ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE

08-16-2021 ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE FEEDBACK

8/14/21

Hello Walter, 

While you have provided good content on culture in general, the project requires you to analyze the provided Company X scenario in the Project Instructions.  Please review my comments on the rubric dated 8/14/21.

I recommend you review the Project Instructions and the provided Cultural Assessment Data for Company X. Please be sure your analysis and discussion is specific to the Company X scenario. You will also need to utilize the Cultural Assessment Data to support your analysis. Here is a link for the "Tips for Success" that can help you on your path to mastery: Read this Before Starting... Tips for Success: MGT-20135

Please post in the public discussion area if you have questions your fellow classmates might answer. Please post in private discussions if you have specific questions about the project that I can answer directly. 

Keep up the focus toward mastery.

Darrell 

1) Describes the company’s culture in detail, and considers one or more of the aspects (shared assumptions, values, and beliefs, type of culture and subcultures, and areas of agreement or disagreement among employees) of organizational culture. NOT MASTERED!!!!!

8/14/21 The specific culture of Company X was not described based on shared assumptions, values, and beliefs, type of culture and subcultures. Please consider the following: What is organizational culture? What components comprise organizational culture? How does organizational culture influence the performance and productivity of Company X? What elements make up the culture at Company X? What subcultures exist within Company X? To what extent does the organization's culture influence relationships, collaboration, and engagement at Company X? Please review the learning resources to provide content that describes the company’s culture in detail, and consider one or more of the aspects (shared assumptions, values, and beliefs, type of culture and subcultures, and areas of agreement or disagreement among employees) of organizational culture. Please refer to the following Learning Resources: Section 1 - How to Define Culture Clearly - Organizational Culture and Leadership, 5th Edition; Section 3 - A Young and GrowingXS U.S. Engineering Organization - Organizational Culture and Leadership, 5th Edition; https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/organizational-culture-and/9781119212041/c01.xhtmlOrganizational Culture Types - OCAI Online. Project Resources: Project Overview - Company Scenario; Cultural Assessment Data

2) Explains the strengths and weaknesses of the organizational culture. NOT MASTERED!!!!!

8/14/21 The specific strengths and weaknesses of the Company X organizational culture were not provided. Please consider the following: At Company X, what are the strengths of the organizational culture? What are the weaknesses of the culture at Company X? How do these strengths and weaknesses impact organizational effectiveness in Company X? What strategies or mechanisms can be used to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses? How do the insights from the Cultural Assessment Data connect to identified strengths and weaknesses? Please provide at least two strengths and two weaknesses of the organizational culture at Company X. Please refer to the following Learning Resources: Chapter 9 - Organizational Culture and Climate - Sage Knowledge (The SAGE Handbook of Industrial Work, and Organizational Psychology; Chapter 8.2 - Measuring Organizational Culture - Principles of Management (FlatWorld e-book); Chapter 8.6 - Case in Point: Google Creates Unique Culture - Principles of Management (FlatWorld e-book). Project Resources: Project Overview - Company Scenario; Cultural Assessment Data

3) Identifies the aspects that support (or hinder) the company’s effectiveness and performance. NOT MASTERED!!!!!

8/14/21 At least two aspects that support or hinder the company's effectiveness and performance were not provided. Please consider the following: What cultural elements support the organization's effectiveness and performance? Conversely, what cultural aspects may be a hindrance to the organization's effectiveness and performance? After review of the Cultural Assessment data, what insights can be identified in terms of organizational effectiveness and performance from the employee's perspective? Please provide at least three aspects that support (or hinder) the effectiveness and performance of Company X. Organizational effectiveness is best measured through performance and productivity metrics and measurements. Use the Productivity Report in determining aspects that support and/or hinder organizational effectiveness. Using the Productivity Report or Research, please provide a description of how the metrics offer support of or create hindrance to effectiveness and efficiency. These identified aspects must be supported by the Cultural Assessment Productivity Data section to include specific metrics or performance outputs. Please refer to the following Learning Resources: Chapter 8.3 - Creating and Maintaining Organizational Culture - Principles of Management; Chapter 8.2 - Measuring Organizational Culture - Principles of Management; Chapter 8.6 - Case in Point: Google Creates Unique Culture. Project Resources: Project Overview - Company Scenario; Cultural Assessment Data

4) Describes in detail the best practices to effectively administer a cultural assessment while considering strategies the new HR manager can use to mitigate potential biases in the data. NOT MASTERED!!!!!

