ASSIGNMENT 1 BRIEF

Qualification BTEC Level 5 HND Diploma in Business

Unit number Unit 17: Understanding and Leading Change

Assignment title Drivers of change and impacts on organization.

Academic Year 2020 -2021

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Submission Format:

Format: This assignment is an individual assignment in the form of a comparative analysis and impact
statement report. The recommended word limit is 2,000 words.
You must use font Calibri size 12, set number of the pages and use multiple line spacing at
1.3. Margins must be: left: 1.25 cm; right: 1 cm; top: 1 cm and bottom: 1 cm. The reference
follows Harvard referencing system. The recommended word limit is 2.000 words. You will
not be penalized for exceeding the total word limit. The cover page of the report has to be
the Assignment front sheet 1.
Submission Students are compulsory to submit the assignment on due date and in a way requested by
the Tutors. The form of submission will be a soft copy posted on
http://cms.greenwich.edu.vn/
Note: The Assignment must be your own work, and not copied by or from another student or from
books etc. If you use ideas, quotes or data (such as diagrams) from books, journals or other sources, you
must reference your sources, using the Harvard style. Make sure that you know how to reference
properly, and that understand the guidelines on plagiarism. If you do not, you definitely get fail.

Unit Learning Outcomes:

LO1 Compare ways in which change impacts on an organization’s strategy and operations.
LO2 Evaluate the influences that drivers of change have on organizational behaviors.

Assignment Brief and Guidance:

Page 1
 The COVID-19 Pandemic affects global economy and the way people and organizations do business. In
response to this unexpected external environmental factor, many companies have to adapt to it and
make critical decisions to change.

You are required to choose two companies as case studies, one local and one global to analyze and
compare how COVID 19 affects the strategies and operations of the chosen companies; and to evaluate
how drivers of change influence organizational behaviors in the two cases.

You are expected to apply appropriate change management theories and models to guide your
discussions, make and justify your analysis and recommendations.
The submission is a comparative analysis and should include the followings:
(1) An overview of the organization case studies and how the COVID 19 affects the chosen
organizations.
(2) An analysis to identify external and internal drivers of changes and compare how they affect
organizational strategies and/or operations in the two cases is in short and long term.
(3) An evaluation of how related drivers of change affect leadership, team, individual behaviors and
their responses to change as well as long term impacts in the two cases.

(4) Make recommendations for the companies in the level of business strategy and operations to
have better response to the identified changes as well as to minimize negative impacts of the
changes on organizational behavior.

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LO1 Compare ways in which change impacts on an organization’s strategy and operations
P1 Compare different
organizational examples where
there has been an impact of
change on an organization’s
strategy and operations.
LO2 Evaluate the influences that drivers of change have on organizational behavior
P2 Evaluate the ways in which
internal and external drivers of
change affect leadership, team and
individual behaviors within an
organization.
P3 Evaluate measures that can be
taken to minimize negative impacts
of change on organizational
behavior.
Page 3
Grading criteria
M1 Assess the different drivers for
change in each of the given examples
and the types of organizational
change they have affected
M2 Critically evaluate the
long term implications of
internal and external
drivers of change within
an organization.
LO1&LO2
D1 Draw conclusions and
recommendations with
valid justifications for
planning effectively for
change and applying
change impact analysis.
LO1&LO2
D1 Draw conclusions and
recommendations with
valid justifications for
planning effectively for
change and applying
change impact analysis.