Assignment Prompt & Instructions
Organizational Development and Change
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– ## HRMD650InstructionsandRubric.docx
**## HRMD650InstructionsandRubric.docx**
Purpose
The purpose of this project is to examine organizational development and identify change formulas/theories and roles. Using a case study, you will be asked to demonstrate how specific roles and change formulas/theories affect organizational effectiveness.
Task
**Step 1:** Carefully read the case study
[_Danny Meyer Leads His Company Through the Challenges of Eliminating Tips_](https://openstax.org/books/organizational-behavior/pages/16-critical-thinking-case).
**Note** – this case is
**one page** in length.
**Step 2:** Compose a 4- to 5-page paper (excluding the title page and reference list page) that includes all of the following points:
· Research the concepts of change theories, planned change, and organizational change roles, as well as how they individually and collectively relate to the ability for leaders to create effective change that ultimately leads to successful organizational change process.
· Apply your research on the concepts identified to the case study.
· Develop a forward strategy for leadership and management that focuses on communication and trust that will help the organization implement these new strategies.
· Explain the reasoning/conclusions behind your plan elements and support them with your research, class materials, and case study facts.
· Analyze how the plan/strategies you develop for management will maximize the success of the change initiative.
Submission
· Carefully read the
**Case Study Written Assignment Rubric** for the assignment.
· Check the instructions to ensure all elements of the assignment are covered.
· Review the
[How to Solve a Case Study](https://leocontent.umgc.edu/content/dam/course-content/tgs/hrmd/hrmd-650/document/How_to_Solve_a_Case_Study.doc?ou=1377691) document for guidance on completing a case study written assignment.
· Students are expected to use a variety as well as multiple course readings and research to support ideas, reasoning, and conclusions.
· This assignment requires the use of, at minimum, four scholarly references/sources that were published within the last five years.
· Follow proper style and format guidelines to ensure that your final submission includes a title page, in-text citations, and a reference page (see
[writing resources](https://leocontent.umgc.edu/content/umuc/tgs/hrmd/hrmd650/2262/course-overview/course-resources.html?ou=1377691)).
· Paraphrase from relevant sources to show a greater understanding of the topics. Limit quotes, though when used, explain their significance. Provide the page or paragraph number as appropriate for APA format. Note that a reference within a reference list cannot exist without an associated in-text citation and vice versa.
· This paper should begin with an introductory paragraph that clearly and succinctly explains what you intend to cover in the body of the paper.
· This paper should end with a conclusion/summary paragraph that clearly and succinctly explains what you covered in the body of the paper.
· Third-person writing is required. Third person means that there are no words such as “I,” “me,” “my,” “we,” or “us” (first-person writing), nor is there use of “you” or “your” (second-person writing). If uncertain how to write in the third person, view the resource
[First, Second, and Third Person](https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/first-second-and-third-person).
· Contractions are not used in business writing, so the expectation is that students do NOT use contractions in the assignment.
· The paper must be double-spaced with 1-inch margins and 12-point font.
· Submit the final project into the appropriate assignment submission folder by the due date.
· NOTE: All submitted work is to be your original work.
This assignment is worth 15% of your final grade and addresses Course Objectives 1 through 6. It gives you an opportunity to apply organizational-level diagnostic processes and organizational development principles to a real-life situation. You will also have the opportunity to assess the appropriateness of the steps taken and propose alternative interventions based on the presenting problems and underlying issues uncovered in the diagnosis. You must complete this assignment individually, without contacting other students, and you may not use a paper or any part of a paper from a previous class or from another person. If you have questions about this assignment, please post them in the Ask the Professor discussion forum so that everyone can benefit from the answers.
