The goal of your Final Paper is to describe how you would implement a major programof organizational change as if you were a senior leader of the company, using one of the following approaches:

Due Date: Sunday at 11:59 pm EST of Unit 7 Points: 100

Overview:

 The goal of your Final Paper is to describe how you would implement a major programof organizational change as if you were a senior leader of the company, using one of the following approaches:

• An organization-wide initiative to improve Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
• Where work allows, moving from traditional “in-office” environment to remote work or a hybrid model (partly in office, partly remote).
• Adopting CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) as a Key organization-wide initiative.
• Increased automation in processes and the increase in the use of Artificial Intelligent systems.
• Optimizing Digital communications (all forms of video, audio and text-based communications) to replace or enhance traditional interactions.
• Six Sigma
• Organizational-wide, continuous Learning
• Kaizen
• Systems Thinking

Additionally, the Final Paper’s purpose is to draw upon as much of the course material as possible, but specifically from Units 5 -7.

In this assignment, you will submit your Final Paper.

 

Instructions:

 

You will take the feedback left for you on your draft of your Final Paper from Unit 6 and apply it to your Final Paper. The requirements for your Final Paper are:

• Research the initiative you select and the business. What is at issue here is how to affect large scale organizational change. What is the company you selected doing in this regard?

 

• Answer/address these questions:
• What is meant by organizational change approach selection (i.e.: DEI, CSR Six Sigma, etc.)?
• What specific goals do you hope to achieve with this program? For example, improve Return on Investment, Market Share, reduction in errors, etc
• How will these goals be measured?
• How will the program be implemented?
• How will the company be structured to achieve these results?
• How will “buy-in” by the employees be gained?
• What is the role of leadership/management in the implementation of your selected organizational change approach selection?
• Discuss the implications for organizational culture
• It is important that you are as specific as possible and that you use terms and information gleaned from the text and from research! All research citations must be in APA formatting.
• Specific, real world examples are preferred where possible (discovered by research). For example, how did a company like Continental Airlines restructure themselves? How do these examples reflect concepts we are studying? If you must make assumptions to supplement the material you find, if insufficient real world examples exist, then please identify when you have done so.

Your draft will include all of the required elements of your Final Paper:

You are expected to review the feedback left for you and incorporate it into your final Paper that you will submit in Unit 7. The Final Draft will receive a grade of 0 if any of the preceding deliverables are not turned in as directed.

Requirements:

• APA formatted using double spaced, 12 point Times New Roman font.
• APA formatted title and reference pages.
• The page length should be at least 8 pages, excluding title, abstract, or reference pages.
• Use normal headings.
• Use of bullets acceptable, where appropriate, however, the entire work should not be bullets.
• Graphics are fine, but no more than three which do not take up more than ¼ of the page.
• A minimum of 3 separate citations is required.
• In addressing the questions posed, it is preferable that your paper “flow” as a coherent narrative, rather than organizing your paper around the questions; embed your responses to the questions in the paper.

 

Be sure to read the criteria by which your work will be evaluated before you write and again after you write.

 

Evaluation Rubric for Unit 7.1 Final Paper, Part 5

 

 

CRITERIA	Exemplary	Proficient	Needs Improvement	Deficient
	(15 points)	(12-14 points)	(9-11 points)	(0-8 points)
Definition of Your Organizational Change Approach Selection	Detailed and thorough description with definition.	Description and definition is present, but missing minor	Description and definition is present, but missing key	Description and definition is missing or poorly presented.
	(5 points)	(4 points)	(3 points)	(0-2 points)
Information about the Business Chosen	Company selected and more than 5 specifics identified.	Company selected and 5 specifics identified.	Company selected with 2-4, specific details provided.	Fewer than 2 specific details about the company.
Identification of Goals and Outcomes, with Specific Metrics	More than 3 goals identified, two of which were discovered by research. Detailed and contains specific examples.	3 goals identified, one of which is identified through research with some concrete examples.	2 goals specifically identified. Little to no identification of specific measurement criteria.	Less than 2 goals identified.
	(20 points)	(16-19 points)	(12-15 points)	(0-11 points)
Plan for Implementation	Provides several specific details about team building, communication, Etc. Uses concepts such as the Yago, Vroom, Yetton	A plan for implementation, is present, but missing minor details.	A plan for implementation is present, but missing key details.	A plan for implementation is missing or poorly presented.
	(15 points)	(12-14 points)	(9-11 points)	(0-8 points)
Discussion of Organizational Structure	Provides a thorough overview of two or more such concepts as mechanistic/ organic organizations, flat/ tall/matrix organizations, geographic/ customer differentiation, etc. A	Discussion of organizational structure is present, but missing minor details.	Discussion of organizational structures is present, but missing key details.	Discussion of organizational structures is missing or poorly presented.
	(10 points)	(8-9 points)	(6-7 points)	(0-5 points)

 

 

Getting Buy-in from Employees and Overcoming Resistance	Presents specifics on such things as organizational socialization, organizational learning, training, behavior management and motivational techniques, job analysis/design. Use of theories and concepts evident.	A plan for buy-in and overcoming resistance is present, but missing minor details.	A plan for buy-in and overcoming resistance is present, but missing key details.	A plan for buy-in and overcoming resistance is missing or poorly presented.
Role of Leadership	Provides specific functions of management, for example Mertzbergs Theory; discusses leadership theories such trait theory,	Specific roles of leadership are present, but missing minor details.	Specific roles of leadership are present, but missing key details.	Specific roles of leadership are missing or poorly presented.
Discussion of the Implications for Organizational Culture	Fully discusses such concepts as artifacts, symbols, rituals, power and control issues, communication gaps and biases. Culture defined.	Culture is defined, but missing minor details.	Culture is defined, but missing key details.	Definition of culture is missing or poorly presented.
Mechanics – Grammar, Spelling, Writing Flow and use of APA Style	Writing and format is clear, professional, APA compliant, and error free.	Few errors that do not impede professional presentation.	Significant errors that do not impede professional presentation.	Errors impede professional presentation; guidelines not followed.