Learning Team Assignment: Failure Analysis/Change Strategy

Purpose of Assignment
This project will help students make connections between the culture and structure of an
organization, along with the opportunities for strategic change. The students will also learn more
about resistance to change as well as strategy analysis and positioning. This project also allows
students to connect the information they learned in previous weeks, making the information personal
and academic.
Resources Required
Ch. 13 of Organizational Behavior
Ch. 15 of Organizational Behavior
Ch. 16 of Organizational Behavior
Ch. 18 of Organizational Behavior
Ch. 4 of Leadership in Organizations
Ch. 3 of The Strategy Process
Ch. 4 of The Strategy Process
Ch. 6 of The Strategy Process

Grading Guide
Content
70 Percent

Focuses on 2 businesses: one that failed

within the last 5 years and one that
succeeded in the last 5 years and
identifies each organizations objectives,
vision, and mission
Identifies the indicators of business
failure and success from research
these may include aspects of the
leadership style, communication,
structure, and so forth.
Describes how specific organizational
behavior theories could have predicted
or explained the failure and success of
each company.
Describes the role of leadership,
management, organizational structure,
and the culture of the organization and
its departments in the failure and
success of each of the businesses
Identifies the most vital areas for change
Identifies the potential barriers they will
face during the change process
Evaluates the power and political issues
within the organization and describes

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how they will address these issues

Describes the steps to follow to
implement the organizational change
based on John Kotters 8-step plan
Includes references to two peer-reviewed
articles from the University of Phoenix
Library.
The paper is no more than 2,000 words in
length.

Writing Guidelines
30 Percent

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11

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15

The paperincluding tables and graphs,

headings, title page, and reference pageis
consistent with APA formatting guidelines
and meets course-level requirements.
Intellectual property is recognized with in-text
citations and a reference page.
Paragraph and sentence transitions are
present, logical, and maintain the flow
throughout the paper.
Sentences are complete, clear, and concise.
Rules of grammar and usage are followed
including spelling and punctuation.

Assignment Total
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