Workplace Culture and its impact on Organisational Efficiency

If you are not currently working within an organisation, then you may complete this task in relation to an organisation with which you are familiar. This could include experience working in a voluntary capacity.

Workplace Culture and its impact on Organisational Efficiency
Assignment – 100% of total marks awarded for this module

Workplace Culture and its impact on Organisational Efficiency
Assessment Criteria Learning outcomes Comments % of Marks
Critically assess the workplace culture of the organisation 25% 1
Provide a critical evaluation of an organisations and the broader environment in which it operates. 30%
2
Critically evaluate the cultural and ethical behaviour present in the organisation and evaluate your own cultural and ethical behaviour in relation to the organisation 25% 3
Evidence of wide reading and research, encompassing application of relevant academic theories and models 10%
Citation/ referencing, report structure, syntax, grammar and punctuation 10%

Additional Module Guidance for Module
Indicative Content:
1
• Impact of external forces on the organisation (for example political, social, economic, technological, legal, environmental) and related environmental and organisational analysis techniques (eg PESTLE and SWOT analysis)
• Law and policies governing the organisation
• The nature and purpose of organisations
• Formal and informal relationships between departments and people
• Legal duties in relation to sex, race, age, disability and unfair discrimination
• Organisational culture, ethos and values
• Corporate social and environmental responsibility
• Organisation policies/guidelines governing behaviour
2
• Personal SWOT analysis
• Organisation’s role and objectives
• Personal ethical standards, values and beliefs
• Communication channels for sharing information and building relationships
• Barriers to effective functioning in the organisation and ways to overcome these
• Available support mechanisms
• Share own success stories and those of others

TASK
The purpose of this unit is to develop understanding of the organisational culture and context in order to improve own ability to function within the organisational norms.

NOTE
An Assessment Task provides an opportunity to relate your learning directly to your current organisation. It is recommended that you discuss the assignment with your line manager to explore and agree how the task could be used to support the needs of your

Please use the headings shown below when writing up your assignment Assessment Criteria
Understand the culture and context of the organisation

The first part of this task is to evaluate the organisation within its broader environment using appropriate environmental and organisational analysis techniques to provide a conclusion or recommendations.

You are then required to examine two or more correct and appropriate implications of the policies and procedures and legal requirements that are relevant to your area of work, and then evaluate the cultural and ethical behaviour present in the organisation to provide a conclusion or recommendations.

• Evaluate the organisation within its broader environment using appropriate environmental and organisational analysis techniques (24 marks)
• Examine the implications of the policies, procedures and legal requirements that are relevant to your area of work (24 marks)
• Evaluate the cultural and ethical behaviour present in the organisation (24 marks)

Understand own ability to function within organisational culture and ethical norms
The second part of the task requires you to evaluate your own cultural and ethical behaviour in relation to the organisation to provide a conclusion or recommendations and propose how to uphold the ethical standards across the organisation.

• Evaluate own cultural and ethical behaviour in relation to the organisation (16 marks)
• Propose how to uphold the ethical standards across the organisation (12 marks)