Culminating Project for OGL 357

Organizational Assessment is analogous to a going through a process and thorough physical exam. The culminating project for this course is for you to apply knowledge learned in this course by teaching your colleagues about organizational assessment. Your task to is to develop a module related to HOW you would teach a group of colleagues about organizational assessment.

Your task for the culminating assignment is to complete three Milestones with the final Milestone incorporating the information you compiled in the first two. Please also review the syllabus for specific dates related to milestone due dates. Milestone One is due after the second module week, and Milestone Two is due after the fourth module week, and the final artifact or the Culminating Project-- Milestone Three is due after the sixth module week.

The scenario is as follows:

Your manager has identified you as your organization's "up and coming" leader. She recognizes your strengths and commitment to leadership and has promoted you to a more senior position. In your new role she asked if you would be willing to take on the task of leading the organizational assessment team because of your recent graduation from Arizona State University's Organizational Leadership program. She indicated that you can train different divisions and develop the team in the most effective way you think would work within the organization. While feeling a bit overwhelmed and excited you commit to this project. You embark on your new task with knowledge and confidence from your numerous classes in Organizational Leadership at ASU as well as your work experience in your organization.

Culminating Project Directions for OGL 357

Introduction:

You are charged with developing a training module for employees of your organization explaining what organization assessment is, why it is important to the health of your organization, and a brief overview of the model you will use to conduct the assessment. Remember, I am not asking you to complete an entire manual related to the "assessment" but an introduction to the manual or presentation you would complete in your new role of directing and completing the organizational assessment. In it, you will need to clearly and concisely explain your understanding of organizational assessment, provide key attributes of what organizational assessment is, and why it is important to the health of any type of organization. Remember you are providing this to employees who have very little knowledge of organizational assessment. So, essentially this is a teaching or training exercise.

The introduction teaching/training exercise needs to describe the assessment model you selected and why you selected this module to enhance the effectiveness of the organization. Again, remember the employees have very little knowledge related to organizational assessment. It is YOUR job to teach them WHAT it is and WHY it is important to the health of any organization and package this information in the form of the introduction of a manual "you are charged with completing related to your new responsibility or a video training introduction for your colleagues."