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Assessment Task 1 BSBINN601 Lead and manage organisational change

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Identify change requirements and

opportunities

Submission details

Candidate’s name Phone no.

Assessor’s name Phone no.

Assessment site

Assessment date/s Time/s

The assessment task is due on the date specified by your assessor. Any variations to this

arrangement must be approved in writing by your assessor.

Submit this document with any required evidence attached. See specifications below for

details.

Performance objective

You will demonstrate the skills and knowledge required to identify change requirements

for an organisation.

Assessment description

Using the scenario information supplied, you will identify strategic change needs, review

existing policy, monitor trends in the external environment that impact on an

organisation’s objectives, identify operational change objectives, prioritise change

requirements and consult experts or specialists to assist in identification of change

requirements and opportunities. You will then write a report to management outlining the

change requirements.

Procedure

1. Review the scenario information provided (in the Appendix of this task) for Fast

Track Couriers.

2. Prepare to write a report on change requirements for Fast Track by following steps

3–10 below.

3. Analyse the organisational objectives provided in the scenario to identify the

following change requirements for Fast Track Couriers.

a. Identify requirements for change.

b. Prepare an explanation of how your identified change needs to link to the

organisation’s strategic plan goal/s.

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4. Review the organisation’s current state to understand how the current policies,

practices and operations deliver against the organisation’s strategic goals.

Review the organisation’s performance against objectives with regards to its:

a. people

b. policies and processes

c. technology

d. structure.

5. Monitor external trends to identify events or trends which may impact on the

achievement of the organisation’s strategic plan goals.

a. Identify two external trends.

b. Develop an explanation of how the trends currently impact or will impact

organisational objectives.

6. Identify major operational change requirements.

a. Identify changes due to performance gaps.

b. Identify changes due to business opportunities.

c. Identify changes due to threats.

d. Identify changes due to management decisions.

7. Identify specialists to be consulted to assist with identifying change needs.

a. Identify specialists you will engage to help identify change requirements, and

be prepared to explain your reasons for engaging these specialists.

b. Identify what consulting model you would adopt to engage the specialists,

and be prepared to explain why you would use this model.

8. Assume your assessor is a specialist/expert of the kind you have identified in

step 7. Consult with your assessor to assist with identification of change

management requirements and opportunities.

9. Identify the managers that need to be informed. Prepare a plan that identifies who,

when and how stakeholder managers will be engaged to review and prioritise

change requirements.

10. Assume your assessor is a manager you have identified. Consult with your assessor

to review the changes you propose and to help you prioritise changes. Suggest and

justify the priority you have assigned to each change you recommend.

11. Prepare a 3–4 page report detailing change requirements for the organisation.

Include all of the information you identified and the explanations that you prepared

in steps 3–10.

12. Submit all documents to your assessor as per the specifications below. Ensure you

keep a copy of all work submitted for your records.

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Specifications

You must provide:

● one 3–4-page report detailing change requirements for the simulated organisation.

Your assessor will be looking for:

● a 3–4-page report including all information identified in the procedure above

● how you use problem-solving skills to identify and analyse issues or barriers, and

develop responses

● how you develop and incorporate new ideas into your report on change

requirements