BUS 520 Assignment 1 Week 3 ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES AND SOLUTIONS

ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUESAND SOLUTIONS

Leaders address issues and propose solutions. As a leader, you’ll need tostay on top of events that may facilitate or hinder productivity. You mustcreate and implement solutions to address these issues.This assignment exposes you to complex modern organizationalchallenges. The solutions you devise should reflect your learning andresearch of organizational and individual influences in the workplace.

INSTRUCTIONS

The new CEO has selected your consulting firm to give him/her an analysisof the organizational efficiency.

Write a double-spaced 2 to 3 page paper in which you will present to theCEO your findings during your research steps. You must propose strategicsolutions in your paper to include the following:

1) Describe the Organization and the Issue to Resolve• Provide a brief description of the organization you selected.• Present the organizational issue that adversely affectedproductivity and that you, the consultant, will review andresolve.

2) Analyze Current Corporate Culture• How has the current corporate culture facilitated thedevelopment of the current issue? Research the organization,dig into the culture, and analyze how it contributed to this issue.Hint: Review the mission and vision statements as well as thecorporate website.

3) Identify Areas of Weakness• What are the organization’s areas of weakness? Use yourresearch on organizational behavior approaches to corporateculture, diversity, teamwork, and motivational strategies.

4) Propose Solutions• What organizational practices would you modify? Whatsolutions would you recommend to management? As theconsultant you will identify the suggestions and solutions youwould present to the organization’s leadership with regard tomodifying current organizational practices to resolve the issue.

5) References and Citations• Provide at least 2 quality resources such as the coursetextbook, company website, business websites (CNBC,Bloomberg, etc.), resources from the Strayer Library, and/oroutside sources. Note: Wikipedia and web-based blogs do notqualify as credible resources.• In-text • In-text citations are required when paraphrasing or quotinganother source.

6) Formatting and Writing Standards• Formatting and writing standards are part of your grade. Alignyour formatting to the Strayer Writing Standards.

Grading for this assignment will be based on the following criteria and evaluation standards:POINTS: 240 ASSIGNMENT

1: ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES AND SOLUTIONSCriteria Exemplary100% – AProficient85% – BFair75% – CUnacceptable0% – F1. Describe theOrganization andthe Issue toResolveWeight: 20%Fully describes theorganization by providing arelevant and robust butconcise overview of thecompany (e.g. when theywere established, whatservice(s) or products theyprovide, and other relevantinformation). Additionally,the author fully describes theissue he/she has identified;what he/she knows about itand how it has impacted thecompany.Sufficiently describes theorganization and providesdetails about the company.The issue is identified andthe author sufficientlydescribes what he/sheknows about it and itsimpact on the company.Partially describes theorganization and providessome details about thecompany, but additionaldetails would improve thedescription. The issue andits impact on the companyare not clearly articulated.Does not describe theorganization or providedetails about the company.The issue and its impact onthe company are notprovided.

2. AnalyzeCurrent CorporateCultureWeight: 20%Completely describes thecompany’s culture bydetailing how the companyposition sits elf from internaland external perspectives.Draws strong, logicalconnections about how theculture did or could havesupported/facilitated thechallenge. Makes directconnections and supportspoints with source material.Satisfactorily describesthe company culture bydrawing on andsynthesizing corporateinformation about thecompany. Makes logicaland realistic connectionsthat are supported bysource material.Partially describes thecompany’s culture. Lacksdetails and/or multiplesources are not utilized toprovide a well-roundedperspective. Makes looseconnections that were notsupported by sources orthat were not fullyarticulated.The culture is notdescribed or the companyis not differentiatedcompletely from others.Poses unsupportedconnections orconnections are notincluded.

3. Identify Areasof WeaknessWeight 20%Completely identifies areasof weakness and providesstrong details with logicalconnections and supportingsource material.Satisfactorily identifiesareas of weakness andprovides valid detailssupported by sourcematerial.Partially identifies areas ofweakness and makes looseconnections between theweaknesses and supportingmaterial.Does not identify areas ofweakness or does notprovide supporting sourcematerial.4. ProposeSolutionsWeight 25%Completely describesmodifications toorganizational practices andprovides solutions withstrong connections andsupporting source material.Logically details how thesolutions will resolve issue.Satisfactorily describesmodifications toorganizational practices.Provides solutions thatmake some connectionswith supporting sourcematerial to indicate howthe solutions will resolvethe issue.Partially describesmodifications toorganizational practices andsolutions to resolve theissues. Lacks supportingdetails and source material.Does not describemodifications toorganizational practices,or does not identifysolutions that wouldresolve the issue. Nosource material isprovided.

5. Referenceminimums;Reference qualityWeight 5%Meets or exceeds number ofrequired references; allreferences high qualitychoices.Meets number ofrequired references;some references maybepoor quality choices.Does not meet the requirednumber of references; somereferences may be poorquality choices.No references provided orall references poor qualitychoices.

6. Follows writingstandards;Meets pageminimumsWeight 10%Followed all writingstandards.Met page minimums.Followed most writingstandards.Met page minimums.Followed few writingstandards.May not have met pageminimums.Followed few to no writingstandards.Did not meet pageminimums.