Project Assignment
Task
An important part of the OD process is assessing the effectiveness of interventions and learning from the OD process to create a continual learning cycle.
Using the organization you selected for your course project, prepare a report for the executive leadership team of that organization by addressing the following items:
Summarize key details of the OD project so far in your work (this section should be no more than 1-2 paragraphs in your paper):
• What is the organization?
• What are the problems?
• What are the proposed solutions?
Justify an evaluation plan to determine the effectiveness of your interventions:
• Who do you need to ask?
• How will you ask?
• What will you ask?
• What do you need to measure?
• How will you collect the necessary information and analyze it?
Defend a continual learning approach for the organization that creates an organization development value cycle whereby the outcome of the interventions becomes the input for a new cycle:
• What are the potential benefits to the organization of a learning cycle approach to OD?
• What are the potential challenges the organization might face by using a learning cycle approach?
Justify a change leadership plan for the organization that will help them embed the new practices or enhancements into the organization:
• What change leadership model should they consider?
• How should they address resistance to change?
Summarize the top three best practices the organization should adopt that emerge from the entire OD course project.
Assess your own learning from the project:
• What are your key takeaways?
• In what areas do you need further development?
Submission Details:
• Present a 5 pages paper in a Microsoft Word document, using APA style
TEMPLATE FOR ASSIGNMENT
Project
Present a 5-7 page paper (excluding the Title and Reference pages) in a Microsoft Word document formatted in APA style. Cite any sources using the APA guidelines.
Using the organization you used each week in your course project, prepare a report for the executive leadership team of the organization that addresses the following items:
Project
Write your introduction here: Name of your selected organization (you can provide a disguised name of the selected organization). It should be 1 to 2 good paragraphs that introduce the reader to your topic and it should explain in detail what your paper will be discussing. Much of your introduction may be taken from the assignment itself (in your own words). Read the scenario to get a feel for what the paper is about and explain what your paper will be discussing. Remember, this document is just a template. You will want to review the assignment AND rubric for full details. Finally, please ask me any questions about this assignment.
Overview
Summarize key details of the OD project so far in your work (this section should be no more than 1-2 paragraphs in your paper): What is the organization? What are the problems?
What are the proposed solutions?
Evaluation Plan
Justify an evaluation plan to determine the effectiveness of your interventions:
Who do you need to ask? How will you ask? What will you ask? What do you need to measure? How will you collect the necessary information and measure?
Learning
Defend a continual learning approach for the organization that creates an organization development value cycle whereby the outcome of the interventions becomes the input for a new cycle: What are the potential benefits to the organization of a learning cycle approach to OD? What are the potential challenges the organization might face by using a learning cycle approach?
Leadership Plan
Justify a change leadership plan for the organization that will help them embed the new practices or enhancements into the organization: What change model should they consider? How should they address resistance to change?
Best Practices
Summarize the top three best practices the organization should adopt that emerge from the entire OD course project.
Summary
Assess your own learning from the project: What are your key takeaways? In what areas do you need further development?
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.