Strayer University Amazon Organizational Issues and Solutions Paper Provide a brief description of the organization (AMAZON). Present the organizational issue that adversely affected productivity and that you, the consultant, will review and resolve. 6:11
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ASSIGNMENT 1: ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES AND SOLUTIONS
Due Week 4 and worth 190 points
Leaders address issues and propose solutions. As a leader, you’ll need to stay on top of events that may
facilitate or hinder productivity. You must create and implement solutions to address these issues.
In the Assignment Prep, you chose an organization, described its organizational issue, and identified how
it hinders organization efficiency. This assignment exposes you to complex modern organizational
challenges. The solutions you devise should reflect your learning and research of organizational and
individual influences in the workplace.
INSTRUCTIONS
The new CEO has selected your consulting firm to provide him/her an analysis of the organizational
efficiency
Following SWS standards, write a 2 to 3 page, double-spaced paper in which you will present to the CEO
your findings during your research steps. You must propose strategic solutions in your paper to include
the following:
1.
Describe the Organization and the issue to Resolve
O Provide a brief description of the organization you selected.
o Present the organizational issue that adversely affected productivity and that you, the consultant,
will review and resolve.
2. Analyze Current Corporate Culture
o How has the current corporate culture facilitated the development of the current issue? Research
the organization, dig into the culture, and analyze how it contributed to this issue. Hint: Review
the mission and vision statements as well as the corporate website.
3. Identify Areas of Weakness
o What are the organization’s areas of weakness as they relate to the issue? Use your research on
organizational behavior approaches to corporate culture, diversity, teamwork, and motivational
strategies to help identify the areas of weakness.
4. Propose Solutions
What organizational practices would you modify? What solutions would you recommend to
management that would help solve the identified weaknesses? As a consultant you will identify
the suggestions and solutions you would present to the organization’s leadership with regard to
modifying current organizational practices to resolve the issue.
5. References and Citations
O Provide at least 2 quality resources such as the the course textbook, a company website,
business websites (CNBC, Bloomberg, etc.), resources from the Strayer Library, and/or outside
sources. Note: Wikipedia and web-based blogs do not qualify as credible resources.
You can find in depth and quality company information using the Nexis Uni database through Strayer
University Library: https://advance-lexis-com.libdatab strayer.edu/api/page/nexisuni-
business/?primaryipauth=true&context=1516831
o in-text citations are required when paraphrasing or quoting another source.
6. Formatting and Writing Standards
o Formatting and writing standards are part of your grade. Align your formatting to the Strayer
Writing Standards
*Grading for this assignment will be based on the following criteria and evaluation standards:
POINTS: 190
ASSIGNMENT 1: ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES AND SOLUTIONS
Criteria
Exemplary
100%-A
Proficient
85%-B
Fair
75%-C
Unacceptable
0% – F
1. Describe the Fully describes the
Organization organization by providing a
and the issue to relevant and robust but
Resolve concise overview of the
company (e.g. when they
Weight: 20%
were established, what
Sufficiently describes
the organization and
provides details about
the company. The
issue is identified and
the author sufficiently
Partially describes Does not describe the
the organization organization or provide
and provides some details about the
details about the company. The issue and
company, but its impact on the
additional details company are not
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