Purpose: This teamwork, scenario and practice – based assessment is designed to allow students to research and critically analyse the organisational practice and culture that impede and enhance creation or management of learning organisation in Australian companies. The assessment also allows students to further develop their team working and professional communication skills in a simulated competitive business environment. This assessment relates to learning outcomes a, b and c.
Value: 10% - Group report
Topic: The Effects of Ethics and Culture in a Learning Organisation.
Brief: As a group, pick any major Australian Bank or an Insurance company from the following lists: - ANZ Bank and do the research as per brief below.
Task Details: Each group serve as consultants participating in a tender to win a bid for a lucrative contract with the Bank. Shattered by several recent unethical practices as reported in the media and current Banking Royal Inquiry report; the Board of Directors of the Bank has conducted a series of meetings and identified that the Bank needs to learn to be ethical and improve its culture and reputation. The Board called a Tender for the best analysis of the problems and proposals for change of its ethical culture. The Bank's Board of Directors represented by its Chairperson will accept all the proposals if they include the following:
a) Explain the factors which caused recent ethical scandals by applying relevant learning organisation theories.
b) Analyse the current organisation culture and its effect to organisational learning at the Bank.
c) Recommend suitable strategies for Banks to comply with ethical standards.
d) Prepare a code of conduct that will guide employees to be more ethical.
In a fierce competition, only one consultancy will be granted a contract (equals - The winning student group will receive a prize)
Group Report requirements: This report reflects three main points of the brief that are incorporated into its structure. Groups are expected to follow:
1. Introduction
2. Analysis of repeated ethical scandals through the lens of organisational learning theories
3. Application of relevant OL framework/models
4. Analysis of existing barriers to organisational learning at selected Bank
5. Recommendations to selected Bank to become an Ethical Learning Organisation 6. Conclusion