Organisational Analysis Assignment 1

Read and analyze four research papers on organisational analysis. Understand the arguments presented by the authors and critically analyze their methods and conclusions. Explore the relationship between national culture and organizational sustainability, the role of marketing in sustainable social enterprise, the impact of hypocrisy on sustainability reporting, and the prospects of utopian sustainable accounting.

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Given Paper 1: Tata and Prasad (2015) National cultural values, sustainability beliefs, and
organizational initiative
Question In your lectures, four rationales for organisational analysis are described.
1 Critically discuss the argument presented by the author(s).
The context of the study is related to the sustainable initiatives that are being taken by
various organization across different countries. The limitations that can affect these
sustainable practices and the lack of significant literatures that explore these
limitations are highlighted. The narrative is presented in a smooth flow with effective
problem identification. The context of culture affecting the functional factors of the
sustainability initiatives of the various organization. This is described in a systematic
way and essential clarity. The various factors that affect the practices of sustainability
of the organizations are examined. The approaches that are used are explained
significantly as well as the findings that emerge from the study.
2 What is the method - how do the author(s) convince their readers?
The study makes use of mostly qualitative data to analyse the subject matter. Relevant
literatures are examined to bring out significant implications of national culture and its
effect on organizational sustainability practices. The data is collected from the various
literatures on culture, sustainability and environment. The specific data that effectively
analyses the aspects are given preference. The analysis of the data is done through
examining the relevant literatures and developing conceptual model to identify the
effect of cultural values on organizational sustainability initiatives. The various
propositions of balancing organizational sustainability with national culture are
provided subsequently. The implications of the study presents the direct relationship
of national culture with organizational sustainability. The relationship is controlled
through the sustainability orientation of a company and the capacity of the
organization. The conclusions are open to be challenged to some extent as the
moderating factors presented for the relationship between culture and sustainability
are not sufficient. There can also be other moderating factors that can affect
sustainability functions. Moreover, the effect on the organizational sustainability of
culture where multicultural countries are concerned is not provided in the research.
3 Drawing on your answers from analysing Q (1) and (2), critically analyse and match
your analysis to the rational given in Lecture 1 for Organisational Analysis
The rational that can be used in this case is to discover and analyse objective truths. In
this case organizational sustainability and national culture needed to be understood
with regards to their relationship with each other. Hence, the focus was on finding the
objectivity of how a company’s sustainability functions are affected by the national
culture. The practical utility of cultural inclination towards developing sustainability
and the true effect of the same on organization have been essentially analysed though
the work. The objective truth value of the relationship between organizational culture
and its relationship with the national culture is found. The effect of national culture on
organizational sustainability is examined to reach better results.

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Given Paper 2: Powel and Osborne (2015) Can Marketing Contribute to Sustainable Social Enterprise
Question In your lectures, four rationales for organisational analysis are described.
1 Critically discuss the argument presented by the author(s).
The authors try to describe a case study in order to understand the role of marketing
functions as an essential route for sustainability of the organizations. The role of
marketing on the sustainability oriented functions of organizations is analysed through
the work. The authors take a systematic approach towards making the audience
understand about how marketing actually helps organizations to maintain
sustainability functions. The research is structured in a way to explain the ways in
which data was gathered. The research is done in the context of public service. Some
of the essential variables that are used are public service dominant logic and
relationship marketing. The writers essentially consider various significant aspects that
are connected with marketing and sustainability and analyse their significant effects
on each other. The flow is good and systematic and the case study has been
thoroughly examined through various organizational perspectives. The work is based
on social enterprise. Hence, social factors are given prominence.
2 What is the method - how do the author(s) convince their readers?
The authors rely on the case study approach to gathering data for the research.
Moreover, various semi-structured interviews were used to gather data. The data is
collected from the chief executives of various organizations. The collected data is
considered on the basis of the currently emerging business logics that are prevalent in
public management. In order to help in the analysis of the data three themes were
significantly identified. These themes were tension between the social and economic
aims, marketing knowledge extent within social enterprises and scale of marketing.
These themes were then significantly analysed to form effective findings of the study.
The conclusion of the study are presented in parts. Firstly, a lack of marketing theory
engagement was found considering the functionality of social enterprises. Secondly, it
was found that marketing has very much remained a separate function without much
research into how it can be used as a tool for sustainability. Thirdly, the conclusions
pointed that social enterprises engage in unconscious marketing. The lack of effective
marketing of social enterprises are negatively affecting their sustainability functions.
Fourth, it was found that service enterprises that were based in public-service
dominant logic can provide a genuine basis on which sustainability can be endured.
The conclusions were very significantly gathered and there are not much areas to
challenge the conclusions that have been gathered due to the essential strength of the
research activity.
3 Drawing on your answers from analysing Q (1) and (2), critically analyse and match
your analysis to the rational given in Lecture 1 for Organisational Analysis
The rational for discovering subjective interpretation that govern
organizations is applicable in this case. Because the cases that were analysed
were on the basis of the perspectives of the service enterprises.
Organizational activity and decision making were provided subjective focus.
The marketing oriented decisions of the service organizations were given
much preference. Moreover, it was found that the various types of
organizations actually use marketing in various ways to enhance their
sustainability functions. In essence, the marketing functions are much
subjective in the various types of organizational environments that are
present. The same was described. Thus, this was the rational that could be

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significantly applied in this case.

