Leading Through Digital Change Formative and Summative Assessment Brief | BPP

Leading Through Digital Change Assessment Brief

This module will be assessed in two ways: formative and summative assessment. The formative will enable the students to access feedback to progress their summative. The summative assessment is made up of individual coursework submissions of report which is composed of 3 sections which are all linked to the module learning outcomes (LOs).

You need to produce a “Report” and a “Poster'' which evaluate and recommend changes that the organisation must implement by means to maintain a competitive edge and respond to a rapidly changing digital landscape.

Formative Assessment Brief

• The formative will require students to complete a draft of part of their summative work. This will be in the form of a series of questions relating to their summative.
• Students are required to answer these questions in no more than 1,000 words and upload onto Turnitin before the formative deadline. There is task 1 (600 words) and task 2 (400 words).
• Students will be given formative feedback on their draft to support successful completion of their final coursework submission.

Formative assignment task

Task 1

From the following two case studies of healthcare organisations within the UK, chose only one of them for your assignment discussion:
Case studies of two UK Healthcare Companies Leading Digital Transformation

1. An NHS trust transitioning to Electronic Health Records (EHR), the Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in London has identified that it is likely to miss the extended March 2026 deadline for EHR deployment under the £2 billion Frontline Digitisation programme.
   A major pharmacy chain in London that is actively pursuing automated pharmacy solutions is Dr. Max. While Dr. Max is originally based in Central and Eastern Europe, it has been expanding its footprint and is now considered one of the largest pharmacy chains in Europe, with operations extending into the UK.

Task 1

Critically review and propose an appropriate digital transformation strategic framework that your chosen organisation should employ in order to respond to current digital change.

Task 2

Analyse and propose one appropriate digital leadership style that your chosen organisation should develop to effectively manage and support this digital transformation throughout the organisation. (Note this refers to the digital transformation in task 1).

Suggested Structure for the Formative Assignment

Task 1: Digital transformation strategic framework proposal Introduction:

• Briefly introduce the healthcare organisation in your chosen case study and explain the context of your management report.
• Outline current issues in your selected healthcare organisation.
  Main Body
• Evaluation of Current Digital Status Analysis of the organisation’s existing digital capabilities, challenges and gaps using relevant frameworks (e.g., SWOT, PESTLE, or value chain analysis). Evidence of critical thinking.
• Discuss digital transformation frameworks and recommend one e.g. (McKinsey & co, BCG, Cognizant’s pillars, BCG etc) that clearly justifies digital strategies and technologies to be adopted (e.g. AI, cloud, automation). This must demonstrate innovation, alignment with organisational needs, and industry trends.
• Discuss the implementation of your Action plan with timelines, responsibilities and resources required. Should address risks and mitigation strategies.
• Conduct an impact Assessment of anticipated benefits of the transformation (e.g., improved performance, customer experience or market agility). Measured through KPIs or other performance indicators.

NOTE: This list is not exhaustive, and you should choose the most appropriate frameworks/concepts for your work – DO NOT attempt to apply all theories.

Task 2 – Digital leadership style Recommendation

• Identification & Justification of digital Leadership Style; Clear identification of strong rationale for selection based on organisational needs, digital maturity, digital cultural context, resistance to digital transformation. Students should consider leadership styles such as hyperaware agile leaders, ethical-tech leaders, people-oriented leadership, agile leadership, and the 6 Goleman leadership styles.
• Critical Analysis of the leadership style’s Impact on Digital Transformation; In-depth evaluation of how each leadership style supports change management, innovation, agility, employee engagement, and ethical technology adoption
• Integration of Theories & Frameworks: Effective application of taught leadership theories (i.e., agile leadership and its attributes) and integration into arguments. Demonstrate academic depth.

Summative Assessment Brief

Suggested guidance to write and complete the 1500-words summative assignment

Task 1 (Learning Outcome 1)

• Critically review and propose an appropriate digital transformation strategical framework that your organisation should employ to respond to current digital change.

