You have been hired or are serving as the OD consultant for Cuyahoga County Clerk of Courts to help with a significant change initiative.

1. Executive Summary
2. Identifies an organization and describes it with good detail and history so as to paint a clear picture for the reader regarding the type of organization it is; demonstrates familiarity with the organization through the details given; describes the organizations culture and how it would help or hinder the change effort description is all relevant and segues very well to the next part of the assignment
3. Describes the needed change and the factors driving the need for change; identifies additional factors that may not be immediately obvious and justifies those as driving factors
4. Describes how failing to implement this needed change could or will impact individual, group and/or organizational performance; explains reasoning in depth and with great clarity; uses OD terminology appropriately
5. Identifies the selection of a diagnostic model (Force Field Analysis, Socio-Technical, McKinsey 7S, Appreciative Inquiry, etc.) to use to conceptualize approach to the change; explains how to use it in an innovative way; justifies model selection; model chosen and justification are excellent
6. Describes person and/or department that would be the primary owner of this change effort; describes the role that this person/department would play in guiding the change effort; explains how to develop the practitioner-client relationship (how to approach and engage key stakeholders); shows excellent precision, innovation, and/or clarity
7. Explains the qualitative and quantitative data needed to collect and the method(s) required to collect the data (interviews, surveys, focus groups, etc.); justifies answer with very strong argument
8. Describes the potential sources of resistance to the change; justifies reasoning to a high degree
9. Describes how to gain buy in from key stakeholders through team, group &/or process intervention techniques; describes the intervention techniques to use to ensure involvement from others in the organization; shows excellent precision, innovation, and/or clarity
10. Explains the role management would play in communicating and supporting the planned change; describes how to prepare/train management for this role; shows excellent precision, innovation, and/or clarity
11. Delineates how to measure and evaluate whether the change effort is succeeding; shows excellent precision, innovation, and/or clarity
12. Presents how to ensure that the change effort receives appropriate support & continually improves over time; justifies ideas; shows excellent precision, innovation, and/or clarity
13. References