Assignment 1

Assignment 1: Organizational Reflection/Levels of Culture

Now that you have reflected upon the levels of culture in your own community, reflect and apply the levels of culture in an organization. For this organizational reflection assignment, and based on your analysis of the selected readings and of your professional experience, choose one of the following organizations that claim to align with our mission here at Walden to promote positive social change. See additional resources about each organization in our Learning Resources folder.

· Toms Shoes

· Apple

· Red Cross

· Google

· Chick-Fil-A

To prepare for this Assignment, pay particular attention to the following Learning Resources:

Schein, E. H. (2009). The corporate culture survival guide. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

· Chapter 2, Figure 2.1

Schein, E. (2014a). Culture fundamentals from Edgar Schein. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Fw5H7GWzog

Company Websites

TOMS. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.toms.com/

Baker, M. (2016). How Tim Cook brought corporate social responsibility to Apple. Retrieved from http://mallenbaker.net/article/clear-reflection/how-tim-cook-brought-corporate-social-responsibility-to-apple

American Red Cross. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.redcross.org

Dudovskiy, J. (2017). Google corporate social responsibility (CSR). Retrieved from http://research-methodology.net/google-corporate-social-responsibility-csr/

Meyer, P. (2017). Google stakeholders & corporate social responsibility (CSR). Retrieved from http://panmore.com/google-stakeholders-corporate-social-responsibility-csr-analysis

Chick-Fil-A. (2016). Giving philosophy. Retrieved from https://www.chick-fil-a.com/About/Giving-Back

To complete the Organizational Reflection/Levels of Culture Assignment

Compose a cohesive document that addresses the following:

· An overview of the organization that includes the organization’s name, vision, and mission.

· How does the company promote positive social change, which is our mission at Walden University?

· Have any of the company behaviors in the past year shown a misalignment with the company’s stated mission? If so, how?

· Apply the three levels of culture (artifacts, espoused values, and underlying assumptions as defined in Chapter 2 of the Schein text) to the organization.

· Examine how the knowledge of levels of culture can impact leader effectiveness within an organization.

· Summarize the two or three most important "takeaways" from the weekly Discussion that you think will help you be a more effective leader within an organization.

· 2-3 pages

· No plagiarism

· APA citing