Assessment 2
• Type: Individual assessment, A Report
• Word Limit – 1500 to 2000 words, not including a
cover page, reference and appendix
• Weight: 20%
• Due Date: 11:55 pm Friday, Week 7
Task Details (see the course outline)
• Prepare an organisational cultural analysis report
where you will determine the organisational culture
of an organisation and how it dictates behaviours in
the organisation.
• You must describe the culture of the chosen
organisation by reference to the seven characteristics
of organisational culture based on the Theory of
Organisational culture.
• You must use citation and references to support the
research and findings conducted in preparing this
report
– Seven differentiating characteristics
1. Innovation and risk-taking
2. Attention to detail
3. Outcome orientation
4. People orientation
5. Team orientation
6. Aggressiveness
7. Stability
Organisation for the assignment
Possible Companies to Assign to Students:
• Mining – BHP, Fortescue Metals
• Banking/ Finance – Westpac, Commonwealth, NAB, ANZ
• Insurance – NRMA Car Insurance, TAL Life Limited
• Construction – Lendlease, Scentre Group, Probuild
• Health Care Manufacturing– CSL, The Ramsay Healthcare
Limited Group
• Energy – AGL, Ergon Energy
• Materials – Bunnings Group, Boral
Student may choose a company from Top 50 Australian companies
through a discussion with your tutor/ lecturer
Please note that you are not allowed to choose Coles, Woolworth,
Qantas, Virgin, Jetstar, Apple, Samsung, Airbnb, KFC, McDonald’s
Submission
• Upload a soft copy into Turnitin drop
box on the course hub
• Word file of PDF file
Research requirements
Students need to support their analysis with references.
Reference Requirements:
• Suitable, reliable, current and academically acceptable
sources – check with your tutor if unsure of the validity
of sources.
• Students seeking Credit or above grades should support
their analysis with increased number of reference
sources comparable to the grade they are seeking.
Report Structure
1. Title page,
2. Executive summary,
3. Table of contents
4. Introduction

6. Conclusions
7. Reference list (Harvard – APA referencing style).
Typed using 12 pt
Suggested number of words allocation
1. Executive summary (50 words)
2. Introduction (150 words)
3. Research Culture of seven characteristics in the
organisation(600 words)
4. Analysis how it dictates behaviours in the
organisation. (9000 words)
5. Conclusions (60 words)
Typed using 12 pt
Executive Summary
• The Executive Summary (approx. 50 words)
– Quick overview of the key outcomes of the
analysis
Introduction
Approx. 150 words
a. Purpose(s) of the report
b. Importance of the purpose(s), background
c. Main plan of analytical process
d. Key outcome(s) of the report.
Conclusion
a. Summary of the analyses of factors
b. Weigh up key arguments and counter-arguments
and
c. Reconcile them with rebuttal
Presentation of the report
Do Not Use
– Fancy images,
– Coloured letters
– Water marks
– Different font size/ font style
– Your name and number on the every page
– ‘Body’ as a heading
– Any images without reference
Marking Guide
This mark will be scaled to a mark out of 20. See the
course outline for the Marking Rubric
Turnitin – Similarity Report
What % is acceptable?
Turnitin – Similarity Report
Similarity percentage is not same as a
percentage of the assessment has been
plagiarised
High risk of fail Level
• Major Academic Misconduct
• If say more than 30% of the assessment has
been plagiarised – this would justify a zero
mark for the report
Contract Cheating
• Contract cheating is where a student commissions –
either paid or unpaid – that is offering its services to
produce academic work on the student’s behalf.
• These days, there are many online contract cheating
sites that try to attract students to behave
dishonestly.
• It is academic misconduct. Such an incident
will be treated very seriously at CIM.