Homework

Unit 5 GM504 | Organizational Excellence and Change



Assignment 1: Focus Paper

As you continue to think about your change initiative, you want to identify the impact on

not only people but also processes and even the products of the organization. It is

important for organizations to conduct business with a worldly mindset. In this

Assignment, you will focus on the impact of individual and group behavior on organization

change and effectiveness, as well as the role of organization design in facilitating change.

You will recommend a possible change initiative within your selected organization.

In this Assignment, you will be assessed on the following outcomes:

GM504-1: Analyze organizational factors associated with business high performance.

GM504-4: Evaluate the impact of change on people, processes, products and

organizations.

PC-3.3: Convey competence through demonstrating characteristics such as reliability,

accountability, and timeliness.

In this Assignment, you will write a 7–10 page paper that includes the following:

Think of a possible change initiative in your selected organization. This could be



the one you identified in Unit 3 and/or in Unit 4. Briefly describe the initiative.

Analyze the impact of this change initiative on the people, processes, and products



(or services) of the organization.

With a focus on the people portion, provide recommendations to position this



change initiative in a manner that results in high performance.

Conclude with a summary of how your recommended approach to the change



initiative will result in organizational excellence.

Criteria

● 7–10 page paper (plus title and reference pages)

● Use the Focus Paper Template to complete your Assignment. Save the document

using the naming convention: Username_Unit4_FocusPaper.doc

● The paper should have a minimum of three cited and referenced academically

credible sources from outside of the course materials– one of which must be a

peer reviewed (scholarly) journal article. Your sources should follow proper APA

format. (Review the APA formats found in the Kaplan Writing Center. To access

the Kaplan Writing Center, select this link.).

● Review the Rubric below to ensure all points have been captured in the paper.



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Unit 5 GM504 | Organizational Excellence and Change



Directions for submitting your Assignment

Submit the Assignment to the Unit 5 Assignment 1: Focus Paper Dropbox by the end of

Unit 5.

GM504 Unit 5 Assignment 1: Focus Paper

Content (50%)

Discuss a change initiative on the people, processes, and

products (or services) of the organization that will have a high

performance impact.



Possible

Points



Possible

Earned



60



Analysis (30%)

Analyze the impact of this change initiative on the people,

processes, and products (or services) of the organization. Make

recommendations that will result in organizational excellence

36

Writing (20%)

Composition

Grammar, spelling, and paragraph construction.



12



References

The paper should have a minimum of three cited and

referenced academically credible sources from outside of the

course materials– one of which must be a peer reviewed

(scholarly) journal article. Your sources should follow proper

APA format