Analyse the key characteristics of a major Australian public or private company or government entity in terms of each of the four organisational frames to:

• explore and explain the influence of each frame on the organisation's characteristics, using appropriate examples to highlight your views; and

• determine the frame that seems most influential in guiding contemporary management practices.

You should select an organisation from a major industry such as banking, retailing, health, energy and education in consultation with your lecturer. Information sources might include annual reports, media coverage, corporate statements, industry bodies etc. You may select a class colleague to work with on the written and oral components of this assignment. To complete this assignment, you need to:

• Have a good understanding of the concepts, principles and assumptions underpinning the frameworks and their implications for management practice.

• Understand the principal characteristics of the selected organisation in terms of structure, roles, specialisation, culture, reward systems etc. that can be gleaned from publicly available sources.

• Demonstrate the ability to apply the key characteristics of each framework accurately to provide a coherent and insightful analysis that reaches justifiable conclusions.

Write your response in 3000 words.