Company: Amazon
The purpose of the course project is to help you demonstrate competencies in conducting an OD intervention. This project is called: My OD Intervention Project. You may select either a real organization or a hypothetical one. If you use a hypothetical organization, you should write reports as if you are engaged in an actual project. You are required to apply the concepts learned in this course in order to undertake a major change program in either a real or a hypothetical situation. It may be helpful to contact an organizational leader and ask him or her about a possible problem the organization is experiencing. You can use that conversation to frame your organizational selection and your OD efforts in the project.
Assume the organization for your OD project is facing dramatic challenges for which senior management is asking for your expertise. As an OD professional, you will design and implement an intervention that will help the organization improve productivity, accomplish objectives, and engage employees.
Task 1—Select an Organization and Analyze the Problems
- Identify your subject organization, including a summary of key information about the organization.
- Analyze the organization problems leading to a need for change.
- Propose the process for entering into an OD consulting relationship with the organization.
Write a report including the following:
- Name of your selected organization (you can provide a disguised name of the selected organization). Determine if you will approach the project as an external consultant or an internal employee, and include a summary of key information about the organization.
- Provide background information on the organization. How many people does it employ? In which industry does it operate? Is it a market leader? What types of products or services does it sell?
- The problem(s) the selected organization faces. Analyze the problems using the open systems approach by identifying where the need for change arose and what areas of the organization are affected by the need for change. What is the nature of the problems the organization faces? How severe are these problems? Are these problems specific to the organization or common to most organizations in the industry? What do you think are the root causes of these problems?
- If you were an external OD consultant, who you would contact regarding working with this organization? What kind of information would you need to include in a contract, and what kind of fee structure would you develop?
Submission Details:
- Present a 3- to 4- page paper in a Microsoft Word document formatted in APA style.
Due by 8/23/24
Make certain to include in text citations from your course text in addition to your outside leadership resources within your main post. This adds credibility to your argument. [Textbook]: Anderson, D. (2019). Organization development: The process of leading organizational change (5th ed.). Sage. ISBN: 9781544333021
No plagiarism will be tolerated. Must be in 7th Edition APA format with cited sources within the last 5 years.
No AI support, score must be 0% and less than < 10% score on Turnitin
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