strategic management of organisations

“Outline and discuss the concept of rapid, volatile, discontinuous change and its impact on the strategic management of organisations†.

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Outline and discuss the concept of rapid, volatile, discontinuous change and its impact on the strategic management of organisations†.
The purpose of this assignment is to help you gain a deeper understanding of the nature, impact and implications for every organisation of one of the most critical developments taking place globally in the strategic management discipline.
You are expected to draw on a minimum of 6 peer reviewed or respected journal articles (e.g. Harvard Business Review) to underpin your arguments presented in this essay.
A suggested structure of your essay is as follows:
1. A brief overview of your key arguments and conclusions (50 words)
2. Introduction to the topic of your essay and what the essay will cover.
3. Body of essay
.1)Outline the concept of rapid, volatile, discontinuous change
.2)Discuss where this concept fits within the Strategic Management process
??Outline and discuss model(s) used to assess the role, impacts and
implications of rapid, volatile, discontinuous change for an organisation
4)Discuss how CEOs should respond to discontinuous change
5)Consider the evidence about whether CEOs do respond appropriately to discontinuous change and if they do not respond appropriately, why not?

4. Conclusions and implications
5. References (at least 6 scholarly references).
The form containing the criteria used to mark this assessment is attached below and is also available on Blackboard in the Assessment section, along with the marking rubric that explains the standard associated with each element in the marking form.
Some additional points to note for this assessment:
Remember that it is necessary to explain and/or justify the points that you make, and that unsubstantiated assertions provide no credibility to your discussion or analysis.
You are expected to consult academic journals and texts for material to support your discussion in this assignment. At least six (6) of these sources must be used in your discussion and cited correctly within your text and in the References List. These sources should be additional to your prescribed text. Your Reference List should be indicative of the sources you actually cite in presenting this assignment. Please see the NBS Student Manual for the correct form of citation.
Dot points should be used very, very sparingly, if at all. Dot points are a communication tool for presenting summary information and rarely progress discussion or argument. Your assessment requires integrated discussion and/or argument, not presentation of summary information

GSBS6060 Strategic Management

Outline of the concept of rapid, volatile, discontinuous change (2 marks)
Discuss where this concept fits within the Strategic Management process (2 marks)
Outline and discuss model(s) used to assess the role, impacts and implications of rapid, volatile, discontinuous change for an organisation (2 marks)
Discuss how CEOs should respond to discontinuous change (2 marks)
Consider the evidence about whether CEOs do respond appropriately to discontinuous change and if they do not respond appropriately, why not? (3 marks)
Conclusions and implications (2 marks)
Layout of Individual Written Essay (5 marks)

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