Nokia’s organizational assessment report

Please note that your final organizational assessment report should be at least 3500 words in length, excluding the title page, table of contents and reference page. In addition, your assessment report should be supported with at least three credible sources. The recommended format for your organizational assessment is posted in the Course Resources Folder

ORGANIZATIONAL ASSESSMENT REPORT

An effective way to help students learn about organizational behavior is by analyzing the management activities of a real organization. This project is designed to accomplish such a task.

Each student is to locate an organization and through qualitative and/or quantitative means determine a problem relating to organizational behavior and decide on the appropriate interventions to remedy the organizational problem. The student will write a consulting report that fully describes the organizational problem(s) and specific recommendations to remedy the organizational problem(s).

The organizational assessment involves diagnosing the causes of an organizational behavior problem within a real organization. The diagnostic report should cover a) the problem; b) alternative explanations/theories explaining why the problem exists; c) qualitative and/or quantitative data collected that would helps understand the problem, d) the factors in the organization or environment that contribute to the problem but are not changeable e) the specific action steps the should be implemented to remedy the problem.

The rubric for evaluating the organizational assessment is listed below:

Clarity of the organizational problem and its likely causes – 20%
Clarity of the method section describing the scope of the project and means of gathering data – 20%
Clarity and sufficiency of the data analysis and quality of outside sources – 20%
Clarity and appropriateness of specific recommendations to the client as to what the next steps should be – 20%
Quality of the written report and final presentation – 20%

The purpose of the assignment is to give students an opportunity to actually complete the tasks necessary to conduct a formal organizational assessment.

Answer preview

Abstract

Organizations are comprised of people working for a shared goal. They are created from a group of individuals brought together with a common goal. Such organizations involve a wide spectrum of activities and can be categorized as public or private, governmental or non-governmental, for-profit or non-profit, among others. There are organizations which are dedicated to their own agenda. Some organizations may be more formal than others but no one organization can be left to function alone as the interdependency is a key determinant in how particular organizations grow, contribute, and meet their objectives.

Organizational performance is a key function of the three dominant variables though there remains the need for defining the meaning of performance. Most organizations therefore see their performance in terms of their effectiveness in achieving their set mission, purpose and goals.

An organizational assessment is a process of obtaining concise and accurate information about the performance of a business as well as factors affecting the organization’s productivity. It identifies competence areas, improvement room, and the associated risks which necessitates for a modification of decisions and support the business. The report also serves as the answer to the question, “How is the organization doing?” ……………………

WORD COUNT:3697WORDS

FORMAT:APA