ASSIGNMENT : TASK FORCE COMMITTEE REPORT: ISSUE AND SOLUTIONS
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.