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Subject Title	Responsible Leadership
Subject Code	MGT808
Lecturer / Tutor	Dr Narender Sharma
Semester	February, 2019

Assessment Title	Policy Memo (Assessment 2)
Learning Outcome/s	1,2,3
Assessment type (group or individual)	Individual
Weighting	30 per cent
Word count	2,000

Due date	Week 11 ( 2 May, 2019, 11:59 PM)
Class submission	Lecture ☐ Tutorial	☐X
Submission type	Paper copy ☐ Turnitin	☐X

Format / Layout of Assessment	Report:
(details of what to include) (cross the appropriate check boxes)	ICMS Cover Page Table of Contents Synopsis / Executive Summary		☐x ☐x ☐x
	Introduction		☐x
	Findings		☐x
	Conclusion		☐x
	Recommendations		☐x
	Reference List		☐x
	Appendices		☐x
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	Essay:
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	ICMS Cover Page		☐
	Abstract		☐
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	Introduction		☐
	Body		☐
	Conclusion		☐
	Recommendations		☐
	Reference List		☐
	Appendices
	Oral Presentation:
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	Paper submission PowerPoint submission Peer review (group presentation)		☐ ☐ ☐

Reference List

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Assessment instructions

(clear, succinct, without repetition)

Task

Policy Memo to the Board. Write a 2000-word policy memo to the Board of your current organisation or other approved organisation. This policy memo will include an analysis of the key planning and innovation challenges faced by contemporary business organisations and business leaders. Identify potential responsible leadership strategies which could be incorporated into strategic planning and change for the organisation.

Prepare a 2,000 word report (plus/minus 10 per cent). The focus is on high quality critique and integration of academic sources..

Submission Date: Week 11: Thursday 2 May 2019 (11.55 p.m.) Online submission via Turn-it-in and hard copy in tutorial.

All reports should include a minimum of six (6) academic peer review journal articles. Additional sources may include company websites, industry associations, and government authorities.

Non-scholarly websites, including, but not limited to, Wikipedia, UKessays.com etc. may not be used.

	Example of Structure of Report The Reports will follow conventional Business Report format, which includes the following sections, with numbers and description for each section and sub- section. Title Page Executive Summary Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Case Study overview 3.0 Analysis of Case Study 3.1 (insert heading) 3.2 (insert heading) 3.3 (insert heading) 4.0 Conclusion 4.1 (insert heading) 4.2 (insert heading) 4.3 (insert heading) 5.0 Recommendations 6.0 Appendices (if relevant) 7.0 Reference List ** The number of sub-sections may vary depending on the writing structure. Please ensure that a meaningful word or phrase is used for each sub-heading. Referencing Style APA i.e. author-date citation and referencing must be used consistently. Academic Integrity All reports will be carefully reviewed for academic integrity. Students should ensure that all materials are properly cited and referenced. All secondary sources need to include the primary reference also.
Readings for the assessment (instructions where they can be found e.g. MyAthens database, Moodle etc.)	List or links to relevant readings Case Study information of Moodle. My Athens database
Grading Criteria / Rubric	Marking Rubric available on Moodle.

Soumi · Accepted Answer

Running Head: RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP	1
RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP 		12
MGT808 – RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP
Executive Summary
Woolworths is one of the key players within the Australian supermarket/retail industry. Currently, the organisation has taken an initiative to introduce an IoT system throughout the supply chain of the company, which would enable it to track the movement of each product as they are being produced, transported and finally, sold to the customers. Nevertheless, the company has been facing several issues that affect the successful implementation of the initiative. This report aims to identify the issues and justify the reasons behind the development of the issues. The fundamental agenda of this report is to develop responsible leadership strategies, which would enable the organisation in terms of successfully implementing the initiative and facilitate management change.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction	4
2. Implementing IoT by Woolworths	4
3. Problems in implementing IoT by Woolworths	5
4. Reasons for the evident problems	6
5. Overcoming the problem through responsible leadership strategies and management change	8
6. Conclusion	10
References	12
1. Introduction
	The increasing acceptability and usefulness of technological innovations that are being introduced every day, businesses now have many opportunities to enhance their functionality, efficiency and production capabilities to name a few. IoT is an abbreviated form for the Internet of Things. The Internet of Things refers to the expanding network of objects, systems and mechanisms that are connected together through IP addresses. IoT facilitates the level of communication, interaction, as well as, the integration among these and other systems and devices that operate on the internet (Chiang & Zhang, 2016).
Woolworths is a key player within the Australian supermarket chain sector. In this assignment, the problems and challenges that Woolworths has been facing in terms of implementing IoT have been analysed and justified reasons have been provided. Additionally, the manner, in which responsible leadership can be used as an effective enabler within the organisation in order to resolve the issues the company has been facing has been evaluated and justified.
2. Implementing IoT by Woolworths
In 2018, Woolworths revealed a massive-scape IoT project referred to as "farm to fork". The purpose of this project is to install sensors throughout the entirety of its supply chain in order to facilitate tracking the production of the products to the manner, in which they are transported to retailers to how they are sold to the consumers. The fundamental agenda of the company behind this initiative is to collect and track a huge amount of enriched information pertaining to its entire supply chain. 
In addition to collecting the data, according to reports, the company also plans to enable consumers to check the information to enable them in terms of being aware of the provenance of the product offerings. According to the plan, the company will install QR codes on the products, which can be scanned by the customers on their Android, Windows or iOS devices in order to know where the products were manufactured, produced or grown. Having access to so much data pertaining to the supply chain is expected to enable the company in terms of managing its supply chain more effectively and efficiently. However, the company has been facing several issues in terms of successfully executing the IoT project.	
3. Problems in implementing IoT by Woolworths
	As stated before, the company has been experiencing several issues in terms of executing the different phases of the Internet of Things project that has been introduced by the organisation in order to monitor the activities through the entirety of its supply chain. It has been evident that the organisation currently does not have the necessary human resources with the appropriate amount of skills, knowledge and capabilities, which would enable them in terms of successfully executing the phases associated with the project. The current human resources of the organisation lack in terms of effectively working with the different functionalities and mechanisms that are involved in the initiative. 
The second issue that the company has been experiencing is related to learning and development or employee insubordination. In this context, it may be said that a majority of employees, especially the ones that are aged 40 or over refuse to learn how to use new technologies as they may believe it would complicate their jobs further (Cohen, 2017). As a result, a significant amount of employees tends to resist organisational change or restructure. In addition to that,

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