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Overview:

The aim of the individual assignment is for you to research a common dysfunctional issue that arises when measuring performance in organisations. You will be required to submit a research report that describes your chosen issue, presents a real-world example of its occurrence, and suggests how it could be fixed. Your research report should also be accompanied by some documentary evidence of the real-world example that you describe.

Objectives:

This task relates to the following subject objectives:

• Apply and critique decision and control models of real world business scenarios.

• Evaluate how decision and control models impact people in the organization.

• Develop a capacity for independent research and thinking.

This assessment also enables the evaluation of the following program objectives:

• Critically evaluate data and resources in the context of relevant academic literature.

• Critically analyse the core professional obligations, values and operations of organisations.

Selectone of these dysfunctional aspects of performance measurement. Prepare a report that addresses the following three main concerns:

1. Define what your chosen problem is, why it occurs and why it is considered a problem. Your description should provide sufficient depth on the topic and be clearly explained so that it is easy for the reader to understand your main points. This section should also contain references to relevant academic journal articles on the topic.

2. Apply the problem to organizational practice. Find a source of documentary evidence (e.g. news article, case description, report, first-hand interview transcript etc.) that demonstrates the problem in a real-world organization. You will need to explicitly explain to the reader the link between your problem as described in part 1 above and the real-world example. You will need to attach your source of evidence to your report.

3. Explain how the problem could be fixed in your real-world example. You should clearly justify why your solution will successfully overcome the problem. In formulating your solution you should try to forecast any additional problems that might arise from implementing your proposed solution, and ways that you can overcome these as well. This should result in your solution being more credible and will demonstrate your depth of knowledge on the topic.