strayer bus520 assignment 1

.png”> ASSIGNMENT 1 .png”> TASK FORCE COMMITTEE REPORT: ISSUE AND SOLUTIONS Due Week 4 worth 150 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. 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. PREPARATION 1. Select an organization Select an organization in which current events have adversely affected productivity requiring management to resolve an issue related to: corporate culture managing diversity leading teamwork and developing motivational strategies. The organization should be one with which you are familiar — where you work now or have worked previously (business nonprofit government or military). You may also consider other organizations in the news such as Macy’s for the retail industry United for the airline industry Wells Fargo for the banking industry etc. The focus is on finding solutions but you should be somewhat familiar with the organization or industry. 2. Plan your research Use research from the course textbook company website business websites (CNBC Bloomberg etc.) resources from the Strayer Library or outside resources to develop solutions to the following questions as they relate to corporate culture managing diversity leading teamwork and developing motivational strategies to achieve the organization’s goals and objectives. Your recommendations must be fully articulated and supported with appropriate detail and sources. Note: Wikipedia and web-based blogs do not qualify as credible resources. INSTRUCTIONS Imagine yourself as the task force committee leader at this organization. You have been tasked with analyzing hindrances to organizational efficiency. You must propose strategic solutions. Create a full report in which you do 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 task force leader 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? Using your research on organizational behavior approaches to corporate culture diversity teamwork and motivational strategies identify areas of weakness. 4. Propose Solutions What organizational practices would you modify? What solutions should your task force recommend to management? As the leader of the task force identify the suggestions you would present to the organization’s leadership with regard to modifying current organizational practices to resolve the issue. 5. Prepare an Executive Summary Summarize your recommendations and research findings in a one-page executive summary that you will present to the CEO in an upcoming executive meeting. Note: An executive summary is a condensed version of your full report. It should summarize briefly all the main points in concise paragraphs. It should be written clearly and should use language appropriate for the audience. PROFESSIONAL AND APA FORMATTING REQUIREMENTS Your assignment must follow these general APA formatting requirements: .jpg”> Be typed (five to seven pages recommended excluding cover and reference pages) double-spaced using Times New Roman font (size 12) with one-inch margins on all sides .jpg”> Include a References List .jpg”> Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment the student’s name the professor’s name the course title and the date .jpg”> Include in-text citations following APA style using attributive tags and signal verbs .jpg”> Cite at least two credible sources .png”>POINTS: 150 .png”> Criteria .png”> 1. Describe the Organization and the Issue to Resolve Weight: 20% ASSIGNMENT 1: TASK FORCE COMMITTEE REPORT: ISSUE AND SOLUTIONS .png”> Unacceptable Fair Proficient Exemplary Below 70% F 70-79% C 80-89% B 90-100% A Does not Partially Sufficiently Fully describes describe the describes the describes the the organization organization or organization organization by providing a provide details and provides and provides relevant and about the some details details about robust but con- company. The about the the company. cise overview of issue and its company but The issue is the company impact on the additional identified and (e.g. when they company are details would the author were estab- not provided. improve the sufficiently lished what description. describes what service(s) or The issue and he/she knows products they its impact on about it and its provide and the company impact on the other relevant are not clearly company. information). articulated. Additionally the author fully describes the issue he/she has identified; what he/she knows about it and how it has impacted the company. 2. Analyze The culture is Partially Satisfactorily Completely Current not described describes the describes the describes the Corporate or the compa- company’s company company’s Culture ny is not culture. Lacks culture by culture by differentiated details and/or drawing on and detailing how Weight: 20% completely multiple sourc- synthesizing the company from others. es are not corporate positions itself Poses unsup- utilized to information from internal ported con- provide a about the and external nections or well-rounded company. perspectives. connections perspective. Makes logical Draws strong are not Makes loose and realistic logical connec- included. connections connections tions about how that were not that are the culture did supported by supported by or could have sources or that source material. supported/facil- were not fully itated the chal- articulated lenge. Makes direct connec- tions and sup- ports points with source material. 3. Identify Areas Does not Partially identi- Satisfactorily Completely of Weakness identify areas fies areas of identifies areas identifies areas of weakness weakness and of weakness of weakness or does not makes loose and provides and provides Weight: 20% provide sup- connections valid details strong details porting source between the supported by with logical material weaknesses source material. connections and supporting and supporting material. source material. 4. Propose Does not Partially Satisfactorily Completely Solutions describe modifi- describes describes modi- describes modi- cations to modifications fications to fications to Weight: 20% organizational to organization- organizational organizational practices or al practices practices. Pro- practices and does not identi- and solutions vides solutions provides solu- fy solutions that to resolve the that make some tions with would resolve issues. Lacks connections strong connec- the issue. No supporting with supporting tions and sup- source material details and source material porting source is provided. source material to indicate how material. Logi- the solutions cally details will resolve the how the solu- issue tions will resolve issue. 5. Prepare an Did not Prepares a Satisfactorily Prepares an Executive prepare a partial execu- prepares an exemplary Summary one-page tive summary. executive sum- executive sum- executive The issue and mary. The issue mary. The issue summary. problem are and problem are and problem Weight: 10% not clearly stated and most are clearly stated and the of the main stated. All of main points are points are the main points not summa- summarized. are summa- rized. Paragraphs rized. Paragraphs are could be more Paragraphs are not short or concise. short and con- concise. Lan- Language is cise providing guage could be appropriate for the right more appropri- the audience. amount of ate for the detail. audience. Language is ideal for the audience. 6. Write Writing does Writing is Writing could be Writing is excel- Professionally not meet mini- satisfactory. improved but lent. Tone is Using Quality mum standards. Professional meets accept- professional Resources Tone is not tone is devel- able standards. and sophisticat- professional. oping. Shows Tone is profes- ed. Shows Weight: 10% Communication moderate logic sional. Shows logic clarity is wholly lack- clarity and/or logic clarity and consistent ing in logic consistent and consistent formatting. clarity and/or formatting. formatting. May Contains no consistent May contain contain few or spelling formatting. more than a no spelling mechanical or Contains many few spelling mechanical grammatical spelling grammar and/or gram- errors. Is free of mechanical mechanical matical errors. formatting and formatting formatting or There may be citation errors. citation and/or citation errors. minor format- grammatical ting or citation Exceeds errors. Does not meet errors. number of the required required refer- References are number of Meets the ences; all refer- not provided. references; number of ences are some or all required refer- high-quality references are ences; all refer- choices of poor quality. ences are high-quality choices