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| **Criteria** | **Excellent** | **Proficient** | **Sufficient** | **Did Not Achieve Level** | **Criterion Score** |
| Introduction, Analysis, and Evaluation | 45 points<br>Student demonstrated complete and thorough outline of the facts surrounding the case, identified all key issues, appropriately identified alternative courses of action, and clearly outlined the reasons for the recommendation.<br>45 –40 points | 39 points<br>Student satisfactorily outlined the facts surrounding the case, identified most key issues, appropriately identified alternative courses of action, and satisfactorily outlined the reasons for the recommendation.<br>39 – 34 points | 33 points<br>Student demonstrated less than satisfactory outline of the facts surrounding the case, identified some key issues, identified some alternative courses of action, and/or less than satisfactorily outlined the reasons for the recommendation.<br>33 – 27 points | 26 points<br>Student unsatisfactorily outlined the facts surrounding the case, key issues, alternative courses of action, and the reasons for the recommendation.<br>26 – 0 points | Score of Introduction, Analysis, and Evaluation,<br>/ 45 |
| Quality of Content | 35 points<br>Student demonstrated exceptional knowledge of relevant concepts and theories; all statements and opinions were supported by appropriate citations from relevant literature.<br>35 – 31 points | 30 points<br>Student demonstrated satisfactory knowledge of relevant concepts and theories; most statements and opinions were supported by appropriate citations from relevant literature.<br>30 – 28 points | 27 points<br>Student demonstrated less than satisfactory knowledge of relevant concepts and theories; some statements and opinions were not supported by appropriate citations from the literature.<br>27 – 23 points | 22 points<br>Student demonstrated unsatisfactory knowledge of relevant concepts and theories; many statements and opinions were not supported by appropriate citations from the literature.<br>22 – 0 points | Score of Quality of Content,<br>/ 35 |
| Quality of Research | 35 points<br>Student did an exceptional job of integrating course readings with additional research. Student cited more than the required number of references.<br>Sources listed were all scholarly or practitioner journals from the last five years.<br>35 – 31 points | 30 points<br>Student did a satisfactory job of integrating course readings with additional research. Student cited the required number of references. Sources listed were primarily scholarly or practitioner journals from the last five years.<br>30 – 28 points | 27 points<br>Student did a less than satisfactory job of integrating course readings with additional research. Student may not have cited the required number of references. Some sources listed may not have been scholarly or practitioner journals from the last five years.<br>27 – 23 points | 22 points<br>Student did an inadequate job of integrating course readings with additional research. Student did not cite the required number of references.<br>Many of the sources listed were not scholarly or practitioner journals from the last five years.<br>22 – 0 points | Score of Quality of Research,<br>/ 35 |
| Organization, Mechanics | 35 points<br>Contributes to discussion with clear, concise comments formatted in an easy-to-read style that is free of grammatical, spelling errors.<br>The page length requirement was met.<br>35 – 31 points | 30 points<br>Contributes valuable information to discussion with minor clarity, mechanics errors. The page length requirement was met or may have been slightly exceeded.<br>30 – 28 points | 27 points<br>Contributes to discussion with errors in clarity, style, vocabulary selection, and/or has some major writing errors. The page length requirement may not have been met.<br>27 – 23 points | 22 points<br>Student did not achieve level.<br>22 – 0 points | |
**## HRMD650InstructionsandRubric.docx**
Purpose
The purpose of this project is to examine organizational development and identify change formulas/theories and roles. Using a case study, you will be asked to demonstrate how specific roles and change formulas/theories affect organizational effectiveness.
Task
**Step 1:** Carefully read the case study
[_Danny Meyer Leads His Company Through the Challenges of Eliminating Tips_](https://openstax.org/books/organizational-behavior/pages/16-critical-thinking-case).
**Note** – this case is
**one page** in length.
**Step 2:** Compose a 4- to 5-page paper (excluding the title page and reference list page) that includes all of the following points:
· Research the concepts of change theories, planned change, and organizational change roles, as well as how they individually and collectively relate to the ability for leaders to create effective change that ultimately leads to successful organizational change process.
· Apply your research on the concepts identified to the case study.
· Develop a forward strategy for leadership and management that focuses on communication and trust that will help the organization implement these new strategies.
· Explain the reasoning/conclusions behind your plan elements and support them with your research, class materials, and case study facts.
· Analyze how the plan/strategies you develop for management will maximize the success of the change initiative.
Submission
· Carefully read the
**Case Study Written Assignment Rubric** for the assignment.
· Check the instructions to ensure all elements of the assignment are covered.
· Review the
[How to Solve a Case Study](https://leocontent.umgc.edu/content/dam/course-content/tgs/hrmd/hrmd-650/document/How_to_Solve_a_Case_Study.doc?ou=1377691) document for guidance on completing a case study written assignment.
· Students are expected to use a variety as well as multiple course readings and research to support ideas, reasoning, and conclusions.
· This assignment requires the use of, at minimum, four scholarly references/sources that were published within the last five years.
· Follow proper style and format guidelines to ensure that your final submission includes a title page, in-text citations, and a reference page (see
[writing resources](https://leocontent.umgc.edu/content/umuc/tgs/hrmd/hrmd650/2262/course-overview/course-resources.html?ou=1377691)).
· Paraphrase from relevant sources to show a greater understanding of the topics. Limit quotes, though when used, explain their significance. Provide the page or paragraph number as appropriate for APA format. Note that a reference within a reference list cannot exist without an associated in-text citation and vice versa.
