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/nexisunibusiness/?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 wellrounded 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 poorquality 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.
ASSIGNMENT1: 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
https://advance-lexis-com.libdatab.strayer.edu/api/page/nexisuni-business/?primaryipauth=true&context=1516831
https://advance-lexis-com.libdatab.strayer.edu/api/page/nexisuni-business/?primaryipauth=true&context=1516831
https://advance-lexis-com.libdatab.strayer.edu/api/page/nexisuni-business/?primaryipauth=true&context=1516831
○ 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.