Reference Module Topic 1, 2 & 3: Introduction to Digital Change; Digital Transformation Strategy; Leadership in the Digital Age

Additional supporting information:

To help you complete this task you can follow this structure:

1. Present the company (health organsation) you choose. You could explain what it does and in which market it operates.
2. Explain the threats/challenges this company is facing due to digital change.
3. Use “One” Digital Transformation Framework (McKinsey 4Ds, BCG 3 Stages, Gartner's 6 Steps or Cognizant’s 4 Pillars).
4. Advice your organisation can use the framework to overcome digital challenges.

Recommended: 700-850 words

Task 2 (Learning Outcome 2)

• Design a poster which evaluates and illustrates two (2) disruptive technologies and techniques that will impact your organisation, industry, employment, and the labour market in the next 5 years.

Reference Module Topic 5 & 6: Digital Strategy and Innovation; Artificial Intelligence in Contemporary Business

Additional supporting information:

To help you complete this task you can follow this structure:

1. Some key disruptive technologies that you may wish to consider are Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, 5G Connectivity, IoT, Robotics, Drones Delivery, Blockchain Augmented and Virtual Reality.
2. To support your arguments, please use academic literature and real-life examples for higher marks.
3. Use the below link to access a step-by-step video which explains how to design a poster using Microsoft Word.
4. You can also use Canva to access free poster templates: Poster templates
   

Required: (A4 Size digital Poster)

Task 3 (Learning Outcome 3)

Analyse and propose two (2) appropriate digital leadership styles that your organisation should develop to effectively manage and support digital transformation throughout the organisation.

Reference Module Topic 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7: Throughout the module, you have been introduced to concepts such as hyperaware agile leaders, ethical-tech leaders, people-oriented leadership, agile leadership, and the 6 Goleman leadership styles. Therefore, these might provide part of your potential proposal. However, any other relevant response is still valid.

Additional supporting information:

To help you complete this task you can follow this structure:

1. Analyse and propose 2 digital leadership styles your organisation need to develop to support its digital transformation.
2. Arguments must be supported by academic literature.

Recommended: 500 words

Referencing

This comprises an alphabetically written comprehensive list of all the articles/sources that the students have cited in their work in the Harvard referencing format.

Assignment Structure with the expected word count

Your report structure should include the following sections:

• Cover page (BPP SoHN Cover Sheet)
• Table of Contents
• List of Abbreviations (if appropriate)
• Task 1- (750)
• Task 2 - (poster)
• Task 3- (750)
• References
• Appendices (if required)

Academic Skills, Structure and References

• Work demonstrates intellectual originality, integrity, coherence, creativity and imagination.
• Professional academic standards are followed consistently.
• Structure is in line with the given instructions.
• Tasks 1, 2 and 3 must be written, using an academic style.
• Give a professional appearance with consistent formatting.
• Spellings and grammar are correct.
• Each page has page number and BP SRN in the Footer.
• Any tables or figures are correctly labelled.
• Tables and figures do not cross boundaries, unless necessary
• Properly cite your sources in the text and in the list of references
• Use Harvard style for referencing and in text citations - see referencing guides BPP Nursing Guide: Home
  

Word count – only applies to the main body (shown in bold); i.e., cover page, table of contents, list of abbreviations, references, and appendix are not part of the 1500-word count.

If you have any further questions about this assessment, please contact the module leader or your tutor.

Assessment regulations

• You may receive verbal and written feedback on Formative work, which is intended to aid your learning experience.
• For all assessed academic work, feedback will be available four weeks after the submission date. This feedback and any grade awarded are provisional until the Board of Examiners have ratified your awarded grade.
• Remember to use your feedback in conjunction with the assignment; the aim is to improve your performance, use feedback constructively to plan future work and performance. Where you are unclear with regards to the feedback, you should seek further clarification from the module team and or your personal tutor.
• There is a fee (£75) for every resubmission following failure at a previous attempt
• In some instances, the Programme Leader or nominee may grant an extension of a deadline date for coursework. You must have undertaken the following for this procedure to be considered:
• The application MUST be received by 12:00 noon on the day before the deadline
• The claim for the extension MUST be on the prescribed form.
• MUST be accompanied by authoritative and objective evidence of the mitigating circumstances relied on.
• You must NOT mention or use specifically the name of any individual or organisation without permission in your assignment.
• More information regarding the extension of course work can be found in the university Policies and Procedures (UPPs) & General Academic Regulations (GARs)

Required

• Ensure you insert at the foot of each page, SRN and Slide number