Assignment-                     

Purpose: This assessment is designed to allow students to continue to develop their research and analytical skills, applying the subject theory relating to organisational processes and technologies, to explain how and why real world organisations are managed, and how they respond to changes in the environment.

Topic: Strategic Management within an organisation - the specific organisation will be provided.

The company to be studied is the National Australia Bank (NAB) - and the requirements for the report are detailed in the course outline and will be assisted by a power-point presentation to be placed in Moodle. The areas of study are development and growth, management strategies, criticisms, environmental analysis, culture and leadership style.

Task Details: Analyse the given organisation using accepted management theory to support the analysis, and develop answers to the points below into a short report.

1. Briefly trace the development and growth of the organisation from its beginnings to the present through the application of corporate strategies - what types of strategies have these been?

2. There have been many criticisms of the business practices that company has pursued over the years. Describe TWO of these practices and outline the outcomes.

3. Perform an environmental analysis for the involvement of the organisation in the context of the industry it operates in - what are the main opportunities & threats?

4. Describe the organisational culture or leadership style within the organisation.

Words:- 2250

Reference:- 6 Harvard.