Business

System transformation

$4.00

Now that you have learned about systems and system transformation approaches, this week you will write a paper describing what you notice is going on in the human systems in which you participate, what are your responses (thoughts, feelings, actions) to those experiences?

Week 3 Readings and Resources

This week’s readings will help you to understand the concepts of the 5 Cs of organizational change as well as what leverage points can be identified to help systems transform.

Textbook Readings
Designing the Customer-Centric Organization. J. Galbraith. Chapters 3 & 4 (pages 43-86)
The Fifth Element. P. Senge. Chapters 4 & 5
PowerPoint Presentations
5 Cs

Change Strategies

Article
Leverage Points: Places to Intervene in a System (Links to an external site.): This article helps to explain what leverage points exist within a system (and therefore with an organization) with real-world examples that make it easier to understand the leverage points.
Video

Social Security Administration

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Using your knowledge about the organizational theories you gained this week, scan the Government Accountability Office (GAO) Report, “Social Security Administration Field Offices. Reduced Workforce Faces Challenges as Baby Boomers Decline” to find problems that were identified in the U.S. Social Security Administration that can be explained by one or more of the organizational theories we studied this week. Specifically, how can problems you identify in the GAO Report about the Social Security Administration be explained either by the ineffective application of a particular organizational theory or theories or the failure to apply an organizational theory to prevent the problems from developing in the first place? Explain which organizational theory or theories would be most effective in helping to solve the problems, why, and how.

Post an initial entry in which you identify two specific problems (make sure to reference the page/pages in the GAO Report where you identified the problems but do not copy the wording directly from the Report; articulate the problems in your own words); explain how one or more of the organizational theories you learned about this week potentially led to the development of the problems;

Case management clients

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Community Resource Exploration Activity

Note: Answers must be factual and relating to the area in question.

An essential role of case managers is that of broker, linking clients to community resources to help meet important needs. It is important to determine what kind of resources are available in your local area to meet the needs of case management clients.

Below you will find several categories of areas that are typically needed with case management clients:

Food
Shelter/Housing
Utilities
Medical / Healthcare

Mental Health / Counseling

Chinese Consumer manufacturers

$8.00

Review the corporate strategy of AB Electrolux.

As the social and demographic trends continue to evolve so do the opportunities afforded to Electrolux. The most significant demographic shift globally is the growing middle class in Asia, which includes families with incomes between US$6,000 and US$30,000. It is estimated that by 2030 there will be 3 billion more people in the global middle class than there were in 2013.(Ernst & Young, 2013)

Correlated with rising incomes worldwide, homeownership has also increased at a substantial rate giving rise to increased demand for consumer durables such as refrigerators, washing machines, and dishwashers. (Electrolux, 2013)

Electrolux (2013) Electrolux 2013 Annual Report.

https://www.electroluxgroup.com/en/electrolux-annu…

Ernst & Young (2013) Hitting the sweet spot. (Attached pdf)

Company competitive

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Imagine you own or manage a company. Your company recently completed a strengths, weaknesses, opportunites, and threats (SWOT) analysis, and the board of directors is looking to revise the company’s compensation program. Doing so will help keep the company competitive in attracting new talent. As part of the human resources department, you were asked to draft an essay describing how compensation programs are developed and how laws can affect compensation practices.

Your essay should be a minimum of two pages in length, using at least your textbook as a source. Be sure that your essay includes the following elements:

In your introduction, create a fictitious name for your company, and include some basic background information such as where the company is located, when it was founded, and how many employees work at the company. Do not use an actual company for this essay.
Describe issues that influence an individual’s decision to apply for or accept a specific job at your company.

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