Competencies

• Examine the role of organization development in anticipating and effecting change in organizations.
• Evaluate organizational culture and its impact on behavior within organizations.
• Analyze organizational development as a diagnostic and intervention process and how it is utilized to increase organizational efficiency.
• Assess the organization development process and its role in developing high-performing teams, individual excellence, and organizational success.
• Examine the role of employee empowerment and interpersonal interventions in organizational development.
• Evaluate system level interventions, high-performing systems, and system approaches.

Scenario Information

An American Internet Technology company has merged with a Canadian Social Media company. Because of this merger, performance is not as optimal as the executives would have hoped; morale is low, and stress is up. The new company has decided to hire you as an Organizational Development consultant. They have tasked you with finding out the issues and what they should do next to get back on track.

Instructions

You will take on the role of an Organizational Development consultant. As such, you need to determine the root cause of issues related to the merger, and recommend an appropriate change process to have a unified organizational culture. Also, consider resistance and how that resistance can be overcome. The company is also seeking your input for recommendations to empower employees. Because of the merger, you need to also provide an analysis of workplace stress as it relates to productivity. The company has asked you to create a slide presentation of your report, including a voice recording. Remember your audience when giving your presentation. You can use any Webware/software of your choosing for the voice recording, and include the following slides:

• Title slide
• Highlighting the main issues related to the merger
• Providing best practices for merging company cultures into one, new culture for the organization
• Describing the appropriate change process
• Explaining resistance and how to overcome it
• Providing examples of employee empowerment
• Describing workplace stress and providing examples of behavior because of stress
• Providing best practices for managers to manage workplace stress
• Conclusion slide that includes the main points of developing a high-performing team and system approaches to being high-performing
• Any additional, relevant information
• References