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I declare that this task is all my own work and I have not cheated or plagiarised the work or colluded with
any other student(s).
I understand that if I am found to have plagiarised, cheated or colluded, action will be taken against me
according to the process explained to me.
I have correctly referenced all resources and reference texts throughout these assessment tasks.
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Assessor declaration
I hereby certify that this student has been assessed by me and that the assessment has been carried
out according to the required assessment procedures.
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A copy of this page must be supplied to the office and kept in the student’s file with the evidence.
Task summary
This assessment task requires you, in the role of Operations Manager, to prepare a briefing report to assist in
guiding change at Samson Media. You will meet with the CEO (role played by your assessor) to discuss the
company’s change management requirements.
You will then be required to develop a Change Management Plan, as well as a Communication and Education
Plan.
Required
Computer with Microsoft Office and access to the internet
Recruitment, Selection and Induction Policy and Procedures
Termination Policy and Procedures
Change Management Briefing Report Template
Change Management Plan Template
Communication and Education Plan Template.
Meeting space
Role play participant (assessor)
Timing
The assessor will advise you of the due date of this submission.
Submit
Change Management Briefing Report
Draft Change Management Plan
Draft Communication and Education Plan
Updated Change Management Plan
Updated Communication and Education Plan
Re-submission opportunities
Students will be provided feedback on their performance by their Assessor. The feedback will indicate if you
have satisfactorily addressed the requirements of each part of this task.
If any parts of the task are not satisfactorily completed your assessor will explain why and provide you written
feedback along with guidance on what you must undertake to demonstrate satisfactory performance. Re-
assessment attempt(s) will be arranged at a later time and date.
Students have the right to appeal the outcome of assessment decisions if they feel they have been dealt with
unfairly or have other appropriate grounds for an appeal.
Students are encouraged to consult with their assessor prior to attempting this task if they do not understand
any part of this task or if they have any learning issues or needs that may hinder them when attempting any
part of the assessment.
Samson Media is a publisher of several upmarket fashion magazines. It has strong links with a number of
high profile fashion houses whose products are featured in the magazines, and also provide a significant
source of advertising revenue. Readers of the magazines are predominantly 35 – 54-year-old women.
Readership has fallen over the last two years. This is due in the most part to due to competition from a range
of other fashion magazines and consumers switching to digital media. Due to the decline in readership, profits
have also fallen by 20% and there has also been a decrease in the share price.
As a consequence, the new CEO, Amir Johnson, has been appointed. Amir was the former Marketing Director
for a well-known successful media business that included a national newspaper, magazines and a
subscription television channel. Those publications are focused mainly on sport and celebrity gossip. It is able
to undercut its competitors with low prices, enabled by a ruthless approach to achieving high levels of
efficiency.
Amir and his team of Managers have developed a Strategic Plan that includes the following objectives.
Increase return on capital to 8% within 2 years
Enact a transformational change of the company that will convert all magazines to a digital format.
Close the printing and distribution site.
Achieve cost efficiencies through relocating the head office to a smaller office.
Restructure head office staff through moving to a smaller core of permanent staff and more contract
staff.
It is intended that the new digital magazines will have the following features:
Focus on health and beauty, fashion and celebrity gossip.
Some free content but full access available only on a subscription basis.
Additional features available to subscribers such as video clips, podcasts and discussion
Current staff information is as follows. All staff are full-time permanent staff and their total salary costs per
annum to Samson Media are also included below.
General Manager: $200,000
Finance Manager: $150,000
Marketing Manager: $150,000
Customer service manager: $100,000
Customer service assistant: $240,000 (total salary costs for each journalist is $80,000) (2) - $100,000
(total salary costs for each assistance is $50,000)
Online Marketing Coordinator: $120,000
Human Resources Manager: $110,000
Editor: $85,000
Art Editor: $80,000
Journalists (3): $270,000 (total salary costs for each journalist is $90,000)
Graphic designers (2): $240,000 (total salary costs for each journalist is $80,000)
Editing Assistant (2): $120,000 (total salary costs for each assistance is $60,000)
Photographer (2): $150,000 (total salary costs for each assistance is $75,000)
Senior Designer (2): $260,000 (total salary costs for each journalist is $120,000)
Senior Production Controller: $95,000
Printing and distribution (20 staff): Total $1,000, 000
Employment contracts are in place for all staff members employed in Head Office. Printing and distribution
workers are employed under an award. The CEO has indicated that he is interested in moving towards an
enterprise agreement arrangement for all remaining staff and would like to have this reviewed as part of the
change management process.