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Given Paper 3: Cho, C., Laine, M., Roberts, R. and Rodrigue, M. (2019). Organized hypocrisy,
organizational façades, and sustainability reporting.
Question In your lectures, four rationales for organisational analysis are described.
1 Critically discuss the argument presented by the author(s).
The topic of the study is the effect of hypocrisy and organizational facades in
organizational sustainability. The authors point out in a very matter of fact way, the
limitations that affect the talk and practice in the context of organizational
sustainability. The authors make use of various theories such as the signalling theory
and the legitimacy theory. The two principal theories that are utilized are analysed in
accordance with their competing outlooks. The narrative is presented in a comparative
analysis of the two theories in the context of the subject matter. Moreover, the
institutional and social pressures that make organizations in the contemporary
corporate world engage in hypocrisy are given prominence while putting forward the
analysis. Various subheadings are utilized in the study to focus on the main aspects
that are connected with the research of the topic. The real problems concerning the
gap between thinking and implementation are described. Organizational hypocrisy as
a strategy is explained. The findings are presented in a systematic and effective way.
The data interpretation is effectively done.
2 What is the method - how do the author(s) convince their readers?
The data of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is relied on in the study. The specific focus
of the study is on the data from 2004 to 2006 as this was the time when the ANWR bill
was passed. The data is collected from the annual reports, reports of sustainability,
shareholder resolutions and websites. The data collected focus on two large oil
companies in the US, the Cevron and the ConocoPhillips. The Atlas software was used
to systematically organize the papers that were gathered. The interpretation of the
end data was grouped into four categories. These were the corporate environment,
operational activity, human rights and indigenous people. The data was then
interpreted through the perspectives of organizational hypocrisy and facades. This was
done in order to make the gathered data more presentable. The authors focused on
emphasizing on the predominant findings. The conclusions are vividly and descriptively
presented through the research. It is found that the disclosures of organizational
sustainability does little to promote or improve social sustainability. Due to the
prevalent corporate systems organized hypocrisy was found to be very common
among the large organizations. Organizational facades were found to be effective
towards greater good of the society as they can contribute towards innovation. The
challenging factor in this case are the lack of alternatives and recommendations that
have been suggested to stop organized hypocrisy. The role of special government
agencies towards stoping this were not examined properly.
3 Drawing on your answers from analysing Q (1) and (2), critically analyse and match
your analysis to the rational given in Lecture 1 for Organisational Analysis
The rational that can definitely apply in case of the study is the development of tools
that are intellectual for the unmasking of organizational truths. This can be definitely
said as organized hypocrisy among the various organizations were evaluated and
analysed through the study. The study firstly wanted to find out the exact factors that
seem to affect the gap between what organizations tend to do and what they actually
plan to do. In this case the organizational members are either misled or the
organizational opportunities are taken wrong advantage of. The fact that hypocrisy is
present in the various corporate environments are significantly focused while

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analysing the effect of the same towards organizational progress.

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Given Paper 4: Atkins Thomson and Maroun (2015) Good News from nowhere imagining utopian
sustainable accounting
Question In your lectures, four rationales for organisational analysis are described.
1 Critically discuss the argument presented by the author(s).
Answer hints:
The topic of the study is the evaluation of the prospects of establishing a
utopian sustainable world. The focus is to use the same as a basis for ensuring
accountability in the society. The method of presentation is systematic and
descriptive. A notion is taken at first and the rest of the study is made through
essentially evaluating its prospects in the context of the presently available
situations. An auto-ethnographic, contextual dialogue, utopian metaphor and
stakeholder accountability methodology has been use with four-fold
dimensions. Cause effect relationships are explored through the work. Moving
forward the practical implications and the originality value of the study are
established. The authors also provide the extent to which the present grounds
for sustainability practices may be limited by the stakeholder demands that
organizations have to endure. A large part of the study is presented in the
form of a song based on relevant original data.
2 What is the method - how do the author(s) convince their readers?
The study relies on relevant data from strong evidence based previous researches. The
data is collected on the basis of its historic significance. The data is based on the
figures of climatic changes and the effect of organizations on the same. The data is
then analysed on the context of its greater significance in view of future situations that
may arise. The data is analysed with the help of four fold methods. Firstly, an
ethnographic approach has been used to gather the data of various geographical
areas. Secondly, the data has been utilized to construct a dialogue between lobbyists
and the accounting academics, the utopian metaphor of Morris is provided and the
stakeholder accountability is provided on the basis of a song. The conclusions are
presented through essential analysis of all the factors that were considered. The
conclusions point towards the usage of monetary paradigms to develop a framework
for monetary conversions of the sustainability costs. In the wake of international
imminent climatic disasters. The conclusions can be challenge on the basis of some
other recommendations towards enhancing sustainability.
3 Drawing on your answers from analysing Q (1) and (2), critically analyse and match
your analysis to the rational given in Lecture 1 for Organisational Analysis
The rational of open to alternative interpretations and multiple narratives of
organizational realities can be applicable to the case. This is because the study has
considered the environmental sustainability functions of organizations in light of the
alternatives that can be used. This is very much required as the present situations dod
not provide significant areas for future growth.

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