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Unit 5 GM504 | Organizational Excellence and Change
Assignment 1: Focus Paper
As you continue to think about your change initiative, you want to identify the impact on
not only people but also processes and even the products of the organization. It is
important for organizations to conduct business with a worldly mindset. In this
Assignment, you will focus on the impact of individual and group behavior on organization
change and effectiveness, as well as the role of organization design in facilitating change.
You will recommend a possible change initiative within your selected organization.
In this Assignment, you will be assessed on the following outcomes:
GM504-1: Analyze organizational factors associated with business high performance.
GM504-4: Evaluate the impact of change on people, processes, products and
organizations.
PC-3.3: Convey competence through demonstrating characteristics such as reliability,
accountability, and timeliness.
In this Assignment, you will write a 7–10 page paper that includes the following:
Think of a possible change initiative in your selected organization. This could be
the one you identified in Unit 3 and/or in Unit 4. Briefly describe the initiative.
Analyze the impact of this change initiative on the people, processes, and products
(or services) of the organization.
With a focus on the people portion, provide recommendations to position this
change initiative in a manner that results in high performance.
Conclude with a summary of how your recommended approach to the change
initiative will result in organizational excellence.
Criteria
● 7–10 page paper (plus title and reference pages)
● Use the Focus Paper Template to complete your Assignment. Save the document
using the naming convention: Username_Unit4_FocusPaper.doc
● The paper should have a minimum of three cited and referenced academically
credible sources from outside of the course materials– one of which must be a
peer reviewed (scholarly) journal article. Your sources should follow proper APA
format. (Review the APA formats found in the Kaplan Writing Center. To access
the Kaplan Writing Center, select this link.).
● Review the Rubric below to ensure all points have been captured in the paper.
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Unit 5 GM504 | Organizational Excellence and Change
Directions for submitting your Assignment
Submit the Assignment to the Unit 5 Assignment 1: Focus Paper Dropbox by the end of
Unit 5.
GM504 Unit 5 Assignment 1: Focus Paper
Content (50%)
Discuss a change initiative on the people, processes, and
products (or services) of the organization that will have a high
performance impact.
Possible
Points
Possible
Earned
60
Analysis (30%)
Analyze the impact of this change initiative on the people,
processes, and products (or services) of the organization. Make
recommendations that will result in organizational excellence
36
Writing (20%)
Composition
Grammar, spelling, and paragraph construction.
12
References
The paper should have a minimum of three cited and
referenced academically credible sources from outside of the
course materials– one of which must be a peer reviewed
(scholarly) journal article. Your sources should follow proper
APA format