1. Choose an organization you know well, e.g. the company that you work for or, have worked for in the past.Introduce the organizationbriefly and discuss why learning is important for that specific organization (strategic approach appreciated). If the organization is big in size, you can also focus to one team, department or business unit.
2. Set aclear objective(s) for your assignment. What are you trying to achieve?
An example of an objective: The objective of this assignment is to analyze if organization x is a learning organization and make development suggestions for supporting learning in organization x?
3. Write atheoretical frameworkfor analyzing organization from learning organization perspective. The framework can be based e.g. on the following article: Garvin, D., Edmondson, A. & Gino, F. 2008. Is yours a learning organization? Harvard Business Review.
Define the main concepts clearly and discuss the main topics. Don’t forget to mark in-text references. You are supposed to useat least 4 academic referencesinthe assignment. They can be the ones already studied during modules, uploaded to article directory on Moodle or sources that you have found yourself. Minimum number of academic sources is four.
4.Applythe framework to your target organization and evaluate its strengths and weaknesses and makesuggestions for development.
5. Write a conclusion:sum upthe main points of your assignment andreflectyour own learning during this assignment (at this point find the learning objectives you set when you started this course).
Guidelines for writing the assignment
The idea is to apply theory to practice, which means you need to discuss topics in theory and apply them to the target organization. Your task is to analyze and develop the target organization.
Length of the assignment is approximately 8–10 pages (can also be longer but, content matters, not the length). Write at least a short introduction and organize text into chapters. Add also a conclusion, in which you sum up the most important findings and suggestions for development. You are supposed to useat least 4
academic references. Please add in-text references and a list of references (see Haaga-Helia UAS Guidelines for writing thesis if you need help with citation etc.). The number and quality of sources will be assessed (please note, don’t use Wikipedia or consultancy companies’ websites). Please note that all assignments go through a plagiarism check (Urkund).
The best reasonable efforts to maintain the confidentiality of your assignment will be taken during the assessment process (e.g. the only person that has access to assignment folder is the course lecturer and assignments will not be printed out or shared with anyone).