Institute in Leadership & Management L4 – Culture and Context:
Overview
The purpose of this assignment is to develop understanding of the organizational culture and context in order to improve own ability to function within the organizational norms. 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 employer
Tasks
Your assessment will be broken down into five tasks:
Task 1 – Evaluate the organization within its broader environment using appropriate environmental and organizational analysis techniques (24 marks)
Task 2 – Examine the implications of the policies, procedures and legal requirements that are relevant to your area of work (24 marks)
Task 3 – Evaluate the cultural and ethical behavior present in the organization (24 marks)
Task 4 – Evaluate own cultural and ethical behavior in relation to the organization (16 marks)
Task 5 – Propose how to uphold the ethical standards across the organization (12 marks) Culture
Background
Briefly describe your organization, what it does, and your role within it.
Tasks 1, 2 and 3
Understand the culture and context of the organization
The first part of this task is to evaluate the organization within its broader environment using appropriate environmental and organizational analysis techniques (SWOT, PESTLE, 5 Forces) to provide a conclusion or recommendations.
This second task requires you to examine the implications of the (1) policies, (2) procedures and (3) legal requirements that are relevant to your area of work and how they impact on the culture of the organization. You should come up with at least two implications of the policies, procedures and legal requirements and how they impact on the culture of the organization
Finally, you need to evaluate the cultural and ethical behavior present in the organization to provide a conclusion or recommendations.
Tasks 4 and 5
Understand own ability to function within organizational culture and ethical norms
Task 4 requires you to evaluate your own cultural and ethical behavior in relation to the organization to provide a conclusion or recommendations
Finally for task 5 you need to propose how to uphold the ethical standards across the organization.