Project (Walmart)
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ProjectInstructions.rtfProject Instructions
The group project is an organizational change report that will total no more than 15 pages (not counting title or reference pages; no abstract is required). The paper must follow current APA format guidelines and will contain 2 main parts. Part 1 must be 1250–1750 words, and Part 2 must be 1500–2000 words. A minimum of 10 peer-reviewed sources must be used within the paper.
Part 1 (a maximum of 1750 words) must be written as a case and must describe vs. analyze/recommend. Part 1 must be modeled after the cases read during the course, containing similar format and content. Part 1 must contain a case description of a large organizational change (new strategic direction).
The target organization is WALMART
Part 2 (a maximum of 2000 words) must be a thorough analysis, with suggestions for change and recommendations for management interventions. This part of the Project must include an analysis section and a recommendations section. In the analysis, apply concepts to the case. In your recommendations, provide strategic, practical, and insightful actions for management.
Consider the following questions in Part 2:
· Based on your learning related to this course, how would you diagnose what is really going on in the organization selected?
· How well do the organizational leaders/members understand what the issues really are?
· How ready is the organization to change in terms of awareness, motivation, flexibility, and skill?
· Given the context of the change (social, political, economic, customer need, etc.), how big a change is required to move the organization to a productive and effective mode of existence?
· Analyze the company’s particular approach to change. Why did the organization take one particular approach to change (e.g., downsize) rather than other possible ones (e.g., creating a learning organization)? How effectively was the particular change attempt carried out?
· How did resistance to change manifest itself? How effectively was the resistance addressed?
· What were the objectives of the change effort? How successful was the change effort given its objectives?
· How might the organization have used some of the materials and learnings from this course to increase the success of the change effort?
· What consulting strategy would you use in working with the organization?
· What recommendations would you make to the organization on how to be more effective in implementing and/or sustaining changes going forward?