Current human resources policies and procedure include a recruitment, selection and induction policy and
procedure and a termination policy and procedure. There is an ad-hoc performance review process in place
which occurs as issues arise. There are no formal processes for training needs analysis or professional
development.
As the General Manager, you have been asked to lead the development and implementation of the change
management plan, with the first step being to consult with an organisational change expert to discuss issues
and strategies for change management for the company.
It is anticipated that, while there will be some cost savings in making the change, there will also be costs
involved including:
Redundancies: anticipated cost is $300,000
Upskilling staff: $100,000
Consulting with experts: $100,000
Communication throughout change with key stakeholders: $100,000
Review Samson Media’s current human resources policy and procedures, their strategic
objectives and the need for change. In the light of the changes required to the organisation,
consider changes that may need to be made to the human resources policies and procedures.
Make notes for use in your briefing report.
Using the Internet, research change management, issues and practices, including barriers that
can impact on change, and best practice change management strategies. Make notes for
inclusion in your briefing report and to assist you in identifying best practice change management
strategies for Samson Media.
You will also need to identify these sources of information in your briefing report to show that you
have identified expert guidance on change management. So, make notes on all the sources of
information you identify and use. You should identify at least three sources of information that
could be considered to be expert sources.
Consider major operational change requirements and recommended order of priority based on
your review of the scenario information and human resources policy and procedures. Make notes
for use in your report.
An outline of the major operational change requirements for Samson Media based on your analysis
and review, as well as recommended priorities for change.
Sources of information you identified about best practice change management strategies, as well as
an overview of best practice change management strategies. Summarise each source of information
and briefly outline how it has assisted in identifying major change requirements and opportunities.
A cost-benefit analysis of the high priority change requirements and opportunities. Research and
document any costs for the change requirements you are recommending.
Recommended communication and education strategies to inform all stakeholders of the change, as
well as promote the benefits of the change.
Risk analysis of the potential risks/barriers to change for Samson Media and strategies to overcome
risks and barriers to change. In identifying risks and barriers to change and solutions to address these,
you must demonstrate high level problem solving skills to identify all possible risks, as well as
innovative approaches to risk mitigation.
At the meeting, carefully explain each part of your briefing report and risk assessment, including
best practice change management strategies and the expert sources of advice you identified to
establish the best practice change management strategies.
Seek input on the change requirements/opportunities you have identified, including your
recommended priorities for the changes.
Your assessor will provide you with feedback, which you must use in the development of the
change management plan, as well as communication and education plan.
Use the Change Management Plan Template to guide your work. Name the document
accordingly.
Ensure that the strategies you develop are designed to promote the benefits of change to staff
and to reduce the likelihood of a negative response/adverse outcomes.
Your communication and education plan should also show the reporting process to senior
management, which will be required on a regular basis.
Use the Communication and Education Plan Template to guide your work. Name the document
accordingly.
7. Submit Draft Change Management Plan and your Draft Communication and Education Plan to
the CEO and Senior Management (assessor).
You need to gain input from and approval of the CEO and Senior Management, and ask for their
input and approval for the to move forward with the project.
10. Submit Updated Change Management Plan and Your Updated Communication and Education
Plan to the CEO (your assessor).
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I declare that this task is all my own work and I have not cheated or plagiarised the work or colluded with
any other student(s).
I understand that if I am found to have plagiarised, cheated or colluded, action will be taken against me
according to the process explained to me.
I have correctly referenced all resources and reference texts throughout these assessment tasks.
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Assessor declaration
I hereby certify that this student has been assessed by me and that the assessment has been carried
out according to the required assessment procedures.
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Task summary
This assessment task requires you to implement the change management strategy by preparing and
delivering a presentation to Samson Media staff. The presentation should provide information on the changes
that will be implemented for Samson Media, and how they will affect staff. The staff will also be given the
opportunity to give some input into the process.
You will then include their ideas to update your change management plan and your communication and
education plan.
Required
Computer with Microsoft Office and access to the internet
Updated Change Management Plan (developed in Assessment Task 2)
Updated Communication and Education Plan (developed in Assessment Task 2)
Presentation space with chairs and a projector
Role play participants
Timing
The assessor will advise you of the due date of this submission.
