ABP LEVEL 7 POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT ACTIVITY : UNITS NO: 04 Part 2/2 UNIT NAME: LEADERSHIP

AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT

Assignment Aims:
This assessment of level 7 has been designed to develop advance skills in Leadership and Change Management through the use of research techniques with special emphasis on leadership & change management theories, tools and techniques.

Instructions:
Before embarking on the assignment, please read this carefully because these are the important instruction regarding your assignment. a. This assignment is divided into two main parts and combined; it will meet all the learning outcomes of Module 04. b. You are required to answer all the questions and respond to all the criteria set out in this assignment. c. Your answers should address the criteria directly and you should avoid writing irrelevant materials as it will be cancelled and may affect your overall results. d. Please be specific and make use of appropriate business vocabulary. Your work should reflect an acceptable level of written communication skills as required in Level 7 qualifications. e. This assignment must be presented in a REPORT FORMAT which is essential for this. Any assignment which does not follow the report format may and will be referred. Please see the bottom of this document to find out more about the report format.

Required:
Write a Report of not more than 2500 words which sufficiently addresses the issues and answers the questions depicted below:

Task 1:

Examine your own personal and managerial effectiveness with British Airways through a process of your own personal reflection. (4.3) Appraise the need to integrate the management of change with other business and management disciplines within British Airways. (4.8) Evaluate the principles of change and the organisational process in British Airways and critically appraise change theories, tools and techniques. (4.4 & 4.5)

Task 2:

Task 3:

Task 4:

Develop processes to act as a change agent within British Airways. (4.7)

Issued date: 01st Jun2011

Format of the Assignment:

You will be producing this assignment in the shape of a Report should essentially include the following: Cover Title Page Content Page Acknowledgement (Optional) Abstract/Executive Summary Main Body (Tasks) Conclusion Reference (Including weblioreferencing) Appendices Please note that Cover, Title Page, Content Page, Acknowledgement, Abstract, References/Bibliography and appendices are not included in the word count

Important Instructions:
1. Total number of words should not be more than 2500 2. Your answer needs to be supported by appropriate theories and academic sources where required. 3. This assignment has to be submitted softcopy and hardcopy at the assignment submission area. 4. Last date of Submission is 29th Jun 2011 until 17:55. No extension will be given in last date of submission except in special circumstances. Only the Director of Studies or Course Manager can extend the date in such circumstances. 5. If you fail this assignment, you cant re-work on the same assignment but have to work on the new assignment with the new session in which case all new dates will apply. 6. Plagiarism allowed is 0% however referenced material should be used appropriately in proportion with the length of assignment. 7. Reference System to be used is Harvard Reference System. There is a comprehensive document on Harvard Reference system on ECMIT OnlineCampus. A number of good documents can also be found on internet. Wikipedia references are not allowed in these assignments. 8. All assignments are accepted online and a hardcopy is required to submit. A submission link will be available on Online-Campus on appropriate date and time. Please note; do not wait for the last minute to submit your work on-line as you may fail to so and in such circumstances, no second chance will be given.

Assessment:
PASS: When all the learning outcomes and criteria are met REFFERED: Where one or more Criteria has not been met in line with ABP Assessment Guidelines. Issued date: 01st Jun2011 2