LDR 4200CBE Rasmussen College Developing Organizational Effectiveness Paper

Assignment Content

Competency

Implement leadership essentials to drive organizational effectiveness.

Student Success Criteria

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Scenario

Cargo United Corporation has recently decided that a culture change is necessary in the organization. They hope this change will improve leadership after years of ineffective leadership techniques that have impacted employee morale and organizational effectiveness. As part of the restructure, Cargo United Corporation wants to try to gain a competitive advantage through the creation of a unique leadership brand by using specific leadership competencies.

They have hired your company, O.E. Management Consultants, to determine how to best create this change in the organization. You will present your ideas for leadership change via an executive memo to the executive leadership team.

Instructions

The executive memo should include all of the following, and be submitted as a Microsoft Word document:

Explain the leadership styles, attitudes, behaviors, and characteristics that you think may be causing disengaged, unmotivated, and unproductive employees.

Define and explain the leadership styles, attitudes, behaviors, and characteristics that can improve the organization’s culture and employee attitudes.

Analyze reactions that may arise from organizational cultural changes and identify ways to minimize resistance.

Describe the attributes, traits, and motives needed by a strategic leader to support organizational culture changes.

Rubric Details: 

A – 4 – Mastery

Explicitly explained the leadership styles, attitudes, behaviors, and characteristics that may cause a lack of engaged employees and a low productive workforce. Included at least 2 examples for all of the following: leadership styles, attitudes, behaviors, and characteristics.

A – 4 – Mastery

Explicitly defined and explained the leadership styles, attitudes, behaviors, and characteristics that can improve the organization’s culture and employee attitudes. Included 2 examples for each of the following: leadership styles, attitudes, behaviors, and characteristics identified.

A – 4 – Mastery

Explicitly analyzed reactions that may arise from organizational cultural changes and identify ways to minimize resistance. Included 3 or more examples.

A – 4 – Mastery

Explicitly described, in detail, the attributes, traits, and motives with at least 3 examples, that are needed by a strategic leader to support organizational culture changes.

A – 4 – Mastery