Organisational Analysis Assignment 1 - Leadership Module

This assignment analyzes four papers related to organizational analysis, focusing on the integration of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in education and its impact on leadership and teaching methodologies. The student critically discusses the arguments presented in each paper, examining the authors' contexts, methods, and conclusions, and then matches these analyses to the rationales for organizational analysis discussed in lectures. The papers cover topics such as the transformation from teaching to learning, the role of language in learning, the use of digital technology in education, and the gap between teachers' intentions and ICT practices. The analysis incorporates the use of secondary data analysis, interviews, and various methodologies like data mining and system thinking to evaluate how ICT influences education and organizational structures. The student also discusses the objectivity or subjectivity of the approaches taken by the authors and the suitability of different rationales, such as social relativism and functionalist theory, to each paper's arguments.

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Given Paper 1
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In your lectures, four rationales for organisational analysis are described.
1 Critically discuss the argument presented by the author(s).
Authors have mainly talked about the usage of ICT materials in the field of
education. They are of the opinion that in the modern day scenario there has
been a transformation from the concept of teaching to that of learning
(Haugsbakk and Nordkvelle 2007). As a result of this the usage of ICT materials
has been brought into usage so that they can be brought under the curriculum of
several University boards and the other teaching institutions.
Answer hints:
 How do the author(s) try to describe their context? (e.g. how is the
narrative presented?)
The narrative has been presented in a crisp and understandable language so that
it can be read and understood by all the different readers. The main motif was to
ensure that they are being able to understand the different changes that are
taking place in the field of education. It is essential for all the students and the
teachers to develop a thorough understanding of the pros and the cons of using
computers in he filed of education. However it is essential for all the students to
develop an understanding of the right and also the balanced usage of the ICT
materials so that they can use it for the enriching of their own knowledge base
2 What is the method - how do the author(s) convince their readers? The method

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that has been followed is mainly the secondary data analysis method. This is
because the data have mainly been taken from the different sources like journals,
pdf files , and other such sources. A Bibliometric Analysis methodology has
been used in order to find out the empirical efforts regarding the development of
the different changes and the modifications in the concept of learning
Answer hints:
 What data is relied on?
The data has been relied upon by collecting it from different secondary
analytic sources. It has been taken from several other sources like
journals and other such articles that have mainly been researched upon
by many of the other authors previously. However it has been seen that
there is reliability in the article as it has been taken from the works that
have got good recognition previously.
 How is data collected?
Data collection has been done mainly by following the method of secondary
data analysis method.
 How is data analysed?
There has been no involvement of any specific number of respondents or no
such overview or survey methods have been followed. There has been the
secondary
 Are the conclusions open to be challenged?
The conclusion can be worked upon by other writers and other researchers in
future. This is because as there will be many other works done on this particular
aspect in future. The approach that has been used is objective in nature as they
are talking about their own views and opinions for the purpose of dealing with

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the emergence of ICT in field of education
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
Social relativism among the four paradigms is used as it helps in understanding
about the different forms of cultures and beliefs that are present among the
individuals. Objective approach has been used as the author is trying to draw
upon their own opinions regarding the topic that is been carried on.
Answer hints:
 What rational is best matched to the paper analysed?
This rationale is best suited as it helps in understanding the different views that
people have about the digitalization or use of ICT in education.
 Critically discuss your reasoning
ICT usage has surely been much helpful in diversifying the field of education
but at the same time it has also created some issues for some users.

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Given Paper 2
Questio
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In your lectures, four rationales for organisational analysis are described.
1 Critically discuss the argument presented by the author(s).
The given article is talking about the different language of learning or the way
that is the medium in which the education or the language is being presented.
However there is a large scale variation in the medium or the language that is
actually being used in the modern day scenario for the purpose of learning
(Biesta 2004).
Answer hints:
 How do the author(s) try to describe their context? (e.g. how is the
narrative presented?)
 Authors are of the opinion that often there is a common belief among the
learners that is the students and the guardians of the students that they
know their individual needs. They often suffer from this belief that they
are well aware about all the different kinds of needs and demands that
they have. However they feel that this is the normal model as per which
the students are the con summers and the teachers are the sellers or the
suppliers who will be selling those particular goods and services that
they are needed by the customers. However this can differ in some or the
other places as the customer may not often know about the different
kinds of services that they actually need.
2 What is the method - how do the author(s) convince their readers?

