Assessment Task Detail and Instructions:

Part 1 - Case study analysis (2,250-words)

For this part of the assignment, you are required to critically appraise a change process within a case study organisation chosen by yourself.

The focus of this part of the assignment could be a recent change process that has happened, or is currently happening, in your own work situation; alternatively, you can provide an appraisal of a change process that has happened in an organisation of your choice.

You are required in your appraisal to:

• Outline the background to the change process
• Appraise the organisation's approach to the management of the change process
• Produce a justified recommendation as to the lessons learned from the change process which will enable change to be more effectively enabled in the future.

Throughout your work you should use relevant theories, models and concepts reviewed during the course of the module as a focus for your analysis.

Part 2 - Leadership reflective activity

For this part of the assignment, you are required to critically reflect on the lessons you have learned about effective leadership from your own case study analysis. Using this as a focus of reflection to help produce justified recommendations for your own personal leadership development.

The reflection and recommendations should focus on one or two broad aspects of leadership (see the content list for the module as a guide to the various possibilities). Your reflection should link clearly to models and concepts within the module, be focused specifically on your own personal needs and development as well as link to evidence / arguments from your case study analysis.