M2 A5 WA: INSTRUCTIONS – ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE ASSESSMENT

M2 A5 WA: INSTRUCTIONS – ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE ASSESSMENT

Overview

Complete the Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument by linked here.  You will be including the numerical and visual chart results as an appendix in your paper.

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Using the information from your assigned readings, the self-paced tutorial and your completed OCAI assessment, discuss the following in a 2-3 page paper. Title page, references, and OCAI appendix not included in the page count. 
Paper should be double-spaced using APA format. Two (2) peer-reviewed journal and at least one (1) assigned course reading references. 

1. In which quadrants did you note the greatest difference between current culture and future culture? What organizational changes are needed based on your OCAI scores?
2. In what quadrants do you see a need to increase emphasis? Decrease emphasis?
3. What does it mean to change in your identified quadrant (greatest difference between now and future)?  What will happen if change does not occur in this quadrant? Would these changes be substantial, transformative, incremental or evolutionary? Why?  Identify two (2) specific, actionable strategies that are critical to changing culture with two (2) short-term and two (2) long-term goals.  How will you measure success of these goals?

Points:  40

Due Date: Sun, Mar 7 by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) of the US.

References

Minimum of three (3) total references: at least one  (1) references from required course materials and two (2) peer-reviewed journal references. All references must be no older than five years (unless making a specific point using a seminal piece of information).

Peer-reviewed references include references from professional data bases such as PubMed or CINHAL applicable to population and practice area, along with evidence based clinical practice guidelines. Examples of unacceptable references are Wikipedia, UpToDate, Epocrates, Medscape, WebMD, hospital organizations, insurance recommendations, & secondary clinical databases.

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SAMPLE SOLUTION

Organizational Culture Assessment
Organizational culture assessment is a process through which organizations evaluate their readiness to change and how the proposed change will impact the future wellbeing of the organization. The culture assessment incorporates analyzing the expectations of the organization, the experiences, the philosophy and values that guide every stakeholder in the organization towards critical decision-making. One of the key tools that can be used to assess the culture of an organization is the Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument (OCAI). Using OCAI helps stakeholders in the organization to identify their culture and underscores what needs to change as demonstrated in this task.
Quadrant that has the greatest difference between current and future Culture
The quadrant that recorded the greatest difference between the current and future culture is one for collaboration. While the future score for this quadrant is 8, the current score is approximately 30. The higher score given to the future culture of collaboration is much lower than what is the score currently. This could imply that the organization has already attained its desired level of collaboration among the key stakeholders in the organization. Consequently, it is no longer necessary to treat collaboration as a priority…