Organisational Change GAP Analysis

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MGF3621: Organisational Change
Week 8:
Gap Analysis

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Assignment 2
• Group Presentation
• Weeks 10 and 11
• Worth 25%
• 30 minute presentation plus question time
• 1,500 – 2,000 word write up plus slides
• Interventions in Chapter 7 and Chapter 8

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Assignment 2
– Relevance
> How does the topic relate to change management in Aus?
– Comprehension
> Is there research? Did you use examples?
– Logic and Coherence
> Does it flow?
– Professionalism
> Have you informed the class and are you prepared?

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Assignment 2
– Audience Interest
> 30 minutes is a long time
– Conclusion
> Did you summarise?
– Implications
> At least two managerial implications from your research

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Assignment 2
• You need
– 30 minutes
– Preferably a group activity
– 1,500 - 2,000 word write up (8 pages) with references
– Slides for me
– A smile

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Gap Analysis
• What it is now – what we want it to become
– The organisations strengths
– What can be done to take advantage of these
strengths
– The organisation’s weaknesses
– What can be done to alleviate these weaknesses

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Gap Analysis
• The handout
• Run your own gap analysis on Monash University
• Fill out the questions based on what it is now and
what you would like it to be
• Then plot the graph

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Gap Analysis
• Where are our differences?
• What can we do to move Monash in the direction
that you want?
• Identify the pushing and restraining forces

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Next Week
• Individual and organisational learning
• There will be jazz