Situational Analysis (26 percent)
Select one of the organizations identified below that has undergone significant system-wide organizational change and/or transformation.
The companies include
· Toyota
· General Motors
· Denny’s
· Wal-Mart
· Apple
· FEMA
Required Elements to include in the Situational Analysis:
· Research and analyze the change or transformation
· Identify some of the management challenges that you think the company encountered.
· Specific questions that should be addressed are:
1. Why do you consider this a transformational change? What data/information did or should the organization have collected?
2. What interventions did or should the organization implement?
3. How did or should they measure the success of the intervention?
4. As a manager in the organization, what could you have done to enhance the success of the transformation?
5. What environmental factors did and should they consider (e.g., external laws and regulations, pool of applicants, needs of the community, etc.)?
Required Formatting of the Situational Analysis:
This paper should be double spaced, 12-point font, and five to six pages in length excluding the title page and reference page.
Title page with your name, the course name, the name of the organization, the date, and instructor’s name.
Include reference page.
Use APA formatting for in-text citations and reference page.
Include a minimum of five references such as the Wall Street Journal, Business Week, or The Washington Post
You are expected to paraphrase and not use quotes. Deductions will be taken when quotes are used and found to be unnecessary.
