Formative 1:
There should be clear expectations for the organization’s culture through the development and enforcement of policies and procedures implemented by upper management.
Though, the organizational, individual, and local culture can impact the development of these policies and procedures as well.
Through the past activities in this assessment, you tackled the topics of strategic leadership, change management, policy and procedure development, and how policies impact organizational culture.
Use this information to complete this Formative Assessment to prepare for your Summative Assessment 5.
- Using the selected issue from Assessment 4, research your selected organization’s current policies and procedures to see which one supports, conflicts, or somewhat aligns with this issue.
- Explain how the issue aligns (or does not align) with the internal policies.
- If there are NO policies and procedures currently in place include what could be included for policies and procedures and how your idea aligns with the issue.
Document Type/Template:
- Word Document
Summative:
This assessment aligns with the competency for this module: Students will use strategic leadership and change management research to understand leadership positioning in the field and support their theory on strategic thought, leadership, and change. This assessment will allow you to write a policy that will help the organization with the issue addressed in Assessment 4.
In this Assessment, you will take the information on policy regarding the issue in Assessment 4 from your Formative Assessment. Use the information you learned about policy development to build a policy to help the organization remedy this issue.
Think forward to your overall final assessment – the virtual town hall meeting. How are you going to use the development of this policy to craft your script for the meeting?
Your policy will include:
- Purpose of the policy
- Explain the background issue triggering the development of policy
- List the team responsible for implementing the policy
- List of stakeholders impacted by the policy
- Specify what is acceptable or unacceptable behavior within the policy
- Specify the consequences of not complying with the policy
- Provide a date when the policy was developed
Document Type/Template:
- Word Document
Final Assessment: Virtual Town Hall Presentation
Throughout this course, you have read about organizational behavior and the interplay between leadership, culture, policy, and communication. In this Final Assessment, you will build upon the issue that you determined in Assessment 4 and continued working on in Assessment 5. This Summative Assessment will include one deliverable. You will create a Virtual Town Hall Presentation.
Your presentation will include:
- Development of a presentation that provides a cohesive message to the stakeholders while explaining to internal / external stakeholders the benefit from the change
- A summary of the organization and incorporate the organizational culture into the message while identifying the issue.
- The concept of cooperation and innovation into the solution while determining the organizational theory that supports proposed resolution effectiveness
- Leadership development planning as part of the solution
- The policy that is being put in place to solve the issue while explaining the proposed resolution
Document Type/Template:
- PPT presentation with video
Requirements: Stated

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