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.

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.
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NSTRUCTIONS
The new CEO has selected your consulting firm to give him/her an analysis
of the organizational efficiency.
Write a double-spaced 2 to 3 page 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
• Provide a brief description of the organization you selected.
• Present the organizational issue that adversely affected
productivity and that you, the consultant, will review and
resolve.

2) Analyze Current Corporate Culture
• 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
• What are the organization’s areas of weakness? Use your
research on organizational behavior approaches to corporate
culture, diversity, teamwork, and motivational strategies.

4) Propose Solutions
• What organizational practices would you modify? What
solutions would you recommend to management? As the
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
• Provide at least 2 quality resources such as the course
textbook, company website, business websites (CNBC,
Bloomberg, etc.),• In-text citations are required when paraphrasing or quoting
another source.