Description
Scenario
You are a consultant who regularly works with organizations to conduct evaluations of their organizational culture. Company X is a thriving business that is constantly looking to grow and improve. Leadership at Company X recognizes the importance of assessing their corporate culture as it relates to the company’s performance and effectiveness.
You have been contacted by Company X to perform an assessment of Company X’s culture. The company is expecting you to provide insight on which aspects of the culture need improvement and the culture’s impact on organizational effectiveness and performance.
You will perform an evaluation of the company’s organizational culture and provide recommendations that leadership can act on. Company X’s human resources (HR) manager has provided you with assessment data collected from an employee engagement survey and an annual productivity report.
It is your responsibility to evaluate and summarize the assessment data to provide insight on the aspects of culture and its importance related to the organization’s effectiveness and employee performance. You will present this to several stakeholders. Your summary will be a valuable tool for the HR manager to evaluate and support the culture in the future.
Directions
Evaluation: The culture of an organization is unique and has a strong influence on the people and performance of the organization. To be truly successful, an organization must effectively establish and communicate the culture. Summarize the state of Company X’s organizational culture to share with stakeholders, including the HR manager. In your summary, you should address the following using the Cultural Assessment Data to support your evaluation:
Describe the company’s culture in detail. Consider one or more of the following to inform your response:
Shared assumptions, values, and beliefs among members of the organization
The type of culture and subcultures that exist within the organization
Areas of agreement or disagreement among employees on their perspective of the organizational culture
Explain the strengths and weaknesses of the organizational culture.
Identify the aspects that support (or hinder) the company’s effectiveness and performance.
Recommendations: Using the conclusions from your evaluation, create recommendations for Company X’s HR manager to move forward with assessing the culture in the future. In your recommendations, you should address the following:
Describe in detail the best practices to effectively administer a cultural assessment. Consider strategies the new HR manager can use to mitigate potential biases in the data.
Recommend effective strategies to improve culture within the organization. Consider one or more of the following to inform your response:
The roles of management and leadership in regard to supporting the organizational culture
How the company should effectively demonstrate or communicate cultural improvements to their employees
How your evaluation and recommended strategies will affect the organization’s effectiveness and performance
What to Submit
Every project has a deliverable or deliverables, which are the files that must be submitted before your project can be assessed. For this project, you must submit the following:
ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURAL ASSESSMENT SUMMARY
Your summary should include an evaluation and recommendations. Your summary must be 750 to 1,250 words in length (plus a cover page and references). Cite any and all sources appropriately
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MGT-20135 Project Rubric
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Course: MGT-20135-XK175 Organizational Culture 23DA10
Name: Soufyane Missbahelidrissi
Criteria
Describes the company’s culture
in detail, and considers one or
more of the aspects (shared
assumptions, values, and beliefs,
type of culture and subcultures,
and areas of agreement or
disagreement among employees)
of organizational culture
Mastered
Not Yet
Not Evident
Describes the company’s culture
in detail, and considers one or
more of the aspects (shared
assumptions, values, and beliefs,
type of culture and subcultures,
and areas of agreement or
disagreement among employees)
of organizational culture
Shows progress toward
expectations, but with errors or
omissions; areas for improvement
may include discussing relevant
factors that influence the culture
Does not attempt to describe the
company’s culture in detail
Criterion Feedback
1/3/24 Please clearly state the culture and sub-culture at Company X. For example, market, clan, hierarchy, etc.. Refer to Culture Types – OCAI
Online. Project Resources: Project Overview – Company Scenario and the Cultural Assessment Data.
12/16/23
Your submission included a good summary of the general results for Company X. The specific type of culture and subculture of Company X were
not provided based on shared assumptions, values, and beliefs from the survey. Please consider the following: What is organizational culture?
What components comprise organizational culture? How does organizational culture influence the performance and productivity of Company X?
