Level 5 Guidance → 5CO01
5CO01 Level 5 assessment criterion study support for Organisational Performance and Culture in Practice. Browse each AC with prompt focus, application guidance and a Harvard-style evidence starting point.
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Address the organisation's purpose, strategy, structure, culture, values, leadership, people capability and external environment. Link the factors rather than listing them.
Show how culture can support or constrain performance through behaviour, decision-making, engagement, productivity and alignment with strategy.
Evaluate how people practices such as recruitment, development, reward, employee voice and performance management influence culture and results.
Explain what values do, how they guide behaviour and decisions, and how they can support consistency and culture.
Connect policies and practices to the desired behaviours and values, using a workplace example.
Explain why change occurs and discuss communication, consultation, leadership, capability, resistance and employee involvement.
Balance potential benefits with uncertainty, workload, morale, skills gaps, turnover and performance risks.