8/14/21 Best practices to administer a cultural assessment were not evident. Please consider the following: What best practices can be employed to effectively administer a cultural assessment? What strategies can be used by the new HR manager to create an effective evaluation process? How can bias influence data and information provided by employees to assess organizational culture? How can the identified best practices align with strategies used by the new HR manager to remove and address potential biases in the data? Please provide at least two best practices in administering a cultural assessment on a company. The description must also include at least 2 strategies that will help mitigate potential bias in the cultural assessment data. These 2 strategies must be adequately described and supported by learning resources. Please refer to the following Learning Resources: Rating Scales - SAGE; Organizational Culture Diagnosis and Feedback - SAGE Publishing. Project Resources: The SAGE Handbook of Industrial, Work, and Organizational Psychology, Chapter 9; Project Overview - Company Scenario; Cultural Assessment Data

5) Recommends effective strategies to improve culture within the organization, and includes one or more of the considerations (role of management and leadership, communication techniques, and impacts on effectiveness and performance) for improvement. NOT MASTERED!!!!!

8/14/21 The specific recommendations or strategies to improve culture within the organization, in the considerations of management and leadership, communication techniques, and impacts on effectiveness and performance for improvement were not evident. Please consider the following: What communication strategies can be used to improve culture and relationships with leaders, managers, and employees? What strategies are most effective to improving organizational culture? What role(s) does leadership, management, and employees have in supporting and guiding organizational effectiveness and performance? How can HR professionals support change and improve effectiveness and performance within an organization? Please provide at minimum 3 strategies to improve the organizational culture based off the consultant findings. The recommendation must include at least 1 of the following considerations for organizational improvement: role of management and leadership, communication techniques, alignment of values/views/shared assumptions/beliefs, and impacts on effectiveness and performance supported by employee survey data and feedback. Please refer to the following Learning Resources - Section 8.3 - Creating and Maintaining Organizational Culture - FlatWorld e-book Principles of Management; Part 3 Section 10 - Organizational Culture and Leadership, 5th Edition; Chapter 2 - Organizational Effectiveness - Organizational Change and Development; The Consequences of Culture: How Values Impact Organizational Effectiveness - Workforce; Creating Strategic Clarity: A Case Study of Southwest Airlines' Effectiveness - YouTube; Can We Survive? A Case of Culture Change and Learning - SAGE Publishing Business Cases; SNHU (CfA) - Culture Improvement Strategies. Project Resources: Project Overview - Company Scenario; Cultural Assessment Data

6) Clearly conveys meaning with correct grammar, sentence structure, and spelling; shows understanding of audience and purpose. NOT MASTERED!!!!!

8/14/21 Your submission included a lot of solid research and information. The flow and sentence structure were not as easy to understand in regards to the provided Company X scenario. Please refer to the Project instructions and scenario. Please refer to the Paper Dropoff Service/Written Tutor Feedback; SNHU Learning Community; SNHU Academic Support; Online Writing Center and CfA Writing Guide for reference.

7) Lists sources where needed using citation methods with no major errors. NOT MASTERED!!!!!

8/14/21 Good job to include proper in-text citations and a reference page. There was one source used (Company X Cultural Assessment Data document) which was relevant and should have been included. Please include the Company X Cultural Assessment Data document where used with in-text citation(s). The project requires research on various aspects of culture in order to achieve mastery. Please review the learning resources provided for each Not Yet section and include in=text citations and also on the References page. As more research and writing is required, this section will be reviewed again upon resubmission. Please refer to the CfA Citation Guide for reference.