Submit
PowerPoint Presentation
Finalised Change Management Plan
Finalised Communication and Education Plan
Assessment criteria
For students’ performance to be deemed satisfactory in this assessment task, they must satisfactorily address
all of the assessment criteria. If part of this task is not satisfactorily completed they will be asked to complete
further assessment to demonstrate competence.
If any parts of the task are not satisfactorily completed your assessor will explain why and provide you written
feedback along with guidance on what you must undertake to demonstrate satisfactory performance. Re-
assessment attempt(s) will be arranged at a later time and date.
Students have the right to appeal the outcome of assessment decisions if they feel they have been dealt with
unfairly or have other appropriate grounds for an appeal.
Students are encouraged to consult with their assessor prior to attempting this task if they do not understand
any part of this task or if they have any learning issues or needs that may hinder them when attempting any
part of the assessment.
The purpose of the presentation is to ensure that employees are fully informed, and have the
opportunity to contribute to the change management process.
Review Kotter’s 8-Step change model to assist you in developing a presentation that will appeal
to staff and will promote acceptance of the change.
Ensure that you are providing comprehensive information to staff to assist them to accept the
changes.
During the presentation, allow for some time when staff have the opportunity for input, as this will
facilitate acceptance of the change.
This will relate to the risk control treatments that you identified in your Change Management
Briefing Report.
Your presentation should include graphics such as images, charts and tables.
You must develop the required number of slides to support a presentation of about 30 minutes.
o At the outset of the presentation, indicate that the team will be able to ask questions during
and at the end of the presentation. Also inform staff that you would like to brainstorm
further change management ideas at the end of the session.
o Go through each of your power point slides, explaining the changes and the change
management process. You should also describe the communication and education
activities that you have planned.
o You must provide comprehensive information, outlining the coming changes to assist staff
in accepting the changes. You must also provide the opportunity for their input, which will
also facilitate their acceptance of change.
Bear in mind that there will be some sensitivities, as the changes will require job losses. Your
assessor will role play a staff member who is upset with the changes, and you will be expected to
respond to that staff member using effective communication and problem-solving skills.
At the conclusion of your presentation, seek feedback from staff on the changes that will be
implemented for Samson Media. Ask them for their ideas to inform your change management
plan and your communication and education plan. Take notes on this feedback.
4. Finalise your Updated Change Management Plan and your Updated communication and
Education Plan.
These updates should include the feedback that came out in the meeting.
Ensure that the finalised documents are named accordingly, e.g. Finalised Change
Management Plan and Finalised Communication and Education Plan
5. Submit Finalised Change Management Plan and Finalised Communication and Education Plan
to the CEO (your assessor).
Student’s name:
Completed
successfully
Comments
Did the student: Yes No
Assessor name
Date
I declare that this task is all my own work and I have not cheated or plagiarised the work or colluded with
any other student(s).
I understand that if I am found to have plagiarised, cheated or colluded, action will be taken against me
according to the process explained to me.
I have correctly referenced all resources and reference texts throughout these assessment tasks.
Student name
Student ID number
Student signature
Date
Assessor declaration
I hereby certify that this student has been assessed by me and that the assessment has been carried
out according to the required assessment procedures.
Assessor name
Assessor signature
Date
Feedback
Date
Task summary
In this assessment task, you will write a brief for the human resources department to guide Human Resources
personnel in regard to organising change management team building training.
You will also develop a staff communication to promote the benefits of the upcoming training, to assist in to
overcoming resistance to change.
Also, your Change Management Plan will have to be re-evaluated and reviewed to accommodate changes.
Required
Computer with Microsoft Office and internet access
Finalised Change Management Plan (from Assessment Task 3)
Timing
The assessor will advise you of the due date of this submission.
Submit
Human Resources Brief
Text of an email to promote change management team building training
Revised Change Management Plan
Assessment criteria
For students’ performance to be deemed satisfactory in this assessment task, they must satisfactorily address
all of the assessment criteria. If part of this task is not satisfactorily completed they will be asked to complete
further assessment to demonstrate competence.
Re-submission opportunities
Students will be provided feedback on their performance by their Assessor. The feedback will indicate if you
have satisfactorily addressed the requirements of each part of this task.
