Assessment Description Topic company

Each year Fortune  magazine publishes a “Most Admired” list of the top companies in the  United States. Firms are rated on these eight dimensions:  innovativeness, quality of management, long-term investment value,  social responsibility to the community and the environment, people  management, quality of products and services, financial soundness, wise  use of corporate assets. International companies are rated on a ninth  dimension: effectiveness in doing business globally.

For this  assignment, select an organization with which you are familiar (you may  choose an organization you frequently do business with or one where you  currently or have previously worked). Then, choose one of the eight  dimensions used to rate top U.S. companies in which the organization  appears to be underperforming.

Compose a PowerPoint presentation of 12-15 slides. with speaker notes

1. Identify a major issue the organization is facing and in which of the eight dimensions it is underperforming
2. Explain  the ramifications the underperformance is currently having on the  organization. Identify the likely consequence of failure to improve in  the selected dimension.
3. Analyze the relevance of the current  organizational structure, design, and culture and their influence on  organizational effectiveness, especially in relationship to the  dimension in which the organization is struggling. Provide citations to  support your analysis.
4. Determine whether the organization  embodies the principles and values of conscious culture and management  and its relevance to improving organizational function.
5. Present a plan to bring about necessary improvement using Kotter’s eight-step change model.
6. Address  possible challenges to the suggested change and your plans for managing  those challenges. Explain how different subsystems need to be realigned  in order to bring about the change.
7. Detail any lessons learned  and evaluate strategies that you, as a manager, will either avoid or  engage in when designing the structure, building culture, and managing  change in your organization. Provide citations to support your claims.

You are required to use at least three academic references to strengthen  and support your claims and recommendations. Ensure each content slide  has supporting citations and specific examples

Each year Fortune  magazine publishes a “Most Admired” list of the top companies in the  United States. Firms are rated on these eight dimensions:  innovativeness, quality of management, long-term investment value,  social responsibility to the community and the environment, people  management, quality of products and services, financial soundness, wise  use of corporate assets. International companies are rated on a ninth  dimension: effectiveness in doing business globally.

For this  assignment, select an organization with which you are familiar (you may  choose an organization you frequently do business with or one where you  currently or have previously worked). Then, choose one of the eight  dimensions used to rate top U.S. companies in which the organization  appears to be underperforming.

Compose a PowerPoint presentation of 12-15 slides. with speaker notes

1. Identify a major issue the organization is facing and in which of the eight dimensions it is underperforming
2. Explain  the ramifications the underperformance is currently having on the  organization. Identify the likely consequence of failure to improve in  the selected dimension.
3. Analyze the relevance of the current  organizational structure, design, and culture and their influence on  organizational effectiveness, especially in relationship to the  dimension in which the organization is struggling. Provide citations to  support your analysis.
4. Determine whether the organization  embodies the principles and values of conscious culture and management  and its relevance to improving organizational function.
5. Present a plan to bring about necessary improvement using Kotter’s eight-step change model.
6. Address  possible challenges to the suggested change and your plans for managing  those challenges. Explain how different subsystems need to be realigned  in order to bring about the change.
7. Detail any lessons learned  and evaluate strategies that you, as a manager, will either avoid or  engage in when designing the structure, building culture, and managing  change in your organization. Provide citations to support your claims.

You are required to use at least three academic references to strengthen  and support your claims and recommendations. Ensure each content slide  has supporting citations and specific examples