INSTRUCTIONS
Course Learning Outcomes
The following course learning outcomes are assessed in this assignment:
- Classify the types of conflict and conflict resolution in the workplace.
- Differentiate between the different types of organizations, including centralized and mechanistic.
- Assess the effect of organizational culture on the workplace.
- Evaluate factors that cause organizational change
- Instructions------------------------------------------------Focusing on factors that drive organizational change, you will choose a real organization and write a 1,000-1,200-word report that analyzes a workplace conflict and proposes a change the organization should implement to resolve it.Use the following elements to construct your report:
- Organization Overview: Describe a real-life organization (current or past), including its name, the number of employees, type of organizational structure, and current culture. Introduce at least one relevant, real-life workplace conflict that clearly illustrates the need for organizational change. The conflict should be based on your own experience or something you have learned about through research into your chosen organization.
- Cultural and Conflict Analysis: Analyze the history of this organization's culture and why this particular conflict needs to be addressed. Clearly define the conflict and outline the potential benefits and risks of either resolving or ignoring it.
- Organizational Behavior and Culture Classification: Using one of the three OB levels of an organization, propose how this conflict can be resolved on the micro, meso, or macro level of OB in the chosen workplace.
- Organizational Classification: Classify the organization as either centralized, decentralized, mechanistic, or organic (or a combination), and explain how this structure affects conflict and the potential resolution.
- Cultural Barriers Discussion: Describe at least one boundary within the organization's culture that employees face. Discuss whether these boundaries create an advantage or disadvantage for employees affected by this conflict.
- Conflict Management Approach: Identify two contrasting conflict management styles concerning the chosen workplace conflict. One approach should represent an effective resolution, while the other should be a less favorable method. Explain how each style could potentially succeed or fail in resolving the conflict.
- Type and Source of Change: Identify whether the change is planned or unplanned and driven by internal or external forces. Briefly define the type of change and illustrate it with an example from your selected organization and conflict.