MG625 Leading and Managing Change
“As businesses adjust to the prospect of the UK leaving the European Union, organizations are facing a
continuing period of uncertainty and change. As the dust settles on the referendum result, how should HR
and L&D professionals support their employees in the medium-term?” CIPD (2018)
https://www.cipd.co.uk/news-views/brexit-hub/managing-communicating-change
- Write a report which explains the extent to which an organisation with which you are familiar with must change in the current economic climate, and whether they need to take a planned or unplanned approach to change going forward. Justify your answer.
- In the context of your chosen business evaluate how HR management can support the planned/unplanned change approach, considering both business strategy and external factors impacting on the business
LO1 Understand the strategic and operational importance of change in organisations
LO2 Critically evaluate change management theory, strategies and tactical options
Task Requirements
- This is a 1,500 word report
- Please reference your work according to the Harvard style as defined in Cite Them Right Online
(http://www.citethemrightonline.com). This information is also available in book form: Pears, R. and
Shields, G. (2016) Cite them right: the essential reference guide. 10th edn. Basingstoke: Palgrave
Macmillan. Copies are available via the University library - Your work will be assessed on the extent to which it demonstrates your achievement of the stated learning
outcomes for this assignment (see above) and against other key criteria, as defined in the University’s
institutional grading descriptors. If it is appropriate to the format of your assignment and your subject area,
a proportion of your marks will also depend upon your use of academic referencing conventions.
This assignment will be marked according to the grading descriptors for Level 6. Full Assessment Criteria
can be viewed on the following page. - You are reminded of the University’s regulations on academic misconduct, which can be viewed on the
University website: https://bucks.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0024/9546/Academic-MisconductPolicy.pdf. In submitting your assignment, you are acknowledging that you have read and understood
these regulations
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be considered a late submission. Late submissions will be marked and the actual mark recorded,
but will be capped at the pass mark (typically 40%), provided that the work is of a passing standard.
Work submitted after this period will not be marked and will be treated as a non-submission.