ASSIGNMENT

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BMOD5103
ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE
SEPTEMBER 2022 SEMESTER

SPECIFIC INSTRUCTION

1. Answer in English or Bahasa Malaysia.

2. Number of words: 6,000 – 10,000 words excluding references.

3. Submit your assignment ONCE only in a SINGLE file.

4. Submit your assignment ONLINE.

5. Submission date: 3rd December 2022.

6. This assignment accounts for 100% of the total marks for the course.

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 ASSIGNMENT QUESTION

Part I (90%)

QUESTION/TASK 1 (30%):

OBJECTIVE:
To discuss theory related to organisational development and change.

REQUIREMENT:

The Covid-19 pandemic has had a detrimental impact on many industries. While
many industries are in the recovery stage, the impact of COVID-19 is predicted to
linger until full recovery due to customers’ fears, and a labour shortage. To survive in
the presence of threats and crises, the transformational leadership style is often
considered a powerful driver for the organisation.

Discuss the basic information on transformation leadership by Bass (1985) and how
the theory has been developed. Outline three (3) organisation events and describe
how a transformational leader is restoring their organisation back to survival.

[Total: 30 marks]

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QUESTION/ TASK 2 (60%):

OBJECTIVE:

1. To discuss the concepts and theories of emergent organisational development

and apply them in an organisational setup.
2. To evaluate the issues related to organisational development and change.

REQUIREMENT:
A leader plays an important role in initiating organisational change in order to face
many challenges. Organisational Development (OD) programmes that focus on real
organisational changes have to take into consideration the knowledge, skill, and
attitude needed by a leader that influences their readiness to change.

Select a few journal articles in order to discuss four (4) challenges of OD. Ask the
following questions to 4 employees in an interview based on what you learned from
reading the journal articles.
1. Do you agree with the list (show the 4 challenges) of OD challenges?
2. What are the skills, knowledge, and attitudes a leader needs to meet the
challenges of OD?
3. Are different leader characteristics needed for success in facing the
challenges of OD?
4. How can leader competencies be trained or developed in the face of the
challenges of OD?
Write the interview transcript based on the conversation. Analyse the interview
transcript and recommend two OD programmes for the leaders based on your
analysis.

[Total: 60 marks]

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Part II (10%)
ONLINE CLASS PARTICIPATION

Discuss the following topic(s) in the forum and submit proof of your participation in the
online discussions.

Answer any of the questions below:

a. Share how the changes at your organisation have affected you.
b. What is an example of organisational culture in your own organisation?
c. Share an OD intervention programme that your organisation had implemented.
Assess the effectiveness of the programme.
d. What characteristic in a leader do you most appreciate, who he/she is? Are you
willing to change if he or she is in charge of your team?
e. Is the organisational structure of your company changing? Why was this action
required by top management?

[Total: 10 marks]

[GRAND TOTAL: 100 MARKS]

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 ATTACHMENT
ASSIGNMENT RUBRICS
<BMOD5103><ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE> / <SEPTEMBER 2022>

Part I (90%)

QUESTION/TASK 1 (30%)
Excellent Good Fair Poor Unsatisfactory Max
*QN CLO Criteria Weight
4 3 2 1 0 Marks
Very clear discussion Clear discussion of Clear but brief Vague discussion of No discussion on
of transformation transformation discussion of transformation transformation
1 leadership and the leadership and the transformation leadership and the leadership and the
1 Transformation leadership 3.5 14
development of the development of the leadership and the development of the development of the
theory. theory. development of the theory. theory was given.
theory.
Very clear and Clear storyline for all Clear but brief Vague storyline for No storyline for the
detailed storyline for the 3 events and storyline for all the 3 all the 3 events and 3 events.
all the 3 events and reflects and moderate reflects does not reflect
1 1 Transformation leadership events 4 16
reflects the transformation transformation transformation
transformation leadership theory. leadership theory. leadership theory.
leadership theory.
Total 7.5 30

*QN = Question Number

QUESTION/TASK 2 (60%)