If any parts of the task are not satisfactorily completed your assessor will explain why and provide you written
feedback along with guidance on what you must undertake to demonstrate satisfactory performance. Re-
assessment attempt(s) will be arranged at a later time and date.
Students have the right to appeal the outcome of assessment decisions if they feel they have been dealt with
unfairly or have other appropriate grounds for an appeal.
Students are encouraged to consult with their assessor prior to attempting this task if they do not understand
any part of this task or if they have any learning issues or needs that may hinder them when attempting any
part of the assessment.
BSBINN601 Lead and Manage Organisational Change
Student Assessment Tasks
Vocational Training Institute RTO 41111 CRICOS 03487C Page 20 of 28
Version: October 2019 v1.0
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Assessment Task 4 Instructions
Assume that the change management plan that was adopted by Samson Media includes training and
development for staff in a number of areas. One of these training areas is change management team building,
which is considered to be especially important during the change management process.
The training is to be delivered over an eight-week period for approximately 2 hours a week. You have also
identified that experts such as motivational speakers could also be hired for this.
You have also been given the task, in the role of Operations Manager, to send a brief to the human resources
department. This brief will be used to guide human resources personnel in regard to organising the change
management team building training and to give your ideas about the content that should be included in the
training.
Assume that, as you also believe there may be resistance to the training due to a general resistance to the
changes, that you also develop a staff communication to promote the benefits of the upcoming training and
assessment to assist in overcoming resistance to change.
Using your research develop a short one-page brief to send to the human resources department
outlining the requirement to conduct the training as part of the change management process and
the timing of the training.
Outline the benefits of the training, as well as the ideas you have researched for the content of
the training, as well as possible experts who could conduct the training.
3. Write the text of an email to promote change management team building training to all staff
(your assessor)
To inform your staff via email, consider how you could best promote the training to staff to
overcome resistance to change. Review change management literature to inform your response.
This may be the same literature you identified from the other assessment tasks.
Outlining the rationale for the training, as well as the benefits of the training. Use the ideas that
you have researched to overcome resistance to change. Briefly outline some of the proposed
ideas for the training.
5. Submit Revised Change Management Plan to the CEO and Senior Management (your assessor).
Student’s name:
Completed
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Did the student:
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I declare that this task is all my own work and I have not cheated or plagiarised the work or colluded with
any other student(s).
I understand that if I am found to have plagiarised, cheated or colluded, action will be taken against me
according to the process explained to me.
I have correctly referenced all resources and reference texts throughout these assessment tasks.
Student name
Student ID number
Student signature
Date
Assessor declaration
I hereby certify that this student has been assessed by me and that the assessment has been carried
out according to the required assessment procedures.
Assessor name
Assessor signature
Date
Feedback
Date
Task summary
In this assessment task, you are required to review information about changes implemented, and to evaluate
the change management process.
This assessment will be completed in the simulated environment in VTI.
Required
Computer with Microsoft Office and Internet access.
Staff Survey
Timing
The assessor will advise you of the due date of this submission.
Submit
Change Management Review Brief
Assessment criteria
For students’ performance to be deemed satisfactory in this assessment task, they must satisfactorily address
all of the assessment criteria. If part of this task is not satisfactorily completed they will be asked to complete
further assessment to demonstrate competence.
Re-submission opportunities
Students will be provided feedback on their performance by their Assessor. The feedback will indicate if you
have satisfactorily addressed the requirements of each part of this task.
If any parts of the task are not satisfactorily completed your assessor will explain why and provide you written
feedback along with guidance on what you must undertake to demonstrate satisfactory performance. Re-
assessment attempt(s) will be arranged at a later time and date.
Students have the right to appeal the outcome of assessment decisions if they feel they have been dealt with
unfairly or have other appropriate grounds for an appeal.
Students are encouraged to consult with their assessor prior to attempting this task if they do not understand
any part of this task or if they have any learning issues or needs that may hinder them when attempting any
part of the assessment.
Assume that the following change management objectives are included as part of the change management
process for Samson Media:
Employees satisfied with information provided as part of the change management process.
Communication occurred through multiple channels.
Assume it is 1 month into the change process and a Staff Survey of the remaining staff has been conducted.
Develop a short brief for the CEO of the organisation that includes your review. It should also
recommend updates to the change management plan through relevant communication activities.
Provide a summary of themes from the staff survey, as well as your rationale for further
communication activities.
Student’s name:
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