ASSIGNMENT PREPCOMPANY SELECTIONAND SOURCESDue Week 3: 60 pointsThere are three written assignments in the course,in which you will use thesame organization to analyze the culture and make recommendations.Therefore,it is essential you start to think now about your companyselection.Consider selecting a company you work for, a company a family member orfriend works for, or a civic organization. To ensure your selection sets youup for success in all three assignments, be sure that your company:–ª is one you are familiar and can draw on internal processes the public(outsider) is unaware–ª has true issues that need to be resolved–ª allows for realistic and enforceable solutions forthe organization tobe successfulINSTRUCTIONSTo complete this assignment, use the provided textbox in which you:1) Identify thecompany that youwanttoresearchforthethreewrittenassignments in thecourse.2) Describe the organizational issue in your chosen company.3) Explain why the issue hinders organizational efficiency.ASSIGNMENT 1ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUESAND SOLUTIONSDue Week 4: 240 pointsLeaders address issues and propose solutions. As a leader, you’ll need tostay on top of events that may facilitate or hinder productivity. You mustcreate and implement solutions to address these issues.This assignment exposes you to complex modern organizationalchallenges. The solutions you devise should reflect yourlearning andresearchoforganizationalandindividualinfluencesintheworkplace.INSTRUCTIONSThe new CEO has selected your consulting firm to give him/her an analysisof the organizationalefficiency.Write a double-spaced 2 to 3 page paper in which you will presentto the CEOyour findings during your research steps. You must propose strategicsolutions in your paper to include the following:1) Describe the Organization and the Issue to Resolve• Provide a brief description of the organization you selected.• Presentthe organizational issue that adversely affectedproductivity and that you, the consultant, will review andresolve.2) Analyze Current Corporate Culture• How has the current corporate culture facilitated thedevelopment ofthe currentissue? Research the organization,digintotheculture, andanalyze howit contributedtothis issue.Hint: Review the mission and vision statements as well as thecorporate website.3) Identify Areas of Weakness• What are the organization’s areas of weakness? Use yourresearch on organizational behavior approaches to corporateculture, diversity, teamwork, and motivational strategies.4) Propose Solutions• What organizational practices would you modify? Whatsolutions would you recommend to management? As theconsultant you will identify the suggestions and solutions youwould presentto the organization’s leadership with regard tomodifying currentorganizationalpractices toresolvetheissue.5) References and Citations• Provide at least 2 quality resources such as the coursetextbook, company website, business websites (CNBC,Bloomberg, etc.), resources from the Strayer Library, and/oroutside sources. Note: Wikipedia and web-based blogs do notqualify as credibleresources.• In-textcitationsarerequiredwhenparaphrasing orquotinganother source.6) Formatting and WritingStandards• Formatting and writing standards are part of your grade. Alignyour formatting to the Strayer Writing Standards.*Grading for this assignment will be based on the following criteria and evaluation standards:POINTS: 240 ASSIGNMENT 1: ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES AND SOLUTIONSCriteria Exemplary100% – AProficient85% – BFair75% – CUnacceptable0% – F1. Describe theOrganization andthe Issue toResolveWeight: 20%Fully describes theorganization by providing arelevant and robust butconcise overview of thecompany (e.g. when theywere established, whatservice(s) or products theyprovide, and other relevantinformation). Additionally,the authorfully describes theissue he/she has identified;what he/she knows about itand how it has impacted thecompany.Sufficiently describes theorganization and providesdetails aboutthe company.The issue is identified andthe author sufficientlydescribes what he/sheknows about it and itsimpact on the company.Partially describes theorganization and providessome details about thecompany, but additionaldetails would improve thedescription. The issue andits impact on the companyare not clearly articulated.Does not describe theorganization or providedetails about the company.The issue and its impact onthe company are notprovided.2. AnalyzeCurrent CorporateCultureWeight: 20%Completely describes thecompany’s culture bydetailing how the companypositionsitselffrominternaland external perspectives.Draws strong, logicalconnections about how theculture did or could havesupported/facilitated thechallenge. Makes directconnections and supportspointswithsourcematerial.Satisfactorily describesthe company culture bydrawing on andsynthesizing corporateinformation about thecompany. Makes logicaland realistic connectionsthat are supported bysource material.Partially describes thecompany’s culture. Lacksdetails and/or multiplesources are not utilized toprovide a well-roundedperspective. Makes looseconnections that were notsupported by sources orthat were not fullyarticulated.The culture is notdescribed or the companyis not differentiatedcompletely from others.Poses unsupportedconnections orconnections are notincluded.3. Identify Areasof WeaknessWeight 20%Completely identifies areasof weakness and providesstrong details with logicalconnections and supportingsource material.Satisfactorily identifiesareas of weakness andprovides valid detailssupported by sourcematerial.Partially identifies areas ofweakness and makes looseconnections between theweaknesses and supportingmaterial.Does not identify areas ofweakness or does notprovide supporting sourcematerial.4. ProposeSolutionsWeight 25%Completely describesmodifications toorganizationalpracticesandprovides solutions withstrong connections andsupporting source material.Logically details how thesolutions will resolve issue.Satisfactorily describesmodifications toorganizational practices.Provides solutions thatmake some connectionswith supporting sourcematerial to indicate howthe solutions will resolvethe issue.Partially describesmodifications toorganizational practices andsolutions to resolve theissues. Lacks supportingdetails and source material.Does not describemodifications toorganizational practices,or does not identifysolutions that wouldresolve the issue. Nosource material isprovided.5. Referenceminimums;Reference qualityWeight 5%Meets or exceeds numberofrequired references; allreferences high qualitychoices.Meets number ofrequired references;some references maybepoor quality choices.Does not meet the requirednumber of references; somereferences may be poorquality choices.No references provided orallreferencespoorqualitychoices.6. Follows writingstandards;MeetspageminimumsWeight 10%Followed all writingstandards.Met page minimums.Followed most writingstandards.Met page minimums.Followed few writingstandards.May not have met pageminimums.Followed fewtonowritingstandards.Did not meet pageminimums.