The Case for Change at Modern Appliances

Activity Context

This assessment measures your progress in mastering the following course competencies:

• • Examine evidence-based HRM best practices among organizations that demonstrate an employee-centered culture.

  • Analyze methods of supporting employee-centered culture through organizational design and workforce diversity.

    Activity Instruction

    Use the "Employee Engagement at Modern Appliances, Inc ." case study to complete the following:

  • Analyze the key internal characteristics in the systems and culture of Modern Appliances that demonstrated that a change to an employee-centered environment was necessary.

    • Analyze how James Bradshaw came to understand employee engagement as a way to ensure the ongoing business effectiveness of Modern Appliances.

o    What was no longer working in the old business model?

o    How did globalization put pressure on the old business model?

o    How would an engaged workforce address those issues?

• • • Analyze the internal changes implied by James Bradshaw's vision of Modern's future.

  • Analyze characteristics and attributes of employee-centered cultures.

    • How does the transition that Modern Appliances employed reflect best practices in employee engagement?

  • Analyze the organizational systems, culture, and structures that impede an employee-centered environment.

    • Identify employee resistance factors that might inhibit organizational change.

  • Assess the ways that the leadership of Modern Appliances moved the organization to an employee-engaged organization.

  • Support your analysis with references to the literature.

    Further Instructions:

  • The assignment should be 4–6 pages and must include at least two references.

  • References and citations should follow APA (6th ed.) guidelines.

  • Font and font size: Times Roman, 12 points.

  • Your writing should be free of errors that detract from the overall message.

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