What elements make up the culture at Company X? What subcultures exist within Company X? To what extent does the organization’s culture
influence relationships, collaboration, and engagement at Company X? Please review the learning resources to provide content that describes the
company’s culture in detail, and consider one or more of the aspects (shared assumptions, values, and beliefs, type of culture and subcultures, and
areas of agreement or disagreement among employees) of organizational culture. Please refer to the following Learning Resources: Section 1 How to Define Culture Clearly – Organizational Culture and Leadership, 5th Edition; Section 3 – A Young and GrowingXS U.S. Engineering
Organization – Organizational Culture and Leadership, 5th Edition; https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/organizational-cultureand/9781119212041/c01.xhtmlOrganizational Culture Types – OCAI Online. Project Resources: Project Overview – Company Scenario; Cultural
Assessment Data
Explains the strengths and
weaknesses of the
organizational culture
Explains the strengths and
weaknesses of the organizational
culture
Shows progress toward
expectations, but with errors or
omissions; areas for improvement
may include explaining how each
impacts productivity or employee
morale
Does not explain any the
strengths or weaknesses of the
organizational culture
Criterion Feedback
1/3/24 Mastered
12/16/23
There was relevant discussion about the importance of values and performance for Company X. At least two of the specific strengths and
weaknesses of the Company X organizational culture were not provided. Please consider the following: At Company X, what are the strengths of
the organizational culture? What are the weaknesses of the culture at Company X? How do these strengths and weaknesses impact
organizational effectiveness in Company X? What strategies or mechanisms can be used to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses? How do the
insights from the Cultural Assessment Data connect to identified strengths and weaknesses? Please provide at least two strengths and two
weaknesses of the organizational culture at Company X. Please refer to the following Learning Resources: Chapter 9 – Organizational Culture and
Climate – Sage Knowledge (The SAGE Handbook of Industrial Work, and Organizational Psychology; Chapter 8.2 – Measuring Organizational
Culture – Principles of Management (FlatWorld e-book); Chapter 8.6 – Case in Point: Google Creates Unique Culture – Principles of Management
(FlatWorld e-book). Project Resources: Project Overview – Company Scenario; Cultural Assessment Data
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Criteria
Mastered
Not Yet
Not Evident
Identifies the aspects that
Identifies the aspects that support
(or hinder) the company’s
Shows progress toward
expectations, but with errors or
Does not identify the aspects that
support (or hinder) the company’s
effectiveness and performance
omissions; areas for improvement
may include factors like employee
effectiveness and performance
support (or hinder) the
company’s effectiveness and
performance
engagement or resistance to
change
Criterion Feedback
1/3/24 Very good start on this rubric item. Please use the Productivity Report to determine the aspects that support (or hinder) the company’s
effectiveness and performance/
Describes in detail the best
practices to effectively
administer a cultural assessment
while considering strategies the
new HR manager can use to
mitigate potential biases in the
data
Describes in detail the best
practices to effectively administer
a cultural assessment while
considering strategies the new HR
manager can use to mitigate
potential biases in the data
Shows progress toward
expectations, but with errors or
omissions; areas for improvement
may include describing the use
validated assessment tools
Does not describe any best
practices
Criterion Feedback
1/3/24 Mastered
12/16/23
There were some good ideas about having future surveys. While this is a practical approach, this may be augmented with other best practices
which were not evident. Please consider the following: What best practices can be employed to effectively administer a cultural assessment?
What strategies can be used by the new HR manager to create an effective evaluation process? How can bias influence data and information
provided by employees to assess organizational culture? How can the identified best practices align with strategies used by the new HR manager
to remove and address potential biases in the data? Please provide at least two best practices in administering a cultural assessment on a
company. The description must also include at least 2 strategies that will help mitigate potential bias in the cultural assessment data. These 2
strategies must be adequately described and supported by learning resources. Please refer to the following Learning Resources: Rating Scales SAGE; Organizational Culture Diagnosis and Feedback – SAGE Publishing. Project Resources: The SAGE Handbook of Industrial, Work, and
Organizational Psychology, Chapter 9; Project Overview – Company Scenario; Cultural Assessment Data
Recommends effective
strategies to improve culture
within the organization, and
includes one or more of the
considerations (role of
management and leadership,
communication techniques, and
impacts on effectiveness and
performance) for improvement
Consistently and effectively
communicates in an organized
way
Uses citations for areas requiring
attribution
Shows progress toward
expectations, but with errors or
omissions; areas for improvement
may include discussing the
impacts of these strategies on
organizational effectiveness and
performance
Does not recommend effective
strategies to improve culture
within the organization
Consistently and effectively
communicates in an organized
way
Shows progress towards
Does not provide an organized
expectations, but communication
is inconsistent or ineffective in a
way that negatively impacts
understanding
response
Uses citations for areas requiring
attribution, with minor errors
Uses citations for ideas requiring
attribution, but with major
omissions
Does not use citations for ideas
requiring attribution
Recommends effective strategies
to improve culture within the
organization, and includes one or
more of the considerations (role
of management and leadership,
communication techniques, and
impacts on effectiveness and
performance) for improvement
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Mastered
Not Yet
Not Evident
Criterion Feedback
1/3/24 Mastered
12/16/23
Good job to include proper in-text citations and a reference page. There was one source used (Company X Cultural Assessment Data document)
which was relevant and should have been included. Please include the Company X Cultural Assessment Data document where used with in-text
citation(s). The project requires research on various aspects of culture in order to achieve mastery. Please review the learning resources provided
for each Not Yet section and include in=text citations and also on the References page. As more research and writing is required, this section will
be reviewed again upon resubmission. Please refer to the CfA Citation Guide for reference.
Overall Score
Mastered
Not Yet
This submission demonstrates mastery of this competency.
This submission needs improvement and does not yet demonstrate mastery of this competency.
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