Reflective Case Study

Task: Drawing on your own personal experience, write a mini case-study (max 1500 words) on one of the following OB-related topics:

- When Teamwork failed to meet its objective

- The appropriate use of power in the workplace

- Organisational Change

Following the case-study, two questions should be posed which encourage the reader to examine and analyse different aspects of the case in close detail. Students should also provide a brief 200-300 word example answer for each question in order to demonstrate the potential learning outcomes of the case. A minimum of four distinct references from academic journals is to be included in the assignment.

They can part of the case, the example answers, or spread across the two sections.

Purpose: This assignment seeks to achieve 2 key learning outcomes.

Firstly, it seeks to develop a students' awareness for the way in which ‘teamwork', ‘power' or ‘change' is manifest in organisations.

Secondly, understanding workplace behaviour can be greatly informed by periodic ‘reflection'. Through this assignment it is hoped that students recognise the value of setting aside time in their work schedule to reflect upon and analyse, issues that influence the behaviour of themselves and others in the workplace.

Format: The single document submitted for this assignment is to contain the following components and formatting features:

a) Assignment ‘Coversheet' (document is available in the Assignment file on Blackboard).

b) Assignment ‘Coverpage' identifying the unit name & code, assignment title, student name & ID, and the word count of the Case Study and each example answer (note: Reference List content does not contribute to the word count).

c) Case Study (maximum of 1500 words). See below for the type of structure and style to adopt.

d) Two Case Study questions and example answers (max 300 words each)

Adopt the following formatting features for the paper:
o Apply page numbers. Page 1 comes after your coverpage.
o Font style: Times New Roman, 12pt, justified, 1½ line spacing.
o Margins - top and bottom to be 2.54cm. Left and right to be 2.54cm. No page boarders.
o Spelling - if using a Microsoft package, specify Australian Englishlanguage/grammar when running your spell-check.
o Writing and grammar must conform to the standards of a professional report.