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.
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.
Your presentation should address the following:
Identify a major issue the organization is facing and in which of the eight dimensions it is underperforming
Explain the ramifications the underperformance is currently having on the organization. Identify the likely consequence of failure to improve in the selected dimension.
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.
Determine whether the organization embodies the principles and values of conscious culture and management and its relevance to improving organizational function.
Present a plan to bring about necessary improvement using Kotter's eight-step change model.
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.
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 four academic references to strengthen and support your claims and recommendations. Ensure each content slide has speaker notes, supporting citations and specific examples.
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Title: Organizational Underperformance and Improving Effectiveness: A Case Study
Slide 1: Introduction
- Briefly introduce the organization and its industry.
- Explain the purpose of the presentation.
Slide 2: Dimension Underperformance
- Identify the major issue the organization is facing.
- Explain the dimension from Fortune magazine's criteria in which the organization is underperforming.
Slide 3: Ramifications of Underperformance
- Discuss the current consequences of underperformance on the organization.
- Identify the likely consequences if improvement is not achieved in the selected dimension.
Slide 4: Relevance of Organizational Structure, Design, and Culture
- Analyze the existing organizational structure, design, and culture.
- Explain their influence on organizational effectiveness, particularly in relation to the dimension in which the organization is struggling.
- Provide supporting citations.
Slide 5: Conscious Culture and Management Principles and Values
- Evaluate whether the organization embodies the principles and values of conscious culture and management.
- Discuss the relevance of conscious culture and management in improving organizational function.
- Support your analysis with citations.
Slide 6: Plan to Bring About Improvement - Kotter's Eight-Step Change Model (Step 1)
- Present Kotter's eight-step change model.
- Explain Step 1: Create a sense of urgency.
- Detail how the organization can create a sense of urgency related to the underperforming dimension.
Slide 7: Plan to Bring About Improvement - Kotter's Eight-Step Change Model (Steps 2-4)
- Explain Steps 2 to 4 of Kotter's change model.
- Detail how the organization can form a guiding coalition, develop a vision and strategy, and communicate the change vision to address the underperformance issue.
Slide 8: Plan to Bring About Improvement - Kotter's Eight-Step Change Model (Steps 5-8)
- Explain Steps 5 to 8 of Kotter's change model.
- Detail how the organization can empower employees, generate short-term wins, consolidate gains, and anchor the change to sustain improvement in the underperforming dimension.
Slide 9: Addressing Challenges to Change
- Discuss possible challenges that the organization may face during the change process.
- Explain strategies for managing those challenges effectively.
- Provide supporting citations.
Slide 10: Subsystem Realignment for Change
- Explain how different subsystems within the organization need to be realigned to bring about the desired change.
- Provide specific examples of how each subsystem can contribute to improving the underperforming dimension.
Slide 11: Lessons Learned and Avoidance/Engagement Strategies
- Detail lessons learned from the case study.
- Evaluate strategies that managers should avoid or engage in when designing the structure, building culture, and managing change in their organizations.
- Support your claims with citations.
Slide 12: Conclusion
- Summarize the key points discussed in the presentation.
- Emphasize the importance of addressing underperformance and improving organizational effectiveness.
- End with a call to action for the organization to implement the outlined plan for improvement.
Slide 13-15: References
- List all the academic references used in the presentation.
- Follow the appropriate citation style (e.g., APA) for consistency and accuracy.
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