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The methods that the authors have used are the secondary data analysis method.
This has helped them to gather a large number of information from the different
other sources like journal articles. Subjective approach has been used so that the
author can actually follow a semi structured method and can make sure that they
are able to get some kinds of opinions from the interview sessions being carried
on by different people.
Answer hints:
 What data is relied on?
The data that is relied upon is mainly dealing with the topic of education and
learning. The data that is given in this article mainly talks about the
development of a new kind of language that will be used by the learners for the
purpose of understanding about the different kinds of needs and demands that
they have.
 How is data collected? Semi structure interview
This is semi structured in nature as the interview questions and the different
opinions or the answers that have been obtained from the respondents have not
been done in a huge detailed manner, However there has been some kinds of
information that is presented in a very crisp and also a very understandable
manner. However this will help the readers and also the future researchers to
know that they can derive some kinds of useful information and can easily carry
on with their research works in the future days
 Semi structure interview
 How is data analysed?
Data analysis has been done by following the secondary data analysis method as
there is no involvement of any kinds of interview or survey questions. However

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some of the onions are given in a manner that is not detailed and only sows
some kinds of information that has been given
 Are the conclusions open to be challenged?
The conclusions are open to be challenged in the future days as there will be
several challenges taking place in the field of education in general and in the
medium or the language of learning in the future. This is also because of the fact
that there are two different kinds students that is the normal and the others The
category of the “others” mainly include the ones that have some special features
and the act of questioning is thus dependent upon them and they do not know
about the special needs or services that they are about to get. The authors
assumptions have been done in a subjective manner. This is because the author
is taking the opinions from different other people and is presented in a small and
semi structured way
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
Functionalist Theory is the best rationale for this article. This is because they
talk about the different parts that play an important role in the society.
This is because the medium of language or teaching is a part within the entire
education system. As a result of this, the teachers have and parents have to
cooperate with each other for the best education of their children and for
understanding the actual needs that the children have.
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 What rational is best matched to the paper analysed?
The paradigm that is used is Functionalist Theory. This is in best match because
this is used for representing the different kinds of roles that are played by
different pats in the society. This is subjective approach as this is involving the
different opinions and the views of people or the respondents.
 Critically discuss your reasoning
Function theory is in best match because this is used for representing the
different kinds of roles that are played by different parts in the society.

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Given Paper 3
Questio
n
In your lectures, four rationales for organisational analysis are described.
1 Critically discuss the argument presented by the author(s).
The given article is mainly talking about the different ways in which the digital
technology has been brought into the field of study. However it must be made
sure that the teachers and the students both are well aware about the usage of the
models and the different ways in which they can use it (Howard et al. 2019).
Answer hints:
 How do the author(s) try to describe their context? (e.g. how is the
narrative presented?)
The narrative has been presented in a very easy and understandable manner so
that it can be learned properly by the different future researchers. The authors
are trying to describe those teachers or the other educational writers have to
make sure that they are being able to understand the need that the students or the
learners will be having. Therefore they will have to use or adopt the suitable
ways in which they can continue teaching using the modern methods.
2 What is the method - how do the author(s) convince their readers?
A combined method of data mining and systems thinking to research teaching
and learning is presented.
Answer hints:
 What data is relied on?
The data is relied on the different interviews and the opinions of people.

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 How is data collected?
The data has been collected by using the process of data mining and
systems thinking to research teaching and learning is presented. Data
mining and systems thinking to research teaching and learning is
presented. Primary sources have been used based on the quantitative data
analysis method. The author’s assumptions have been given in a
subjective manner as the opinions have been collected from a set of
respondents who have been able to give their opinions and their
observations regarding this matter.
 How is data analysed?
(1) factor generation, (2) creation of fuzzy sets and (3) mining of association
rules are the three different stages that have been used for the purpose of making
of the analysis of the data or the information that has been collected from the
sources. There are more than 1000 respondents so that there can be a large
number of data that has been collected. This has been helpful as the researchers
have been able to get a huge number of different kinds of responses from a large
number of people having different kinds of mindsets.
 Are the conclusions open to be challenged?
There are many complicated factors or sub categories that are present in the
digital usage of the materials in the field of learning. However it must be noted
in this aspect that they can easily be subjected to any kinds of modifications or
further changes for the overall welfare of the educational and the teaching
system. There can be the cases of several future data collections where the
researchers will be able to collect more data and also lead to the foundation of
many different kinds of factors or aspects to the model of teachers’ learning and

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also that of the student’s learning.
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
Neohumanism rationale is best suited among the four paradigms that can be
used for this article. The data mainly talks about the different ways in which the
newer and the ancient ideas are interconnected with each other.
Answer hints:
 What rational is best matched to the paper analysed?
Neohumanism rationale is being considered as the best suited paradigms as
it can be used for the purpose of blending the traditional and the modern
methods of education and learning.
 Critically discuss your reasoning
The Neohumanism model causes the blending of the newer and old models. The
method that is being used is subjective in nature as the authors are taking the
views of the different respondents that is the teaching professionals.