Managing people

Your Role as a Manager in Creating a Positive, Inclusive Workplace Culture: The Importance of Organizational Culture You have been selected by the CEO of your organization (or another organization you know well) to give a series of presentations to managers aimed at helping build a positive, inclusive culture that drives employee engagement. You will develop and submit this series of presentations in Weeks 13. To begin, select a specific organization that you know well. It can be one you are currently a part of, or one you have been involved with in the past. You may, if you choose, create a fictitious organization and use this for your Assignment. If you choose to do so, be sure to provide a sufficient amount of detailed information to describe the fictitious organization in your presentation. Whichever organization you choose, remember to disguise the names of the organization and any staff members you may mention in your presentation (e.g., the CEO, whom we call Mary Smith rather than CEO Alice Thompson). This week, your goal is to ensure managers understand the organizations culture and why it matters. The CEO is concerned that managers neither fully understand the importance of culture nor take responsibility for ensuring the organizations culture is strong, positive, and inclusive. You are seeking not just to inform but also to analyze the existing culture and persuade managers to take specific recommended actions to improve the organizations culture and thereby increase employee engagement and motivation and improve organizational outcomes. You will develop a PowerPoint presentation designed to ensure that all managers have a shared understanding of the meaning of key terms; understand the importance and value of employee engagement, employee motivation, and a positive and inclusive culture; and have key takeaways in the form of specific calls to action (CTAs). These CTAs will include your recommendations for building and maintaining a positive, inclusive culture in the areas over which they have influence. In addition to the slide content, you must include an accompanying script in the Notes section of each slide that you would use if you were delivering the presentation to a group of managers. As you prepare your presentation and script, be sure to cover all items outlined, including the incorporation of references to appropriate academic sources, such as those found in the Learning Resources or those in the Walden Library. Resources Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity. Click the weekly resources link to access the resources. WEEKLY RESOURCES To prepare for this Assignment: Review, as needed, the following resource, which includes links to helpful information about using Microsoft PowerPoint: OASIS: Academic Skills Center. (n.d.). Microsoft PowerPoint. Walden University. Download the Week 1 Assignment Template (PowerPoint presentation). By Day 7 Submit your presentation. Using the PowerPoint template provided, address the following topics and questions in approximately 56 slides, excluding references: Organizational Culture and Its Importance Describe components of organizational culture. Analyze why organizational culture is important. Classify the culture of your chosen organization as a clan, adhocracy, hierarchy, or market culture (Cameron & Quinn, 2011). Be sure to include your data or evidence to support your cultural diagnosis. Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the culture as you have described it. Include at least one example of each. Call to Action: Propose at least one key step that managers in your selected organization can take to strengthen its organizational culture. Learning Resources Required Resources What Is Culture? Before managers can take meaningful action to shape organizational culture in a positive way, they must first understand it. Through these resources, you will explore the key components of organizational culture and how they work together to define cultureoften referred to as the way we do things around here. Lochner, R. (2020, March 5). Organizational culture [Video]. YouTube. Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 3 minutes. Organizational Communication Channel. (2017, May 10). Organizational culture Edgar Schein [Video]. YouTube. Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 11 minutes. Schein, E. (2017). How to define culture in general. In Organizational culture and leadership (5th ed., pp. 315). John Wiley & Sons. Organizational Culture and Leadership, by Schein, E. Copyright 2017 by John Wiley & Sons. Reprinted by permission of John Wiley & Sons via the Copyright Clearance Center. Licensed in 2023. Time Estimate: 26 minutes Schein, E. (2017). The structure of culture. In Organizational culture and leadership (5th ed., pp. 1729). John Wiley & Sons. Organizational Culture and Leadership, by Schein, E. Copyright 2017 by John Wiley & Sons. Reprinted by permission of John Wiley & Sons via the Copyright Clearance Center. Licensed in 2023. Time Estimate: 26 minutes Schein, E. (2017). A young and growing U.S. engineering organization. In Organizational culture and leadership (5th ed., pp. 3142). John Wiley & Sons. Organizational Culture and Leadership, by Schein, E. Copyright 2017 by John Wiley & Sons. Reprinted by permission of John Wiley & Sons via the Copyright Clearance Center. Licensed in 2023. Time Estimate: 24 minutes Schorin, G., & Wilberding, M. (2020, January 21). The x factor of great corporate cultures. Harvard Business Review Digital Articles, 25. Time Estimate: 6 minutes Diagnosing Culture: The Competing Values Framework Frameworks can be useful tools for analysis and classification. Using these resources, you will examine the Competing Values Framework, probably the best-known framework for analyzing an organizations culture. You will also explore how cultural priorities differ in various regions of the world. Understanding these differences is important in effectively managing across geographies and cultures. Cameron, K. S., & Quinn, R. E. (2011). The competing values framework. In Diagnosing and changing organizational culture: Based on the competing values framework (3rd ed., pp. 3572). John Wiley & Sons. Diagnosing and Changing Organizational Culture: Based on the Competing Values Framework, 3rd Edition by Cameron, K. S.; Quinn, R. E. Copyright 2011 by Jossey-Bass. Reprinted by permission of Jossey-Bass via the Copyright Clearance Center. Licensed in 2023. Time Estimate: 76 minutes Clayton, S. (2019, December 5). 6 signs your corporate culture is a liability. Harvard Business Review Digital Articles, 27. Time Estimate: 10 minutes OTM Education. (2013, November 2). Introduction to competing values framework [Video]. YouTube. Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 7 minutes. Yo-Jud Cheng, J., & Groysberg, B. (2020, January 8). How corporate cultures differ around the world. Harvard Business Review Digital Articles, 27. Time Estimate: 10 minutes Important Documents for the Week Document: Week 1 Assignment Template (PowerPoint presentation) Optional Resources Optional Resources OASIS: Academic Skills Center. (n.d.). Microsoft PowerPoint. Walden University.