Explain the role of leadership that may exist within Fitflop and how the structure and culture of the organization may support effective transitional change.

Assignment Task

Overall assessment weighting: Question 1.50% and Question 2.50%

Case Study – Fitflop

Employee Benefits, 2018, Flipflop Feel Good Benefits Strategy, Employee Benefits, 10 July 2018.[Online]. Available from:

http://www.employeebenefits.co.uk/fitflop-feel-good-benefits-strategy/

[Accessed 10 July 2018].

Consider the content and theory that you have learnt in the Module – People in Organizations and apply this to the case study on Fitflop to answer the following questions.

Question 1.

Structure, culture and leadership

Explain the role of leadership that may exist within Fitflop and how the structure and culture of the organization may support effective transitional change.

To achieve this, you will need to consider the case study in relation to module theory and wider reading; consider elements including structure, culture and approaches to leadership. You should analyse and evaluate these in relation to the transitional change of the organization’ focus on feel-good benefits strategy.

(1300-1500 words)

(50 marks)

(LO’s 1, 2 and 3)

Question 2.

Motivation and effective teams, and presentation

Analyze and evaluate the ways in which Flipflop may build effective teams through motivation; Identify team development attributes that may contribute to Flipflop success.

Present your main findings in a presentation suitable for Flipflop managers.

To achieve this, you will need to discuss motivation and team effectiveness theory within the context of the case study organization. You should then present current strategies used by the company by summarizing the main findings on motivation and team effectiveness into a PowerPoint presentation. This presentation should be suitable to disseminate to Flipflop managers and be no longer than 8 slides and with supportive presenters’ notes. Your presentation must be included/pasted into the one MS Word or PDF file document that you submit.

(1300-1500 words including the MS PowerPoint presentation)

(50 marks)

(LO’s 1, 4 and 5)

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