1) Assessment Details:

This task is designed to develop your awareness and understanding of: the nature of an organisation; the considerations, aspects and the complexities involved in having an organisational system in place; the functioning of an organisation; the organisational culture, strategies and the organisational effectiveness dimensions; the necessary interaction of an organisation with its environment in fulfilling organisational purposes.

Further it is designed to develop and test your knowledge and capacity to conceptualise the systemic nature of an organisation and comprehend, interpret, and execute a specific task description and to present it for evaluation.

Task description:

Choose an organisation (business/ sports/ charity/ multinational) that you have access to. You may choose an organisation where you are working right now or an organisation where you have worked recently. Alternatively, you may discuss with your lecturer/ tutor the possibility of choosing an organisation where you have worked in the past. If you have no work experience, you may choose instead any other organisation that is suitable for you. Your lecturer must approve your choice. You may change (or withhold) the name of your organization if you believe anonymity is required.

Prepare a report covering the following points:

• Provide an introduction to the organisation (nature, mission, size, product etc.)

• Describe in detail how the chosen organisation is arranged and position itself to achieve its purpose and objectives (you must include in your discussion the following aspects: organisational effectiveness, organisation culture, organisation structure, strategies pursued by the organisation and organisation's environment);

• Produce the organisational chart reflecting the current arrangement of this organisation;

• Suggest specific change measures/ programs (actual action steps) with regard to how it may be re-organised and/or re-positioned in order to become more effective and efficient.