Assessment 1: Interview about change at work

Assessment 1: Interview about change at work CLO 1: Explain how different theories and assumptions about change offer different, often conflicting, perspectives on managing change in organisations. CLO 2: Use appropriate data-gathering and analysis techniques to investigate experiences of change. Intent: To describe, understand, and explain change as it happens to people in the context of work in organisations, while acting as a researcher! RMIT Classification: Trusted Assessment 1 Individual assessment 1500 words (+/- 10%). Appendices and the reference list are NOT included in the word count 30% of overall grade Due date: Week 5 Sunday, 15 February 2026, 23:59 AEST CRITICAL: Understand the rubric expectations. Remember to check your similarity index. This is a research-driven assessment. Dont leave it to the last minute to collect your data! ?… RMIT Classification: Trusted Task You will conduct an interview about change at work with someone you know (e.g., a family member, a work colleague, a sporting team-mate, etc.). This person should have at least 10 years’ experience of working in an organisational setting (paid or unpaid). The more work experience they have, different to your own, the more interesting the responses may be! It is best to use a semi-structured interview approach (suggested question prompts with some flexibility). RMIT Classification: Trusted Step-by-step instruction Create a short interview guide (5-6 key questions with relevant prompts) (Appendix A) Conduct a 20-minute interview about change at work Best to audio record with permission from the interviewee. Otherwise, detailed notes needed. Confidentiality considerations Describe the most interesting and important points from the change interview (approx. 400 words) You are not summarizing the interview but identifying the main themes raised by the interviewee. Appendix B with 3-4 verbatim quotes from the interview of no more than 1 page in total. Be selective in the quotes that you choose. They should represent the main themes from your interview. Appendix C Full transcript. ?… RMIT Classification: Trusted Step-by-step instruction Analyse and critically discuss findings from the interview data (approx. 1000 words) Apply concepts from two theories about individual change to the data and explain the interviewees experience of change at work with reference to the theories contrasting and/or conflicting predictions and assumptions Explain why you consider those theories relevant (or not) with reference to what they predict or expect to happen and how useful these concepts/theories might be for someone responsible for managing change in an organization. RMIT Classification: Trusted Step-by-step instruction Reflect on the interview data (approx. 100 words) Reflect on how this interview experience has contributed to your