies, diversification and competitive advantage through a resource audit, together with an appropriate model for supporting global business growth. Students must also propose an appropriate mode and strategy for entering an international market in which the selected company does not currently operate. The third stage focuses on strategic change, leadership and governance. Students are expected to demonstrate an understanding of effective leadership styles, the role of leadership in strategic change, good governance and the importance of ethics in international business. Practical examples should be used to demonstrate how leadership, governance and ethical considerations can contribute to business growth. The fourth stage addresses good strategy execution and evaluation. Students must justify how the proposed strategy can be effectively implemented using available organisational resources and process management tools that support continuous improvement. The analysis should lead to strategic recommendations and an evaluation of how the proposed strategies could affect the company's future performance and competitiveness in the global market. After completing the individual portfolio tasks, students must prepare a summary report of approximately 1,000–1,500 words. This report should synthesise the key learning and insights gained from each task and demonstrate how the different strategic concepts have been applied to the selected organisation. The final e-portfolio is compiled as a single academic report in PebblePad and submitted as a PDF through Turnitin. The overall report should be approximately 2,500 words ±10%, excluding references and appendices, and sources should be cited using the ULBS Harvard referencing style.
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Leadership and Change
3,000 words
Leadership and Change – Reflective Learning Portfolio
This 3,000-word coursework is a reflective learning portfolio focused on leadership, organisational change and reflective practice. The assessment is worth 100% of the module mark and is structured into four individual components. It is designed to assess leadership capabilities such as strategic thinking, emotional intelligence, communication, adaptability, team building, ethical decision-making and change management, while encouraging students to connect leadership theories and self-assessment tools with their own development. Component 1 focuses on individual leadership style and requires students to provide the results of the Fastest MBTI Test and critically reflect on what the outcome means in relation to their preferred leadership style. Students are expected to connect their MBTI results with leadership approaches covered in the module, including the Situated Leadership model. This component represents 20% of the assessment and has a suggested length of 600 words. Component 2 examines team roles. Students must present evidence from their Team Roles Test, identify their preferred team role and explain why it suits them. They must then identify two other Belbin team roles that would be important when building a team and explain their relevance. Connections can also be made between the Team Roles Test, Belbin’s framework and the results of the Conflict Management questionnaire. This component contributes 20% and has a suggested length of 600 words. Component 3 requires students to develop an individual organisational change plan in response to a fictional case study in which ARU is considering the adoption of AI to mark student coursework assignments and examinations. The plan evaluates change enablers and barriers, stakeholder involvement, ethical considerations and resource constraints. Students then develop an implementation strategy using a suitable change-management framework such as Lewin’s Change Model or Kotter’s 8-Step Model, including stakeholder engagement, communication, resistance management and strategies for sustaining change. This component represents 30% and has a suggested length of 900 words. Component 4 is a 900-word reflective account of what students learned about leadership while working as part of a team to design the organisational change plan. The reflection considers how leadership emerged, team collaboration, missing or required roles, conflict management and personal development. Students may structure the reflection using Kolb’s Reflective Learning Cycle or Gibbs’ Reflective Cycle and support their discussion with theories such as transformational, situational and distributed leadership, as well as Belbin’s team-role framework. Overall, the learning outcomes require students to critically reflect on their leadership style, evaluate classical and contemporary leadership theories, understand organisational change processes and develop evidence-based change strategies. The assessment also emphasises reflective practice and personal leadership development through experiential learning in a group setting.
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People Practice / Human Resource Management
2,500 words
Business, Culture and Change in Context: Organisational Acquisition Case Study
This CIPD Level 3 assessment examines how the external business environment, organisational culture and planned change influence organisations and their people. The assessment is based on a case study involving Best Pharmacy Ever (BPE), a small group of local pharmacies considering the acquisition of Emrosu, a much larger national pharmacy chain with approximately 100 stores and an established online pharmacy operation. The acquisition creates significant implications for organisational structure, culture, technology, people practices and change management. Learners are required to provide written responses to nine case-based questions. The assessment begins by examining external factors that may affect the acquisition and identifying appropriate post-acquisition business goals. It also requires consideration of the organisations' products, services and customers and the ways technology could support people professionals, improve working practices and strengthen collaboration following organisational growth. A central component of the assessment concerns organisational culture. Learners must explain the meaning and importance of culture, consider organisations as interconnected systems, and assess how the actions of people professionals can influence wider organisational outcomes. The final questions focus on planned organisational change, the contribution people professionals can make during periods of transition and the potential impact of significant change on employees. The unit therefore develops understanding of environmental analysis, organisational systems, workplace culture, technology and effective change management from a people-practice perspective. Written answers should make clear and consistent use of the case study and demonstrate application of relevant people-practice concepts rather than providing generic theoretical descriptions. The required submission is approximately 2,500 words, with a permitted variation of ±10%, subject to the CIPD word-count policy.
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