Assignment: Discussion-Program Implementation
Throughout the course you have examined external, internal, and cultural factors that influence the effectiveness of organizations that work in multicultural contexts. For this assignment, you will apply what you have learned to an existing case.
Use the Argosy University online library resources and the Internet for research. Select a case that involves a merger, acquisition, or a management change effort in a company that involves at least two or three cultures. You need to select a company that experienced a failure in implementation. Analyze how global and cultural factors affected the implementation of change management or integration of the management teams from the two companies across the cultures. In your analysis, focus more on the cultural factors and global issues that impact the case than the business processes. While the business aspects are important, what you need to explore is how they play out differently in the global context.
Respond to the following:
- Briefly describe the case you have selected and include the link to the article(s).
- Which factors led to a failure in program implementation in the organization you selected as a case study? What was missing? What was the root of the problem? What caused the conflict?
- What recommendations do you have for how these issues might have been avoided? What do you think should be done at this stage?
- Examine the company in the case study and determine the factors (global, political, technological, cultural, etc.) that are most relevant to a change effort in that organization. Be sure to consider both domestic and international diversity issues. To what extent do these factors apply to your own work environment?