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BUSS 5065: Leading and Managing Organisational Change

1. Leading and Managing Organisational Change

This assessment help covers two assessments:

  • Assignment 1: A critical analysis in the form of a report on an organisation with which you are directly involved on a day-to-day basis.
  • Assignment 2: A group project where you will work with others to provide an external perspective to a change in an organisation in which you are not personally involved. The assignment requires you to submit your assessment in the form of a report with accompanying power point slides. 

Note: Please refer to your course outline for further details.

2. Plan Your Search

Before you begin your research you need to plan your search to get the best results. Watch this video (2 min 26 sec) for help getting started.

3. Company and Industry Information

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Need help finding company or industry information?

  • financial information
  • annual reports
  • legislation and regulation
  • media coverage

4. Find Academic References

The Library Collection can be a useful starting point in locating information. It is like a search engine which searches across the Library’s collection of print and electronic books, DVDs, journals and theses, together with journal and newspaper articles from numerous databases.

Library collection sample search

By accessing Google Scholar from the library website, you can see articles that the library has access to by clicking on the Full-text at UniSA link.

Click on the Google Scholar tab and enter your search terms into the search box.

On the results page, you can filter your results from the left-hand menu.

Watch the following to find out more:

Try searching using different variations of your concepts and keywords until you find relevant results.

See below for an example of a search:

Business Source Ultimate sample search

5. Write Your Assignment

You also need to understand the requirements of your assignment. The Student Engagement Unit has created a suite of resources that can help with your assignment.

6. How to Work Effectively in a Team

Watch the above video (5 min 7 sec) below on how to effectively work in a team

 

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7. How to write a Report

Watch this short video (2 min 54 sec) for tips on how to write a report.

8. PowerPoint

For help creating your PowerPoint slides please see the following videos on LinkedIn Learning:

9. Referencing Support

Managing your references

What do you do with all those references you have found? You can use a bibliographic management software to store, organise, and cite your references.

There are many free systems available. The Library supports the bibliographic management tool EndNote. EndNote automates citing your references and allows you to create and organise a library of references. For more information and to download the software, check out the EndNote Guide:

10. Further Help

Take a look at some other useful resources to help you with your assignment. The following information guides and videos can all be found under Study tab of the Library Homepage.