Excellent Good Fair Poor Unsatisfactory Max

*QN CLO Criteria Weight
4 3 2 1 0 Marks
Very clear discussion Clear discussion of Clear four (4) Vague discussion on
No discussion on the
Literature review on four (4) challenges of on four (4) challenges four (4) challenges of challenges of OD with four (4) challenges
2 2 3 challenge of OD was 12
OD of OD with very good OD with good use of moderate use of past of OD with poorly
given.
use of past literature. past literature. literature. used past literature.
The transcript is very The transcript is clear, The transcript is The transcript is
No interview
2 2 Interview Transcripts 3 clear, detailed, and detailed, and fruitful. moderate and less vague. 12
transcript was given.
fruitful. fruitful.
2 2 Finding 4 Very clear discussion Clear discussion on Clear but brief Vague discussion on No finding was 16
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 discussion on
on interview finding interview finding
interview finding with interview finding with
with very good with no support of given.
support of literature. moderate support of
support of literature. literature.
literature.
Clear but brief
Very clear suggestion Clear suggestion on 2 Vague suggestion on
suggestion on 2 OD
on 2 OD programmes OD programmes and 2 OD programmes
programmes and less No suggestion was
2 2 Suggestions on OD programmes 4 and very effective in effective in facing and not related to 16
effective in facing given.
facing challenges of challenges of OD the challenges of OD
challenges of OD
OD discussed earlier. discussed earlier. discussed earlier.
discussed earlier.
Overall presentation (APA formatting for
Few errors. (1 to 5 Several errors. (6 to Many errors. (More Not follow the APA
2 2 citation, table, figure, references, 1 Totally free of errors. 4
errors) 10 errors) than 10 errors) format.
numbering, etc.)
Total 15 60

*QN = Question Number

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Part II (10%)

Excellent Good Fair Poor Unsatisfactory

Max
QN CLO Criteria Weightage marks

4 3 2 1 0

Quality of 2.5 All five comments are Four of the comments Two or three of the One post submitted. Postings done past 10
1-5 3 Postings good, appropriate, are good, appropriate, comments are somewhat OR All posts done in assignment timeline.
relevant, meaningful, relevant, meaningful, good, appropriate, one day. OR No postings
Kualiti and respectful. and respectful. meaningful and OR None of the given as proof of
Postings Postings reflect active Postings reflect respectful. comments are good participation in
participation within participation within Postings show relatively and relevant. discussion
assignment timeline. assignment timeline. short participation time. OR Comments are
short responses that Postings melepasi
Kelima-lima komen Empat Dua atau tiga komen are not substantial nor tempoh tugasan.
baik, sesuai, relevan, komen baik, sesuai, baik, sesuai, ATAU Tiada Postings
meaningful. Minimum
bermakna dan relevan, bermakna dan relevan,bermakna dan diberi sebagai bukti
berhemah. berhemah. berhemah effort (e.g. “I agree penyertaan dalam
Postings mencerminkan Postings mencerminkan Postings menunjukkan with Tina”) perbincangan
penyertaan aktif penyertaan sepanjang penyertaan dalam
sepanjang tempoh tempoh tugasan. jangakamasa yang Satu penghantaran
tugasan. singkat. ATAU Semua
penghantaran dibuat
dalam satu hari .
ATAU Tiada komen
yang baik dan relevan.
ATAU Komen hanya
respon yang ringkas
dan tidak meluas dan
tidak bermakna.Usaha

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bersetuju dengan
Tina”)

Total
Marks/
10
Jumlah
Markah

*QN = Question Number

INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO SUBMIT PROOF OF ONLINE CLASS PARTICIPATION (10%)

Do the following:
1. Select the best FIVE (5) of your postings from the forum discussion set up by your tutor.
2. Do screenshots of the postings and include them as images in your assignment.
3. The screenshots should be in image file (either in JPG or PNG format). Refer to the sample of Screen Grab below
4. The screenshots should contain: Name, Title of the discussion, Day, Date and Time.

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