BUS520Assignment 1

ASSIGNMENT 1: ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES AND SOLUTIONS

Due Week 4 and worth 190 points

Leaders address issues and propose solutions. As a leader, you’ll need to stay on top of events that may

facilitate or hinder productivity. You must create and implement solutions to address these issues.

In the Assignment Prep, you chose an organization, described its organizational issue, and identified how

it hinders organization efficiency. This assignment exposes you to complex modern organizational

challenges. The solutions you devise should reflect your learning and research of organizational and

individual influences in the workplace.

INSTRUCTIONS

The new CEO has selected your consulting firm to provide him/her an analysis of the organizational

efficiency.

Following SWS standards, write a 2 to 3 page, double-spaced paper in which you will present to the CEO

your findings during your research steps. You must propose strategic solutions 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 affected productivity and that you, the consultant,

will review and resolve.

2. Analyze Current Corporate Culture

○ How has the current corporate culture facilitated the development 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 the corporate website.

3. Identify Areas of Weakness

○ What are the organization’s areas of weakness as they relate to the issue? Use your research on organizational behavior approaches to corporate culture, diversity, teamwork, and motivational strategies to help identify the areas of weakness.

4. Propose Solutions

○ What organizational practices would you modify? What solutions would you recommend to management that would help solve the identified weaknesses? As a consultant you will identify the suggestions and solutions you would present to the organization’s leadership with regard to modifying current organizational practices to resolve the issue.

5. References and Citations

○ Provide at least 2 quality resources such as the the course textbook, a company website, business websites (CNBC, Bloomberg, etc.), resources from the Strayer Library, and/or outside sources. Note: Wikipedia and web-based blogs do not qualify as credible resources.

You can find in depth and quality company information using the Nexis Uni database through Strayer University Library: https://advance-lexis-com.libdatab.strayer.edu/api/page/nexisuni- business/?primaryipauth=true&context=1516831

○ In-text citations are required when paraphrasing or quoting another source.

6. Formatting and Writing Standards

○ Formatting and writing standards are part of your grade. Align your formatting to the Strayer Writing Standards.

*Grading for this assignment will be based on the following criteria and evaluation standards:

POINTS: 190 ASSIGNMENT 1: ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES AND SOLUTIONS

Criteria Exemplary

100% - A

Proficient

85% - B

Fair

75% - C

Unacceptable

0% - F

1. Describe the

Organization

and the Issue to

Resolve

Weight: 20%

Fully describes the

organization by providing a

relevant and robust but

concise overview of the

company (e.g. when they

were established, what

service(s) or products they

provide, and other relevant

information). Additionally, the

author fully describes the

issue he/she has identified;

what he/she knows about it,

and how it has impacted the

company.

Sufficiently describes

the organization and

provides details about

the company. The

issue is identified and

the author sufficiently

describes what he/she

knows about it and its

impact on the

company.

Partially describes

the organization

and provides some

details about the

company, but

additional details

would improve the

description. The

issue and its

impact on the

company are not

clearly articulated.

Does not describe the

organization or provide

details about the

company. The issue and

its impact on the

company are not

provided.

2. Analyze

Current

Corporate

Culture

Weight: 20%

Completely describes the

company’s culture by detailing

how the company positions

itself from internal and

external perspectives. Draws

strong, logical connections

about how the culture did or

could have

supported/facilitated the

challenge. Makes direct

connections and supports

points with source material.

Satisfactorily describes

the company culture by

drawing on and

synthesizing corporate

information about the

company. Makes

logical and realistic

connections that are

supported by source

material.

Partially describes

the company’s

culture. Lacks

details and/or

multiple sources

are not utilized to

provide a well-

rounded

perspective.

Makes loose

connections that

were not

supported by

sources or that

were not fully

articulated.

The culture is not

described or the

company is not

differentiated completely

from others. Poses

unsupported connections

or connections are not

included.

POINTS: 190 ASSIGNMENT 1: ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES AND SOLUTIONS

Criteria Exemplary

100% - A

Proficient

85% - B

Fair

75% - C

Unacceptable

0% - F

3. Identify Areas

of Weakness

Weight 20%

Completely identifies areas of

weakness and provides

strong details with logical

connections and supporting

source material.

Satisfactorily identifies

areas of weakness and

provides valid details

supported by source

material.

Partially identifies

areas of weakness

and makes loose

connections

between the

weaknesses and

supporting

material.

Does not identify areas of

weakness or does not

provide supporting

source material.

4. Propose

Solutions

Weight 25%

Completely describes

modifications to organizational

practices and provides

solutions with strong

connections and supporting

source material. Logically

details how the solutions will

resolve issue.

Satisfactorily describes

modifications to

organizational

practices. Provides

solutions that make

some connections with

supporting source

material to indicate how

the solutions will

resolve the issue.

Partially describes

modifications to

the organizational

practices and

solutions to

resolve the issues.

Lacks supporting

detail and source

material.

Does not describe

modifications to

organizational practices,

or does not identify

solutions that would

resolve the issue. No

source material is

provided.

5. Reference

minimums;

Reference

quality

Weight 5%

Meets or exceeds required

number of references; all

references high-quality

choices.

Meets required number

of references; some

references may be

poor-quality choices.

Does not meet the

required number of

references; some

references may be

poor-quality

choices

No references provided

or all references poor-

quality choices.

6. Follows

writing

standards;

Meets page

minimums

Weight 10%

Followed all writing standards.

Met page minimums.

Followed most writing

standards. Met page

minimums.

Followed few

writing standards.

May not have met

page minimums.

Followed few to no

writing standards. Did not

meet page minimums.