Part 1 – You should prepare a 1500 word report on the topic of the effectiveness of

work and organisation at the NHS.

Your task is to research the effectiveness of work and organisation at the NHS using
good quality academic and journalistic sources. Please see the articles on work
organisation, leadership, culture, teamwork and inequality at the NHS.

You should consider a range of views and seek to integrate them into a coherent
argument. This may be informed by good quality journalistic sources but, more
importantly, you must also show considerable evidence of using good quality ‘peer
reviewed’ journal articles.

The key topics which you should include in your report on the effectiveness of work and
organisation at the NHS are:

 Organisational context - The impact of globalisation and political, economic,

social and other external factors.
 Governance
 The rational and social organisation,
 Power and politics
 Organisational leadership
 organisational Culture
 Motivation

You will not need to draw on all organisational behaviour theories that you read but
should select instead those which are most applicable to the NHS. It is more important
to show knowledge of key debates within the literature on organisational behaviour, to
be critical in your writing and to ensure a good level of integration and coherence than
to include all theories. Please work on the level of criticality and the coherence and flow
of your report. This will require effective discussion and debate.

Part 2 – Personal Reflections on Employability, including group work (1500

words)

You should write a reflection on what you have learned about the nature of employment
in undertaking the People and Organisations module. In this reflection, you should make
reference to any organisational behaviour literature that is relevant. You may address
the following key themes in your analysis:
 1. What types of organization would most engage and motivate you? Why would
you be more productive in these organizations? Compare and contrast with other
organisations where you would be less engaged and productive. You might in
your reflections draw on the literature on leadership, classical approaches to
organisation, human relations and contemporary approaches to organisational
behaviour, culture and motivation.
2. You should include a reflection on your experience of group work. Do not just
describe your experience of working in a group but situate your reflection within
the wider literature on groups and teams.
3. You might also reflect on how the literature on identity, motivation, personality
and emotions relate to your experience of work.
4. What are your strengths and weaknesses when it comes to employment?
5. How will you address your weaknesses? What targets will you set for your
development?

The emphasis should be on a critical evaluation, not on self-promotion. Try to identify

strengths and weaknesses, and areas for personal development informed by the
literature on organisational behaviour.

Part 1:

1. Effective analysis undertaken within the report informed by organisational

behaviour literature appropriate to the case.
2. A well-structured and organised report involving cogent argument in line with
academic convention
3. Wider reading in the report involving both seminal and contemporary articles/
books
4. Accurate and effective use of citations and references in the report

Part 2:

5. Application of academic concepts and models to reflection on employment

6. Presentation and organisation of reflection on employment
7. Wider reading evident in reflection on employability
8. Referencing in reflection on employment