· This paper should begin with an introductory paragraph that clearly and succinctly explains what you intend to cover in the body of the paper.
· This paper should end with a conclusion/summary paragraph that clearly and succinctly explains what you covered in the body of the paper.
· Third-person writing is required. Third person means that there are no words such as “I,” “me,” “my,” “we,” or “us” (first-person writing), nor is there use of “you” or “your” (second-person writing). If uncertain how to write in the third person, view the resource
[First, Second, and Third Person](https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/first-second-and-third-person).
· Contractions are not used in business writing, so the expectation is that students do NOT use contractions in the assignment.
· The paper must be double-spaced with 1-inch margins and 12-point font.
· Submit the final project into the appropriate assignment submission folder by the due date.
· NOTE: All submitted work is to be your original work.
This assignment is worth 15% of your final grade and addresses Course Objectives 1 through 6. It gives you an opportunity to apply organizational-level diagnostic processes and organizational development principles to a real-life situation. You will also have the opportunity to assess the appropriateness of the steps taken and propose alternative interventions based on the presenting problems and underlying issues uncovered in the diagnosis. You must complete this assignment individually, without contacting other students, and you may not use a paper or any part of a paper from a previous class or from another person. If you have questions about this assignment, please post them in the Ask the Professor discussion forum so that everyone can benefit from the answers.
| | | | | | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — |
| **Criteria** | **Excellent** | **Proficient** | **Sufficient** | **Did Not Achieve Level** | **Criterion Score** |
| Introduction, Analysis, and Evaluation | 45 points<br>Student demonstrated complete and thorough outline of the facts surrounding the case, identified all key issues, appropriately identified alternative courses of action, and clearly outlined the reasons for the recommendation.<br>45 –40 points | 39 points<br>Student satisfactorily outlined the facts surrounding the case, identified most key issues, appropriately identified alternative courses of action, and satisfactorily outlined the reasons for the recommendation.<br>39 – 34 points | 33 points<br>Student demonstrated less than satisfactory outline of the facts surrounding the case, identified some key issues, identified some alternative courses of action, and/or less than satisfactorily outlined the reasons for the recommendation.<br>33 – 27 points | 26 points<br>Student unsatisfactorily outlined the facts surrounding the case, key issues, alternative courses of action, and the reasons for the recommendation.<br>26 – 0 points | Score of Introduction, Analysis, and Evaluation,<br>/ 45 |
| Quality of Content | 35 points<br>Student demonstrated exceptional knowledge of relevant concepts and theories; all statements and opinions were supported by appropriate citations from relevant literature.<br>35 – 31 points | 30 points<br>Student demonstrated satisfactory knowledge of relevant concepts and theories; most statements and opinions were supported by appropriate citations from relevant literature.<br>30 – 28 points | 27 points<br>Student demonstrated less than satisfactory knowledge of relevant concepts and theories; some statements and opinions were not supported by appropriate citations from the literature.<br>27 – 23 points | 22 points<br>Student demonstrated unsatisfactory knowledge of relevant concepts and theories; many statements and opinions were not supported by appropriate citations from the literature.<br>22 – 0 points | Score of Quality of Content,<br>/ 35 |
| Quality of Research | 35 points<br>Student did an exceptional job of integrating course readings with additional research. Student cited more than the required number of references.<br>Sources listed were all scholarly or practitioner journals from the last five years.<br>35 – 31 points | 30 points<br>Student did a satisfactory job of integrating course readings with additional research. Student cited the required number of references. Sources listed were primarily scholarly or practitioner journals from the last five years.<br>30 – 28 points | 27 points<br>Student did a less than satisfactory job of integrating course readings with additional research. Student may not have cited the required number of references. Some sources listed may not have been scholarly or practitioner journals from the last five years.<br>27 – 23 points | 22 points<br>Student did an inadequate job of integrating course readings with additional research. Student did not cite the required number of references.<br>Many of the sources listed were not scholarly or practitioner journals from the last five years.<br>22 – 0 points | Score of Quality of Research,<br>/ 35 |
| Organization, Mechanics | 35 points<br>Contributes to discussion with clear, concise comments formatted in an easy-to-read style that is free of grammatical, spelling errors.<br>The page length requirement was met.<br>35 – 31 points | 30 points<br>Contributes valuable information to discussion with minor clarity, mechanics errors. The page length requirement was met or may have been slightly exceeded.<br>30 – 28 points | 27 points<br>Contributes to discussion with errors in clarity, style, vocabulary selection, and/or has some major writing errors. The page length requirement may not have been met.<br>27 – 23 points | 22 points<br>Student did not achieve level.<br>22 – 0 points | |